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NEW ARTISTS
Marianne Schmocker Artists welcomes several new artists to the roster: Conductor Maja Metelska, Conductor Zoi Tsokanou, Trio con Brio Copenhagen and ensemble4.1.Artist News for Spring 2016:
Hugo Wolf Quartett in Carnegie's Weill Hall performed the world premiere "Imagined Memories" by Ralf Yusuf Gawlick.Minetti Quartett gave several successful Debuts: Lincoln Center and Frick Collection in New York City and in Munich's Herkulessaal.
Pianist Andreas Klein performed Prokofiev's Sonata No.7, Beethoven Sonata op. 27. No1, Schumann Fantasie Stuecke and Ginastera's "Danzas Griollas" in his spring recitals. Produced a Promo Video for the New York based ARCOS Orchestra.
ATOS Trio: The new CD release "the Czech Album" received accolades "performed with passion and empathy" - Der Tagesspiegel
Morgenstern Trio on two US tours, performed extensively on the west coast and appeared at the International Gilmore Keyboard Festival.
Faure Quartett gave the world premiere "The Water of Lethe" by Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa at the Festival, "Heidelberger Fruehling" , Germany commissioned by the Faure Quartett
Minguet Quartett added their latest CD release of the string quartets by York Hoeller to their impressive and expansive CD List. For the previous CD "Ed Lux" by Rihm they received the Diapason d'or in 2015.
Minguet Quartet recieves Diapason d'or
Diapason, France's leading magazine for classical music, awarded the Minguet Quartet & Huelgas Ensemble the prestigious Diapason d'or of the year 2015 for its recent CD with Wolfgang Rihm's ET LUX (released by ECM).Opening Concert in Lithuania with a World Premiere
"The guarantee of a high quality performance has become guaranteed under the baton of regular guest conductor Christopher Lyndon Gee who led Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra's opening concert." KULTURA LYRTAS The concert featured the new complex work by popular Scottish composer James Dillon, "Andromeda"
Pianist Andreas Klein in concerts coast to coast
After a week in Louisiana as judge for the international piano competition, Pianist Andreas Klein continued performing his recital program with works from Bach to Brahms with stops in Ashland, Stockton and Chattanooga. Students as well at the competition as in Stockton benefited from his master classes. Hugo Wolf Performs Hugo Wolf
The Hugo Wolf Quartett was joined by mezzo soprano, Olivia Vote in a program Hugo Wolf Quartett performs Hugo Wolf in Worcester and Clinton.They performed together from the song book of Hugo Wolf and Il Tramonto by Respighi. They included the Serenade and Intermezzo by Hugo Wolf and the Schumann Quartett. At the Poisson Rouge in NYC and in Jacksonville they offered string quartet programs Fall Season
Faure Quartett in reinvited to Japan. Will embark on a tour to major cities in September/October.++++++
Pianist Andreas Klein performed Beethoven's Emperor Concerto and was a Judge at the MostArts Festival; Mozart concerto KV 414 with own cadenza with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta; Recitals including the Brahms Sonata, Chopin Ballade an Beethoven 1. Sonata in Portland
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Hugo Wolf Quartett starts season at BrahmsTage in Austria with new violist Subin Lee
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Ensemble 4.1, piano and 4 winds, a one of a kind ensemble will internationally perform in New York, Ottawa, Toronto and Istanbul
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Conductor Zoi Tsokanou conducted several outdoor performances of Tosca in Erfurt Germany with audiences of 2000
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Conductor Maja Metelska will conduct the Warsaw Chamber Opera Olympia of Gdansk and Orphee. The later will be recorded for CD Release
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The Minetti Quartett made the front page of WQXR for the rebroadcast of the Frick Collection,the NYC concert last April with Hadyn and Beethoven.
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The ATOS Trio extensive tour in the USA starts in Chicago and ends in Washington DC at the Kennedy Center with a performance at the Frick Collection, NYC before.
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We are proud to have Trio Con Brio Copenhagen join the roster. Will be soloists with the Trondheim Symphony with the Sorensen Tripple Concerto
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Morgenstern Trio gave successful performances in Berlin and Paris
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Minguet Quartett was on Polish Radio, Warclow with the award winning CD Ed Lux by Rihm; will perform at the Konzerhaus Berlin and at several German Festivals including challenging works by Ruzicka, Kamisnki, Iraniy,Tramin