First time in Thailand with a world renowned flutist: Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann, German flutist and professor at the prestigious Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany!
Together with pianist, Vanda Albota, in “Connection”, a concert with a program that connects world’s cultures together. From Poulenc; a composer who made an important contribution to French music in the decades after World War I and whose songs are considered among the best composed during the 20th century. Schubert; an Austrian composer who bridged the worlds of Classical and Romantic music. Cherdchoo-ngarm; one of Thailand’s most prominent composers and many more.
Program
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Flute Sonata, FP164
I. Allegro malincolico
II. Cantilena
III. Presto giocoso
Carl Frühling (1868-1937)
Fantaisie, Op.55
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Introduction and Variations on “Trockne Blumen”, D.802
INTERMISSION
Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941)
Sonatine quasi Fantasia
Morakot Cherdchoo-ngarm
Sonatine for Flute and Piano (2018)
Guillaume Connesson (b.1970)
Le Rire de Saraï (2002)
Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann , Flute
Vanda Albota, Piano
Meet our Musicians
Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann
Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann enjoys an outstanding reputation as a versatile soloist, highly sought-after chamber musician, and committed flute teacher.
She has been a guest in various concerts and international festivals during the last years and counts in the meantime among the most renown german flutists of her generation.Grewing up in Hamburg she comes from a traditional musician family and studied first in the international renown fluteclass of Professor Jean-Claude Gérard (Stuttgart) and was later educated of teachers of the same reputation as Professor Jeanne Baxtresser (New York) and Professor Michael-Martin Kofler (Salzburg).In addition she received important influences from Aurèle Nicolet and Paul Meisen.
She is a prizewinner of many national and international competitions (International Kuhlau Competition, Flute-Talk Chicago, International Flute Competition Budapest a.o.) and was supported by the „Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes“, the chamber music foundation „Villa Musica“, the „Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben“ and was promoted by the important foundation „Deutscher Musikrat“.
She gathered several years of valuable orchestral experience as assistant principal flute of the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra.Apart from her soloistic activity she dedicates herself substantially to the chamber music.With her ensemble the Trio Charolca she shows en engaged concert activity and performs an extensive concert schedule and is gradually gaining a reputation as one of the leading ensembles of its kind.An interest in new music as well as an enthusiasm for exploring new sounds form the basis for their contrasting and intelligent programmes.In addition, the trio collaborates with composers such as Sofia Gubaidulina and the late Harald Genzmer, opening new perspectives and inspiration for their concerts.
The flutist shows an active international concert activity, which led her to the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Semperoper in Dresden, to the Rudolphinum in Prague, to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and to the BBC PROMs concerts in London, to the Alte Oper Frankfurt, to the Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Mozartfest Würzburg, the Biennale Munich and to MusicaMallorca.
2009-2018 she has been professor for flute at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, where she taught an exceptionally successful flute class.
Since 2018 she was appointed Professor for flute at the worldfamous Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany.Due to her passion for teaching she became in the meantime a well known teacher at numerous master classes and as a member in Jurys worldwide.
Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann is in equally great demand as a chamber musician. To her chamber music partners count soloists of international orchestras and ensembles, in addition she played with Leonard Hokanson, Miriam Fried, Paul and Gustav Rivinius, Aurèle Nicolet, Erik Schumann, Caroline Widmann and the Mandelring Quartett.
A CD recording of works by Harald Genzmer played by the Trio Charolca was published in 2012 (Thorofon), followed by her Debut recording with works for flute and piano with her duo partner Thomas Hoppe (Audite 2013), which was right away nominated for the International Classical Music Award 2014 (ICMA).An album with Bach Arias (Daniel Behle, Tenor) and the Partita for Soloflute was released at Sony Classical and attracted great attention.In November 2015 a release at Audite with works from jewish composers, who had been ostracized in the era oft he National Socialism, had been successfully published and was nominated for the prize of the ‘German Record Critics’ award 2016.
Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann plays a Muramatsu all 18K flute.
The pianist Vanda Albota was born in Romania and received her first musical training in her home country. She continued her studies in Weimar, where she graduated from the Konzertexamen with a scholarship from Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the DAAD. After that, she continued her education of historical keyboard instruments in Berlin and completed her Konzertexamen. She also received lessons and suggestions from musicians such as Gerlinde Otto, Ulrich Beetz, Mitzi Meyerson, Paul Badura-Škoda, Andras Schiff.
Vanda Albota played with orchestras in her home country and in Berlin, Leipzig, Zwickau, Greiz, Bad Hersfeld, Weimar, Jena and numerous radio and television recordings document the pianist’s playing (MDR Leipzig, BBC London, Radio Romania Cultural). The solo activity is supplemented by Chamber music and Collaborative. In addition, Vanda Albota is a demanded pianist at masterclasses and competitions such as Forum Artium, Weimar’s Masterclasses, Leipzig International Bach Competition.
The pianist also works intensively with performance practice on historical keyboard instruments and has already played in Berlin (also in the Philharmonie as a soloist with the German Chamber Orchestra), Bergheim near Cologne (Sammlung Dohr), Weimar (Sammlung Beetz), Bad Krozingen (Sammlung Neumeyer Junghanns-Tracey).
From 2004 to 2012, she worked as a lecturer for Werkstudium at the “Franz Liszt” University of Music in Weimar. From 2012 to 2014 also worked at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her piano playing has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions, and she has received several scholarships (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, DAAD). In 2000 she won the third prize at the “Nueva Acropolis” in Madrid and a first prize at the “Carl Filtsch” in Sibiu / Hermannstadt-Romania. In 2002 a third prize followed at the “Jeunesses Musicales” in Bucharest, in 2004 a third prize at the “AMA Calabria” in Lamezia Terme, and in 2006 the first prize at the international “Ella Phillipp” competition for piano and orchestra.
“Reflections in Sonata: From Romantic to Modern,” offers a compelling journey through time, exploring the evolution of musical expression across styles, eras, and genres. Each work presents a unique perspective on the sonata form, ranging from the rich Romantic textures of Richard Strauss to the modern innovations of Mike Mower, with a touch of Impressionism from Claude Debussy and the lesser-known yet captivating music of Sigfrid Karg-Elert.
