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Mozart Magic Philharmoniker
THE T A R S Mass, in C minor, K 427 (Grosse Messe) Barbara Hendricks, Janet Perry, sopranos; Peter Schreier, tenor; Benjamin Luxon, bass; David Bell, organ; Wiener Singverein; Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Berliner Mozart magic Philharmoniker. Mass, in C major, K 317 (Kronungsmesse) (Coronation) Edith Mathis, soprano; Norma Procter, contralto...[et al.]; Rafael Kubelik, Bernhard Klee, conductors; Symphonie-Orchester des on CD Bayerischen Rundfunks. Vocal: Opera Così fan tutte. Complete Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubas, so- DALENA LE ROUX pranos; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; Nicolai Librarian, Central Reference Vocal: Vespers Vesparae solennes de confessore, K 339 Gedda, tenor; Wladimiro Ganzarolli, baritone; Kiri te Kanawa, soprano; Elizabeth Bainbridge, Richard van Allan, bass; Sir Colin Davis, con- or a composer whose life was as contralto; Ryland Davies, tenor; Gwynne ductor; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal pathetically brief as Mozart’s, it is Howell, bass; Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Opera House, Covent Garden. astonishing what a colossal legacy F London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Idomeneo, K 366. Complete of musical art he has produced in a fever Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Anne of unremitting work. So much music was Sofie von Otter, contralto; Sylvia McNair, crowded into his young life that, dead at just Vocal: Masses/requiem Requiem mass, K 626 soprano...[et al.]; Monteverdi Choir; John less than thirty-six, he has bequeathed an Barbara Bonney, soprano; Anne Sofie von Eliot Gardiner, conductor; English Baroque eternal legacy, the full wealth of which the Otter, contralto; Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor; soloists. world has yet to assess. Willard White, bass; Monteverdi Choir; John Le nozze di Figaro (The marriage of Figaro). -
Beethoven 32 Plus
FREIES MUSIKZENTRUM STUTTGART FMZ Freies Musikzentrum Am Roserplatz Stuttgarter Str. 15 B e e t h o v e n 3 2 p l u s 0711 / 135 30 10 Die Konzertreihe im FMZ Saison 2008/2009 Die 32 Sonaten von Ludwig van Beethoven sind fester Bestandteil der Konzertliteratur. Immer wieder haben große Pianisten diesen Zyklus aufgeführt und auf unzähligen Schallplatten und CDs eingespielt. Bücher und Publikationen beschäftigen sich mit den Werken und den Interpreta- tionen. Und immer wieder hat es den Reiz, des Besonderen, wenn diese Werke wieder neu er- klingen. Als bekannt wurde, dass der österreichische Pianist Till Fellner sich für die nächsten beiden Kon- zertjahre diesen Zyklus als Projekt vorgenommen hatte, begann Andreas G. Winter, Leiter des FMZ und verantwortlich für die Programmgestaltung, als er Till Fellner dafür gewinnen konnte, diesen Zyklus, den Fellner auch in Wien, London, Paris, Tokio und New York spielt, auch im FMZ üeine Konzeption zu der Reihe „32 “zu entwickeln. Um die 32 Klavier- sonaten von Ludwig van Beethoven, deren erste 3 Abende Fellner in dieser Saison (weitere 4 A- bende in der nächsten) spielen wird, konnte Winter weitere namhafte Interpreten gewinnen, die Werke des großen Komponisten der Aufklärung in Zusammenhang mit Kompositionen von Schubert, Schumann und Brahms stellen werden. Paul Lewis wird die Diabelli-Variationen und Schuberts Impromptus D 935, der Geiger Erik Schu- mann mit Olga Scheps Violinsonaten von Beethoven und Brahms, das Trio Wanderer Klaviertrios von Beethoven und Schubert, der Tenor Marcus Ullmann in einem Liederabend neben „die ferne “Lieder von Schumann und Brahms und in einem Recital mit Mikael Samsonov, der frisch üSolocellist des SWR Radiosinfoieorchesters Stuttgart Sonaten von Beethoven und Schubert und Ben Kim, der dem Publikum bereits aus der letzten Saison in bester Erinnerung ist, mit einem Klavierabend Beethoven und Liszt interpretieren. -
