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When Dr. Thomastik died at the end of 1951, Otto Infeld acquired the whole company. After his death in 1965 Margaretha Infeld took over the company together with her son Peter Infeld. Under the guidance of Margaretha Infeld the company not only found its present-day base in the Diehlgasse, but also became the leading supplier of strings for stringed instruments. Margaretha Infeld played an active role in the company until 1994 when her son Peter Infeld took over the sole management of the company. He led it according to family traditions up to his unexpected death in April 2009.
The time after 1950 was marked by a growth of the company. The unrivalled striving of the founders for the highest quality formed the basis for that crucial innovation which was the starting point for the success of Thomastik-Infeld. Right up to the present day this innovation has significantly contributed to the companyâs success: a string with synthetic core and flat wire winding. This product â the Dominant string â is probably the most-played violin string worldwide. Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman had already adopted this string innovation when they were unknown violin students. Later both became soloists of world rank.
Currently, Thomastik-Infeld and its almost 200 employees produce more than 2,000 various strings for stringed and plucked instruments in the very heart of Vienna, the City of Music. 97 % of the yearly produced units are exported to more than 80 countries all over the world. A strong international focus and the continuing enlargement of business relations remain an essential component of the strategy of Thomastik-Infeld.
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âA truly exceptional talentâ (BenoĂźt Duteurtre), âexciting, exact and subtleâ (Neue WĂŒrttembergische Zeitung), âconfidentâ (The Independent), and âelegantâ (The Times), violinist Daniel Garlitsky possesses âan exceptional and pure soundâ (Ouest France), âincredible precision and characterâ (Dr K. G. Berg), and delivers âmajestic interpretationâ (Diapason).
DG is descendant of a lineage of famous Russian violinists and pedagogues. His grandfather, Mikhail Garlitsky, was the founder of the « Step by step » violin method, still widely regarded as one of the best violin learning techniques. His father, Boris, winner of the Paganini competition, served as concertmaster of the Moscow Virtuosi orchestra and later of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Born in Moscow, Daniel Garlitsky began his musical studies (violin and piano) at the « Specialized Gnessin School » at the age of 6. Having settled in France in the early 90s, he continued his tuition at the Lyon Conservatory and graduated with highest distinctions.
In 1999, DG became a student of the prestigious Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP). Eager to broaden his musical knowledge, he has followed classes of harmony, composition, orchestration, conducting and Indian music. He graduated cum laude and was awarded a special prize for outstanding performance given during his final recital.
For over two decades, DG has been performing a wide variety kind of music worldwide. As a soloist, he has shared the stage with such orchestras as the Hamburg Philharmonic, Wurttemberg Philharmonic , Kanagawa State Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vienna Chamber Orchestra and many others. He has performed under the baton of such conductors as Vladimir Jurowski, Mishiyoshi Inoue, Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Christoph Eberle. His chamber music partners have included Gidon Kremer, Maria Joao Pires, Oleg Maisenberg, Augustin Dumay, Antoine Tamestit, amongst others.
DG has often been invited to guest lead European top class orchestras such as « Residentie Orkest » (The Hague), Hamburger Symphoniker, MĂŒnchner Rundfunkorchester, Liege Philharmonic and Strasbourg Philharmonic.
DGâs wide repertoire ranges from early baroque (Monteverdi, Marais, Lully, etcâŠ), that he performs on period instruments, to 21st century compositions. During his career, DG has performed and premiered works by French composers (Philippe Hersant, Thierry Escaich, Olivier GreifâŠ) as well as internationally renowned composers such as John Adams, Philip Glass, Arvo PĂ€rt, Giya Kancheli and Mark OâConnor, amongst others.
Always willing to break borders between different forms of art, DG has worked closely with the acclaimed choreographer John Neumeier and the Hamburg Ballet. In « Orpheus » (2011-2012), DG has portrayed the mirror of the title role, performing works by Biber and Stravinsky on stage. He has also performed Philip Glassâs violin concerto n°2 for the ballet « Renku » (2013).
In 2014, DG revived the « Tchaïkovky String Quartet » taking over as its 1st violin during the Baltic States Tour. In the 1930s, the same position was held by his grandfather, Mikhaïl.
Education has always been an important part in DGâs life. He currently teaches the violin at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) and is invited to give lectures and master classes in Europe (Germany, Italy, France, PortugalâŠ) and Asia (Korea, Japan, Singapore, ThailandâŠ).
Furthermore, DG is regularly invited to coach, conduct or perform with youth orchestras such as Concerto Moderno (Portugal), Orchesterzentrum NWR (Germany), Orchestre Français des Jeunes (France). In 2007, DG has led and conducted the Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra, performing in Europe (ZĂŒrich Tonhalle, Rudolfinum Prague, Berliner Philharmonie) and Japan (Suntory Hall).
Aside from being an accomplished performer and pedagogue, DG is also a skilled composer and arranger. During the past 10 years, he has been approached by different film directors and has composed, arranged and recorded various soundtracks including an original score for « On love » a short film by an award writer/director Eugene Izraylit, based on a poem by Joseph Brodsky. Mr Garlitsky has also recorded the soundtrack of « Au temps de Maupassant », a French TV-series and has occasionally coached actors to successfully portray violinists.
DG has also arranged tracks for the Russian rock-legend : Boris Grebenshikov.
DG plays an 18th century Italian violin labeled « Joseph Guarnerius, filius AndreÊ » and a French violin made for him in 2003 by Jacques Fustier.
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Taiwanese-American violinist Richard Lin has already amassed a startling collection of top prizes at major international competitions, including First Prize and Audience Prize at 2013 Sendai International Violin Competition; Second Prize, Audience Prize, and Best Recital Prize at 2015 Singapore International Violin Competition; Third Prize and JJV Community Prize at 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover; Fifth Prizes at 2016 International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition and 2016 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition; and Second Prize plus the âBest Performance of New Zealand Commissioned Workâ at 2011 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, among others.
Lin has collaborated with numerous orchestras at celebrated concert venues. Of particular personal importance to him was his dĂ©but at Tokyoâs Suntory Hall in 2014, where he performed with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Norichika Iimori. Other orchestras he has worked with include NDR Radiophilharmonie, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, PoznaĆ Philharmonic, ĆĂłdĆș Philharmonic, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, Sendai Philharmonic, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Taiwan Philharmonic (NSO), National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Amadeus Polish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, Yokohama Sinfonietta, Macau String Association Orchestra, and Academy of Taiwan Strings. He has also performed at distinguished venues in the USA, Canada, Germany, Poland, Finland, Belgium, China, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.
