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Classical Music Playlist You Must Listen To and That Inspires You

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By Agnes LaurensPublished 3 years ago 33 min read
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Classical Music Playlist You Must Listen To and That Inspires You
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Listening to classical music can make you as relaxed as energetic, as well as being involved in a very emotional state. I love listening to classical music, as well playing the violin. My passion for classical music extend as much as I listen to (new) music and recordings. Why does a musician play the way he or she plays? What feeling(s) do I get? And I can ask myself many more questions, but overall, I love making my own playlist, whether it is on YouTube, Spotify, or any other streaming platform.

So, this is a list for you.

I hope I made you enthusiastic as much as I am about classical music.

Energetic person

A. Ginastera: Pampeana, No. 1., A. Piazzolla: 4 seasons, A. Ginastera: Concerto for string orchestra, A. Piazzolla: Fuga y Misterio, A. Piazzolla: Oblivion, A. Piazzolla: Libertango

Kirill Troussov, violin, and Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra, leader: László G. Horváth

No matter what person

Rachmaninoff: Symphony no.2 op.27

Played by Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of The Netherlands, conducted by Eivind Gullberg Jensen

A. Dvorak: Symphony No.9 in E Minor opus 95

Orchestre Phiharmonique de Radio France, conducted by Marzen Diakun

Easy going person

J. Haydn: Piano Chamber Music

Artists: Haydn-Trio Eisenstadt and Cornelia Löscher (violine), Martin Bramböck (horn), Dominik Taschler (horn)

Telemann: Complete Tafelmusik

Artists: Wilbert Hazelzet transverse (flute), Rémy Baudet (violin), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord and concert master)

Creative person

Giovanni Battista Viotti

Played by Viotti String Quartet

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23

Played by Anna Fedorova, piano, and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conducted by Yves Abel

Passionate person

A. Dvořák Cello Concerto

Jacqueline du Pré, and London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim

Chaconne by Vitali

Played by siblings Krill Troussov on the violin and Alexandra Troussova on the piano.

L. van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conductor, Camilla Nylund soprano, Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano, Matthew Polenzani tenor, Eric Owens bass-baritone, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe chorus director

Seasonal person

A. Vivaldi: Four Seasons

Janine Jansen, violin, and Amsterdam Sinfonietta

About the musicians

Kirill Troussov

Source:

"Russian-born German violinist Kirill Troussov began to play the violin at the age of four with Irina Etigon at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. In 1990 he moved with his family to Germany. There he studied at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln with professor Zakhar Bron. With this great internationally renowned teacher, he also studied at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid for a year. Kirill Troussov finished his education with Christoph Poppen at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He got a Master of Arts. Other great internationally renowned teachers were Igor Oistrach and Yehudi Menuhin. Since 2006 Kirill Troussov plays Antonio Stradivari violin “The Brodsky”. On this violin, the violinist Adolph Brodsky premiered the violin concert written by Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky on December 4, 1881." - https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/10-Violinist-You-Should-Listen-To

Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

"The Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra was established in 2010 by students of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Its debut was held on the 20th of June and it was an immediate sell-out success. Since its establishment the Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra has performed in some of the most prominent venues, such as the Liszt Academy in Budapest, the Marble Hall of the Hungarian Radio, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Kodály Center in Pécs and the Teatro Verdi in Sardinia, Italy. The Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra has been a regular guest at the Budapest Spring Festival and the Ars Sacra Festival, and has participated at the Budapest Autumn Festival, the International Kodály Seminar, the Pécs Summer Academy and the “I grandi interpreti della Musica 2013” in Sassari, Italy. The orchestra has also built a notable international reputation through its performances in France, Italy, Austria and Germany. In 2011 the ensemble won 1st prize in the category of “String Orchestra with outstanding success” at the 5th Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival, which was held in the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein in Vienna. In 2012 the Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra won first prize as a musical ensemble to be awarded the Junior Prima Prize by Hungary`s Prima Primissima Foundation. In 2014 the orchestra finished 3rd in the category of “Chamber Music” at the Torneo Internazionale di Musica, a competition in Paris which hosted more than three thousand musical ensembles. In 2015 the orchestra`s first album, featuring works by W. A. Mozart, was released by the Hungarian record label Hungaroton." - https://www.animamusicae.hu/orchestra