Gidon Kremer Oleg Maisenberg
EDITION SCHWETZINGER FESTSPIELE Bereits erschienen | already available: SCHUMANN SCHUBERT BEETHOVEN PROKOFIEV Fritz Wunderlich Hubert Giesen BEETHOVEN � BRAHMS SCHUbeRT LIEDERABEND Claudio Arrau ���� KLAVIERAB END � PIANO R E C ITAL WebeRN FRITZ WUNDERLICH·HUbeRT GIESEN CLAUDIO ARRAU BeeTHOVEN Liederabend 1965 Piano Recital SCHUMANN · SCHUBERT · BeeTHOVEN BeeTHOVEn·BRAHMS 1 CD No.: 93.701 1 CD No.: 93.703 KREISLER Eine große Auswahl von über 800 Klassik-CDs und DVDs finden Sie bei hänsslerCLassIC unter www.haenssler-classic.de, auch mit Hörbeispielen, Download-Möglichkeiten und Gidon Kremer Künstlerinformationen. Gerne können Sie auch unseren Gesamtkatalog anfordern unter der Bestellnummer 955.410. E-Mail-Kontakt: [email protected] Oleg Maisenberg Enjoy a huge selection of more than 800 classical CDs and DVDs from hänsslerCLASSIC at www.haenssler-classic.com, including listening samples, download and artist related information. You may as well order our printed catalogue, order no.: 955.410. E-mail contact: [email protected] DUO RecITAL Die Musikwelt zu Gast 02 bei den Schwetzinger Festspielen Partnerschaft, vorhersehbare Emigration, musikalische Heimaten 03 SERGEI PROKOFIev (1891 – 1953) Als 1952 die ersten Schwetzinger Festspiele statt- Gidon Kremer und Oleg Maisenberg bei den des Brüsseler Concours Reine Elisabeth. Zwei Sonate für Violine und Klavier fanden, konnten sich selbst die Optimisten unter Schwetzinger Festspielen 1977 Jahre später gewann er in Genua den Paganini- Nr. 1 f-Moll op. 80 | Sonata for Violine den Gründern nicht vorstellen, dass damit die Wettbewerb. Dazu ist – was Kremers Repertoire- eutsch eutsch D and Piano No. 1 in 1 F Minor, Op.80 [28:18] Erfolgsgeschichte eines der bedeutendsten deut- Als der aus dem lettischen Riga stammende, Überlegungen, seine Repertoire-Überraschungen D schen Festivals der Nachkriegszeit begann. -
Piano Trios Gidon Kremer Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė Georgijs Osokins
Piano Trios Gidon Kremer Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė Georgijs Osokins Beethoven Chopin A Gidon Kremer, violin Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, cello Georgijs Osokins, piano 6 7 Ludwig van Beethoven Frédéric Chopin (1770 – 1827) (1810 – 1849) Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano in C major Piano Trio in G minor, op. 8 arr. by Carl Reinecke after the “Triple Concerto”, op. 56 4 I Allegro con fuoco 10:56 1 I Allegro 18:44 5 II Scherzo 6:45 2 II Largo 5:07 6 III Adagio 6:13 3 III Rondo alla Polacca 13:56 7 IV Finale 5:38 8 Musik der Ewigkeit 9 „Für mich ist es eine Entdeckung, ein wahres Juwel der Kammer musik, auch wenn der Klavierpart – Wie soll es bei Chopin anders sein? – das Hauptgewicht trägt“ , sagt Gidon Kremer, überrascht und wiederum nicht von dem Klaviertrio, das im Werkverzeichnis Frédéric Chopins die Opuszahl 8 trägt. Das Tasteninstrument, das schon zu Lebzeiten Beethovens signifikante technische Verbesserungen erfuhr und permanent weiterentwickelt wurde, dominiert Chopins Schaffen klar. Kein Werk aus seiner Feder ist ohne Klavier gedacht, in den meisten Fällen handelt es sich um Solowerke, die singulär und in ihrer Beliebtheit bei Interpreten wie Hörern bis heute ungebrochen sind. „Seine Persönlichkeit ließ keine Zweifel übrig, regte nicht zu Vermutungen an, auch nicht dazu, seine Psyche zu ergründen, in die Tiefen seiner Seele einzudringen. Man unterlag ganz einfach Chopins persönlichem Reiz … Alles an ihm war voller Harmonie, das – so schien es – keines Kommentars bedurfte … und seine Haltung [war] von einer solch aristokratischen Eleganz gezeichnet, dass man ihn unwillkürlich wie einen Fürsten behandelte.“ – Franz Liszts Worte über Chopin fügen sich zum Klang seiner Musik. -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 130, 2010-2011