In 2013, Lin released his first album on the Fontec label. The album includes works for violin and orchestra by Beethoven, BartĂłk, and Brahms, performed with Sendai Philharmonic and Pascal Verrot. The following year, Lin recorded with his brother, pianist Robert Lin, and released his second album featuring the complete Brahms Sonatas for Piano and Violin. The Lin brothers have collaborated for more than a decade, and have given critically-acclaimed recitals in major cities in Taiwan and Japan.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Taiwan, Lin began his violin studies at the age of four. He made his public dĂ©but at 11 with Taipei Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan. At 16, he moved to the USA with his teacher Gregory Lee; he was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music and studied with Aaron Rosand. In 2015, he received his Masterâs degree at The Juilliard School, where he studied with Lewis Kaplan.
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Can the world take yet another brilliant young female violinist? Yes, if that violinist is Esther Yooâ wrote The Telegraph after the violinistâs performance with the Philharmonia Orchestra in March 2016.
Esther Yoo, the young American-Korean violinist, is the first ever Artist-in-Residence with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra â a year long residency starting in 2018. Acclaimed for her âdark, aristocratic toneâ (Gramophone Magazine) and âimpeccable artistryâ (South Florida Classical Review), Esther Yoo first came to international attention in 2010 when she became the youngest prizewinner of the 10th International Sibelius Violin Competition (aged 16), and from 2014 to 2016 she was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, culminating in her BBC Proms debut.
The 2017/18 season will see Esther debut with Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestra Teatro San Carlo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of Vancouver, Bay Atlantic, and Hawaii, in addition to return performances with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. As this seasonâs Artist-in-Residence with the Cambridge Corn Exchange, Esther will perform alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (as a double residency performance) and in recital with the Z.E.N. Trio. The Z.E.N. Trio, consisting of Zhang Zuo, Esther Yoo and Narek Hakhnazaryan (all former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists) will tour the UK and Asia, supporting the international release of their debut album â of Brahms and DvoĆĂĄk Piano Trios. Other chamber highlights this season include, a recital performance at LSO St. Lukeâs as part of the festival week celebrating Simon Rattleâs first season as the London Symphony Orchestra Music Director.
Last season, Esther debuted with the Minnesota Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, made her US recital debut in Lincoln Center, and debuted at Granada Festival with Pablo Heras-Casado and the Philharmonia Orchestra. In spring 2017 Deutsche Grammophon released her second album â of Tchaikovskyâs Violin Concerto and other works with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy â following her 2015 debut on the label, featuring the Glazunov and Sibelius concertos. Alongside recital partner Robert Koenig, Esther perfomed a recital tour covering Oslo, Birmingham, Madrid, Brussels, Seoul, New York and Miami.
In previous seasons Esther has performed with the BBC orchestras, Deutsche Radio Philharmonic, GĂ€vle, KBS, RTĂ and Iceland symphony orchestras, and the philharmonic orchestras of Seoul, Warsaw and Kansai. She has worked with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrew Davis, Karina Canellakis, Jaime Martin, MichaĆ Nesterowicz, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Osmo VĂ€nskĂ€ and Christopher Warren-Green. Festival appearances include Seoul International Music Festival, Ghent Festival of Flanders, Festival de FĂ©nĂ©trange, Festival du ChĂąteau de Chambord and DvoĆĂĄk Prague Festival. Chamber music highlights include her Wigmore Hall debut in 2016 and two BBC-recorded performances with the Z.E.N. Trio.
Born in the U.S. and raised in Europe since the age of 6, Esther began playing the violin at the age of 4 and made her concerto debut aged 8. In 2012 she was one of the youngest ever prizewinners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. She is currently a student of Ana Chumachenco in the Excellence Bachelor Programme at the Hochschule fĂŒr Musik und Theater in Munich, and continues to receive mentorship from Augustin Dumay after completing the Artist Diploma Programme at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels. Prior to this, she worked with Zakhar Bron, Leonid Kerbel and Berent Korfker.
Esther plays the 1704 âPrince Obolenskyâ Stradivarius, generously lent to her by a private collector.
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Nathan Cole, First Associate Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has appeared as guest concertmaster with the orchestras of Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Houston, Ottawa, Seattle, and Oregon. He was previously a member of the Chicago Symphony and Principal Second Violin of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. A native of Lexington, KY, he made his debut with the Louisville Orchestra at the age of ten while studying with Donna Wiehe. After eight years working with Daniel Mason, Cole enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music. In addition to his studies there with Pamela Frank, Felix Galimir, Ida Kavafian, and Jaime Laredo, Cole formed the Grancino String Quartet, debuting in New Yorkâs Weill Hall. Several summers at Marlboro enriched his love of chamber music.
While in Chicago, Nathan taught at Roosevelt University and coached the Chicago Civic Orchestra. He is currently on the faculty at the Colburn School for the Performing Arts, with classes at the Colburn Conservatory and USC. His articles and photographs have appeared in Strings, Symphony, and Chamber Music magazines.
Nathan is on the faculties of the Colburn Community School for Performing Arts and Azusa Pacific University, as well as an online teaching artist with ArtistWorks.
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First Concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Noah Bendix-Balgley has thrilled and moved audiences around the world with his performances.
Since becoming a Laureate of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels and gathering top prizes at further international competitions, Noah has appeared as a soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre National de Belgique, the Utah Symphony, the Auckland Philharmonia, and the Nagoya Philharmonic. In 2016, Noah performed the world premiere of his own klezmer violin concerto, Fidl-Fantazye with the Pittsburgh Symphony, conducted by Manfred Honeck. Recent and forthcoming highlights include his concerto debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in January 2018, recital tours in Taiwan, China, and Europe and performances of his klezmer concerto with orchestras in the USA and with the China Philharmonic, as well as his period instrument debut, performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Apolloâs Fire Orchestra in Cleveland.
From 2011 until 2015, Noah was Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. His Pittsburgh debut recital in January 2012 was named the âBest Classical Concert of 2012â by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Noah also performed his own version of âThe Star-Spangled Bannerâ for solo violin in front of 39,000 fans at the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day at PNC Park.
Noah is a passionate and experienced chamber musician. He currently performs as a member of the multigenre septet Philharmonix, which features members of both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras and will release their new Deutsche Grammophon album in early 2018. Noah performs in a piano trio with cellist Peter Wiley and pianist Robert Levin. Noah appears regularly at music festivals in Europe, North America, and Asia, including the Aspen Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Society, the Sarasota Festival, ChamberFest Cleveland, Domaine Forget, the Zermatt Festival and the Le Pont Festival in Japan.
Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Noah began playing violin at age 4. At age 9, he played for Lord Yehudi Menuhin in Switzerland. Noah graduated from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the Munich Hochschule. His principal teachers were Mauricio Fuks, Christoph Poppen, and Ana Chumachenco.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing klezmer music. He has played with world-renowned klezmer groups such as Brave Old World, and has taught klezmer violin at workshops in Europe and in the United States.
Noah performs on a Cremonese violin made in 1732 by Carlo Bergonzi.
