ΗΜΕΡΟΜΗΝΙΑ
17 Ιουλίου,
21:30
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Πνευματικό Κέντρο, Κουρκουμελάτα
ΜΟΥΣΙΚΟΣ
The Jigsaw Players & Βασίλης Βαρβαρέσος
Επτά νέοι μουσικοί με συμμετοχή σε κορυφαίες διεθνείς ορχήστρες
London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ
Μπαχ
Επιλογή από
''επινοήσεις'' για βιολί και βιολοντσέλο
Βιβάλντι
Κοντσέρτο για φλάουτο ''Il
Gardellino'' σε ρε μείζονα, RV428
Ντβόρζακ
Κουιντέτο για πιάνο σε λα μείζονα,
αρ.81
Συνδιοργάνωση με το Ιδρυμα
Φωκά-Κοσμετάτου
ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ
Emmanuella Reiter
Born into a family of musicians in
Jerusalem, Emmanuella Reiter began her musical studies with her
father at an early age.
After lessons in violin and piano at the
Conservatoire National de Région de Nice, France, Emmanuella
switched to viola and entered in 2001 the class of Kim Kashkashian
at the New England Conservatory in Boston, USA. There, she received
her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees, and served for three years as
teaching assistant to Kim Kashkashian.
Emmanuella has participated in many
festivals worldwide, has performed in a chamber music setting with
artists such as Ida Haendel, Peter Frankl and has performed with
world class orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the London Symphony
Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mrs Reiter frequently performs solo and
chamber music around the globe
Her passion for teaching has led her to
writing: "Karen Tuttle's Heritage: The Theory and Practice of
Co-ordination", a technique to help coordinate physical and musical
gestures. Emmanuella held the post of Visiting Professor at the
Birmingham Conservatory in 2009-2010, has been regularly invited to
give classes at the Royal Academy of Music Junior and Senior
divisions.
Emmanuella is the founding Director of the
Jigsaw Players Chamber Music Series in Wimbledon. She has been a
member of the London Philharmonic Orchestra since 2008.
Mark Derudder
Mark Derudder was born in Fukuoka (Japan)
but moved to Belgium at the age of two and started playing the
violin at the age of six. In 2002 he won first prize in the
National Competition "Axion Classics". In 2004 he won the Gold
Medal at the Marlow Music Festival. At the Guildhall, he received
the MBF Ian Fleming Charitable Trust Award and the Martin Musical
Fund Award. Mark has performed as soloist and chamber musician in
venues across the UK, Europe and the USA. He also held a Fellowship
for two years at the Guildhall as member of the Idomeneo String
Quartet with which he performs regularly around the world. In 2012
he joined the Philharmonia Orchestra in London as a member of the
first violin section.
Nicholas Bootiman
Nicholas Bootiman was born near Munich,
Germany, where he started his first music lessons. Later he
attended the Purcell School, Royal College of Music, Academy of
Performing Arts in Prague and the New England Conservatory in
Boston, USA. His primary teachers were Kim Kashkashian, Milan
Skampa, Ian Jewel and Andriy Viytovych.
Nicholas is frequently invited to guest
lead viola sections throughout the country, and has appeared as
such with Philharmonia, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony,
Royal Scottish National and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras, BBC
National Orchestra of Wales and City of London Sinfonia.
Concerto performances include Mozart's
Sinfonia Concertante with Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay and Philharmonia
Orchestra, and Penderecki's Viola Concerto with Boston Modern
Orchestra Project. As a chamber musician Nicholas often takes time
out to play with friends at festivals around UK and Europe and has
performed at the major London chamber venues. He composes as a
hobby, and as conductor co-directs the Reuleaux Ensemble.
Thomas Hancox
Thomas Hancox has worked as guest principal flute of the
London Philharmonic and Philharmonia orchestras, performed as a
soloist alongside Trevor Pinnock, collaborated with ensembles
including the Allegri and Sacconi string quartets, and also played
with English National Opera, the Dunedin Consort, the London Handel
Orchestra, the Saraband Consort, the Locrian Ensemble, and the
Britten-Pears Orchestra. He is an artist on the Countess of Munster
Musical Trust Recital Scheme, and also for Live Music Now.
A committed teacher, he works with students at King's College
(London), the Dragon School (Oxford), and on several summer courses
(the Flute Kitchen, Harrogate; the London Flute Academy). He was
previously the Junior Editor of Pan, the journal of the British
Flute Society, and now acts as an animateur for CAVATINA Chamber
Music Trust.