BOSTON SYM PHONY • 4 ORCH ESTRA MTSP III __ 2010-2011 SEASON WEEK 1 James Levine Music Director Bernard Haitink Conductor Emeritus Seiji Ozawa Music Director Laureate RMES TALE I S, LIFE AS A ^S Table of Contents Week i 15 BSO NEWS 21 ON DISPLAY IN SYMPHONY HALL 22 BSO MUSIC DIRECTOR JAMES LEVINE 24 THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 27 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 33 THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM 35 FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR Notes on the Program 39 Gustav Mahler 57 To Read and Hear More... Guest Artists 61 Layla Claire 62 Karen Cargill 64 Tanglewood Festival Chorus 67 John Oliver 70 SPONSORS AND DONORS 80 FUTURE PROGRAMS 82 SYMPHONY HALL EXIT PLAN 83 SYMPHONY HALL INFORMATION THIS WEEK S PRE-CONCERT TALKS ARE GIVEN BY BSO DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS MARC MANDEL (OCTOBER 8, 12) AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS ROBERT KIRZINGER (OCTOBER 7, 9). program copyright ©2010 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. design by Hecht Design, Arlington, MA cover photograph by Michael J. Lutch BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115-4511 (617) 266-1492 bso.org THE JOURNEY TO THE PRIVATE CLOUD STARTS NOW EMC is proud to support the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Learn more atwww.EMC.com/bso. EMC where information lives endary. HARVARD EXTENSION SCHOOL Greek heroes and award-winning faculty. At Harvard Extension School, we have our share of legends. Whether you are interested in ancient mythology or some other awe-inspiring subject, we invite you to check out our evening and online courses. -
“I Consider Anika Vavic to Be an Extraordinarily Gifted Pianist.” Mariss Jansons
Photo by Christine de Grancy “I consider Anika Vavic to be an extraordinarily gifted pianist.” Mariss Jansons “Great talent, brilliant technique and smart and passionate playing.” Zubin Mehta “The great gift of symphonic piano playing: as if several instruments were resounding at the same time“ Daniel Barenboim “Beautiful playing, understanding of the classical style and great technique.” Seiji Ozawa “No denying that she is an important newcomer” Gramophon A childhood winner of numerous international competitions and awards, the young pianist Anika Vavic began studying in Vienna at the age of sixteen, under Noel Flores at the University of Music and Performing Arts. Her musical development also received significant artistic inspiration from Elisabeth Leonskaja, Lazar Berman, Oleg Maisenberg, Alexander Satz and Mstislaw Rostropowitsch. Since her first public performance in her hometown Belgrade at the age of eight, she has consistently excelled in solo recitals, piano concerts, radio and TV programmes as well as in various chamber music formations, such as the „Horn-Trio-Wien“. She recorded her first CD with the renowned Quarteto Amazonia from Brazil. In October 2001 she won the Second Steinway-Competition in Vienna, receiving a further special prize for the best interpretation of Haydn. In November 2001 she was awarded a scholarship by the prestigious Herbert von Karajan Centrum in Vienna and the Gottfried von Einem Foundation. In 2002 she was granted the Austrian National Award for Women in the Arts. For the 2003/04 season Anika Vavic, following the recommendation of the Vienna Musikverein and the Vienna Konzerthaus, was chosen for the highly esteemed „Rising Stars“ concert-cycle, which has taken her as a soloist to the most famous concert houses in the world – amongst others to Carnegie Hall, New York; Wigmore Hall, London; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; Vienna Musikverein; Cologne Philharmonie; Megaron, Athens; Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles and Cité de la Musique, Paris. -