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Born in 1993, Nancy Zhou is a prize-winning violinist. Starting violin studies at the age of 4 with her father, she continued onwards with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory. She is now a last-year student studying literature at Harvard University. Nancy is a laureate of the 2012 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition and the 2015 Jean Sibelius Competition. As a solo musician, she has performed with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, National Orchestra of Belgium, among others. In the approaching year of 2017, she will be making a twofold debut in China, soloing with the China National Symphony in Beijing and performing in several other cities on a tour with the Rostock Philharmonic.
As a recipient of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, Nancy has collaborated with the German violinist on several occasions. Nancy made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2014 by performing the Bach Double Violin Concerto with A.S. Mutter and has gone on several tours in Germany, Asia, and the US with the violinist. Additionally, Nancy is featured on Anne-Sophie Mutterâs recently released âClubâ Album by Deutsche Grammophon.
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Praised by The Baltimore Sun for her âimpeccable techniqueâŠdeeply expressive phrasingâŠand poetic weight," Sirena Huang is one of her generationâs most celebrated violinists. She brings not only technical brilliance and powerful artistry to the stage, but also a profound sense of connection to her audience.
Sirena has been the recipient of numerous accolades and awards. Most recently, in February of 2017, Sirena was awarded First Prize at the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition and in March, she was awarded the winner of the New York Concert Artist. In 2009, she won First Prize Gold Medalist of the 6th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. She won First Prize and the Audience Award at the Cooper International Competition in 2011. That same year, she was also named the first Artist-in-Residence of Hartford Symphony Orchestra. In 2013, she was awarded the Hannloser Prize for Violin at the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland. She is also a top prize winner at Singapore International Violin Competition as well as the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition.
Sirena made her solo debut with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra in 2004 at the age of nine, and has performed in seventeen countries across three continents. She has been featured as a soloist with more than fifty prestigious ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Russian Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the Staatskapelle Weimar in Germany. She has appeared as a guest artist at the Verbier Music Festival, Marlboro Music Festival, Ravinia Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Sarasota Arts Series, Albuquerque Chamber Music Festival, âThe Great Music for a Great Cityâ series in New York City, and many others.
Motivated by a deep wish to inspire peace and harmony with her music, Sirena has performed before world leaders, thinkers and humanitarians, including President Obama and Elie Wiesel. At age eleven, she gave a TED talk that garnered more than 2.5 million views. In 2006, she received the honor of playing for His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and thirty Nobel Prize Laureates at the World Peace Conference held in Petra. In 2007, under the invitation of former Czech Republic President Havel, she played in the Opening Ceremony of the âForum 2000 World Conferenceâ in Prague. In 2008, she was invited to perform during the ceremony in which the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity presented its Humanitarian Award to President Sarkozy of France.
In addition to her TED Talk in 2006, Huang has been featured on numerous radio and television broadcasts, including WQXRâs McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase and NPRâs âFrom the Top" as well as several interviews with WNPR, CNBC, WTNH, WTIC, WB20 and Beethoven Radio.
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Winner of a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Arnaud Sussmann has distinguished himself with his unique sound, bravura and profound musicianship. Minnesotaâs Pioneer Press writes, âSussmann has an old-school sound reminiscent of what you'll hear on vintage recordings by Jascha Heifetz or Fritz Kreisler, a rare combination of sweet and smooth that can hypnotize a listener. His clear tone [is] a thing of awe-inspiring beauty, his phrasing spellbinding.â
A thrilling young musician capturing the attention of classical critics and audiences around the world, Arnaud Sussmann has appeared with the American Symphony Orchestra, Stamford Symphony, Chattanooga Symphony, Minnesota Sinfonia, Lexington Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony and Franceâs Nice Orchestra. Further concerto appearances have included a tour of Israel and concerts at Lincoln Centerâs Alice Tully Hall, Dresden Music Festival in Germany and at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Mr. Sussmann has been presented in recital in Omaha on the Tuesday Musical Club series, New Orleans by the Friends of Music, Tel Aviv at the Museum of Art and at the Louvre Museum in Paris. He has also given concerts at the OK Mozart, Mainly Mozart and Moritzburg festivals and appears regularly at the Caramoor, Music@Menlo, La Jolla SummerFest, Seattle Chamber Music, Moab Music and Bridgehampton Chamber Music festivals.
Arnaud Sussmannâs 2015-16 season includes debut performances with the New World Symphony on Tchaikovsky Concerto under Cristian Macelaru, Jacksonville Symphony on Prokofiev 2 under Courtney Lewis, Grand Rapids Symphony on Bartok 2 under Marcelo Lehninger, Cheyenne Symphony on Saint-Saens 3 under William Intriligator and at the Brevard Music Festival on Tchaikovsky Concerto under Rune Bergmann. He returns to Chattanooga Symphony on Beethoven Concerto under Kayoko Dan and performs recitals with pianist and regular collaborator Orion Weiss in New York and Palm Beach, FL. Abroad he plays Brahms Double Concerto in Tel Aviv with cellist Gary Hoffman and in September, he returns to his native France to work closely with violinist Kolja Blacher and the Orchestre de chambre de Paris for intensive training on the play-direct technique.
Highlights of the 2014-15 season included a Mozart concerto appearance at the Festival of the Arts Boca and recitals at University of Chicago, Cosmos Club in Washington D.C. and Chamber Music in Oklahoma. Chamber music performances included tours with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to Londonâs Wigmore Hall, Koreaâs LG Arts Center, Shanghaiâs Oriental Center and the Beijing Modern Music Festival; and appearances at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Caramoor Festival, Linton Chamber Music Series, Music@Menlo and La Jolla SummerFest.
Arnaud Sussmann has performed with many of todayâs leading artists including Itzhak Perlman, Menahem Pressler, Gary Hoffman, Shmuel Ashkenazi, Wu Han, David Finckel, Jan Vogler and members of the Emerson String Quartet. He has worked with conductors such as Robert Moody, Anu Tali, Peter Bay and Leon Botstein. A dedicated chamber musician, he has been a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 2006 and has regularly appeared with them in New York and on tour, including a recent concert at Londonâs Wigmore Hall.
Born in Strasbourg, France and based now in New York City, Arnaud Sussmann trained at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Juilliard School with Boris Garlitsky and Itzhak Perlman. Winner of several international competitions, including the Andrea Postacchini of Italy and Vatelot/Rampal of France, he was named a Starling Fellow in 2006, an honor which allowed him to be Mr. Perlmanâs teaching assistant for two years.
A frequent recording artist, Arnaud Sussmann has released albums on Deutsche Grammophonâs DG Concert Series, Naxos, Albany Records and CMS Studio Recordings labels. His solo debut disc, featuring three Brahms Violin Sonatas with pianist Orion Weiss, was released in December 2014 on the Telos Music Label. He has been featured on PBSâ Live from Lincoln Center broadcasts alongside Itzhak Perlman and the Perlman Music Program and with musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Arnaud Sussmann was recently signed for worldwide general management with Charlotte Lee at Primo Artists. For more information on Arnaud, visit www.arnaudsussmann.com.