Program
Sigfried Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Flute Sonata in Bb Major, Op.121
I.Idyllisch, nicht schleppend: Allegro Amabile
II. Äußerst langsam: Adagissimo
III. Sehr geschwind und leichthin
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131
I.Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d’été
II. Pour un tombeau sans nom
III.Pour que la nuit soit propice
IV.Pour la danseuse aux crotales
V. Pour l’égyptienne
VI. Pour remercier la pluie au matin
Mike Mower (b.1958)
Sonata for Piccolo and Piano (2002)
I. Lively
II. Gently
III. Fiery
INTERMISSION
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Sonata in Eb Major, Op.18
I. Allegro, ma non troppo
II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile
III. Finale
Sanook Boonpan, Flute
Vanda Albota, Piano
Meet our Musicians
Sanook Boonpan
Graduated from one of Germany’s leading music and arts universities, Folkwang University of Arts, under the guidance of Prof. Anne-Catherine Heinzmann, where he completed his Master degree in Orchestra Playing and Musikhoschule Lübeck under the teaching of Prof. Angela Firkins, where he completed his Master degree in Flute Performance with distinction. In addition, Sanook also received lessons and suggestions from renowned flutists and piccolists such as Wally Hase, Daniela Koch, Alja Velkaverh, Birgit Schwab, Mareile Harberland, Benjamin Plag, Petri Alanko, Sarah Louvion, Giovanni Gandolfo, Thomas Biermann, Henrik Wiese, Rozália Szabó and Claudia Stein.
Sanook started his flute lessons at the age of eight with Mr.Sinith Tongcharoenlap at Aum-Aree Music School. In 2010, he was admitted to the College of Music, Mahidol University in Pre-College Program (equivalent to Grade 10 – 12) where he studied with Mrs. Agrita Lakute and Mr.Hiroshi Matsushima. In 2014, Sanook was admitted to College of Music, Mahidol University, where he received his Bachelor in Music (Flute Performance) under the guidance of Mr. Hirsohi Matsushima and later in 2016, under the guidance of Ms. Yu-Jin Jung.
Sanook has had the opportunity to collaborate with many orchestras, such as the Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Philharmoniches Orchester des Hansestadt Lübeck, Chamber Orchestra of Villa Musica, Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie, STEGREIF Orchester, Royal Bangkok Symphony. Orchestra and Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of renowned conductors such as François-Xavier Roth, Ton Koopman, Marc Albrecht, Markus Stenz, Karl-Heinz Steffens and Andreas Spering.
As a chamber musician, Sanook has worked with many famous musicians, including Sabine Meyer, Diethelm Jonas, Christoph Eß, Reine Wehle, Rico Gubler, Ariadne Daskalakis, Xenia Jankovic, Raph van Daal, Malte Refardt and Alexander Hülshoff.
Vanda Albota
The pianist Vanda Albota was born in Romania and received her first musical training in her home country. She continued her studies in Weimar, where she graduated from the Konzertexamen with a scholarship from Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the DAAD. After that, she continued her education of historical keyboard instruments in Berlin and completed her Konzertexamen. She also received lessons and suggestions from musicians such as Gerlinde Otto, Ulrich Beetz, Mitzi Meyerson, Paul Badura-Škoda, Andras Schiff.
Vanda Albota played with orchestras in her home country and in Berlin, Leipzig, Zwickau, Greiz, Bad Hersfeld, Weimar, Jena and numerous radio and television recordings document the pianist’s playing (MDR Leipzig, BBC London, Radio Romania Cultural). The solo activity is supplemented by Chamber music and Collaborative. In addition, Vanda Albota is a demanded pianist at masterclasses and competitions such as Forum Artium, Weimar’s Masterclasses, Leipzig International Bach Competition.
The pianist also works intensively with performance practice on historical keyboard instruments and has already played in Berlin (also in the Philharmonie as a soloist with the German Chamber Orchestra), Bergheim near Cologne (Sammlung Dohr), Weimar (Sammlung Beetz), Bad Krozingen (Sammlung Neumeyer Junghanns-Tracey).
From 2004 to 2012, she worked as a lecturer for Werkstudium at the “Franz Liszt” University of Music in Weimar. From 2012 to 2014 also worked at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her piano playing has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions, and she has received several scholarships (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, DAAD). In 2000 she won the third prize at the “Nueva Acropolis” in Madrid and a first prize at the “Carl Filtsch” in Sibiu / Hermannstadt-Romania. In 2002 a third prize followed at the “Jeunesses Musicales” in Bucharest, in 2004 a third prize at the “AMA Calabria” in Lamezia Terme, and in 2006 the first prize at the international “Ella Phillipp” competition for piano and orchestra.
Come listen to 12 flautists from Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia & Canada on stage!
Together with Vanda Albota, these flautists will show you their fruits from an intensive week-long masterclass with Prof. Wally Hase (mdw, Vienna). With a program of flute music from all eras, they will blow your mind with their magic sounds!
Program
TBA
Participants from Wally Hase International Flute Masterclass in Bangkok 2024
Vanda Albota, Piano
Meet our Musician
Vanda Albota
The pianist Vanda Albota was born in Romania and received her first musical training in her home country. She continued her studies in Weimar, where she graduated from the Konzertexamen with a scholarship from Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the DAAD. After that, she continued her education of historical keyboard instruments in Berlin and completed her Konzertexamen. She also received lessons and suggestions from musicians such as Gerlinde Otto, Ulrich Beetz, Mitzi Meyerson, Paul Badura-Škoda, Andras Schiff.
Vanda Albota played with orchestras in her home country and in Berlin, Leipzig, Zwickau, Greiz, Bad Hersfeld, Weimar, Jena and numerous radio and television recordings document the pianist’s playing (MDR Leipzig, BBC London, Radio Romania Cultural). The solo activity is supplemented by Chamber music and Collaborative. In addition, Vanda Albota is a demanded pianist at masterclasses and competitions such as Forum Artium, Weimar’s Masterclasses, Leipzig International Bach Competition.