Avant Première Catalogue 2018 Lists UNITEL’S New Productions of 2017 Plus New Additions to the Catalogue
CATALOGUE 2018 This Avant Première catalogue 2018 lists UNITEL’s new productions of 2017 plus new additions to the catalogue. For a complete list of more than 2.000 UNITEL productions and the Avant Première catalogues of 2015–2017 please visit www.unitel.de FOR CO-PRODUCTION & PRESALES INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT: Unitel GmbH & Co. KG Gruenwalder Weg 28D · 82041 Oberhaching/Munich, Germany Tel: +49.89.673469-613 · Fax: +49.89.673469-610 · [email protected] Ernst Buchrucker Dr. Thomas Hieber Dr. Magdalena Herbst Managing Director Head of Business and Legal Affairs Head of Production [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +49.89.673469-19 Tel: +49.89.673469-611 Tel: +49.89.673469-862 WORLD SALES C Major Entertainment GmbH Meerscheidtstr. 8 · 14057 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49.30.303064-64 · [email protected] Elmar Kruse Niklas Arens Nishrin Schacherbauer Managing Director Sales Manager, Director Sales Sales Manager [email protected] & Marketing [email protected] [email protected] Nadja Joost Ira Rost Sales Manager, Director Live Events Sales Manager, Assistant to & Popular Music Managing Director [email protected] [email protected] CATALOGUE 2018 Unitel GmbH & Co. KG Gruenwalder Weg 28D 82041 Oberhaching/Munich, Germany CEO: Jan Mojto Editorial team: Franziska Pascher, Dr. Martina Kliem, Arthur Intelmann Layout: Manuel Messner/luebbeke.com All information is not contractual and subject to change without prior notice. All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. Date of Print: February 2018 © UNITEL 2018 All rights reserved Front cover: Alicia Amatriain & Friedemann Vogel in John Cranko’s “Onegin” / Photo: Stuttgart Ballet ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY UNITEL CELEBRATES LEONARD BERNSTEIN 1918 – 1990 Leonard Bernstein, a long-time exclusive artist of Unitel, was America’s ambassador to the world of music. -
Intervju: Anna Vinnitskaya
Intervju: Anna Vinnitskaya Jag vill lämna publiken med upplevelser som efter en bra film, med nya erfarenheter och upplevelser, snarare än att imponera med virtuositet Konsertpianisten Anna Vinnitskaya tog emot CAPRICCIO på Konzerthaus i Berlin i våras i samband medhennes framförande av Dmitrij Sjostakovitjs första pianokonsert. Vinnitskaya övar när jag anländer, och jag väntar avsiktligt med att knacka på dörren till repetitionsrummet för att inte avbryta mitt i en fras i Rachmaninovs tredje pianokonsert. Samma dag som vårt samtal ägde rum släpptes även hennes senaste skiva med Bachkonserter för piano, inspelad medEvgeni Koroliov, Ljupka Hadzi Georgievaoch Kammerakademie Potsdam (Alpha). Anna Vinnitskaya föddes 1983 i Novorossiysk vid Svarta havet. Båda hennes föräldrar var pianister och hon tog tidigt pianolektioner, från sex års ålder. Hon har gett konserter internationellt sedan hon var sju år gammal. När Vinnitskaya var liten fann hon glädje i musikutövandet; som tonåring blev pianospelandet dock alltmer en form av yrkesidentitet nästan i en slags sportslig riktning för den vänsterhänta pianisten. Hon gav sin första stora konsert – Sjostakovitjs andra pianokonsert – när hon var tolv år gammal. Vinnitskaya har vunnit ett antal tävlingar, första gången när hon var tretton, bland annat Queen Elizabeth Competition i Bryssel 2007 då hon vann första pris – hon var den andra kvinnliga pianisten någonsin att vinna tävlingen – och Leonard Bernstein Award 2008. Hon har även bland annat gett en Junge Wilde- konsert i Dortmund, och gav ut sitt debutalbum 2009. Vinnitskaya är ”Artist in Residence” vid Dresdner Philharmoniker innevarande säsong som kommer att avslutas med just Rachmaninovs tredje pianokonsert i juni 2020. Anna Vinnitskaya © Marco Borggreve Upplevde du att du egentligen någonsin hade något val? Valde du pianot? – För att vara ärlig, nej, valet var inte mitt. -
