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​Watch the video of Sounds of Evolution, the audite debut album of Salaputia Brass.
The CD will be presented in a release event in Hamburg on October 13th, release date is October 14th. The second album Signals from Heaven with Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet) as a soloist will follow in 2017.

Seven commissioned works, eight world premieres and first recordings - the new pieces for brass ensemble (2015/14) for and with Salaputia Brass are worth listening to at every moment, always enjoyable, and never aloof or elitist. As dedicatees and performers of the works they themselves commissioned, Salaputia Brass significantly enriches the repertoire and range of recordings for brass ensemble. They make use of their many international connections along the way, performing music by Swiss, Catalan, German, Brazilian, British, and American composers, including such renowned composers as Daniel Schnyder and Derek Bourgeois. Consisting of four trumpeters (plus one alternate trumpeter), four trombonists, a French hornist, a tuba player, and a percussionist, the ensemble provides convincing evidence that „today's music" can indeed be fun, and all we can say is: They got rhythm!

The members of Salaputia Brass met already as young musicians while playing for the Bundesjugendorchester (German National Youth Orchestra), before forming the ensemble in 2007. Their success story began when they won First Prize at the Jugend musiziert national competition, continuing with a prize at the International Competition for Brass Ensembles in Passau. Scholarships from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben (German Foundation for Musical Life) and Erwin Fricke Foundation followed in addition to numerous concert and festival performances.

Today many of the ensemble's members hold solo positions in such leading German orchestras as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden, Philharmonisches Staaatsorchester Hamburg, and Augsburger Philharmoniker.

The remarkable artistic development the musicians and ensemble have undergone can now be heard on their debut CD with audite; their next release is already being planned.

Since 16 years, Sébastien Singer has been the cellist of the Swiss Piano Trio. Because of a long-term ailment of his right wrist, he had unfortunately to leave this position in summer. We are very sorry about this and wish him all the best. We would also like to thank him for the long and nice period together with many successful concerts, many CD recordings and many exciting experiences during our trips! The Swiss Piano Trio found a brilliant successor with cellist Alexander Neustroev who stands for continuity within the change. Alexander Neustroev was a student of David Geringas and was "Best Russian cellist" in the 1997 Rostropovich competition in Paris. One year later, he was awarded a diploma of the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow and a first prizewinner of the 4th International Australasian Adam Cello Festival & Competition in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since 1999, he is second solo-cellist in the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich and has appeared regularly as a chamber musician. We welcome Alexander as a new member of the Swiss Piano Trio and we are looking forward to all projects to come!

A young duo introduces itself. The interpretations of Cheng² Duo are steeped in a rare balance of unfiltered youthful joy and enthusiasm in their playing on one hand, and mature, historically informed, and profound interpretations on the other, commanding attention from the very first note. With their debut CD, Bryan and Silvie Cheng present a panorama of French chamber music written between 1860 and 1916.

​The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are the successors of the MIDEM Classical Awards respectively the Cannes Classical Awards. The ICMA jury consists of professional music critics of important magazines, online services and radio stations:

Andante (Turkey), Crescendo (Belgium), das Orchester (Germany), Gramofon (Hungary), HRT (Croatia), IMZ (Austria), Kultura (Russia) MDR-Figaro (Germany), Musica (Italy), Musik & Theater (Switzerland), Opera (UK), Orpheus Radio (Russia), Pizzicato (Luxembourg), Radio 100,7 (Luxembourg), Resmusica.com (France), Rondo Classic (Finland), and Scherzo (Spain).

We are particularly happy about these nominations since they document the knowledgeable appreciation of our productions through the jury members!

The winners will be announced in January 2017. The Gala Concert and Award Ceremony will be hosted on April 1st 2017 by the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig.

The following audite productions were nominated:

Schumann: Complete Symphonic Works Vol. 4
Schumann: Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violine
Denes Várjon, Klavier
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Heinz Holliger
aud. 97.717

Prokofiev Works for Violin and Piano
Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas 1 & 2, 5 Melodies op. 35b
Franziska Pietsch, Violine
Detlev Eisinger, Klavier
aud. 97.722

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Volume VI
Beethoven: String Quartet op. 18 n° 5 et op. 130
Quartetto di Cremona
aud. 92.685

Muffat: Missa in labore requies
Cappella Murensis / Les cornets noirs
Johannes Strobl
aud. 97.539

Suites for Viola
Reger: 3 suites for solo viola - Busch: Suite op. 16a - Weinreich: Suites n° 1, 2, 3
Roland  Glassl, Viola
aud. 97.721

Porträt Maureen Forrester
Mahler - Loewe - Wagner - Brahms - Schubert - Schumann - Haydn - Britten - Poulenc
Maureen Forrester, Alt
Hertha Klust / Michael Raucheisen / Felix Schröder, Klavier
aud. 21.437

Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. IX
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 - Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - Schubert: Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'
Swiss Festival Orchestra
Paul Kletzki
aud. 95.642

Antonio Janigro & Zagreb Soloists
Barber - Corelli - Hindemith - Hoffstetter - Kelemen - Mozart - Reger - Rossini - Shostakovich - Vivaldi
Zagreb Soloists
Antonio Janigro, Dirigent & Violoncello
aud. 95.639

More information about the ICMA can be found here.

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