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Ensemble piano Clara Haskil
Clara Haskil (7 January 1895 - 7 December 1960) was a Jewish Romanian classical pianist, renowned as an interpreter of the classical and early romantic repertoire.
Haskil was particularly noted for her performances and recordings of Mozart. Many considered her the foremost interpreter of Mozart in her time. She was also noted as a superb interpreter of Beethoven, Schumann, and Scarlatti.
Haskil was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Bucharest, Romania and studied in Vienna under Richard Robert (whose memorable pupils also included Rudolf Serkin and George Szell) and briefly with Ferruccio Busoni. She later moved to Paris, where she started studying with Gabriel Fauré's pupil Joseph Morpain, whom she always credited as one of her greatest influences. The same year she entered the Paris Conservatoire, officially to study with Alfred Cortot although most of her instruction came from Lazare Lévy and Mme Giraud-Letarse, and graduated at age 15 with a Premier Prix. She also graduated with a Premier Prix in violin. Upon graduating, Haskil began to tour Europe, though her career was cut short by one of the numerous physical ailments she suffered throughout her life. In 1913 she was fitted with a plaster cast in an attempt to halt the progression of scoliosis. Frequent illnesses, combined with extreme stage fright that appeared in 1920, kept her from critical or financial success. Most of her life was spent in abject poverty. It was not until after World War II, during a series of concerts in the Netherlands in 1949, that she began to win acclaim.
As a pianist, her playing was marked by a purity of tone and phrasing that may have come from her skill as a violinist. Transparency and sensitive inspiration were other hallmarks of her style.
Well regarded as a chamber musician, Haskil collaborated with such famed musicians as George Enescu, Eugène Ysaÿe, Pablo Casals, Joseph Szigeti, Géza Anda, Isaac Stern and Arthur Grumiaux, with whom she played her last concert. While renowned primarily as a violinist, Grumiaux was also a fine pianist, and he and Haskil would sometimes swap instruments.
She played as a soloist under the baton of such conductors as Ansermet, Barbirolli, Beecham, Boult, Celibidache, Cluytens, Fricsay, Giulini, Inghelbrecht, Jochum, Karajan, Kempe, Klemperer, Kubelik, Markevitch, Monteux, Münch, Paray, Rosbaud, Sawallisch, Solti, Stokowski, Szell, among many others.
Haskil died from injuries received through a fall at a Brussels train station. She was to play a concert with Arthur Grumiaux the following day.
An esteemed friend of Haskil, Charles Chaplin, described her talent by saying "In my lifetime I have met three geniuses; Professor Einstein, Winston Churchill, and Clara Haskil. I am not a trained musician but I can only say that her touch was exquisite, her expression wonderful, and her technique extraordinary." (Swiss Radio interview, 19 April 1961.)
Ensemble conductor Dean Dixon
Charles Dean Dixon (January 10, 1915 – November 3, 1976) was born in New York City where he later studied conducting with Albert Stoessel at the Juilliard School and Columbia University. When early pursuits of conducting engagements were stifled because of racial bias (he was African American), he formed his own orchestra and choral society in 1931. In 1941, he guest-conducted the NBC Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic during its summer season. He later guest-conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony. In 1949, he left the United States for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which he directed during its 1950 and 1951 seasons. He was principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Sweden 1953-60, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Australia 1964 to 1967, and the hr-Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt from 1961 to 1974. During his time in Europe Dixon guest-conducted with the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Munich.
Dixon returned to the United States for guest-conducting engagements with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in the 1970s. He also served as the conductor of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, where he gained fame for his children's concerts. He also conducted most of the major symphony orchestras in Africa, Israel, and South America.
Dean Dixon introduced the works of many American composers, such as William Grant Still, to European audiences. Dixon was honoured by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) with the Award of Merit for encouraging the participation of American youth in music.
Dixon died in Zürich, Switzerland.
Dixon returned to the United States for guest-conducting engagements with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in the 1970s. He also served as the conductor of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, where he gained fame for his children's concerts. He also conducted most of the major symphony orchestras in Africa, Israel, and South America.
Dean Dixon introduced the works of many American composers, such as William Grant Still, to European audiences. Dixon was honoured by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) with the Award of Merit for encouraging the participation of American youth in music.
Dixon died in Zürich, Switzerland.
Ensemble cello Lluís Claret
Ensemble piano Klaus Hellwig
Ensemble conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954) was a German conductor and composer. He is widely considered to have been one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century. By the 1930s he was one of the leading conductors in Europe - he was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, having left that post with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and was a major conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic - and he was the leading conductor who remained in Germany during the Second World War. His decision to remain in Germany during this time caused great controversy for the rest of his life and is still debated: while, according to the entry on him in the latest edition of Grove Music Online, he was "never remotely an adherent of the Hitler regime, and he dissociated himself from it and opposed it in all kinds of ways, great and small [including] constantly using his influence to save the lives of Jewish musicians, obscure as well as famous," nonetheless, his presence may have lent prestige to the Third Reich, and his belief that art could be kept separate from politics has come to seem naive. Because a great deal of his conducting was recorded (often in airchecks), his interpretive art is well documented and has been highly influential among many musicians; it is revered by a number of musicians, critics and record collectors. His style is often contrasted to that of Arturo Toscanini, whose work during this period was also widely documented on record: Furtwängler sought a weightier, less rhythmically strict, and more bass-oriented orchestral sound than Toscanini and made more conspicuous use of inflections of tempo that are not indicated in the printed score (the difference is sometimes mis-characterized by the terms "objective" and "subjective," but Furtwängler's tempo inflections were often planned and reflected his studies with the harmonic theorist Heinrich Schenker from 1920-35). Like Toscanini, Furtwängler was a major influence on many later conductors, and his name is often mentioned when discussing their interpretive style.
