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Chant du Ménestrel

Ivan Karizna, Steven Isserlis, Irene Duval, Nederlands Kamerorkest
Wed 4 Nov 20:15 - 22:15
Main Hall
From Tue 31 Mar 12:00
Wed 4 Nov
20:15 - 22:15
From Tue 31 Mar 12:00

Presentation of the Anner Bijlsma Award

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony n0. 34 in C major
Miescezlaw Weinberg Concertino for cello and string orchestra 
Alexander Glazunov Chant du Ménestrel, Sérénade Espagnole 
Maurice Ravel Sonata for violin and cello 
Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto no. 2 in D minor

Performers

Ivan Karizna cello
Steven Isserlis cello
Irene Duval violin
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Gordan Nikolic musical direction, violin

Niet eerder werd het Tweede celloconcert van Camille Saint-Saëns tijdens de Cello Biënnale uitgevoerd. Maar de eigenzinnige cellist Steven Isserlis maakt zich altijd sterk voor minder gespeeld of onbekend repertoire. Mede daarom en vanwege zijn onmisbare educatieve activiteiten ontvangt hij de Anner Bijlsma Award. De Sonate voor viool en cello van Maurice Ravel staat daarentegen te boek als een erkend meesterwerk. 
 
De Frans-Belarussische cellist Ivan Karizna maakte op de vorige Biënnale grote indruk met het Eerste Celloconcert van Sjostakovitsj. Dit keer speelt hij het Concertino voor cello en strijkers van Weinberg uit 1948, dat jaren bij de componist in de kast lag en uiteindelijk pas in 2016 werd herontdekt. Chant du Ménestrel van Alexander Glazoenov spreekt tot de verbeelding en is niet voor niets één van de populairste ‘voordrachtstukken’ voor cello.  

Tijdens dit concert wordt de Anner Bijlsma Award uitgereikt aan Steven Isserlis.

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Cello

Ivan Karizna

Ivan Karizna (Minsk, 1992) grew up in a musical family and started playing the cello aged 7. He received lessons from the well-known cello pedagogue Valentin Perlin. When he was 17, he moved to Paris to study with Jérôme Pernoo. He then went on to study at the Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson.  Ivan has won prizes at numerous international cello competitions, including the fifth prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2017, where he also won the Audience Prize. He has given performances at the Cello Biënnale already, bringing music from Belarus in 2018, as well as the cello arrangement of Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata which he performed with Amsterdam Sinfonietta in 2022.  Ivan Karizna plays a Bartolomeo Tassini cello from 1760 (ex-Tortelier).  

Nederlands Kamerorkest

The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, led by master violinist Gordan Nikolić, is a small and intimate orchestra of 25 to 45 musicians and performs dozens of times a year in Amsterdam – mainly in the Concertgebouw, but also in the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ and in other concert halls in The Netherlands and abroad. Additionally, the orchestra does not shy away from less conventional venues: the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra regularly sells out Paradiso with concerts featuring 20th-Century composers such as Mahler and Stravinsky. As a regular orchestral partner of the National Opera, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra are internationally considered two of the best opera orchestras.

Irene Duval

Violin

Gordan Nikolić

Candida Thompson graduated in 1989 with distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Lonodn as a student of David Takeno, and continued her education at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. She has led string orchestras in Scandinavia, The Netherlands, and Great Britain. She has performed in chamber settings with musicians such as Isaac Stern, Bruno Giuranna, Frans Helmerson, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, and at festivals including the Kuhmo Festival (Finland), the Gubbio Festival (Italy), and the Delft Chamber Music Festival. She forms the Hamlet Piano Trio with cellist Xenia Jankovic and pianist Paolo Giacometti. She has been the concertmaster of Amsterdam Sinfonietta since 1995, and their Artistic Director since 2003. Candida plays a Guarneri del Gesù (1698-1744) kindly on loan from a private collector.
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