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Jonathan runs the New York shop of Florian Leonhard Fine Violins. Having studied the violin from an early age, Jonathan attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied violin, baroque violin, and viola, and achieved a degree in Violin Performance. His tenure as Sales Manager for RenĂ© A Morel provided the perfect education in the violin world. When Morelâs business closed in 2008, Jonathan formed his own consultancy, advising players, collectors, investors, and institutions, and completing numerous sales of top instruments in his own right. The opening of our New York shop in 2015 was a continuation of years already spent working together across the pond, and it is Jonathan's aim to proliferate the reach of Florian's expertise and to continue our track record of excellence working with musicians in the USA.
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Acclaimed as "one of the most talented young virtuosos of our time" (SaarbrĂŒcker Zeitung) and as âsound aesthete of outstanding qualityâ (Westdeutsche Allgemeine) violinist Christian Kim enjoys an active solo career, with performances throughout the USA, Europe and Asia.
Since his debut as soloist with orchestra at the age of 12 he played with numerous orchestras, which include solo performances in Germany with the SWR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bochumer Symphonikern and the Ludwigsburger Festival Orchestra. In Korea with the EuroAsian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chuncheon Symphony Orchestra, as well as the the Frédéric-Chopin-Symphony Orchestra in Poland. His engagements brought him to Germany, Luxemburg, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Israel, Greece, Fran- ce, Monaco, Ukraine, Mexico, USA, India, Japan and Korea.
Christian Kim has appeared in broadcast and television productions of the Deutschlandradio, WDR, SWR and SR in Germany, NBC and CBS in the USA, NHK in Japan, as well as KBS, SBS, MBC, CBS and Arirang TV in South Korea.
As guest soloist he has been invited to festivals, such as the Mozart Festival Augsburg, the Ludwigsburger Festival and the Marler Debut of the German Music Council and performed in prestigious halls, such as the Sejong Center for Performing Arts Seoul, Seoul Arts Center, Daejon Arts Center, Bunkyo Civic Hall Tokyo, Old Opera House Frankfurt, Thiersch Hall Wiesbaden, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Red City Hall Berlin, Philharmony Odessa and the Polish Philharmony Gdansk.
Christian Kim has won numerous national and international prizes, including Jugend Musiziert, the German National Competition, where he was awarded the 1st prize and a special prize by the Ministry of Culture for outstanding per- formance, the Concorso Musicale Europeo in Turin, Italy, as winner in the violin solo category and best performer of all categories, the Internationale Kocian Violin Competition in the Czech Republic and the Concours Europeen pour Jeunes Solistes in Luxemburg.
An avid chamber musician, since 2013 Christian Kim works together with the Sejong Soloists, one of the worldÂŽs leading string ensembles, which is based in New York.
Together with his brother and his mother, he formed the Trio Agape to play for charities both in Germany and abroad. The Trio has been cited by The Peace Council of Odessa, an organization of the United Nations, for its philanthropic work.
In 2014, in collaboration with the non-profit organisations EMS (Germany), CSI and CCCYC (India), Christian Kim was sent to India as cultural ambassador.In 2013 Christian Kim hosted an extensive documentary for KBS, South KoreaÂŽs biggest television network, about a government program, which funds orchestras in educational institutions across the nation, filmed in Germany and South Korea.
Christian Kim currently holds a teaching position at the Kangnam University, Seoul/South Korea, is a juror of the german national competition Jugend Musiziert and has given masterclasses and workshops in Germany and Korea.
In 2016 Kim joined the ensemble Symphoniacs, a collective of international soloists, who come together to fuse classical and electronic music. Their Debut Album, released under Universal Music in 2016, reached the Top 10 of the German Billboard Charts.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986, as son of a German chemist and a Korean pianist, Christian Kim grew up in Germany. At the age of 10 he became one of the youngest pre-college students of the country. He graduated from the University of Music Karlsruhe, Germany, with a German Artist Diploma in 2010 and holds a masters degree from Yale University, New Haven/USA, where he graduated in 2013. Currently he is pursuing a PhD degree at the Seoul Natio- nal University under the guidance of Prof. Kyung Sun Lee.
Among his teachers are world-renowned violinists such as Valery Klimov, Josef Rissin, Hyo Kang and Kyung Sun Lee. He received further artistic inspiration by Midori Goto, Maxim Vengerov, Yfrah Neaman, Antje Weithaas, Zakhar Bron, Shlomo Mintz, Boris Berman, Peter Frankl and the Tokyo String Quartet.
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Charlie Siem is one of todayâs foremost young violinists, with such a wide-ranging diversity of cross-cultural appeal as to have played a large part in defining what it means to be a true artist of the 21stcentury.
Born in London to a Norwegian father and British mother, Siem began to play the violin at the age of three after hearing a broadcast of Yehudi Menuhin playing Beethovenâs Violin Concerto. He received a broad and thorough education at Eton College, before completing the intellectually demanding undergraduate degree programme in Music at the University of Cambridge. From 1998 to 2004 he studied the violin with Itzhak Rashkovsky in London at the Royal College of Music, and from 2004 he has been mentored by Shlomo Mintz.
Siem has appeared with many of the worldâs finest orchestras and chamber ensembles, including the Bergen Philharmonic, Camerata Salzburg, Czech National Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, London Symphony, Moscow Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has worked with top conductors such as Charles Dutoit, Edward Gardner, Zubin Mehta, Yannick NĂ©zet-SĂ©guin, Sir Roger Norrington, Libor PeĆĄek and Yuri Simonov. International festival appearances to date include Spoleto, St. Moritz, Gstaad, Bergen, Tine@Munch, Festival Internacional de Santa LucĂa, and the Windsor Festival. Siemâs regular sonata partner is renowned pianist Itamar Golan.
Highlights of the 2016/2017 season included concerto debuts in Mexico, Munich, and Milan; recitals in Norway with Itamar Golan; a debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Charles Dutoit; and an eight-concert debut recital tour of Australia, culminating with a performance at the Sydney Opera House. Charlie Siem enjoys a strong presence in China, where during the 2016/2017 season he was named Cultural Ambassador of Nanjing, and gave fifteen concerts at major venues across the country (including Beijing, Harbin, Nanjing, Shanghai, Xiamen, and Xuzhou).
Recent and forthcoming highlights of the 2017/2018 season include a tour of the Bruch Concerto with the Israel Philharmonic and Maestro Zubin Mehta; Siemâs US concerto debut (Sibelius Concerto with Jacksonville Symphony and Music Director Courtney Lewis); a tour of China with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra; and a South American recital tour with Itamar Golan.
Currently signed to Sony Classical, Siem has a varied discography and has made a number recordings, including with the London Symphony Orchestra (Warner Classics, 2011) and MĂŒnchner Rundfunkorchester (Sony Classical, 2014).