The pianist also works intensively with performance practice on historical keyboard instruments and has already played in Berlin (also in the Philharmonie as a soloist with the German Chamber Orchestra), Bergheim near Cologne (Sammlung Dohr), Weimar (Sammlung Beetz), Bad Krozingen (Sammlung Neumeyer Junghanns-Tracey).
From 2004 to 2012, she worked as a lecturer for Werkstudium at the “Franz Liszt” University of Music in Weimar. From 2012 to 2014 also worked at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her piano playing has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions, and she has received several scholarships (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, DAAD). In 2000 she won the third prize at the “Nueva Acropolis” in Madrid and a first prize at the “Carl Filtsch” in Sibiu / Hermannstadt-Romania. In 2002 a third prize followed at the “Jeunesses Musicales” in Bucharest, in 2004 a third prize at the “AMA Calabria” in Lamezia Terme, and in 2006 the first prize at the international “Ella Phillipp” competition for piano and orchestra.
After the success of their full house concert in 2022, We are delight to have Prof. Wally Hase and Vanda Albota back in Thailand! This time, let us dive into “Lieder ohne Worte” or “Song without words”, a program that contains beautiful lyrical music from many eras.
With works from Johann Sebastian Bach, the most celebrated composer of the Baroque era; Franz Schubert, an Austrian composer who bridged the worlds of Classical and Romantic music; Mélanie Bonis, a woman composer who made the decision to switch her professional name from Mélanie to the more androgynous Mel. a composer who struggle between duty and passion, has twists worthy of a soap opera; Doina Rotaru, one of the most prominent composer of our time and many more!
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata in G Major, BWV 525 for Flute and Basso continuo (After Organ Trio Sonata BWV 525, arranged by Waltraut and Gerhard Kirchner)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
Doina Rotaru (b. 1951)
Legende
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
Sonata in F Major for Flute and Basso continuo, BR-WFB 18
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Andantino
III. Vivace
Mélanie Bonis (1858-1937)
Pièce, Op. 189
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Guitare, Op.32
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
Nocturne
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Fantasie, Op.79
INTERMISSION
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) (Arranged by Theobald Böhm)
Gute Nacht
Das Fischermädchen
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata in A Minor “Arpeggione”, D 821
I. Allegro moderato
Theobald Böhm (1794-1881)
Trois Duos de Mendelssohn et Lachner, Op.33 for 2 Flutes and Piano
Franz Doppler (1821-1883)
Andante et Rondo, Op.25 for 2 Flutes and Piano
Wally Hase, Flute
Sanook Boonpan, Flute
Vanda Albota, Piano
Meet our Musicians
Wally Hase
Even before completing her studies with Prof. Jean-Claude Gérard and Prof. Aurèle Nicolet, Wally Hase became principal flutist of the Staatskapelle Weimar at the age of 22, a position she held until 2009.
In 2000, Wally Hase was appointed full professor of flute at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. From 2014 to 2018, she also held a visiting professorship at the University of Music Krakow. Since October 2018, Wally Hase has been Univ. Professor of Flute at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
She continues her orchestral activities as a solo flutist with the Camerata Salzburg, the Cappella Andrea Barca, conducted by Sir András Schiff, the Staatskapelle Dresden, and the SWR and WDR Symphony Orchestras, among others.
Wally Hase has a rich concert life with recitals, solo concerts, as well as chamber music and gives master classes in Europe, Australia, Asia, and South America. Numerous recordings with various radio stations, CD recordings with solo and chamber music, and an international jury activity complete the picture of her musical activities.
Wally Hase is Haynes’s Artist and plays on a silver flute by Wm.S.Haynes/Boston.
Vanda Albota
The pianist Vanda Albota was born in Romania and received her first musical training in her home country. She continued her studies in Weimar, where she graduated from the Konzertexamen with a scholarship from Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the DAAD. After that, she continued her education of historical keyboard instruments in Berlin and completed her Konzertexamen. She also received lessons and suggestions from musicians such as Gerlinde Otto, Ulrich Beetz, Mitzi Meyerson, Paul Badura-Škoda, Andras Schiff.
Vanda Albota played with orchestras in her home country and in Berlin, Leipzig, Zwickau, Greiz, Bad Hersfeld, Weimar, Jena and numerous radio and television recordings document the pianist’s playing (MDR Leipzig, BBC London, Radio Romania Cultural). The solo activity is supplemented by Chamber music and Collaborative. In addition, Vanda Albota is a demanded pianist at masterclasses and competitions such as Forum Artium, Weimar’s Masterclasses, Leipzig International Bach Competition.
The pianist also works intensively with performance practice on historical keyboard instruments and has already played in Berlin (also in the Philharmonie as a soloist with the German Chamber Orchestra), Bergheim near Cologne (Sammlung Dohr), Weimar (Sammlung Beetz), Bad Krozingen (Sammlung Neumeyer Junghanns-Tracey).
From 2004 to 2012, she worked as a lecturer for Werkstudium at the “Franz Liszt” University of Music in Weimar. From 2012 to 2014 also worked at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her piano playing has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions, and she has received several scholarships (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, DAAD). In 2000 she won the third prize at the “Nueva Acropolis” in Madrid and a first prize at the “Carl Filtsch” in Sibiu / Hermannstadt-Romania. In 2002 a third prize followed at the “Jeunesses Musicales” in Bucharest, in 2004 a third prize at the “AMA Calabria” in Lamezia Terme, and in 2006 the first prize at the international “Ella Phillipp” competition for piano and orchestra.
Sanook Boonpan
Graduated from one of Germany’s leading music and arts universities, Folkwang University of Arts, under the guidance of Prof. Anne-Catherine Heinzmann, where he completed his Master degree in Orchestra Playing and Musikhoschule Lübeck under the teaching of Prof. Angela Firkins, where he completed his Master degree in Flute Performance with distinction. In addition, Sanook also received lessons and suggestions from renowned flutists and piccolists such as Wally Hase, Daniela Koch, Alja Velkaverh, Birgit Schwab, Mareile Harberland, Benjamin Plag, Petri Alanko, Sarah Louvion, Giovanni Gandolfo, Thomas Biermann, Henrik Wiese, Rozália Szabó and Claudia Stein.
