In Search of Lost Time
Three non-Romantic composers look back at the elusive past: Rachmaninov admires it in his expressive way. Shchedrin looks painfully at the nineteenth century as at a long-lost youth. Prokofiev, as if trying to isolate himself from the terrifying reality, focuses on his youth full of light, humor and love. Three visions of the Romantic era - the era of youth, beauty and sincerity - from composers of the eras of neo-Romanticism, modernism and postmodernism.
Program:
Prokofiev - Sonata for cello and piano in C major, op.119
Shchedrin - Bel Canto in the Russian Mode for Cello and Piano
Rachmaninov - Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, op. 19
Matthias Balzat
New Zealand-born cellist Matthias Balzat (1999) has gained international recognition as a soloist and chamber musician. He is a winner of prestigious competitions including the Accordi Musicali International Cello Competition, 69th ROSL Annual Music Competition, Sieghardt-Rometsch Concerto Competition and New Zealand National Concerto Competition (2014, 2017). He has performed with leading orchestras including the NZSO, CSO, Sinfonietta Köln and St. Matthews Chamber Orchestra, and collaborated with conductors such as Guy Noble, Benjamin Northey and Rüdiger Bohn.
Ekaterina Zhemaitis
Ekaterina Zhemaitis was born in 1989 in Moscow, Russia. She started playing the piano under the guidance of her mother - the great pianist Anna Manasarova. In 2009, Ekaterina completed her bachelor's degree with Tatiana Direktorenko at the Academic Music College in Moscow. In 2014, she graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she studied piano with Elena Kuznetsova and chamber music with Aleksander Bonduriansky. In 2016, she completed her postgraduate studies. After that, Ekaterina continued her studies with Evgeniy Sinaisky at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany.man, Ivan Karizna, Oxana Schevchenko, Matthias Balzat and Maryana Osipova.
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