A great believer in giving to worthwhile causes, Siem is an ambassador of The Princeâs Trust. He is also a Visiting Professor at Leeds College of Music (UK) and Nanjing University of the Arts (China). He gives masterclasses around the world at top institutions such as the Royal College of Music (London), and the Accademia di Musica (Florence).
Passionate about bringing classical music to new audiences around the world, in addition to his classical performance career Siem has revived the age-old violinistic tradition of composing virtuosic variations of popular themes, which he has done alongside artists including Bryan Adams, Jamie Cullum and The Who. In 2014 he wrote his first composition â Canopy, for solo violin and string orchestra â which was commissioned by US television station CBS Watch!, and recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra. Siem has also had numerous collaborations with fashion brands including Armani, Chanel, Dior, Dunhill, and Hugo Boss.
Charlie Siem plays the 1735 Guarneri del GesĂč violin, known as the âDâEgvilleâ.
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Recently appointed as Concertmaster of Orchestra Wellington, Amalia Hall is widely recognised as one of the foremost young violinists to emerge from New Zealand, having received widespread acclaim for her ability to move audiences, her inherent musicality and natural facility.
Her numerous competition successes include laureate prizes at the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover, the International Violin Competition 'Premio R. Lipizer', the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, Premio Citta di Padova International Competition for Soloists and Orchestra, and the Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition.
She won the Royal Overseas League Overseas Award and both 1st Prize and the overall prize at the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition, and has received the top prize at the Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti; 1st Prize at the Leos Janacek International Competition, the Postacchini International Violin Competition (and the 'Absolute Winner' Prize), the Gisborne International Music Competition (at the age of 16) as well as many special prizes at these competitions.
While still in her teens she won all of the major awards in New Zealand, including the National Concerto Competition, the National Young Performer of the Year, the Pettman/Royal Over-Seas League Arts Scholarship, the University of Auckland Concerto Competition, and the NZCT Chamber Music Contest on two occasions.
Since making her debut at the age of 9 with the Auckland Philharmonia, Amalia has been a regular soloist with orchestras in New Zealand, including the Auckland Philharmonia, Orchestra Wellington, Auckland Symphony Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Chamber Orchestra, Waikato Symphony Orchestra and Saint Matthews Chamber Orchestra. In 2016 she performed the world premiere of Claire Cowan's 'Stark' Concerto with Orchestra Wellington under the baton of Marc Taddei.
She has been a soloist with orchestras in Europe including I Virtuosi Italiani, Munich Chamber Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra, the State Philharmonic of Sibiu and Filharmonica Marchigiana, and with the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra and Orquesta FilharmonĂa in Mexico. Performances have taken her to China, Germany, Scotland, England, France, Austria, Mexico, USA and Australia among other countries.
At the age of 10 Amalia was the youngest ever member to be accepted into the NZSO National Youth Orchestra, and continued on to later become its Concertmaster. She has been an associate member of the Auckland Philharmonia since the age of 16 and was contracted as Principal 1st Violin in 2012. Amalia has performed as guest concertmaster for a number of the main orchestras in New Zealand including the Auckland Philharmonia, Auckland Chamber Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Opus Orchestra.
At the age of 8 Amalia cultivated a love for chamber music after she commenced playing chamber music with her siblings in the Hall String Quartet, and has gone on to play chamber music with eminent musicians including David Starobin (with whom she has recorded for Bridge Records), Jonathan Biss, Pamela Frank, Ida Kavafian, Roberto Diaz, Gary Hoffman and Clive Greensmith.
She has performed chamber music throughout Europe and the US as a recitalist, a member of Curtis on Tour and member of the New Zealand Chamber Soloists. Amalia has toured numerous times for Chamber Music New Zealand and her performances have been regularly broadcast on the Radio New Zealand Concert Programme. She has also appeared on WHYY On Stage at Curtis, the Good Morning TV Show, the Paul Holmes Show and Paul Henry Show.
At the age of 19 Amalia began postgraduate studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, studying under the tutelage of renowned violinists Pamela Frank and Joseph Silverstein, while receiving chamber music coachings from distinguished artists such as Ida Kavafian, Shmuel Ashkenasi and Peter Wiley. Prior to this she completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the age of 19 at the University of Auckland, New Zealand studying with Dimitri Atanassov.
In 2014 Amalia was guest violinist with New Zealand Chamber Soloists and undertook a temporary position as violin and viola lecturer on the University of Waikato faculty, a position she is also currently holding in 2017. She has also taught and given masterclasses at institutions including The Menuhin School, Vicenza Conservatorio, Rossini Conservatorio, University of Veracruz Faculty of Music and New Zealand School of Music.
Recent engagements include solo performances in Italy and Mexico, recital tours around New Zealand and choreographed performances with the New Zealand Dance Company. Amalia plays on a violin made in 2013 by the Padova-based luthier Alberto Cassutti.
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Recently awarded the coveted ICMA 2016 âYoung Artist of the Yearâ, and prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and at the V Paulo International Cello Competition, Pablo FerrĂĄndez announces himself as a musician of stature. His emotional intensity and personality on stage have wowed audiences around the globe.
Praised by his authenticity and hailed by the critics as âone of the top cellistsâ (RĂ©my Louis, Diapason Magazine), the 25-year-old Pablo FerrĂĄndez continues building a brilliant career through collaborations with international renowned artists and world leading orchestras.
He has appeared as a soloist with the Mariinsky Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Kremerata Baltica, Helsinki Philharmonic, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Mexico National Symphony Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra, RTVE Orchestra, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and collaborated with such artists as Zubin Mehta, Valery Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, Adam Fischer, Heinrich Schiff, Dennis Russell Davies, John StorgÄrds, Gidon Kremer, Ivry Gitlis and Anne-Sophie Mutter.
An avid chamber musician, Pablo is frequently invited to international festivals such as Verbier, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Intonations Festival, La Folle Journée, Casals, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Spivakov, Piatigorsky, Kronberg, Santander, and the Rheingau Music Festival, where Mr. Ferråndez was awarded with the Music Festival Award 2015.
FerrĂĄndez has recently appeared in recital at the Louvre Museum in Paris, at the Palau de la MĂșsica de Barcelona, and at the Auditorio Nacional de MĂșsica de Madrid, obtaining rave reviews.A captivating performer with a compelling technique, he is described as âan inspirational and expressive soloist who always places his skills at the service of the composer.â âPersonal vanity is alien to FerrĂĄndezâ (Rheingau Festival Award Jury).