He first read music at St Peter's College, University of
Oxford, from where he graduated with a double first, before
pursuing further studies in Paris with Patrick Gallois, and
subsequently at the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Paul
Edmund-Davies and Samuel Coles, finishing with a distinction and
the honorary DipRAM. He was generously supported by the Countess of
Munster Musical Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the Arts and
Humanities Research Council, the Musicians Benevolent Fund, and the
Craxton Memorial Trust.
Bartholomew Lafollette
Hailed by the Irish Times for being "as
free in touching the heartstrings as he was in dashing off dazzling
runs", Bartholomew Lafollette's highlights with orchestra include
performances of Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Walton and Elgar Cello Concertos in the Barbican Hall as
well as appearing as soloist with the City of London Sinfonia. He
has also performed The Brahms Double Concerto with Daniel Stabrawa
and the Poznan Philharmonic in Poland and Elgar's Cello Concerto at
the Sibelius International Music Festival in Helsinki. He was the
first recipient of the Irish Chamber Orchestra's honorable Ardan
Award which led to appearances throughout the British Isles.
Bartholomew engages in a rich variety of
musical collaborations and has recently performed, amongst others,
with Anthony Marwood, Christian Tetzlaff and Andras Keller. He
frequently appears with the award winning Doric String Quartet with
whom he recorded Eric Wolfgang Korngold's string sextet for
Chandos. He participates regularly in international festivals such
as Ravinia and Spannungen and has a special relationship with IMS
Prussia Cove, performing both in Cornwall and on their annual
tour.
Born in Philadelphia, Bartholomew was drawn
to the cello at an early age, entering the Yehudi Menuhin school at
the age of thirteen. Continuing his studies with Louise Hopkins at
the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he received a First
Honours Masters degree and was a post-graduate Fellow. His
career was launched by the prestigious Young Concert Artist's Trust
(YCAT) in 2007, after which he made successful debuts across the
UK, including numerous performances at the Wigmore Hall, Barbican
Centre, Bridgewater Hall and the Royal Festival Hall. His
performances both as soloist in recital and with orchestra are
critically lauded for their intensity and commitment.
In 2011 at the age of twenty-six,
Bartholomew LaFollette was appointed Principal Cello Teacher at the
Yehudi Menuhin School. He is especially grateful for the indefinite
loan of a Benjamin Banks Jr. cello made in 1785.
Kaija
Kaija was born in Rapla, a small town in
Estonia. She comes from a musical family: her mother and older
sister are both piano teachers and her grandfather was a violinist.
When she was two years old she held hands and sang in the
continuous human chain from Tallinn to Vilnius to protest the
Russian occupation.
Kaija began her musical education at the
Rapla Music School and Tallinn Music High School. She went on to
complete her undergraduate and masters degrees at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama with additional diplomas from Temple
University in Philadelphia and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
She has won several prizes at national and international
competitions including at 'Remember Enescu' in Romania and at the
National competitions of Estonia.
Currently Kaija is working with several
professional ensembles including the English Chamber Orchestra, the
Jigsaw Players, BBC Wales and is on the casual list for groups
including the London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra. Kaija loves to travel and is regularly invited to
festivals across the world in countries including Estonia, France,
Greece and the USA. She has performed at such venues as The Royal
Festival Hall, The Walt Disney Hall (LA), The Philharmonie
(Berlin), and The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) with artists including
Gustavo Dudamel, Anthony Marwood and Colin Davis.
As adept on viola as she is on violin,
Kaija frequently performs solo recitals on both instruments, most
recently at St Martin in the Fields with Sholto Kynoch. Kaija's
future engagements include recitals at Regent's Hall and St John
Smith Square. As a soloist Kaija is highly sought after,
recently having performed the Brahms violin concerto with de
Havilland Philharmonic as well as various concertos with groups
including Philharmonia Britannica, Exeter University Symphony
Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Parnu City Orchestra
(Estonia) to critical success.
Βασίλης Βαρβαρέσος
Γεννήθηκε και μεγάλωσε στην Θεσσαλονίκη και
σε ηλικία 14 ετών κέρδισε το πολυπόθητο Πρώτο Βραβείο στο Young
Concert Artists International Auditions και το ντεμπούτο του τόσο
στην Νέα Υόρκη όσο και στην Ουάσιγκτον είχαν αξιοσημείωτη επιτυχία.
Η New York Concert Review κατέληξε λέγοντας: "Μετά το
σπουδαίο πρόγραμμά του το οποίο εκτέλεσε καταπλητκικά, ο Βασίλης
Βαρβαρέσος επαιξε ένα "πικάντικο" ελληνικό χορό με όλο τον
ενθουσιασμό και την εγκαρδιότητα μιας ψυχής ερωτευμένης με τη ζωή".