Sanook started his flute lessons at the age of eight with Mr.Sinith Tongcharoenlap at Aum-Aree Music School. In 2010, he was admitted to the College of Music, Mahidol University in Pre-College Program (equivalent to Grade 10 – 12) where he studied with Mrs. Agrita Lakute and Mr.Hiroshi Matsushima. In 2014, Sanook was admitted to College of Music, Mahidol University, where he received his Bachelor in Music (Flute Performance) under the guidance of Mr. Hirsohi Matsushima and later in 2016, under the guidance of Ms. Yu-Jin Jung.
Sanook has had the opportunity to collaborate with many orchestras, such as the Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Philharmoniches Orchester des Hansestadt Lübeck, Chamber Orchestra of Villa Musica, Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie, STEGREIF Orchester, Royal Bangkok Symphony. Orchestra and Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of renowned conductors such as François-Xavier Roth, Ton Koopman, Marc Albrecht, Markus Stenz, Karl-Heinz Steffens and Andreas Spering.
As a chamber musician, Sanook has worked with many famous musicians, including Sabine Meyer, Diethelm Jonas, Christoph Eß, Reine Wehle, Rico Gubler, Ariadne Daskalakis, Xenia Jankovic, Raph van Daal, Malte Refardt and Alexander Hülshoff.
klang.kunst x Goethe-Institut Thailand x Mind inner Sound x The Reason I Wake Up Today
Have you ever felt oddly emotional when you went to a concert? Many thoughts and feelings that made we shed tears or smile unintentionally and it is not always easy for us to relate to those feelings.
What make we smile? What brings tears to our eyes?
We want you to join us and observe your own feelings that arise when listening to music together in “Echoes of Soul: A Night of Trasfigured Emotions” a concert that will create a space for everyone to be able to look back and observe their own emotions. With a concept from Receptive Music Therapy, a practice between the music therapist and participants to be applied in conjunction with musical performances by communicating with listeners through emotional reflections from music and drawing.
Because we believe that music can connect deeply with the human mind.
Currently studies violin at the University of the Arts in Berlin (UdK) under Prof. Marianne Boettcher and at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar in Prof. Andreas Hartmann’s class. May receives chamber music lessons by the renowned Artemis Quartett. May regularly performs as a soloist, chamber music musician and orchestral musician. As a chamber music musician, May formed Mixis Quartett at the UdK Berlin and performs numerous concerts in Berlin. As an orchestral musician May is a member in the second violin group at the Frankfurt radio Symphony in Frankfurt. May is a scholarship holder of the Paul-Hindemith-Society in Berlin and the Ad Infinitum Foundation, DAAD and the Lucia Loeser Foundation.
May graduated the Pre-College program from College of Music, Mahidol University under Paris Parachoudis and received private lessons by Leo Phillips. May has collaborated as a violin soloist with several orchestras.
In the year 2012 marked May’s first ever professional debut concert with the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra performing Max Bruch Violin Concerto no.1 conducted by Italian conductor Alfonso Scarano. In 2013, May got invited to perform Saint-Saens Violin Concerto no.3 with Jeffrey Meyer and in 2014, May played Symphonie Espagnole Lalo with the orchestra under the baton of Claude Villaret. The Pro Musica offered May a chance to play Bach Concerto for 2 violins with Leo Phillips.
In 2016, May performed Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with an orchestra at Obergurgl in Austria. And the following year, May had a chance to perform as the world premiere of René Mense Violin Concerto with the Waldsbeker Symphony Orchestra at Hamburg in Germany. Recently May performed Carmen Fantasie by Sarasate with the Leipziger Lehrerorchester under the baton of Gerd Eckehard Meißner at the Gewandhaus Leipzig.
May attended various masterclasses by many violinists such as Eduard Schmieider, Vadim Gluzman, Christoph Poppen, Rudolf Koelman, Boris Belkin, Christian Altenburger, Tanja Becker-Bender and chamber music masterclasses by Wolfgang Boettcher and Lukas Hagen.
She has been awarded several prizes at national and international competitions such as: In 2009, she received the first prize of Anzca Modern Violin Competition, which was her first national competition. In the same year, she received the gold medal prize of The Settrade Young Musician Competition. In 2011, she received the gold medal prize of The 14th Settrade Young Musician Competition. In 2012, she received the second prize of The Sixth Conrad Young Musician of Thailand 2012 In 2013, she won the first prize of Mahidol University Concerto Competition, she received the third gold medal prize of The 16th Settrade Young Musician Competition. In 2014, May won two first prizes of Princess Galyani Vadhana International Ensemble Competition for piano trio category and string ensemble category, May received the first gold medal prize of The 17th Set Young Musician competition, May received the first prize from the 8th Beethoven String Competition in Thailand.
Chawin Karnjanaphan
Chawin Karnjanaphan (Amon) started his violinist journey at the age of 7 (2007) with Phukorn Srinarong. In 2014, he continued his study with David Abrahamyan and afterwards with Dr. Tasana Nagavajara in 2016. After his high school graduation in 2018, he pursued his lessons in Salzburg, Austria with Pierre Amoyal and Emeline Pierre. As of now, Amon is a student of Mozarteum Universität’s Master Degree for Violin Performance under the instruction of Prof. Lavard Skou-Larsen.
Chawin has graduated from The Regents International School Bangkok with music scholarship. During his year at The Regents, he received numerous awards from various competitions, such as: ‘MELODIO’ Piano Trio has been awarded First Prize with the Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Trophy Cup and along with the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Prize from the Princess Galyani Vadhana International Ensemble Competition (PGVIEC) 2016 and 2018. Besides his awards from playing the violin, Amon also won the award for the arrangement of His Majesty The King Rama IX’s composition ‘Love In Spring’ which has performed by Pro musica junior in 2015.