Pablo FerrĂĄndez recorded his first CD, featuring Dvorak and Schumann cello concertos, with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Radoslaw Szulc, which was received with great acclaim: âPablo FerrĂĄndez is a fine performer, with a warm tone and an impulsive, if refined, lyricism that makes him a natural interpreter for Schumann's concerto, with its melancholic elegance and flashes of mercurial wit.â (Tim Ashley, The Guardian), âIt is in Dvorak that FerrĂĄndez announces himself as a cellist of statureâ â(he) manages to play with huge emotion while still keeping his interpretation light and free from overindulgenceâ (Janet Banks, The Strad).
FerrĂĄndez is proud of his long-standing artistic friendship with Gidon Kremer, one of his major supporters. Pabloâs second recording featured Italian works by Rossini and Menotti with the Kremerata Baltica, conducted by Heinrich Schiff.
Highlights of the 2016/17 season include his debut at the Berliner Philharmonie with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the appereance with BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena, collaborations with Christoph Eschenbach playing Schumannâs cello concerto with the HR-Sinfonieorchester and the Spanish National Symphony, the return to Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under Zubin Mehta, recitals at Schloss Elmau and the Mariinsky Theater, a European tour with Kremerata Baltica and Gidon Kremer, appearances at the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival and the Rostropovich Festival, debuts with Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Castilla y Leon Symphony, Gran Canaria Philharmonic, Munich Symphony, Estonian National Symphony, Orchestra Sinfonica Brasileira, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the performance of Brahms' double concerto with Anne-Sophie Mutter and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Born in Madrid in 1991, in a family of musicians, Pablo FerrĂĄndez joined the prestigious Escuela Superior de MĂșsica Reina SofĂa when he was 13 to study with Natalia Shakhovskaya. After that he completed his studies at the Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson.Mr. FerrĂĄndez plays the Stradivarius âLord Aylesfordâ (1696) thanks to the Nippon Music Foundation.
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Born in 1986 in Seoul, South Korea, Yang received her first piano lesson at the age of four. She quickly took to the instrument, which she received as a birthday present, and over the next few years won several national piano competitions in her native country. By the age of ten, she had entered the School of Music at the Korea National University of Arts, and went on to make a number of concerto and recital appearances in Seoul and Daejeon. In 1997, Yang moved to the United States to begin studies at the pre-college division of the Juilliard School with Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky. During her first year at Juilliard, Yang won the pre-college division Concerto Competition, resulting in a performance of Haydnâs Keyboard Concerto in D with the Juilliard Pre-College Chamber Orchestra. After winning the Philadelphia Orchestraâs Greenfield Student Competition, she performed Prokofievâs Third Piano Concerto with that orchestra at just twelve years old. She graduated from Juilliard with special honor as the recipient of the schoolâs 2010 Arthur Rubinstein Prize, and in 2011 she won its 30th Annual William A. Petschek Piano Recital Award. Yang appears in the film In the Heart of Music, a documentary about the 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. A Steinway artist, she currently lives in New York City.
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Recipient of the prestigious 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, Taiwanese-American violinist Paul Huang is already recognized for his intensely expressive music making, distinctive sound, and effortless virtuosity. Following his Kennedy Center debut, The Washington Post proclaimed: âHuang is definitely an artist with the goods for a significant career.â
His recent and upcoming engagements include debuts with the Houston, Pacific, Omaha Symphonies, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Louisiana and Seoul Philharmonics, as well as return engagements with the Detroit, Alabama, Bilbao Symphonies, and National Symphonies of Mexico and Taiwan. He also appears at White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg at the invitation of Valery Gergiev, and returns to the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Caramoor Festivalâs Rising Stars series, and Camerata Pacifica as their Principal Artist. His conductor collaboration have included Leonard Slatkin, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Christopher Hogwood, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Jorge Mester, Markus Stenz, Carl St.Clair, and Rune Bergmann, among others.
In 2014-15 season, Mr. Huang stepped in for Midori to appear with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Slatkin performing the Siblieus concerto to critically acclaimed. He also appeared with the Alabama Symphony on short notice to perform the Walton concerto. Other season highlights included his Lincoln Center debut performing the Barber Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Lukeâs, as well as his sold-out solo recital debut on Lincoln Center's "Great Performers" Series.
Mr. Huang's recent recital appearances include performances for Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, University of Georgia Performing Arts, University of Florida Performing Arts, the Strathmore Center, the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., Buffalo Chamber Music Society, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Jordan Hall, the Louvre in Paris, Seoul Arts Center, and National Concert Hall in Taiwan.
His first solo CD, Intimate Inspiration, is a collection of favorite virtuoso and romantic encore pieces released on the CHIMEI label. In association with Camerata Pacifica, he recorded "Four Songs of Solitude" for solo violin on their album of John Harbison works. The album was released on Harmonia Mundi in fall 2014.
An acclaimed chamber musician, Mr. Huang appears as a member of the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centerâs CMS Two. A frequent guest artist at music festivals worldwide, he has performed at Tokyo's CHANEL Music Festival, Music@Menlo, La Jolla, the Moritzburg Festival and Kissinger Sommer in Germany, the Sion Music Festival in Switzerland, and the Great Mountains Music Festival in Korea. His collaborators have included Gil Shaham, Cho-Liang Lin, Nobuko Imai, Lawrence Power, Maxim Rysanov, Misha Maisky, Jian Wang, Frans Helmerson, and Marc-Andre Hamelin.
Winner of the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Mr. Huang made critically acclaimed recital debuts in New York and in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center. Other honors include First Prize at the 2009 International Violin Competition Sion-Valais in Switzerland, the 2009 Chi-Mei Cultural Foundation Arts Award for Taiwanâs Most Promising Young Artists, the 2011 Helen Armstrong Violin Fellowship, the 2013 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant, and 2014 Classical Recording Foundation Young Artist Award.
Born in Taiwan, Mr. Huang began violin lessons at the age of seven. He is a proud recipient of the inaugural Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where he earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees under Hyo Kang and I-Hao Lee. He plays on the 1742 ex-Wieniawski Guarneri del GesĂč on loan through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society of Chicago. Mr. Huang's website is www.paulhuangviolin.com. Follow him on Facebook: Paul Huang, Violinist
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Nicholas McCarthy was born in 1989 without his right hand and only began to play the piano at the late age of 14 after being inspired by a friend play Beethovenâs Waldstein Sonata.
Having once been told that he would never succeed as a concert pianist, Nicholas would not be discouraged and went on to study at the prestigious Royal College of Music in London. His graduation in July 2012 drew press headlines around the world, being the only one-handed pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music in its 130 year history.
Nicholas is a champion of the dynamic and brave world of left hand alone repertoire, a repertoire that first came into being in the early 19th Century and developed rapidly following the First World War as a result of the many injuries suffered on the Battlefield. Paul Wittgenstein was responsible for its 20th Century developments with his commissions with Ravel, Prokofiev and Benjamin Britten amongst others.
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Having performed extensively throughout the UK in all the major venues including The Royal Albert Hall. Internationally Nicholas has toured South Africa, South Korea, Malta, Kazakhstan and the U.S.
