print this page 19th Kuressaare Chamber Music Days July 30th - August 3rd, 2013 Follow as on Facebook! Tuesday, July 30th 2013 at 7 pm Kuressaare Cultural Centre (Tallinna St. 6) OPENING CONCERT Andres Paas (piano) Alexander Trostiansky (violin, Russia) Sergey Poltavski (viola, Russia) Rustam Komachkov (cello, Russia) Programme: Gabriel Fauré - Piano Quartet No. 1 Op. 15 C minor Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 3 Op. 60 C minor Also this year Andres Paas – the tireless organizer of Kuressaare Chamber Music Days and internationally renowned pianist – continues the tradition by opening the festival with his concert. Having recently returned from a concert tour in Russia, he was met there with praise from the audience and critics` alike both as a soloist with a symphony orchestra and as a chamber musician. At the opening concert he will perform together with remarkable musicians from Russia. The top cellist Rustam Komachkov who has won numerous competitions is already well-known to the audience in Kuressaare. For the violinist Alexander Trostiansky this is the second time- and for the violist Sergey Poltavski this is the first time to perform in Kuressaare. Both musicians are laureates of several reputable international competitions and Alexander received his prize at the renowned Tchaikovsky competition in 1998. The programme of the opening concert is French-style savory on the one hand, and vigorous and passionate like Brahms’ music on the other hand. In the programme: Piano Quartet No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré and Piano Quartet No. 3 by Johannes Brahms Wednesday, July 31st 2013 at 7 pm Kuressaare St Laurentius Church (Tallinna St. 13) VISIONS Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta Soloist: Yuya Shimazaki (violin) Japan Conductor: Naoki Sugiyama Japan Programme: Ludwig van Beethoven - Concert Aria "Ah! Perfido!" Op. 65 Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 26 G minor Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 Op. 56 A Minor For the first time in the history of Kuressaare Chamber Music Days an orchestra – Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta (Klaaspärlimäng Sinfonietta) – will perform at the festival. Despite its relatively young age this orchestra has moved the hearts of the audiences in Estonia and abroad with its emotional style. They have performed in Russia, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and South-America. Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta has also played in reputable concert halls such as Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, among others. In Kuressaare the orchestra will be conducted by a renowned Japanese conductor Naoki Sugiyama and the best graduates of his master classes will perform, together with the violinist Yuya Shimazaki. In the programme: Concert Aria "Ah! Perfido!" Op. 65 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 Op. 56 by Felix Mendelssohn and Violin concerto in G minor by Max Bruch. Thursday, August 1st 2013 at 7 pm Kuressaare Cultural Centre (Tallinna St. 6) FANTASIES Duo Mari Poll ja Mihkel Poll Mari Poll ja Mihkel Poll Programme: Francis Poulenc - Sonata for violin and piano Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Four pieces from the suite "Much Ado About Nothing" for violin and piano Johannes Brahms - Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 Op. 108 Sister and brother Mari and Mihkel Poll are both internationally renowned young musicians and active both as soloists as well as chamber musicians. Due to the fact that they both reside in different countries they cannot perform together very often, but in Kuressaare they will perform as a duo. Mari Poll is a very unique young violinist. She is the laureate of numerous international competitions, including CSMUNICAJA Soloist Competition in Spain (2011), she has won the 3rd Prize at the Vibrarte International Violin Competition in Paris (2011), 1st Prize at the Derek Butler London Prize (2011), etc. Also Mihkel has won several prizes in important competitions including 1st Prize at the Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition in Monza, Italy (2004), 1st Prize at the 1st Tallinn International Piano Competition in Estonia (2006), 1st Prize at the Ferrol International Piano Competition in Spain (2006), etc. In the programme: Youthfully lively Violin Sonata by Francis Poulenc, deeply emotional Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor by Johannes Brahms, and Concert suite from “Much Ado About Nothing” (a play by William Shakespeare) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Thursday, August 1st 2013 at 10 pm Kuressaare Castle (Lossihoov 1) CASTLE MUSIC "Cheat, Play, Love" Vocal quintet Wishful Singing Netherlands Anne-Christine