Now he routinely performs with ‘Pro Musica’ and his own band, MELODIO which create their music by the influence of classical, pop and jazz music. Besides that, he also arranged string part and recorded for several Thai pop artists’ concerts such as Beau Sunita, Nont Tanont, Aof Pongsak, NuNew Chawarin, etc.
Miti Wisuthumporn
Miti Wisuthumporn has forged a career as one of the leading violists of his generation, performing on international concert stages, commissioning and recording new works, and nurturing young musicians. Currently a principal violist of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Miti received reviews such as “Miti played the central section’s exposed solo with admirable nerve and control.”(Bangkok Post). His appearances as concert soloist have included the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, the Pro Musica and the Chulalongkorn University String Orchestra. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with the members of the Pro Musica, Bangkok String Quartet, as well as Andres Cardenes, Thomas Hampson, Clive Greensmith, Roeland Hendrikx and many others.
Dedicated to introducing classical music to a broader audience in Thailand, Miti worked with five fellow musicians to form the JEEB Ensemble. The ensemble sought to present core classical music repertoire in funky ways that reached a wider audience. It proved to be popular – the JEEB Ensemble held sold-out music festivals in 2013 and 2017, had a China tour in 2018, launched Thailand’s first digitally-streamed classical music album distributed by Universal Music amidst COVID-19, and will soon launch its third festival.
Miti began violin studies at age 14 and switched to the viola at the age of 15 while studying with Ajarn Chaiwat Buranamanas and the National Artist Asst Prof Col Choochart Pitaksakorn. From 2014 to 2008, he received a full-scholarship to study at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore under the tutelage of Jiri Heger, and between 2008 and 2010, received a full-scholarship to complete master degree at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he studied with distinguished American violists –Toby Appel, Joen Vasquez and Maureen Gallargher. Later he moved to Europe for further studies with Matthias Maurar, former viola soloist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the University of Music and Performing Art Graz, Austria.
Miti is currently a viola lecturer at the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts and Faculty of Music Education – Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Humanities – Kasetsart University and Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music.
Pisoot Saay-Op-Oua
Pisoot is a passionate and dedicated musician and teacher. A highly admired violinist and violist, he has served as Concertmaster for the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, of which has been a member from 2000 to 2018. He obtained his Master of Music Degree at the renowned CODARTS University for the Arts (Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands), and has performed there with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, and Ensemble International. Other valuable experience in Europe has been with Beziers Musike (France) Castilla, La Mancha Symphony Orchestra (Spain), Tilburg Chamber Orchestra (as Concertmaster), and Camerata Tera Reno. He was a finalist in a String Quartet competition in Bologna, Italy.
Supanee Sonchaiwanich
Cellist Supanee Sonchaiwanich was born in Bangkok and has performed across Switzerland, Thailand and United Kingdom. She is the recipient of various prizes in Thailand, including 2nd prize at the Final Beethoven Competition in 2016, 2nd prize at the Thailand 3rd International String Competition in 2014 and 3rd prize at the 8th Beethoven Competition in 2014.
Apart from solo performances, Supanee also performs regularly as a chamber musician and orchestral player. She has performed across Switzerland with her clarinet and piano trio groups. She has also worked with Carmina Quartet members in the concert “Musik im Morgental” in Zurich. In 2020 and 2021, Supanee led the cello section in the RCM Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the principal cellist at The Princess Galyani Vadhana Youth Orchestra in 2013 where she received a scholarship to attend the 47th International Summer Course for New Music Darmstadt in Germany.
Supanee began learning the cello at the age of twelve under the guidance of Mr. Apichai Leamthong. Her musical journey continued in Shrewsbury International School with a music scholarship. Later, she graduated from Royal College of Music’s Bachelor of Music programme with First-Class Honours studying with Raphael Wallfisch, supported by the John Llewellyn Edwards Scholarship. Supanee completed her Master of Performance (Concert) in Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) in Zurich, Switzerland where she received Distinction for her final Master Project Recital under the tutelage of Orfeo Mandozzi. She also learnt baroque cello under Martin Zeller. Additionally, she was awarded by the Fund for Classical Music Promotion Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana.
Aside from performing classical and contemporary repertoires, Supanee also enjoys playing other musical genres. During her studies at ZHdK, she received jazz cello lessons under Henning Sieverts. She has performed numerous shows with pop and jazz bands across Switzerland and France. In addition to her performance activity, Supanee is also passionate about play-centered music education. In 2020, Supanee co-organised and co-led a music workshop at the Plearnpattana School titled Music in Everyday Life – an educational, interactive and friendly workshop that introduced music in daily life through musical instruments, movements, daily activities and expressions.
Supanee has recently moved back home and is currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. She aims to continue bringing music to people from all walks of life by contributing to the music scene through concerts, education and collaborations.
Arlene Karnjanaphan
Arlene Karnjanaphan started her cello lesson at the age of 9 (2011) with Kanyapat Srinarong Chayanuwat and with Apichai Leamthong at the age of 12. As of now, Remi is a student of Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz, Austria’s Bachelor Degree for Cello Performance under the instruction of O.Univ.Prof.Dr.phil. Kerstin Feltz. She has participated many times in the Kunst Uni Graz Orchestra and also have joined ‘Silenzio quartet’ during her Bachelor year. Arlene has graduated from The Regents International School with a full music scholarship. During her year at The Regents, she received numerous awards from various competitions, such as: she has been awarded First Prize with the Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Trophy Cup from the Princess Galyani Vadhana International Ensemble Competition (PGVIEC) both in Category A (Large Ensemble) and Category B (Piano Trio) with ‘MELODIO’ in 2018. She is now an active member of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya, as the youngest member. Arlene also had the opportunity to master with many artists such as Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Leslie Tan, Ekachai Maskulrat, Ivan Torres, Marion Platero, Sally Pendlebury and Matthias Bartolomey.
She routinely performs with her own ensemble, MELODIO, which performs a variety of music genres from Classical to Pop and Jazz that are arranged and created by themselves.