László G. Horváth

"László G. Horváth was born in Budapest in 1987. He began to play the violin as a student of Ms. Tardos. His talent was discovered quite early as he won the National János Koncz Violin Competition in 1998. He continued his studies at the Bartók Conservatory in Budapest with professor Erika Petőfi and won 2nd prize at the Alice Bárdos National Violin Competition. Since 2006 he is a student of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in the class of professor István Kertész. His interest towards chamber music was shown already int his conservatory-years. He won several prizes such as: (IV. National Chamber Music Competition, Szeged – Special Award – 2006; National Weiner Leó Chamber Music Competition 1st Prize, Weiner - Special Award - 2010.) and took part at the master classes of: Hatto Beyerle (Alban Berg Quartet), Ferenc Rados, Shmuel Ashkenazy, Johannes Meissl, János Rolla, Márta Gulyás, Géza Hargitai (Bartók Quartet), Edward Zienkowski, Barnabás Kelemen etc. In February 2010 he founded the Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra, with the students of the Liszt Ferenc Academy. Despite its short career the chamber orchestra accomplished a large number of concerts with growing success. From the very beginning, the orchestra has not only been inspired, but also mentored by János Rolla, the artistic director of the world renowned Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra." - source:http://www.sclfestival.org/anima-musicae-chamber-orchestra, and https://pianofest.hu/profile/g-horvath-laszlo/

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of The Netherlands

Source:

"The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1945 by Albert van Raalte. The orchestra was subsequently led by successively Paul van Kempen, Bernard Haitink, Jean Fournet, Willem van Otterloo, Hans Vonk, Sergiu Comissiona, Edo de Waart, Jaap van Zweden and Markus Stenz. As of September 1, 2019, the American conductor Karina Canellakis took office as chief conductor. The American conductor James Gaffigan has been a regular guest conductor from the 2011-12 season. He recently signed up until the end of the 2022-2023 season. The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra has collaborated with numerous renowned guest conductors, including Leopold Stokowski, Kirill Kondrasjin, Antal Doráti, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Masur, Mariss Jansons, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Valery Gergiev. The orchestra played the (Dutch) premieres of works by Messiaen, Berio, Boulez, Henze, Carter, Adams, Birtwistle, Adès, Janácek, Oestvolskaja, Verbey, De Raaff, Vriend and Rijnvos, among others. The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra received the Edison Oeuvre Award in 2014 for its indispensable role in Dutch musical life. In September 2017, the orchestra, together with the Groot Omroepkoor, received the Concertgebouw Prize for their important contribution to the artistic profile of the Amsterdam concert hall over a longer period of time. In 1991 Haitink received the Erasmus Prize and in 1998 he was awarded the Medal of Honor for Art and Science in the House Order of Orange. In 2002 he was awarded the Honorary Companion of Honor by the British Queen. In March 2007 he was awarded the Concertgebouw Prize. He is also conductor emeritus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ehrenmitglied of the Berliner Philharmoniker and honorary member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe."

Eivind Gullberg Jensen

"Eivind Gullberg Jensen studied conducting in Stockholm with Jorma Panula, and in Vienna with Leopold Hager. Previously, he studied violin and musical theory in Trondheim, Norway. Newly announced as Artistic and General Director of Bergen National Opera from 2021, Eivind Gullberg Jensen is equally at home on the concert platform as the opera house stage. He had worked with the Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Trondheim Symfoniorkester and Norwegian Opera in Norway and across the world to New Japan Philharmonic, Filharmonia Poznańska, Aalborg Symfoniorkester, Noord Nederlands Orkest and Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa. Gullberg Jensen also conducts the orchestra of Opera de Toulon in concert. And many more orchestras. Over recent seasons he has worked with internationally renowned soloists such as Leif Ove Andsnes, Truls Mørk, Alice Sara Ott, Javier Perianes, Helene Grimaud, Gautier Capuçon, Sol Gabetta, Alban Gerhardt, Hilary Hahn, Gabriela Montero, Emmanuel Pahud, Yefim Bronfman, Alexander Toradze, Vadim Repin, Viktoria Mullova, Renaud Capuçon, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Mari Eriksmoen, Charlotte Hellekant or Albert Dohmen." - https://www.eivindgullbergjensen.com/about/

Orchestre Phiharmonique de Radio France

"1-06-1937 : three years after the creation of the National Orchestra, the Minister of PTT, Robert Jardillier, equips national broadcasting with four permanent orchestras from June 1, 1937 including a symphony orchestra of 55 performers under the responsibility of conductor Rhené-Baton. 2017-2018: a season marked by birthdays: 80 years of the Philharmonic Orchestra, centenary of the death of Claude Debussy, centenary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein. The return of Myung-Whun Chung and Marek Janowski at the helm of the Philharmonic Orchestra on March 29, 2018 & May 25, 2018. Beethoven's five concertos: Elisabeth Leonskaja, Alice Sara Ott, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Rudolf Buchbinder, Bertrand Chamayou . Soloists and conductors in the image of his project: Barbara Hannigan, Nelson Freire, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Roger Norrington, Vadim Repin, Santtu-Mattias Rouvali, Lisa Batiashvili, Lionel Bringuier, Leonidas Kavakos, Khatia Buniatishvili, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Vasily Petrenko, Emanuel Ax, Boris Berezovsky, Krzysztof Urbanski, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Leif Ove Andsnes, etc. After residencies at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées then at the Salle Pleyel, the Philharmonic Orchestra now shares its Parisian concerts between the Auditorium of Radio France and the Philharmonie de Paris. He is also regularly on tour in France (Lyon, Toulouse, Aix-en-Provence, Folle Journée de Nantes, Chorégies d'Orange, Festival de Saint-Denis, etc.) and in major international venues (Philharmonie de Berlin, Konzerthaus de Vienna, Elbphilharmonie, NCPA in Beijing, Rostropovich Festival in Moscow…)" - https://www.maisondelaradio.fr/concerts-classiques/orchestre-philharmonique-de-radio-france

Marzena Diakun

"Her prizes and awards include second prize at the prestigious 59th Prague Spring Competition for Conductors in Czech Republic and at the 9th Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors in Poland (2012), "Polityka Passport" for the best artist in the classical music in 2016 and nominee for the Classical Best Innovation Award in 2019. With the new season 2020/21 she becomes First Invited Guest Conductor with the Orchestre de Chamber de Paris. Diakun was also a finalist of the 4th International Lutosławski Conducting Competition (2006) and semifinalist of both Donatella Flick Conductors Competition in London and Quadaques Competition in Barcelona (2008). She collaborated with such soloists as Martin Grubinger, Peter Jablonski, Andreas Staier, Ewa Kupiec, cellists Truls Mørk and Daniel Müller-Schott, singers Camilla Nylund, Klaus Florian Vogt, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Nathalie Stutzmann, Sabine Devieilhe, Jean-François Lapointe, violinists Linus Roth, Michael Guttman, and Alena Baeva." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzena_Diakun

Haydn-Trio Eisenstadt

Labels: Brilliant Classics, Capriccio Records, Phoenix Edition. The musicians are: Harald Kosik on piano, Verena Stourzh on violin, and Hannes Gradwohl on cello. They have been founded in 1992. "They have been very busy performing around the world and have released many fine recordings including all 39 piano trios by Haydn. Although still a young trio of musicians, their approach to Beethoven is mature, tight, deeply expressive playing that brings out all the qualities within this music, and even conveys Beethoven's periodical sense of humour." - Jean-Yves Duperron, http://www.classicalmusicsentinel.com/KEEP/keep-beethoven-trios.html

Cornelia Löscher

"She studied with Professors Irmgard Jahl , Benjamin Schmid, Joshua Epstein, Ernst Kovacic and participated in numerous master classes. In 2005, she finished her studies with excellent success and an appreciation award from the University of Vienna. Prize winner of numerous national and international competitions, as well as the Christa Richter Steiner Prize from the “Association of Friends of the Mozarteum University”. Winner of the Ö1 violin, a Ceruti 184 *, on which she played for two years from 2003-2005. She is currently concertmaster of the Lockenhauser Chamber Orchestra. Since 2007 she has been a lecturer at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory in Eisenstadt. There she leads her own violin class and the string chamber music class." - https://cornelialoescher.at/biografie/