Ensemble piano Romain Descharmes
« ... The account was all the more stunning for coming after performances characterized as much by subtlety as by force. Mr. Descharmes’s Ravel, in the Sonatine and “Gaspard de la Nuit,” was fluid and eloquent. Perhaps more surprising for a Frenchman, his Brahms, in the F minor Sonata, was burly and declamatory, though it remained lithe and proved melting in lyrical moments. »
(New York Times).
"....Genuinely mind-blowing, a polished, bounding, roaring performance........Romain Descharmes deserves a triumphant reception....." (Ouest-France)
Born in 1980, Romain Descharmes was awarded First Prize in the Dublin International Piano Competition in 2006, leading him to perform recitals on such prestigious stages as Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, Tsuda Hall and Hakuju Hall in Tokyo, and Salle Cortot in Paris. He has also been awarded prizes at other international competitions (Vlado Perlemuter, Shanghai, Hamamatsu, Alessandro Casagrande), and has received the support of the Yamaha and Natexis-Banque Populaire foundations. In 2004 he became an affiliate of the Charles Cros Academy.
He studied at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, where he won four first prizes (piano, chamber music, piano accompaniment and vocal accompaniment) while studying with Jacques Rouvier, Christian Ivaldi, Jean Koerner and Anne Grappotte. Later, he continued his studies first with Jacques Rouvier and then Bruno Rigutto, during which time he was awarded a scholarship by the Meyer Foundation for cultural and artistic development, and made a recording of works by early twentieth century composers. For this project he received the advice of Pierre Boulez. He has also taken masterclasses with Dimitri Bashkirov, Idil Biret, John O'Conor and Oxana Yablonskaya.
Romain Descharmes frequently gives recitals in France (Roque d'Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins, Rencontres Internationales Frederic Chopin, Serres d'Auteuil, Nancyphonies, Ars Terra, Aix-en-Provence, Saint Jean-de-Luz, Estivales de Musique au Coeur du Médoc, Agora Festival) and abroad (Festival Arties in India, Beirut, Leipzig, Naples, Lisbon Opera, and Festival Cervantino in Mexico). He has also participated in numerous broadcasts for television and radio (France-Musiques, Mezzo, NHK Japan).
He has appeared in concert with orchestras in USA, England, Ireland, France, Japan and China, most notably with the Midland Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, l'Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine, le Nouvel Ensemble Instrumental du Conservatoire de Paris, l'Orchestra del Lazio and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is also much sought-after as a chamber musician. He is renowned for his attentive, sensitive playing and wide repertoire, which ranges from sonatas to larger ensemble pieces, as well as lieder, of which he is particularly fond. He has collaborated with such artists as Roland Daugareil, Henri Demarquette, Laurent Korcia, Sarah Nemtanu, the Court-Circuit Ensemble, the Ebène Quartet, the Satie Quartet and the Berliner Philarmoniker Quintette.
His first CD recording was of Brahms pieces for Claudio Records in London.
(New York Times).
"....Genuinely mind-blowing, a polished, bounding, roaring performance........Romain Descharmes deserves a triumphant reception....." (Ouest-France)
Born in 1980, Romain Descharmes was awarded First Prize in the Dublin International Piano Competition in 2006, leading him to perform recitals on such prestigious stages as Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, Tsuda Hall and Hakuju Hall in Tokyo, and Salle Cortot in Paris. He has also been awarded prizes at other international competitions (Vlado Perlemuter, Shanghai, Hamamatsu, Alessandro Casagrande), and has received the support of the Yamaha and Natexis-Banque Populaire foundations. In 2004 he became an affiliate of the Charles Cros Academy.
He studied at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, where he won four first prizes (piano, chamber music, piano accompaniment and vocal accompaniment) while studying with Jacques Rouvier, Christian Ivaldi, Jean Koerner and Anne Grappotte. Later, he continued his studies first with Jacques Rouvier and then Bruno Rigutto, during which time he was awarded a scholarship by the Meyer Foundation for cultural and artistic development, and made a recording of works by early twentieth century composers. For this project he received the advice of Pierre Boulez. He has also taken masterclasses with Dimitri Bashkirov, Idil Biret, John O'Conor and Oxana Yablonskaya.
Romain Descharmes frequently gives recitals in France (Roque d'Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins, Rencontres Internationales Frederic Chopin, Serres d'Auteuil, Nancyphonies, Ars Terra, Aix-en-Provence, Saint Jean-de-Luz, Estivales de Musique au Coeur du Médoc, Agora Festival) and abroad (Festival Arties in India, Beirut, Leipzig, Naples, Lisbon Opera, and Festival Cervantino in Mexico). He has also participated in numerous broadcasts for television and radio (France-Musiques, Mezzo, NHK Japan).
He has appeared in concert with orchestras in USA, England, Ireland, France, Japan and China, most notably with the Midland Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, l'Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine, le Nouvel Ensemble Instrumental du Conservatoire de Paris, l'Orchestra del Lazio and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is also much sought-after as a chamber musician. He is renowned for his attentive, sensitive playing and wide repertoire, which ranges from sonatas to larger ensemble pieces, as well as lieder, of which he is particularly fond. He has collaborated with such artists as Roland Daugareil, Henri Demarquette, Laurent Korcia, Sarah Nemtanu, the Court-Circuit Ensemble, the Ebène Quartet, the Satie Quartet and the Berliner Philarmoniker Quintette.
His first CD recording was of Brahms pieces for Claudio Records in London.
Ensemble soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Ensemble violin Gerhard Taschner
