Novalis Quartet

Saturday  8. 9. 2018   20:00

Franciscan monastery in Piran

Programme:

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Quartet for piano and strings in E Flat Major Op.16
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770): Sonata in g minor “Didone abbandonata” Op. 1 N 10

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• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Quartet for piano and strings in g minor Op. 25

 

Soo-Hyun Park, violin

Early in her career she was unanimously awarded the “Priz Groupe Edmond de Rothshild” at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad. Her debut CD (with Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz directed by Nicholas Milton) came out on the label ONYX, which was top rated and recommended by numerous Music Magazines; i.a. the Strad, BBC and the Gramophone Magazine.
She is the winner of several international competitions, including the International Competition Carl Nielsen-4th prize and the prize for best Danish Interpretation, Concours de Genève-3rd prize as Abel Quartet, International Competition Johannes Brahms-1st prize etc.
Soo-Hyun has appeared as a soloist, as well as a chamber musician and as a member of Abel Quartet throughout Europe and Asia.

 

Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola

was born into a musical family in Romania and studied viola and composition in Bucharest. He is very much in demand as a player of chamber music and regularly performs at numerous music festivals with the world's top musicians. He has also given solo concerts and made many recordings for different record labels. Mendelssohn is a prolific composer, having written works for solo instruments, mixed choir and symphony and chamber orchestra. He has also written music for the ballet, stage and screen. At present he is professor of chamber music at the Paris Conservatoire and also teaches in The Hague, Essen and Bologna. He gives masterclasses around the world. Since the early 1980s he has regularly appeared at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and has been its Artistic Director since autumn 2005.

 

Frieder Berthold, cello

Born in Germany, Frieder is an internationally acclaimed cellist who has performed in all the major music centers of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Russia, Korea and Japan, giving recitals and performing as soloist with established orchestras. He studied at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and studied chambermusic with the Amadeus Quartet. He received a bursary from the Global Würth Foundation in order to study with J. Starker at the Indiana University in Bloomington, USA. Fundamental to his musical development have been masterclasses during international festivals with Mischa Maisky, William Pleeth, R. Dubinsky (Borodin Quartet), S. Devich (Bartok Quartet), F. Erblich (Orlando Quartet), and Norbert Brainin (Amadeus Quartet) with whom, since 1994, he has regularly performed in chambermusic recitals.

 

Andrea Rucli, piano

Andrea Rucli has won awards in numerous piano competitions and regularly performs as both soloist and chamber musician. He perfected his skills under Konstantin Bogino and later worked as his assistant. Rucli and Bogino also give concerts together as a piano duo. He has earned great respect as a musician, especially as someone who has promoted the music of the composer Ella von Schultz Adaiewsky (1846–1916). In the spring of 2011, he performed that composer's works reconstructed by Vladimir Mendelssohn at the Italian President's Palace as part of the acclaimed Quirinale series in Rome. In fact, he was also invited back there. Rucli has also actively promoted Finland and Finnish culture in Italy. In recognition he was awarded membership of the Finnish Kalevala Society and received official recognition from the Finnish Embassy.