Martin Bramböck

"Martin Bramböck (born November 3, 1963 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian horn player. He received his first horn lessons when he was nine years old at the Innsbruck Conservatory. He has studied school music and instrumental music education at the Mozarteum in Innsbruck and Salzburg. His major was horn (with Hans-Jörg Angerer) and singing (with Peter Ullrich). In 1989, Later he studied at the music academies in Vienna with Roland Berger and Willibald Janezic and in Graz / Oberschützen with Günter Högner. In 1996, he graduated with honors. Since then played Bramböck with numerous renowned orchestras, such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, with the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck and many others. He worked with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Carlos Kleiber, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Bernard Haitink and Zubin Mehta. He currently plays as principal horn in the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic." - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bramb%C3%B6ck

Dominik Taschler

"Born in 1980, first piano lessons at the age of seven, first horn lessons at the age of thirteen. From 2000 he studied instrumental and vocal pedagogy at the Eisenstadt Conservatory, which he graduated with honors in 2004. He then studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where he graduated with honors in 2006 with the title "Magister artium". He is a member of the Wiener Jeunesseorchester, as well as horn player of the New Classic Community, substitute activity at the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic, the Collegium Plagensis, the Chamber Orchestra Joseph Haydn, and the orchestra of the Seefestspiele Mörbisch. Since 2004 he has led the youth wind orchestra and since 2005 the youth symphony orchestra of the Triestingtal music school, where he also teaches horn and piano." - http://www.awvk.at/bios/d_taschler.htm

Wilbert Hazelzet

"Wilbert Hazelzet has dedicated himself since 1970 exclusively to the baroque flauto traverso. He studied the ancient instrumental techniques and the performance of the music from the 18th century according to contemporary treatises about flute playing and singing. Considered by many as the world’s leading baroque flute player, in 1978 he became a member of Musica Antiqua Köln, and with this world-famous ensemble he appeared in Japan, India, China, the USA, Canada, and all over Europe, from Finland to Portugal and from Ireland to Russia. He now forms permanent duos with harpsichordist Jacques Ogg and with lutenist Konrad Junghänel. He is the first flautist of Ton Koopman’s Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, has appeared for numerous radio and TV stations across the world and has recorded for several companies such as DGG, Erato, Harmonia Mundi, and, in recent years, Glossa. Wilbert Hazelzet is a Professor at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague." - https://www.koncon.nl/docenten/wilbert-hazelzet

Rémy Baudet

"The violinist Rémy Baudet was born in The Hague, beginning violin lessons at the age of five. At a young age he was invited to study at the University of Groningen, moving to Amsterdam to study with Mark Lubotsky, and gaining the Prize for Outstanding Student at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 1980, he was named co-Concertmaster of the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, dividing his time between this position and his appointment by Frans Bruggen as Concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, as well as many solo engagements on both Baroque and modern violin." - https://www.naxos.com/person/Remy_Baudet/5055.htm

Jaap ter Linden

"Jaap ter Linden is a Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor. He specializes in performance of baroque and classical music on authentic instruments. He began his career as principal cellist of notable baroque orchestras, including Musica Antiqua Köln, The English Concert and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. He co-founded the ensemble Musica da Camera, and in 2000 founded the Mozart Akademie in Amsterdam, an orchestra specializing in the classical repertoire, whom he conducts, and with whom he has recorded the complete Mozart symphonies. He has been guest-conductor of both modern and period-instrument orchestras, including the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Portland Baroque Orchestra, European Union Baroque Orchestra, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. He has also conducted opera, including Henry Purcell’s King Arthur and Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide. He performs chamber music with pianist Ronald Brautigam, violinists Elizabeth Wallfisch, Andrew Manze, and John Holloway, as well as harpsichordists Richard Egarr and Lars Ulrik Mortensen. He has recorded Bach's suites for solo cello twice. With Egarr he has recorded Bach's sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, and with Egarr and Manze, Bach's violin sonatas. With Mortensen and Holloway he has recorded Dieterich Buxtehude's complete chamber music, and with Ton Koopman, Pieter Hellendaal's cello sonatas. He teaches at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, at the Amsterdam Conservatory and at the Hochschule für Alte Musik in Würzburg." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaap_ter_Linden

Musica Amphion

"Musica Amphion, led by founder Pieter-Jan Belder and concertmaster Rémy Baudet, focusses on the performance of 17th- and 18th-century orchestral and chamber-music repertoire using period instruments. All the musicians in Musica Amphion have successful careers as soloists, or perform regularly with renowned baroque orchestras, such as the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Freiburger Baroque Orchestra and the Academy of Ancient Music. Initially, the ensemble gathered annually for a limited CD-recording period, but soon appeared in concerts as well. Since then, Musica Amphion has performed regularly in venues in The Netherlands and abroad, ranging from a 12th-century abbey to the Great Hall of Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw. Invitations to appear at international festivals have taken them to Germany (Bremer Musikfest, among others), Russia (Sacharov Festival Nizhny Novgorod), and, closer to home, the Festival of Old Music in Utrecht. In 2010, they presented a semi-staged version of Mozart’s Magic Flute. At the end of 2011, Musica Amphion launched their long-term project Bach in Context: Cantatas, organ works and motets – which together formed the music for services in Bach’s time – are virtually never performed in combination with each other. Together with Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Musica Amphion brings this repertoire to audiences in its original context. Although the service itself is left out, the musical feeling of Bach in Context transports audiences back to Bach’s time." - https://www.musica-amphion.nl/about

Pieter-Jan Belder

"Pieter-Jan Belder studied recorder with Ricardo Kanji at the Royal Conservatium of The Hague, and harpsichord with Bob van Asperen at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatorium. He has persued a flourishing career as harpsichordist, clavichord player, organist, forte-pianist and recorder player. He has appeared at many international festivals, such as the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, the Berlin Musikfest, the Festival van Vlaanderen, the Festival Potsdam Sans Souci, Bremen Musikfest and the Leipzig Bachfest." - https://www.pieterjanbelder.nl/pieterjanbelder-english

Viotti String Quartet

Labels: Brilliant Classics. Musicians: Stefano Parrino (flute), Francesco Parrino (violin), Luca Ranieri (viola) and Maria Cecilia Berioli (cello). "They make a tribute to a great Italian artist who was able to give an important contribution to the development of European culture. Respect for tradition and innovative vision, fundamental themes in Viotti’s work, characterize the artistic path of the four musicians whereby, beside their particularly strong interest in unjustly neglected works of the chamber repertoire, they give original and innovative readings of the standard repertoire, and commission works by contemporary composers. Each member brings to the quartet a strong individual history and significant artistic experiences, making the Quartetto Viotti’s concerts unique and memorable events. The ensemble has toured Spain, Germany, South America, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Mianmar." - https://www.highresaudio.com/en/artist/view/47bd01a9-ed8c-4c00-a14e-b1255737f25b/quartet-viotti

Anna Fedorova

"Anna Fedorova performs as soloist, chamber musician and with symphony orchestras in the major concert halls of the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, UK, Ukraine, Poland, the US, Mexico, Argentina, and parts of Asia. Fedorova is a David Young Piano Prize Holder supported by a Soiree d'Or Award and Keyboard Trust. Fedorova was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR. Both her mother, Tatiana Abayeva, and father, Boris Fedorov, were concert musicians, scholars, and teachers. From the time she was two years old, she had always wanted to become a pianist. She began playing at the age of five. She gave her first public recital when she was six, and she gave her national debut at the age of seven, at the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine. Regarding her early childhood, Fedorova has said that, with both parents being professional pianists, there was always "the sound of the piano in the house". Her parents gave her lessons, and she said "they were decisive for my musical development." In 2008, Fedorova graduated from the Lysenko Musical College for gifted children. As a student, she was the recipient of The President of the Ukraine Scholarship during 2003–2008. Outside her native Ukraine, Fedorova studied under Leonid Margarius at The International Piano Academy, which is a school of advanced piano performance specialization located in Imola, Italy. Fedorova also studied at the Royal College of Music in London under Norma Fisher. She was a recipient of the Big Give full tuition scholarship. She has also received artistic guidance from world-renowned pianists like Alfred Brendel, Menahem Pressler, and András Schiff." - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Fedorova

Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie

Founded in 1950, located in Herford, Germany. Principal conductors were:

  • 1953 – 1955: Wilhelm Schüchter
  • 1959 – 1960: Hermann Scherchen
  • 2006 – 2009: Andris Nelsons

