(Piano) Bartek Nizioł (Violin) Denis Severin
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Playing beautiful chamber music by the German composer Luise Adolpha Le Beau has inspired these musicians and great admirers of chamber music genre to found a trio. The idea to record works by Le Beau proved to be a success ― the recording, released by the MDG Musikproduktion Dabringhaus & Grimm recording studio in 2014, received international recognition and a prestigious ECHO KLASSIK Preis 2015 award in the category Best Chamber Music Recording of the Year. Music of the XIX century. Encouraged by such a favorable outcome, members of the trio decided to continue working together under the name SPYROS PIANO TRIO. Enticing offers of chamber concerts motivate the trio to develop new and exciting projects. Tatiana Korsunskaya (Piano) is teaching chamber music, Lied interpretation and collaborative piano at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and Bern University of Arts. She gives masterclasses in piano, chamber music and Lied interpretation in Germany, France, Georgia and Ukraine. Tatiana Korsunskaya is a winner of ECHO KLASSIK Prize 2015. She won first prize at the international competition «Franz Schubert and the music of the modern age» in Graz, Austria and she also emerged the winner of the Thessaloniki International Chamber Music Competition in Greece. CD recordings by SONY (works of Sergei Rachmaninoff, 2009) and MDG Musikproduktion Dabringhaus & Grimm (works of Luise Adolpha Le Beau, 2014). Tatiana Korsunskaya studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, at the Academy of Music in Basel as well as at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Besides her pedagogic activities, she is active as soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. She has participated in many festivals and performed at many famous concert halls across Europe Bartek Nizioł (Violin) is professor of violin at Bern University of Arts, 1st concertmaster of Zürich Opera Orchestra and leader of the Valentin Berlinsky Quartet. He is a winner of ECHO KLASSIK Prize 2015 and “Fryderyk Prize” 2014. 1st prize winner of several competitions: International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, International Violin Competition in Adelaide, International Violin Competition in Pretoria, Eurovision in Brussels and Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris He performs as soloist with orchestras such as English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, NDR Hamburg, New Japan Philharmonic and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, David Zinman, Marek Janowski, Heinrich Schiff and Krzysztof Penderecki. Bartek Niziol collaborates with some of the most distinguished musicians as Martha Argerich, Pinchas Zuckermann, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Sol Gabetta. CD recordings: DUX Records, MDG Musikproduktion Dabringhaus & Grimm. Bartek Nizioł studied under prof. Jadwiga Kaliszewska in Poznan and prof. Pierre Amoyal in Lausanne. He attended master classes of professors as Zachar Bron, Ruggiero Ricci, Mauricio Fuks and Michael Frischenschlager. Bartek Niziol plays a 1727 violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu. Denis Severin (Cello) is a professor of cello at Geneva University of Music and Bern University of Arts He is a winner of ECHO KLASSIK Prize 2015 and GRAMMY AWARDS 2007 Nomination, laureate of several international competitions in Italy, Spain and Greece. CD Recordings: NAXOS, SONY, Panclassics and Dabringhaus & Grimm. Denis Severin performs as a soloist and a chamber musician in some of the most prestigious concert halls around the world, among which are Queen Elizabeth Hall (London, England), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Konzerthaus Berlin (Germany), Musikverein Wien (Austria), Philharmonic Society Concert Hall (Prague, Czech Republic), Radio France Concert Hall (Paris, France), Tonhalle Zurich (Switzerland), Lutoslawski Concert Hall (Warsaw, Poland). He is a frequent guest artist at classical music festivals and a jury member for a number of music competitions, collaborates with some of the most distinguished ensembles and musicians. In 1996 Denis Severin graduated from Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. 1996-2003 continued his education at the Geneva University of Music, at the Music Academy of Basel and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis..