17th Kuressaare Chamber Music Days
August 2 - 6, 2011
Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 at 7 pm
Kuressaare Cultural Centre (Tallinna St. 6)
OPENING CONCERT
Andres Paas (klaver)
Julia Igonina (viiul) Venemaa
Rustam Komatshkov (tello) Venemaa
Programme:
Claude Debussy - Piano Trio G major
Robert Schumann - Fantasy Pieces Op. 73 for piano and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns - Dance Macabre Op. 40 for violin and piano
Johannes Brahms - Piano Trio C minor, Op. 101 No. 3
Andres Paas, the main organizer and artistic director of the festival will traditionally open 17th Kuressaare Chamber Music Days. As an intricate and romantically passionate musician Andres Paas has performed a remarkable part of top chamber music throughout the years together with several ensemble musicians. This time he will perform together with his good friends cellist Rustam Komachkov and violinist Julia Igonina Russian musicians who have gained a lot of recognition on several reputable stages all over the world. This excellent ensemble already won the audiences heart in the festival in 2009 where their moving performance of Tchaikovskys Trio in A minor, Op. 50 for piano, violin, and cello is still remembered. It is rare when one can experience such perfect and universal disappearance of time and space that I felt during this evening of music. What a concentration, cognitive intensity and sense of integrity, and what an exceptional ensemble! (Ludmilla Dombrovska, Sirp, 2009).
Also this time the programme is varied and emotionally gripping there are piano trios by Debussy and Brahms as well as music by Schumann and Saint-Saëns.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 at 10 pm
Kuressaare Castle (Lossihoov 1)
VISIONS
EON Guitar Quartet (Italy)
Giovanni Maselli, Rita Casagrande, Roberto Tascini, Mario Barbuti
Programme:
Luigi Boccherini - Introduzione e Fandango
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg concert No. 3 (BWV 1048)
Antonin Dvorak - Slavonic Dances Op.46 No. 1, 4, 7
William Walton - Varii Capricci
Georges Bizet - Carmen suite
"The Italian quartet EON Guitar Quartet has a genuine and passionate sound and the capacity to attract the attention..."(International Festival of Guitar in Turku-Finland)
EON Guitar Quartet, founded in 1999, is one of the best-known and renowned guitar quartets in the world. The ensemble has performed in many countries from Europe to South-America; it has participated in reputable festivals, such as Encuentro International de Guitarra in Mexico City, Festival International de Guitarra de Morelia, Festival International de guitarra de Zacatecas in Mexico, International Festival of Guitar in Turku (Finland), Guitar Festival of Quito in Ecuador, Kaluga World of Guitar Festival in Russia, etc. As the best performer of the year, the quartet received the prize of Italian composer Nino Rota in 2007. In 2008 the quartet released its first solo album.
The hot-tempered musicians of this quartet from Southern Europe love different musical styles from baroque to contemporary music and jazz, thus, also their musical vision is fresh and special. The programme to be performed in Kuressaare comprises of music from different eras, including timeless Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. in G major by Bach, Carmen Suite by Bizet and an interesting piece Varii Capricci by Walton.
Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 7 pm
Kuressaare Cultural Centre (Tallinna St. 6)
FANTASIES
Mihkel Poll (piano)
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and fugue in C-sharp minor, WTC II
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata Op.101 A major
Ferenc Liszt - Transcendental Etude No. 12 "Chasse-neige"
Robert Schumann - Fantasia Op. 17 C Major
"Mihkel PolI is an interesting and original musician with superb technical skills, who is able to perform the most complex pieces with artistic supremacy and musical freedom..."(Arvo Pärt).
Mihkel Poll is one of the most actively performing young Estonian pianists who is gaining recognition also in the world. He has successfully participated in numerous competitions in Estonia and abroad: 2002 the 2nd prize at the national competition for pianists in Tallinn, Estonia; 2004 the 1st prize and special prize in Rina Sala Gallo international competition for pianists in Monza, Italy; 2004 the 1st prize and 4 special prizes in the national competition for classical music interpreters Con Brio in Tallinn, Estonia; 2006 the 1st prize and special prize in the 1st Tallinn International Piano Competition; 2006 the 1st prize in 20th Ferrol International Piano Competition in Ferrol, Spain. He has given solo and chamber concerts both in Europe and USA.
Mihkel Poll has an exceptionally wide range of repertoire, including baroque as well as contemporary music. In Kuressaare he will perform piano music from classicist and romantic music composers.