Wemekamp Maria Goetze Marjolein Verburg Annemiek van der Ven Marjolein Stots Programme: Morley. Vilbye. Ravenscroft. Flecha. Scarlatti. Bremer. Patterson. Vinter. Ehala etc. It is impossible to pull yourself away from their powerful radiance. And of course from their sound. (...) This mix of superb singing, entertainment and a whole charm of their own, makes Wishful Singing an exceptional vision: the female a-cappella-groups at this level can be counted on one hand, in Europe anyway. Hamburger Abendblatt, 22 March 2012 “Wishful Singing have that incredibly rare ability to move one to tears with the sheer beauty and pureness of their beautiful voices and at the very next moment leave one on the floor in a helpless pile of laughter.” Stephen Connolly, King’s Singers Wishful Singing is a top international female a cappella group and also the most well-known a cappella quintet in the Netherlands. The ensemble managed to take the time out of their busy schedule between tours in Japan and Spain just for one concert in Estonia, and namely for their concert at Kuressaare Chamber Music Days. The quintet has won various national and international prizes, including the 1st Prize at Dutch Vocal Ensemble Festival (2009), they received the highest score out of all participating ensembles in Tolosa Choral Contest in Spain (2009), and were awarded the Audience Award at the International A Cappella Festival in Germany (2010), etc. In 2010, they released their debut album “New Blue” on the Dutch Record Company label. The programme called “Cheat, play, love” to be performed at the festival is interesting and extensive, incorporating love songs from different eras and by different composers from renaissance to contemporary times. In collaboration with the Dutch Embassy in Tallinn Friday, August 2nd 2013 at 9 pm SPA “Rüütli” Ritter Hall (Pargi 12) EXOTIC PROMENADES Tango Performance "A Puro Tango" Argentina-Spain Patricia Nora (vocal) Gonzalo & Carolina (dancers) Orlando di Bello (bandoneón) Óscar Guida (bass) Hernan Hock (guitar) Pablo Allende (guitar) Programme: Pugliese. Ponzio. Darienzo. Gardel. Firpo. Plaza. Maderos. Scarpino. Bardi. Filiberto etc. In its “Exotic promenades” series the festival continues to introduce tango – a dance art full of mystery and passion. This time Conjunto Típico Fernando Moreno – a highly appreciated and expected Argentine-Spanish tango group on the world tango scene – will give a performance together with its sensual tango couple Gonzalo and Carolina, and excellent singer Patricia Nora from Buenos Aires. The instrumental ensemble to accompany the tango comprises of a guitar trio – Pablo Allende, Hernan Hock, Oscar Guida; and a bandoneonista Orlando Dibello. This group of Argentine musicians now residing in Spain is often invited to perform in the best tango festivals and milongas all over Europe. During the tango performance the audience will be taken to a journey through the 1930s Buenos Aires belle epoque and Parisian Tango Cabaret to contemporary times. It is a unique overview of tango music history where the development of tango and factors that have influenced it are introduced. Saturday, August 3rd 2013 at 7 pm Kuressaare Cultural Centre (Tallinna St. 6) FINALE String Quartet Meta4 Finland Antti Tikkanen (violin) Minna Pensola (violin) Atte Kilpeläinen (viola) Tomas Djupsjöbacka (cello) Programme: Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet No 1 Op 12 Jüri Reinvere - "Keskhaigla" from "Four Quartets" Jean Sibelius - String Quartet "Voces Intimae" Op 56 Meta4, formed in 2001, is one of the most internationally successful Finnish string quartets. In 2004 they won the 1st Prize in the International Shostakovich Quartet Competition in Moscow. The quartet enjoyed continued success in 2007, when they won the 1st Prize in the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna. Later that year the Finnish Minister of Culture awarded Meta4 with the annual Finland Prize in recognition of an international breakthrough. Meta4 was selected as a BBC New Generation Artist for 2008–2010. This is a very big acknowledgement for a foreign music group. Meta4 performs regularly in key music capitals and concert halls around the world, for example in Wigmore Hall in London, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Shanghai, etc. The quartet was awarded with the esteemed Echo Klassik Award in 2010, the Record of the Year 2012 award by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, as well as the Emma prize (the Finnish Grammy) in the category of the Classical Album of the Year. In the programme: Felix Mendelssohn’s romantic String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Jean Sibelius’ String Quartet “Voces Intimae”, and “Keskhaigla” by Jüri Reinvere for a quartet and a CD-player.