Also widely featured throughout national and international press and regularly gives live performances and interviews on television and radio including shows for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC television, Channel 4 and ITV. Nicholas has featured in documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4.
Summer 2014 saw Nicholas present two of the world famous BBC Proms on BBC4 television.
These television appearances have been responsible for drawing a cross section of new audiences to his imaginative and engaging recitals.
One of Nicholasâs proudest moments was performing with the British Paraorchestra at the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic games where they played alongside Coldplay and gave a rendition of the Paralympic anthem in front of an audience of 86,000 people and half a billion worldwide viewers.
As a keen supporter of charities he is Patron of Edric (European Dysmelia Reference Information Centre), Carers Gloucestershire, Create ,The Towersey Foundation. Nicholas is also ambassador of The One Handed Musicians Trust (OHMI) and Reach. Also keenly working alongside other charities including Scope and The Tadworth Childrenâs Trust all of which are very close to Nicholasâs heart.
Speaking engagements have seen Nicholas speak across the country in a range of schools and businesses including Goldman Sachs, ITV, Young Enterprise BFI event and most notably his TED Talk at The Royal Albert Hall.
In 2015 Nicholas attained official Yamaha Artist status and is an Ambassador for the stunning Yamaha CFX Concert Grand, Nicholasâs piano of choice.
Earlier in 2015 Nicholas was thrilled to announce his exclusive record deal with Warner Music, his first album is entitled Solo and will feature 17 pieces of left hand repertoire spanning three centuries and will be released in the U.K and U.S in September 2015.
Patrick Lemanski, Head of Classics at Warner Music UK, said âWhen we saw Nicholas in concert for the first time we were blown away by his artistry and warm connection with the audience. He truly is a one-of-a-kind artist who gets people excited about Classical Music in a unique and modern way. Weâre delighted heâs now part of the Warner family.â
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Grammy Award-winner Augustin Hadelich has established himself as one of the great violinists of his generation. He has performed with every major orchestra in the U.S., many on numerous occasions, as well as an ever-growing number of major orchestras in the UK, Europe, and the Far East, impressing audiences with his phenomenal technique, poetic sensitivity, and gorgeous tone.
Highlights of the 2016/2017 season include return performances with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Colorado, Dallas, North Carolina, San Diego, and St. Louis, as well as a tour of Germany and Spain with the Orquestra de Cadaqués/Catalonia and debuts with the Dresden Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Hamburg Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and the WDR Radio Orchestra in Cologne.
Festival appearances during this past summer included debuts at the BBC Proms, the Bowdoin Music Festival, and Sun Valley Summer Symphony, in addition to return engagements at Aspen, Bravo! Vail, and Tanglewood. Mr. Hadelich has also performed at the Blossom, Britt, Chautauqua (where he made his U.S. orchestral debut in 2001), Eastern, Grand Teton, and Marlboro music festivals, and the Hollywood Bowl.
Among recent and upcoming international appearances are the BBC Philharmonic/Manchester, BBC Symphony/London, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (where he was artist-in-residence in the 2015/2016 season), Danish National Symphony, Finnish Radio Orchestra, German Radio Philharmonic/SaarbrĂŒcken, Hong Kong Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Malaysia Philharmonic, Mozarteum Orchestra/Salzburg, Netherlands Philharmonic, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, NHK Symphony/Tokyo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RTE National Symphony Orchestra/Dublin, SĂŁo Paulo Symphony, the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, and a tour of China with the San Diego Symphony.
Augustin Hadelich has collaborated with such renowned conductors as Roberto Abbado, Thomas AdĂšs, Marc Albrecht, Marin Alsop, Herbert Blomstedt, Lionel Bringuier, James Conlon, Christoph von DohnĂĄnyi, Thierry Fischer, the late Rafael FrĂŒhbeck de Burgos, Alan Gilbert, Hans Graf, Giancarlo Guerrero, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Manfred Honeck, Jakub HrĆŻĆĄa, Christoph König, Jahja Ling, Hannu Lintu, Andrew Litton, Cristian Macelaru, Jun MĂ€rkl, Sir Neville Marriner, Fabio Mechetti, Juanjo Mena, Ludovic Morlot, Andris Nelsons, Sakari Oramo, AndrĂ©s Orozco-Estrada, Peter Oundjian, Vasily Petrenko, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Gilbert Varga, Edo de Waart, Omer Meir Wellber, and Jaap van Zweden, among others.
An enthusiastic recitalist, Mr. Hadelichâs numerous engagements include multiple appearances at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw/Amsterdam, deSingel/Antwerp, The Frick Collection/New York, Kennedy Center/Washington, DC, Kioi Hall/Tokyo, the Louvre/Paris, and the chamber music societies of Detroit, La Jolla, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Vancouver. His chamber music partners have included Inon Barnatan, Jeremy Denk, James Ehnes, Alban Gerhardt, Richard Goode, Gary Hoffman, Kim Kashkashian, Robert Kulek, Cho-Liang Lin, Midori, Charles Owen, Vadim Repin, Mitsuko Uchida, Joyce Yang, and members of the Guarneri and Juilliard quartets. This fall, he will appear in recital with guitarist Pablo Villegas in Philadelphia and Princeton, and with pianist Joyce Yang in Dallas, New York, Saint Paul, and Santa Barbara.
Augustin Hadelich is the winner of a 2016 Grammy Award -- âBest Classical Instrumental Soloâ -- for his recording of Dutilleuxâs Violin Concerto, âLâarbre des songes,â with the Seattle Symphony under Ludovic Morlot (Seattle Symphony MEDIA). Future releases include a disc of live recordings of the violin concertos by Tchaikovsky and Lalo (âSymphonie Espagnoleâ) with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO Live, spring 2017), as well as an album of duo works for violin and piano in collaboration with Joyce Yang (AVIE Records, fall 2016). His previous recordings on the AVIE label, include: the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and BartĂłkâs Concerto No. 2 with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under Miguel Harth-Bedoya (2015); the violin concertos of Jean Sibelius and Thomas AdĂšs (Concentric Paths) with Hannu Lintu conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (2014), nominated for a Gramophone Award and listed by NPR on their Top 10 Classical CDs of 2014; Histoire du Tango, a program of violin-guitar works in collaboration with Pablo Villegas (2013); and Echoes of Paris, featuring French and Russian repertoire influenced by Parisian culture in the early 20th century (2010).
Gold Medalist of the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Mr. Hadelich was named winner of the inaugural Warner Music Prize in 2015. Other distinctions include Lincoln Centerâs Martin E. Segal Award (2012), a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in the UK (2011), and an Avery Fisher Career Grant (2009).
Born in Italy, the son of German parents, Augustin Hadelich is now an American citizen. He holds an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He plays the 1723 âEx-Kiesewetterâ Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.