"Founded in 1950 as a municipal orchestra with the task of making the musical landscape in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region bloom, the 78 musicians now not only play in concert halls between Minden and Paderborn, Gütersloh and Detmold, but also appear on guest tours in famous houses such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Tonhalle Zurich and the Great Festival Hall in Salzburg. In addition to Denmark, Austria, Holland, Italy, France, Spain and Poland, the orchestra has sold out concert halls several times in Japan and the USA." - https://www.nwd-philharmonie.de/die-nordwestdeutsche-philharmonie/

Yves Abel

"Yves ABEL is the Chief Conductor of the NordwestDeutsche Philarmonie, Germany, since January 2015. Starting in 2021, he has been appointed Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. In 2009 he was awarded the title Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government." - http://www.yvesabel.com/

Jacqueline du Pré

"Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987) was a British cellist. At a young age, she achieved enduring mainstream popularity. Despite her short career, she is regarded as one of the greatest cellists of all time. Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, which forced her to stop performing at the age of 28. She battled the illness for a further 14 years until her death at the age of 42." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_du_Pr%C3%A9

London Symphony Orchestra

"The LSO has an enviable family of artists; our conductors include Sir Simon Rattle as Music Director, Gianandrea Noseda and François-Xavier Roth as Principal Guest Conductors and Michael Tilson Thomas as Conductor Laureate. We also have long-standing relationships with some of the leading musicians in the world – Bernard Haitink, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mitsuko Uchida and Maria João Pires, amongst others. The Orchestra is self-governing and made up of nearly a hundred talented players who also perform regularly as soloists and in chamber groups at LSO St Luke's. The LSO is widely acclaimed by audiences and critics alike." - https://lso.co.uk/orchestra/biography.html

Daniel Barenboim

Selection of his achievements: "1942: Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Jewish Russian immigrant parents. 1947: Starts piano lessons with his mother and continues to study with his father, who remains his only other teacher. 1950: Buenos Aires: Piano debut; Vienna: Plays in and observes Igor Markevich’s conducting class; Family settles in Israel. 1954: Salzburg: becomes the youngest member of Igor Markevich’s conducting master classes; Meets and plays for Wilhelm Furtwängler, who invites DB to attend his rehearsals of Don Giovanni and to perform with him and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Furtwängler’s statement “the eleven-year-old Barenboim is a phenomenon …” helped the young pianist to quickly establish himself. 1955-56: Paris - Studies with Nadia Boulanger; Makes Paris debut (with André Cluytens/ Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire/Mozart K271); Plays for Arthur Rubinstein; Meets Leopold Stokowski, who invites him to perform with him. 1956-57: New York - Piano debut with Stokowski and Symphony of the Air (Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1) at Carnegie Hall; also performs with members of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Dimitri Mitropoulos. 1966: London: Meets Jacqueline du Pré. They marry in Jerusalem in 1967, during the Six-Day War, and perform and record together in the next years until Ms. du Pré is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She dies, in London, in 1987. 1969: Berlin: Conducting debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London: First recital with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Die Winterreise), which leads to an extensive concert and recording collaboration. 1980: Munich: Performs as pianist with Munich Philharmonic and Sergiu Celibidache. Gives concert with Celibidache in Munich every year thereafter. 1981: Bayreuth debut with a new production of Tristan und Isolde. Becomes a regular visitor, conducting The Ring, Parsifal, Die Meistersinger and Tristan und Isolde. 1991: Chicago: First concert as new Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (First program was an open-air concert. First official concert was Bruckner Symphony No. 5); Autobiography, A Life in Music, is published" - https://danielbarenboim.com/about/

