14 Δεκεμβρίου, Φουαγιέ Δημοτικού Θεάτρου Πειραιά
GLASPERLENSPIEL SINFONIETTA, Estonia
Glasperlenspiel Sinfoniettas' Artistic Director and Chief Conductor is ANDRES MUSTONEN.
PROGRAMME
Erkki-Sven Tüür ILLUSION (1993)
1959
Astor Piazzolla FOUR SEASONS IN BUENOS AIRES
1921-1992 arrangement (1996-1998) Leonid Desyatnikov
Verano Porteño (1965) / Otoño Porteño (1969) / Primavera Porteña (1970) / Invierno Porteño (1970)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky SERENADE for strings C Op.48 (1880)
1840-1893
I Pezzo in forma di sonatina / II Valse / III Élégie / IV Finale / Tema russo
HUGO TICCIATI violin, UK / Sweden
Conductor WILLIAM KUNHARDT, UK
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Hugo Ticciati embraces the world of contemporary music, collaborating with composers such as Sven-David Sandström, Albert Schnelzer, Anders Hillborg, Djuro Zivkovic, Leonardo Coral, Andrea Tarrodi, Tobias Broström, Thomas Jennefelt, Sergey N. Evtushenko and Esaias Järnegard. In the coming seasons he will be performing world premières of concertos dedicated to him in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Hugo also loves devising concerts and events that combine music with the other arts, notably dance and literature. He is currently working with the English composer Bill Connor on “An Improvised Violin Concerto.” Last season’s highlights included concertos by Bach, Mozart, Prokofiev, Schnittke, Hartmann, Shchedrin, Piazzolla, Auerbach, Glass, Lutoslawski, Takemitsu and world premieres of concertos by Tobias Broström, Sergey N. Evtushenko and Albert Schnelzer in venues including Carnegie Hall, Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall and Cadogan Hall (London). Next season features tours in China and the USA with his own string orchestra, a series of concerts at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam and a weekend of concerts at the Wigmore Hall.
William Kunhardt is Principal Conductor of the Arensky Chamber Orchestra and Associate Conductor of the Piraeus Festival in Athens. He is the 2014 winner of the James Conlon Conducting prize at Aspen Music Festival and the recipient of a 2014 Emerging Excellence Award from the Musicians Benevolent Fund UK. He has made international debuts and national radio broadcasts with Athens Symphony Orchestra, the Bulgarian and Romanian Radio Orchestras, Athens and Tallinn Chamber Orchestras, and has appeared with festival orchestras in Switzerland, France, Germany and Sweden. In January 2012 he was invited to conduct the opening ceremony of Bahrain’s year as Capital of Culture for the Middle East and in November 2013 he was one of an elite group of artists asked to perform at Aldeburgh Music’s Benjamin Britten Centenary Weekend.
Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta has performed in Switzerland and Austria, in Italy and Finland, in Germany and Belgium, in Brazil and Chile, in Argentina and Uruguay and has taken part at international music festivals like Ars Musica in Brussels, Festival Pianistico Internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo, Mittelfest and Emilia Romagna in Italy, Oleg Kagan International Music Festival in Kreuth am Tegernsee in Germany, Saint Petersburg Easter Festival in Russia, Iitti Music Festival in Finland, Riga Music Festival Artissimo in Latvia and has performed in prestigious venues in Europe, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Grand Hall of Saint Petersburg Philharmonia in Russia, Cologne Philharmonic Hall among others. In Estonia, Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta performs at the International Tallinn Organ Festival, at Suure-Jaani Music Festival, at Kuressaare Chamber Music Days and Mustjala Music Festival in Saaremaa and of course at Festival Glasperlenspiel in Tartu.
The concert takes place with the kind support of the Embassy of Estonia in Greece.
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Ο Hugo Ticciati είναι ένας εξαιρετικός βιολονίστας με μια σπάνια πνευματικότητα. Έχει εμφανισθεί ως σολίστ με ορχήστρες σε Βρετανία, Σουηδία, Ρουμανία, Ιαπωνία, Κορέα, Βόρειο Αμερική και Εσθονία, και έχει τιμηθεί με πληθώρα βραβείων.
Eξάρχουσα ορχήστρας, Sigrid Kuulmann.
H Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta από την Εσθονία, υπό την καλλιτεχνική διεύθυνση του αρχιμουσικού της ANDRES MUSTONEN, με πολυάριθμες εμφανίσεις σε διεθνή φεστιβάλ σε ολόκληρη την Ευρὠπη, εμφανίζεται στον Πειραιά σε μουσική διεύθυνση του Βρετανού νεαρού αρχιμουσικού William Kunhardt, καλλιτεχνικού διευθυντή της Arensky Chamber Orchestra στο Λονδίνο, και νικητή για το 2014 του βραβείου James Conlon για διεύθυνση ορχήστρας, που απονέμεται από το μουσικό φεστιβάλ του Άσπεν.
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