Rugrawee Rugmai
Rugrawee’s musical journey began at the Pre-College of Music Mahidol University in Thailand, with her major, classical guitar and completed her high school education in 2015. Following her graduation, she ventured to Germany to further her studies. There, Rugrawee pursued instrumental pedagogy at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, specialising in classical guitar, and successfully earned her bachelor’s degree (Bachelor of Art) in 2019. Following her graduation, Rugrawee dedicated four years to teaching guitar at a music school in Germany.
Currently, Rugrawee is studying in the final semester of her master’s degree program in music therapy at Berlin University of the Arts. Throughout her studies, she has accumulated valuable experience in the field of music therapy, participating in internships across various domains. Her work spans therapy with adults, children, and adolescents. In September, she will commence a new chapter as a music therapist at the child and adolescent psychiatry department of a hospital in Germany.
Mtt.
Mtt. is an artist based in Bangkok, Thailand. She graduated with a degree in Landscape Architecture from Chulalongkorn University in 2018. Ever since she was little, Mtt. has loved sketching, painting, music, and performing, making art a daily part of her life.
Alongside her professional career as a landscape architect and designer, Mtt. shares her artistic journey on social media and through physical exhibitions. Her artworks are currently part of collections influenced by a random question that popped up one day: “What wakes me up every day?” Since then, she has been exploring the reason every day. Thus, the theme “The Reason I Wake Up Today” explores what inspires her each day by capturing moments and feelings that draw her attention.
Mtt.’s art ranges from minimal illustrations to vibrant canvas paintings, with each piece expressing her thoughts and emotions. She finds joy in experimenting with new techniques and tools, always seeking fresh ways to capture and share her experiences. She blends elements from her architectural background with her passion for visual and performing arts, resulting in unique and evocative works.
Mtt. aims to connect with others and inspire them to find beauty in everyday moments through her art. Her dedication to exploring different artistic mediums and themes reflects her belief that art is a powerful means of personal and communal expression.
Follow her artistic journey on Instagram at @thereasoniwakeuptoday
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Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann enjoys an outstanding reputation as a versatile soloist, highly sought-after chamber musician, and committed flute teacher.
She has been a guest in various concerts and international festivals during the last years and counts in the meantime among the most renown german flutists of her generation.Grewing up in Hamburg she comes from a traditional musician family and studied first in the international renown fluteclass of Professor Jean-Claude Gérard (Stuttgart) and was later educated of teachers of the same reputation as Professor Jeanne Baxtresser (New York) and Professor Michael-Martin Kofler (Salzburg).In addition she received important influences from Aurèle Nicolet and Paul Meisen.
She is a prizewinner of many national and international competitions (International Kuhlau Competition, Flute-Talk Chicago, International Flute Competition Budapest a.o.) and was supported by the „Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes“, the chamber music foundation „Villa Musica“, the „Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben“ and was promoted by the important foundation „Deutscher Musikrat“.
She gathered several years of valuable orchestral experience as assistant principal flute of the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra.Apart from her soloistic activity she dedicates herself substantially to the chamber music.With her ensemble the Trio Charolca she shows en engaged concert activity and performs an extensive concert schedule and is gradually gaining a reputation as one of the leading ensembles of its kind.An interest in new music as well as an enthusiasm for exploring new sounds form the basis for their contrasting and intelligent programmes.In addition, the trio collaborates with composers such as Sofia Gubaidulina and the late Harald Genzmer, opening new perspectives and inspiration for their concerts.
The flutist shows an active international concert activity, which led her to the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Semperoper in Dresden, to the Rudolphinum in Prague, to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and to the BBC PROMs concerts in London, to the Alte Oper Frankfurt, to the Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Mozartfest Würzburg, the Biennale Munich and to MusicaMallorca.
2009-2018 she has been professor for flute at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, where she taught an exceptionally successful flute class.
Since 2018 she was appointed Professor for flute at the worldfamous Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany.Due to her passion for teaching she became in the meantime a well known teacher at numerous master classes and as a member in Jurys worldwide.
Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann is in equally great demand as a chamber musician. To her chamber music partners count soloists of international orchestras and ensembles, in addition she played with Leonard Hokanson, Miriam Fried, Paul and Gustav Rivinius, Aurèle Nicolet, Erik Schumann, Caroline Widmann and the Mandelring Quartett.
A CD recording of works by Harald Genzmer played by the Trio Charolca was published in 2012 (Thorofon), followed by her Debut recording with works for flute and piano with her duo partner Thomas Hoppe (Audite 2013), which was right away nominated for the International Classical Music Award 2014 (ICMA).An album with Bach Arias (Daniel Behle, Tenor) and the Partita for Soloflute was released at Sony Classical and attracted great attention.In November 2015 a release at Audite with works from jewish composers, who had been ostracized in the era oft he National Socialism, had been successfully published and was nominated for the prize of the ‘German Record Critics’ award 2016.
Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann plays a Muramatsu all 18K flute.
The pianist Vanda Albota was born in Romania and received her first musical training in her home country. She continued her studies in Weimar, where she graduated from the Konzertexamen with a scholarship from Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the DAAD. After that, she continued her education of historical keyboard instruments in Berlin and completed her Konzertexamen. She also received lessons and suggestions from musicians such as Gerlinde Otto, Ulrich Beetz, Mitzi Meyerson, Paul Badura-Škoda, Andras Schiff.
Vanda Albota played with orchestras in her home country and in Berlin, Leipzig, Zwickau, Greiz, Bad Hersfeld, Weimar, Jena and numerous radio and television recordings document the pianist’s playing (MDR Leipzig, BBC London, Radio Romania Cultural). The solo activity is supplemented by Chamber music and Collaborative. In addition, Vanda Albota is a demanded pianist at masterclasses and competitions such as Forum Artium, Weimar’s Masterclasses, Leipzig International Bach Competition.
The pianist also works intensively with performance practice on historical keyboard instruments and has already played in Berlin (also in the Philharmonie as a soloist with the German Chamber Orchestra), Bergheim near Cologne (Sammlung Dohr), Weimar (Sammlung Beetz), Bad Krozingen (Sammlung Neumeyer Junghanns-Tracey).