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Alexandra Conunova attracted public and critical acclaim when she won First Prize at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hanover in the autumn 2012. She was praised by the jury for her vivid tone and her highly virtuoso dramatic art and Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung wrote that she "shows with what radiance of tone she is able to endow her music-making. Her interpretations of Bachâs baroque dances are sometimes austere and yet wonderfully cantabile, at other times truly dance-like or â as in the BourrĂ©e â with a high degree of virtuosity".
Alexandraâs current season include concerts at the Collonge-Bellerive Festival, Festival International de Colmar, Festival de PĂąques, La folle journĂ©e, Rencontres Muiscales d'Evian,Elba Isola Musicale d'Europa, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Schloss Elmau, Stars on Baikal and others. She will perform with Camerata Bern, the China Philharmonic orchestra, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra,the Irkutsk Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mariinski Orchestra, the National Philharmonic of Russia, the Orchestre National du Capitole, the Orchestra I pomeriggi musicali, the Rundfunk Philharmonic Orchestra, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the Moscow Soloists. Alexandra will do her U.S. concert debut in January 2017 and a Japan tour is planed in July with the National Philharmonic of Russia under the baton of Yuri Simonov
Alexandra has won major prizes at competitions such as the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, the 2015 Singapore International Violin Competition, the 2011 George Enescu International Violin Competition as well as at Tibor Varga (2010), Ion Voicu (2009)and Henri Marteau (2008). Alexandra was awarded the Julius BĂ€r Prize for the most accomplished artist of the Verbier Festival Academy 2013. In 2015 Alexandra received the honorific title "Master of Arts" of the Republic of Moldova. Alexandra got awarded the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship 2016
She has established herself as a soloist of a high level. She has performed with orchestras such as the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Berne, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera, Hermitage Orchestra St-Petersburg, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Soloists, Musikkollegium Winterthur, National Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radio Philharmonic, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, SaarbrĂŒcken Symphony Orchestra, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Wuhan Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated with conductors including Christian Badea, Yury Bashmet, Teodor Currentzis, Misha Damev, Valery Gergiev, Hannu Lintu, Hubert Soudant, Andrew Matze, Vladimir Spivakov, Yuri Simonov and Gabor Takacs-Nagy.
Alexandra is also a devoted chamber musician. She regularly collaborates with artists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Lera Auerbach, Boris Brovtsyn, Gérard Caussé, Renaud Capuçon, Finghin Collins, Blythe Teh Engstroem, Ilya Gringlots, David Kadouch, Katia and Marielle LabÚque, Yura Lee, Michail Lifits, Alexander Melnikov, Paul Meyer, Edgar Moreau, Gordan Nikolic, Andreas Ottensamer, Anne Queffélec, Julien Quentin, Alexei Stadler,Christian Tetzlaff, Kirill Troussov, Istvan Vardai, Pretty Yende, Tabea Zimmermann and others.
Alexandra was born in 1988 in the Republic of Moldova and took up the violin at the age of six. She studied with Professor Petru Munteanu at the University of Music in Rostock, with Professor Krzysztof Wegrzyn at the University of Music in Hannover and with Professor Renaud Capuçon at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne. She has received taken additional classes with Ivry Gitlis , Igor Oistrakh, Igor Ozim and others. She currently plays the Santo-Seraphin Violin, dated 1735, Venezia, kindly loaned by the "Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben".
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Twenty-six year old American violinist Benjamin Beilman is recognized as one of the fastest rising stars of his generation, winning praise in both North America and Europe for his passionate performances and deep rich tone which the Washington Post called âmightily impressiveâ and The New York Times described as âmuscular with a glint of violence.â The Times also praised his âhandsome technique, burnished sound, and quiet confidence [which] showed why he has come so far so fast.â Following his performance of the Sibelius Concerto at the Montreal Competition, the Strad described his performance of the slow movement as âpure poetry.â
In the 16-17 season, Mr. Beilman returns to the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Prokofievâs Violin Concerto No. 1 with Yannick NĂ©zet-SĂ©guin in subscription, and on tour with the orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He also appears as soloist on the Chicago Symphonyâs new music series, and performs with the Symphony orchestras of Detroit, San Diego, Atlanta, and Grand Rapids, as well as making recital debuts in San Francisco and Vancouver. Abroad, Mr. Beilman makes his debuts with the City of Birmingham Symphony, and at the Dvorak Festival in Prague; he also returns to Londonâs Wigmore Hall, and appears in recital on a ten-city tour of Australia â including debut appearances in Sydney and Melbourne. In March 2016, Warner Classics released his debut recital CD of works by Schubert, Janacek, and Stravinsky. Highlights last season include his debut with Jaap van Zweden and the Dallas Symphony and the world premiere of a new concerto written for him by Edmund Finnis with the London Contemporary Orchestra. He also returned to Europe to play Beethoven with the London Chamber Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, and for recitals at the Louvre, and the Wigmore Hall, as well as at the Verbier and Aix-en-Provence Festivals.
In recent seasons, Mr. Beilman has appeared in subscription with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and returned to play with them at the Bravo! Vail Valley Festival, and, last Summer, at Saratoga. He also made his debut in recital at the Berlin Philharmonie, and appeared with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and with Orchestra St. Lukeâs at Alice Tully Hall. He has recently appeared both in Carnegie Hallâs Stern Auditorium with the New York Youth Symphony and Weill Hall, for his recital debut, in a program that included the premiere of a new work by David Ludwig commissioned for him by Carnegie Hall. Mr. Beilman also previously performed with the Basel Symphony, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Eugene Symphony, and Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra. Abroad, Mr. Beilman has appeared as soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, with the Tonhalle Orchester ZĂŒrich and Sir Neville Marriner, with lâOrchestre MĂ©tropolitain de MontrĂ©al and Yannick NĂ©zet-SĂ©guin, and with the Malaysian Philharmonic and Hans Graf. He has also appeared in recital internationally at the Louvre, Tonhalle ZĂŒrich, Wigmore Hall, and Festpiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Mr. Beilman is a frequent guest artist at festivals including at Music@Menlo, Music from Angel Fire, and Chamber Music Northwest as well as at the Bridgehampton, Marlboro, Santa Fe, Seattle, and Sedona Chamber Music Festivals. Mr. Beilman collaborates abroad at the Kronberg Academy in Frankfurt, Spectrum Concerts Berlin, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, and at the Young Concert Artists Festivals in Tokyo and Beijing.
Mr. Beilman is the recipient of the prestigious 2014 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, a 2012 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a 2012 London Music Masters Award. In 2010, he won First Prize in the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and First Prize in the 2010 MontrĂ©al International Musical Competition. In 2009, he was a winner of Astral Artistsâ National Auditions. Beilman recorded Prokofievâs complete sonata for violin on the Analekta label in 2011.
Mr. Beilman studied with Almita and Roland Vamos at the Music Institute of Chicago, Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank at the Curtis Institute of Music, and Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy.
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