Fiche De Presentation Cordes Sensibles
FICHE DE PRESENTATION CORDES SENSIBLES Toru Takemistu (1930-1996) Tree Line Michel Tabachnik (1942-) Diptyque écho, concerto pour violon et orchestre Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert pour violon et orchestre Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Symphonie n°4 en ré mineur, op.120 L’exigeant Michel Tabachnik propose un programme rare, à commencer par son propre Diptyque dont la dialectique entre violon et orchestre confine au cosmique. En ouverture, un hommage appuyé est rendu au regretté Toru Takemitsu, reconnu pour ses sonorités raffinées. De son Guarneri cristallin, Chloë Hanslip nous plonge ensuite dans les sortilèges du Tzigane ravélien. Avant une profonde immersion dans la Quatrième de Schuman dont la texture et les développements n’ont plus rien de classique. Distribution Michel Tabachnik, direction Chloë Hanslip, violon solo Orchestre Régional Avignon-Provence Fiche de présentation réalisée avec la complicité de Kim Parola, étudiant en deuxième année au Centre de Formation de Musiciens Intervenant d'Aix en Provence (CFMI) chargé de mener une action de sensibilisation autour de ce programme dans le cadre d’un module d’insertion professionnelle. Répétition générale ? La répétition générale est la dernière répétition avant le concert. Généralement, pour un concert exécuté le vendredi soir, l’orchestre a six services de répétition et une générale. Le lundi est un jour de repos. L’Orchestre Régional Avignon-Provence répète dans une salle adaptée, en Courtine. La répétition générale a lieu dans la salle de concert : l’Opéra du Grand-Avignon, le plus régulièrement. Au cours de cette générale, chaque œuvre doit être exécutée dans son intégralité. Puis, le chef peut décider de faire des « raccords » et faire rejouer certains passages. -
FRENCH SYMPHONIES from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
FRENCH SYMPHONIES From the Nineteenth Century To The Present A Discography Of CDs And LPs Prepared by Michael Herman NICOLAS BACRI (b. 1961) Born in Paris. He began piano lessons at the age of seven and continued with the study of harmony, counterpoint, analysis and composition as a teenager with Françoise Gangloff-Levéchin, Christian Manen and Louis Saguer. He then entered the Paris Conservatory where he studied with a number of composers including Claude Ballif, Marius Constant, Serge Nigg, and Michel Philippot. He attended the French Academy in Rome and after returning to Paris, he worked as head of chamber music for Radio France. He has since concentrated on composing. He has composed orchestral, chamber, instrumental, vocal and choral works. His unrecorded Symphonies are: Nos. 1, Op. 11 (1983-4), 2, Op. 22 (1986-8), 3, Op. 33 "Sinfonia da Requiem" (1988-94) and 5 , Op. 55 "Concerto for Orchestra" (1996-7).There is also a Sinfonietta for String Orchestra, Op. 72 (2001) and a Sinfonia Concertante for Orchestra, Op. 83a (1995-96/rév.2006) . Symphony No. 4, Op. 49 "Symphonie Classique - Sturm und Drang" (1995-6) Jean-Jacques Kantorow/Tapiola Sinfonietta ( + Flute Concerto, Concerto Amoroso, Concerto Nostalgico and Nocturne for Cello and Strings) BIS CD-1579 (2009) Symphony No. 6, Op. 60 (1998) Leonard Slatkin/Orchestre National de France ( + Henderson: Einstein's Violin, El Khoury: Les Fleuves Engloutis, Maskats: Tango, Plate: You Must Finish Your Journey Alone, and Theofanidis: Rainbow Body) GRAMOPHONE MASTE (2003) (issued by Gramophone Magazine) CLAUDE BALLIF (1924-2004) Born in Paris. His musical training began at the Bordeaux Conservatory but he went on to the Paris Conservatory where he was taught by Tony Aubin, Noël Gallon and Olivier Messiaen. -
Martina Filjak – Biography