From 2004 to 2012, she worked as a lecturer for Werkstudium at the “Franz Liszt” University of Music in Weimar. From 2012 to 2014 also worked at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her piano playing has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions, and she has received several scholarships (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, DAAD). In 2000 she won the third prize at the “Nueva Acropolis” in Madrid and a first prize at the “Carl Filtsch” in Sibiu / Hermannstadt-Romania. In 2002 a third prize followed at the “Jeunesses Musicales” in Bucharest, in 2004 a third prize at the “AMA Calabria” in Lamezia Terme, and in 2006 the first prize at the international “Ella Phillipp” competition for piano and orchestra.
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Flutist Wally Hase was born in Freiburg/Brsg. (Germany) and was a student of Prof. Karl Friedrich Mess.
In 1986 she began her studies with him at the Hochschule fur Musik in Stuttgart after having performed that same year with the World Youth Orchestra in the USA through a fellowship. She continued her studies with Prof. Jean-Claude Gérard and Prof. Aurèle Nicolet.
As a member of the Ludwigsburg Festival Orchestra, Wally Hase participated in concert tours of China, Japan and South America. In 1989 she performed at the Festival of the Arts in New Zealand. She was a fellow of the Richard Wagner Society Bayreuth in 1990 and, from 1990 to 1993, a member of the Karlsruhe Ensemble 13 and the Bach Collegium Stuttgart under the direction of Helmuth Rilling.
Already before completing her studies, at the age of 22, Wally Hase became solo flutist with the Staatskapelle Weimar, a position she held until 2009. Since 2008 she has collaborated regularly with the Camerata Salzburg. She performs as solo flutist with various ensembles and orchestras, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Cappella Andrea Barca, conducted by Sir András Schiff, the radio symphony orcherstras of SWR Freiburg-Baden Baden, MDR Leipzig and WDR Koln, and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic.
As well as being soloist with among others the Camerata Salzburg, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra, and the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Chemnitz, she frequently appears as a chamber musician – in duos with the guitarist Thomas Muller-Pering, the pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja, the Trio Lobkowitz Wien and with the Mandelring Quartett. In addition she collaborates in “Music & Lyric” projects with Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Reemtsma.
Her all-around engagement as soloist, chamber musician and founding member of various ensembles is complemented by CD recordings, as well as television and radio productions. In 2006 she was honored with the German Record Critics’ Award and in 2007 with the Leopold.
In 2000 Wally Hase was appointed Professor of Flute at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar; between 2014 and 2018 she was also guest professor for flute at the University of Music Krakow. In addition to this, Wally Hase maintains a busy schedule giving master classes throughout Europe, Australia, Asia and South America. An international jury activity complete the picture of her musical activities.
In 2018 Wally Hase was appointed to the prestigious chair of Professor of Flute at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Wally Hase is Haynes Artist and plays a silver flute from Wm.S.Haynes / Boston.
The pianist Vanda Albota was born in Romania and received her first musical training in her home country. She continued her studies in Weimar, where she graduated from the Konzertexamen with a scholarship from Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the DAAD. After that, she continued her education of historical keyboard instruments in Berlin and completed her Konzertexamen. She also received lessons and suggestions from musicians such as Gerlinde Otto, Ulrich Beetz, Mitzi Meyerson, Paul Badura-Škoda, Andras Schiff.
Vanda Albota played with orchestras in her home country and in Berlin, Leipzig, Zwickau, Greiz, Bad Hersfeld, Weimar, Jena and numerous radio and television recordings document the pianist’s playing (MDR Leipzig, BBC London, Radio Romania Cultural). The solo activity is supplemented by Chamber music and Collaborative. In addition, Vanda Albota is a demanded pianist at masterclasses and competitions such as Forum Artium, Weimar’s Masterclasses, Leipzig International Bach Competition.
The pianist also works intensively with performance practice on historical keyboard instruments and has already played in Berlin (also in the Philharmonie as a soloist with the German Chamber Orchestra), Bergheim near Cologne (Sammlung Dohr), Weimar (Sammlung Beetz), Bad Krozingen (Sammlung Neumeyer Junghanns-Tracey).
From 2004 to 2012, she worked as a lecturer for Werkstudium at the “Franz Liszt” University of Music in Weimar. From 2012 to 2014 also worked at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her piano playing has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions, and she has received several scholarships (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, DAAD). In 2000 she won the third prize at the “Nueva Acropolis” in Madrid and a first prize at the “Carl Filtsch” in Sibiu / Hermannstadt-Romania. In 2002 a third prize followed at the “Jeunesses Musicales” in Bucharest, in 2004 a third prize at the “AMA Calabria” in Lamezia Terme, and in 2006 the first prize at the international “Ella Phillipp” competition for piano and orchestra.
“Ich träumte von bunten Blumen, So wie sie wohl blühen im Mai Ich träumte von grünen Wiesen, Von lustigem Vogelgeschrei.”
“I dreamt of many-hued flowers, such as bloom in May. I dreamt of green meadows and of the merry chirping of birds.”
After having completed the cycle of songs, Franz Schubert is supposed to have said to a group of friends, “I will sing through a cycle of dreadful songs for you.”
“Die Winterreise” or “Winter Journey” is a setting of a poem by Wilhelm Müller, a story of a young man with the incurable wound in his heart who wandering through Winter, driven out by overwhelming emotional frustration into the hostile, frost-bound winter landscape.
Are you perhaps this man? Let us wander through this Winter together until the spring comes.
Program
Franz Schubert
Die Winterreise, D. 911
Gute Nacht
Die Wetterfahne
Gefror’ne Thränen
Erstarrung
Der Lindenbaum
Wasserfluth
Auf dem Flusse
Rückblick
Irrlicht
Rast
Frühlingstraum
Einsamkeit
Die Post
Der greise Kopf
Die Krähe
Letzte Hoffnung
Im Dorfe
Der stürmische Morgen
Täuschung
Der Wegweiser
Das Wirtshaus
Muth
Die Nebensonnen
Der Leiermann
John Tneoh, Tenor
Usa Napawan, Piano
Meet our Musicians
John Tneoh
A native of Penang, Malaysia, John Tneoh was trained at Ouachita Baptist University in the United States, where he majored in Voice Performance with a minor in Piano.