Thursday, August 4th 2011 at 10 pm
Kuressaare Castle (Lossihoov 1)
CASTLE MUSIC
vocal group Orthodox Singers, Valeri Petrov (conductor)
 |  |
Tatjana Samsonova, Maria Shugailo (sopranos)
Natalia Vesterinen, Jelena Savtshuk (altos)
Anton Medvedev, Edgar Tron (tenors)
Ants Vahter, Genri Tron (baritones)
Aleksandr Peljovin (bass)
Programme: Pärt. Tchaikovski. Gretchaninov. Tchesnokov. Petrov. Schnittke. Grigorjeva etc.
Founded by the conductor Valery Petrov, the vocal ensemble Orthodox Singers has, over the past 20 years, established a reputation as one of the finest professional choral ensembles in Estonia.
The primary creative focus of the choir is to introduce early Orthodox chant and works of Russian sacred choral literature. In the last several years, the ensemble's repertoire has also come to include the music of contemporary Orthodox composers.
The Orthodox Singers are widely known and acknowledged in many countries all over the world.
They have received awards at several international competitions and they participate frequently in various European music festivals (Festivals of Stratford-upon-Avon and Chelsea in Great Britain, Moscow Easter Festival in Russia, etc.). Concert tours have taken the Orthodox Singers to the USA, Lebanon, Scandinavian countries, Germany, France, Ireland, Hungary, etc. They have recorded three tapes and eight CDs.
In Kuressaare, the ensemble will have a varied programme including vocal music by Pärt, Tchaikovsky, Petrov, Schnittke, Grigorjeva, etc.
Friday, August 5th 2011 at 9 pm
SPA Rüütli Ritter Hall (Pargi 12)
EXOTIC PROMENADES
Tango performance "Tango passion"
 |  |  |  |
Fabian Carbone Tango Ensemble (Spain)
Fabian Carbone (bandonion)
Sergo Lazarev (violin)
Rocio Teran (piano)
Nélida and Jorge (dancers)
Programme: Piazzolla. Plaza. Aieta. Arolas. Villoldo. Matos Rodriguez.
"The tango took hold of us, driving us along and then splitting us up and then bringing us back together again..." (J. L. Borges).
The tango performance "Tango Passion" sounds in an exciting setting of a mix of music and dance and takes the audience to the authentic and mysterious world of tango. Tango is considered as the most sensual dance. Bandonion (originally bandoneón) an instrument with a mysterious timbre has become the symbol of this genre full of passion. Fabian Carbone, one of the leading bandonion soloists in the world, originating from Argentina, and his ensemble perform the story of a dance, from the Golden Age during the mid 1930s until the coup in Argentina in 1955. The ensemble will play tango classics such as El Choclo, Volver, La Cumparsita with Astor Piazzollas music which also takes elements of Bach, Stravinsky, Bartók and even some elements of jazz.
Fabian Carbone Tango Ensemble has successfully participated in several international tango and contemporary music festivals in Poland, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Spain, Argentina, etc.
In collaboration with the Spanish Embassy and the Stanford Music
Saturday, August 6th 2011 at 7 pm
Kuressaare Cultural Centre (Tallinna St. 6)
FINALE
Accord Quartet (Hungary)
Peter Mezö (violin)
Csongor Veér (violin)
Péter Kondor (viola)
Matyas Ölveti (cello)
Programme:
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet C major Op. 20 No. 2
György Ligeti - String Quartet No. 1
Pjotr Tchaikovski - String Quartet D major Op. 11 No. 1
Accord Quartet performing at the final concert is a great Hungarian chamber music ensemble consisting of temperamental young men. This quartet is known and acknowledged for its very high level and original way of performing. Celebrating their 10th year of making music together, the Accord Quartet has won several important international competitions including 1st prize in a prestigious Johannes Brahms international competition in Austria in 2009, National Chamber Music Competition "Leó Weiner" in Hungary in 2003, Thomastik-Infeld, Kodaly and Bartók prizes in Austria, at the Vienna-Budapest-Prague International Summer Academy in 2002, 2004 and 2005 respectively. They have also been awarded Artisjus Prize (prize for contemporary music premiers and playing) in Hungary. The quartet has participated in several important classical and contemporary music festivals in Hungary, Spain, Austria, Russia and elsewhere. The repertoire of the ensemble is very varied, containing quartets from the older times to the contemporary compositions.
In Kuressaare they will have an enthralling programme with music by Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Ligeti.
In collaboration with the Hungarian Institute