Martina Filjak – biography ”Martina Filjak revealed herself to be a premium class pianist'' Süddeutsche Zeitung “' Brilliant , sensitive and imaginative playing with resourcefulness of technique and naturalness of musicality ...a striking individuality ...a pianist to watch'' The New York Times One of the most exciting artists to emerge in recent years, Martina Filjak is garnering international praise for her poetic passion and technical mastery at the keyboard as well as for her charismatic personality and magnetic stage presence. Martina Filjak came to international attention by winning the Gold Medal, the 1st prize and the Beethoven prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 2009, which brought her numerous engagements in the United States and internationally. Prior to that, she won 1st prizes at the Maria Canals Piano Competition (Barcelona) and the Viotti Piano Competition (Vercelli), and was a laureate at the Busoni Piano Competition. The 18-19 season kicked off with a performance of the 2nd Piano Concerto by Brahms alongside the Staatskapelle Halle at the Music Festival in Chorin, Germany and continues with a series of concerto performances that include collaborations with Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá and Diego Naser, the New West Symphony and Fawzi Haimor, the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock and Nicholas Milton, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and Josep Caballé Domenech, the Filarmònica de Málaga and Guillermo Garcia Calvo, the Capella Aquileia and Paul Goodwin, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colon and Manuel Hernández Silva, the Torino Philharmonic and the Zagreb Soloists, various chamber music performances as well as a recital tour in Latin America. Martina Filjak’s latest CD has been released in 2016 on Solo Musica (distributed by Sony Music) with works by Bach, Schumann and Scriabin. -
GEORGIEV Martin
MARTIN GEORGIEV’s artistic activity connects the fields of composition, conducting and research in a symbiosis. As a composer and conductor he has collaborated with leading orchestras and ensembles, such as the Brussels Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra, Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra of Belgium, Azalea Ensemble, Manson Ensemble, Cosmic Voices choir, Isis Ensemble and Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles. More recently he was Composer in Residence to the City of Heidelberg - 'Komponist für Heidelberg 2012|13", featuring the orchestral commission The Secret which premiered in 2013 with the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the composer. Since 2013 he works as Assistant Conductor for the Royal Ballet at ROH Covent Garden, London, where he is involved with a number of world premieres. In 2010-11 he was SAM Embedded Composer with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London. He has completed a PhD doctorate in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, University of London (2012), in which he developed his Morphing Modality technique for composition. He also holds Masters' degrees in both Composition and Conducting from the Royal Academy of Music and the National Academy of Music 'Pancho Vladigerov', Sofia, Bulgaria. Born in 1983 at Varna, Bulgaria, he is based in London since 2005, holding both Bulgarian and British citizenship. He is a laureate of the International Composers' Forum TACTUS in Brussels, Belgium, where his works featured in the selection in 2004, 2008 and 2011; the Grand Prize for Symphonic Composition dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the Sofia National Philharmonic Orchestra in 2003; the UBC Golden Stave Award in 2004; orchestral commission prize in memory of Sir Henry Wood by the Royal Academy of Music, London, in 2011; he was a finalist of the Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany in 2011 and a recipient of 15 prizes from national and international competitions as a percussionist.