Tneoh’s musical journey began at four when he took piano lessons and eventually completed his Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Grade 8 Examinations. Tneoh was also heavily involved in choral music during high school, which led to private lessons with German-trained mezzo-soprano Hooi Lay Khoo before pursuing his tertiary education. He was offered a piano and voice performance major during his university entrance exam, and he decided on the latter.
Throughout his collegiate years, Tneoh sang roles including Peter in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, Simoné in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and Masetto in Don Giovanni, a role which he would reprise in the Fall of 2022. Professionally, he has also performed internationally as Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Vicomte Cascada (Die Lüstige Witwe), Prince Yamadori & Il Commissario (Madama Butterfly), Masetto & Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Mayor (A Happy Prince), and most recently as Slook in Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio.
Tneoh is also no stranger to performing as a soloist in both orchestral and recital settings; his repertoire includes bass/baritone solos in Faure’s Requiem, Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis & Missa in tempore belli, Monteverdi’s Madrigalist guierrieri et amoroso, Bruckner’s Te Deum, Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe and more recently in Händel’s Messiah with the Siam Sinfonietta.
Performing with Usa Napawan in Schubert’s Winterreise comes full circle as the duo’s first performance more than a decade ago was the fifth number of the song cycle, Der Lindenbaum.
Usa (Ami) Napawan
Usa ventured into political science for her undergraduate studies in International Relations from Chulalongkorn University. She decided to return to music after graduated and received her Master in Music in Piano Performance from the College of Music, Mahidol University under the tutelage of Dr. Nopanand Chanorathaikul.
She has a long-standing artistic relationship with the Pro Musica international vocal and collaborative piano masterclasses under the renowned vocal coach Loh Siew Tuan. She has worked closely with Ms.Tuan and a celebrated collaborative pianist Hein Boterberg in masterclasses held in Thailand and Malaysia in collaboration with Opera Studio Vlanderen (Belgium) from 2008-2013.
Currently, she is a sought-after educator and collaborative pianist who performs regularly with both Thai and international artists, in recitals and festivals, including Jonathon Glonek, Julien Beaudiment, James Hall, Philippe Cuper, Edwin Rodriguez, Sergio Bosi, Arnaldo de Felice, Angela Firkins, Gianni Biocotino, Johan van der Linden, Robert Visser, Lia Uribe, and Magnus Nilsson. She’s also a piano faculty at international schools and Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (collaborative piano and chamber music).
After a week of intensive masterclass with Prof. Andreas Hartmann from Hochschule für Musik “Franz Liszt”, the outstanding participants, together with Oksana Andriyenko, will present themselves in the Goethesaal, Goethe-Institut Thailand.
Come join us on “Ein Romantisches Geigenabend” or “A Romantic Evening of Violin”, an evening with romantic and virtuosic violin sonatas from 3 great composers of all time: Beethoven, Brahms & Grieg, Will be performed by our guest Professors from Hochschule für Musik “Franz Liszt”, Weimar, Germany: Andreas Hartmann & Oksana Andriyenko.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No.7 in C minor, Op.30 No.2
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio cantabile
III. Scherzo, Allegro
IV. Allegro, Presto
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Un pop presto e con sentimento
IV. Presto agitato
INTERMISSION
Edward Grieg
Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor, Op.45
I. Allegro con brio
II. Allegretto quasi andantino
III. Allegro molto vivace
Andreas Hartmann, Violin
Oksana Andriyenko, Piano
Meet our Musicians
Andreas Hartmann
Born in Halle in 1960, Andreas Hartmann studied at the Musikhochschule Weimar with Jost Witter. He was a Prizewinner at national and international competitions, including the 1980 International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig and the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
In 1984, he won a position as the first concertmaster of the Grosser Rundfunkorchester Leipzig, and in 1990, he took over the same position at the MDR Symphony Orchestra. His extensive concert activities include chamber music and solo works, which he performs with the MDR Symphony Orchestra in the broadcasting area and at guest concerts in Germany and abroad,including in January 2006 together with Rodin Moldovan Brahms’ double concerto in the Leipzig Gewandhaus and in Weimar, and in April 2006 Mozart sonatas in the Old Town Hall and Mendelssohn’s 1st symphony in the chamber music version Seoul and Bangkok. Andreas Hartmann also gives concerts in Europe, Asia and Canada. He has been a regular guest in the USA since 1999. He gave his 300th concert there in October 2009.
Numerous television, radio and CD recordings round off his field of activity, including the 200th birthday of F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and the recording of the R. Schumann Sonata for violin and piano op .121 with the pianist, Rolf-Dieter Arens.
Andreas Hartmann plays a Guarneri’s Violin made in 1744.
Oksana Andriyenko
Oksana is an award winning pianist from Odessa, Ukraine. Her pizes and awards include the prestigious Sergei Rachmaninov and Henryk Neuhaus piano competitions. Having completed her undergraduate degree in Ukraine Oksana continued with her postgraduate studies in the Konzertexam-Chamber Music at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT WEIMAR. As a concert pianist and a chamber musician Oksana performed in Germany, Austria, Japan, Poland, Ukraine and Switzerland.
As a chamber music partner, Oksana performed with violin virtuosos such as Igor Oistrach, Boris Kuschnir, Ingolf Turban, Lukas Hagen, Zscholt Tihamer Visontay, Thomas Zehetmair, Martin Spangenberg, Igor Ozim and Friedemann Eichhorn.
Oksana has over 18 years of teaching experience at the HfM Weimar and frequently accompanies soloists at the International Louis Spohr Competition in Weimar, Violin Funding Competition in Dessau, Master Class Haus Marteau Lichtenberg and the Summer Academy Mozarteum in Salzburg.