Στον τίτλο της η Washington Post τον αποκάλεσε "Young Master
on the Rise." Τον Δεκέμβριο του 2010 ο κ. Βαρβαρέσος κέρδισε το
Βραβείο Καλύτερου Πρωτοεμφανιζόμενου Έλληνα Καλλιτέχνη από την
Ένωση Ελλήνων Κριτικών. Ο δυναμικός νεαρός Έλληνας πιανίστας τον
Μάιο 2010 κέρδισε το Πρώτο Βραβείο στον 3ο Διεθνή Διαγωνισμό Πιάνου
Μαρία Χαιρογιώργου-Σιγάρα.
Ο κ. Βαρβαρέσος σπούδασε στην περίφημη
Juilliard School με υποτροφία Γεωργίου & Μάρης Βεργωτή
(Bachelor, Master & Doctorate) υπό τον Jerome Lowenthal, τον
Yoheved Kaplinsky και τον Robert MacDonald, όπου υπήρξε και βοηθός
καθηγητή. Αυτή την περίοδο ο κ. Βαρβαρέσος διαμένει στο
Παρίσι και ολοκληρώνει το διάσημο Diplôme d' Artiste-Interpète
degree στο Conservatoire Nationale et Superieur de Musique et de
Danse στο Παρίσι της Γαλλίας. Σπουδάζει υπό τον Michel
Dalberto.
Από το Αμερικάνικο ντεμπούτο του στην
ηλικία των 15 ετών, ο κ. Βαρβαρέσος έχει παίξει σε σχεδόν όλες τις
πολιτείες των ΗΠΑ. Σημαντικές εμφανίσεις πραγματοποιήθηκαν
στο Weil Hall του Carnegie Hall, στο 92nd Street Y of New York, στο
Isabella Gardner Museum στην Βοστώνη, στο Kimmel Center της
Φιλαδέλφειας και στο Kennedy Center στην Ουάσινγκτον και στη
Βιβλιοθήκη Morgan. Ο κ. Βαρβαρέσος έκανε το εντυπωσιακό
ντεμπούτο του με ορχήστρα στην Νέα Υόρκη το 2007 στο Lincoln
Center εκτελώντας το Κονσέρτο για Πιάνο No. 2 του Λόουελ Λίμπερμαν
με την Ορχήστρα του Juilliard υπό την διεύθυνση του Αντρέα Ντελφς.
Τον Οκτώβριο του 2010, ως επίτιμος προσκεκλημένος του
Αρχιεπισκόπου της Ελληνικής Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας της Αμερικής, ο κ.
Βαρβαρέσος εμφανίστηκε με την Συμφωνική Ορχήστρα του Μανχάταν
παίζοντας το Κονσέρτο για πιάνο του Chopin σε Μι Ελάσσονα στην
Αίθουσα Alice Tully, ενώ με την ευκαιρία των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων του
Πεκίνου το 2008 εκπροσώπησε την Ελλάδα σε μια περιοδεία δυο
εβδομάδων στην Κίνα ως σολίστ με την Κρατική Ορχήστρα
Αθηνών.
Τον Μάρτιο του 2012 ο κ. Βαρβαρέσος έκανε
το ντεμπούτο του στο Carnegie Hall προκαλώντας τον ενθουσιασμό τόσο
του ακροατηρίου όσο και των κριτικών. Αμέσως μετά από το
ντεμπούτο του είχε την τιμή να παίξει στον Λευκό Οίκο για τον
Πρόεδρο των ΗΠΑ, Μπαράκ Ομπάμα.
Το καλοκαίρι του 2012 - πρίν την 1η του
εμφάνιση στην Κεφαλονιά σε συναυλίες του Ιδρύματος Βεργωτή -
παρουσίασε το Concerto no. 2 του Προκόφιεφ με την Κρατική Ορχήστρα
Αθηνών στο Ηρώδειο, στο Φεστιβάλ Αθηνών.
Εκτός από πιανίστας ο κ. Βαρβαρέσος είναι
και συνθέτης: έχει γράψει μουσική για δέκα ταινίες,
συμπεριλαμβανομένων και των "Sir John Soane" και "Ellsworth Kelly:
Fragments" και για μια τηλεοπτική σειρά. Έχει συγγράψει το
μιούζικαλ "Delilah", ενώ το βιβλίο του "Departure From the
Functionality of Syntax" τιμήθηκε με το βραβείο Scholastic
Distinction του Juilliard.