Alexandra Troussova

"During her international career Alexandra Troussova has worked with conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner, Antoni Witt, Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach, Walter Weller, Gerd Albrecht, Joseph Suk, Kaspar Zendner, Arie van Beek, Wolfgang Gönnenwein and Michel Tilkin. Alexandra Troussova performs with great success in renowned concert halls such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, Prinzregententheater München, Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Opéra de Lyon, Tonhalle Zürich, Gulbenkian Foundation Lissabon, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and Auditorio Nacional de Musica in Madrid. She is regularly invited by major music festivals such as the Verbier Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Festival Carinthischer Sommer, Saint-Denis Festival, Festival La Folle Journée, Festival de musique de Sully, Festival Piano aux Jacobins, Festival Piano à Auxerre, Festival Saint-Riquier, Festival Septembre musical, Florilegio Musical Salmantino, Al Bustan Festival, Festival de Lanaudière, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspielen and Klavierfestival Ruhr. As a chamber musician she collaborates with a variety of artists including Frans Helmerson, Sarah Chang, Alexander Knjasev, David Guerrier and Nils Mönkemeyer. In addition to her solo career she works successfully with her brother, the violinist Kirill Troussov. Their recordings—among others for EMI Classics—have been widely hailed by the international press and given many international awards. Alexandra Troussova's CD "Memories" (MDG), recorded together with her brother Kirill Troussov as music partner, has been highly praised by international press and the public—among others by "Süddeutsche Zeitung" and the French trade magazine "Diapason". Her new CD "Emotions" (MDG) was released in November 2016. She studied with James Tocco, Dimitri Bashkirov, Vadim Suchanov and Alfredo Perl. Numerous radio recordings and television broadcasts in Germany, France, Belgium and USA show Alexandra Troussova's pianistic versatility." - https://troussov.com/en/about.php

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Now celebrating its 129th season, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the world’s leading orchestras. In September 2010, renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti became its tenth music director. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s distinguished history began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, then the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra here. Thomas’s aim to establish a permanent orchestra with performance capabilities of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891. Thomas served as music director until his death in 1905—just three weeks after the dedication of Orchestra Hall, the Orchestra’s permanent home designed by Daniel Burnham. Three distinguished conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947; Artur Rodzinski assumed the post in 1947–48; and Rafael Kubelík led the ensemble for three seasons from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are still considered performance hallmarks. It was Reiner who invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For the five seasons from 1963 to 1968, Jean Martinon held the position of music director. Sir Georg Solti, the Orchestra’s eighth music director, served from 1969 until 1991. Daniel Barenboim was named music director designate in January 1989, and he became the Orchestra’s ninth music director in September 1991, a position he held until June 2006. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink held the post of principal conductor, the first in CSO history. Pierre Boulez’s long-standing relationship with the CSO led to his appointment as principal guest conductor in 1995. He was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016. Only two others have served as principal guest conductors: Carlo Maria Giulini, and Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma served as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 to 2019. Mead Composer-in-Residence Missy Mazzoli was appointed by Riccardo Muti and began her two-year term in the fall of 2018. In addition to composing, she curates the contemporary MusicNOW series. Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. Current releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s independent recording label, include the Grammy Award–winning release of Verdi’s Requiem led by Riccardo Muti. Recordings by the CSO have earned sixty-two Grammy awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences." - https://cso.org/about/performers/chicago-symphony-orchestra/chicago-symphony-orchestra1/

Riccardo Muti

"Riccardo Muti, OMRI, was born on 28 July 1941, and is an Italian conductor. He currently holds two music directorships, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and the Salzburg Whitsun Festival. Muti has been a prolific recording artist, and has received dozens of honours, titles, awards and prizes. He is especially associated with the music of Giuseppe Verdi. Muti was born in Naples but he spent his early childhood in Molfetta, near Bari, in the long region of Apulia on Italy's southern Adriatic coast. His father was a pathologist in Molfetta and an amateur singer; his mother, a Neapolitan woman with five children. Muti graduated from Liceo classico (Classical Lyceum) Vittorio Emanuele II in Naples, then studied piano at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella under Vincenzo Vitale; here Muti was awarded a diploma cum laude. He was subsequently awarded a diploma in Composition and Conducting by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, Milan, where he studied with the composer Bruno Bettinelli and the conductor Antonino Votto. He has also studied composition with Nino Rota, whom he considers a mentor. He was unanimously awarded first place by the jury of the "Guido Cantelli Competition for Conductors" in Milan in 1967 and became, the next year, principal conductor and music director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, a post he held for eleven years." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Muti

Camilla Nylund

"Ms. Nylund’s international breakthrough was in the 2004/2005 season with various role debuts: as Elisabeth (‘Tannhäuser’) at the Bayerische Staatsoper, as Salome in Köln and as Leonore (‘Fidelio’) at the Opernhaus Zürich. All three have become signature roles in her repertoire. She has performed the title role in ‘Salome’ in various productions at the Wiener Staatsoper, Opera Toulouse, Opera Valencia (under the baton of Zubin Mehta) and at the Dresden Semperoper including a tour throughout Japan. Her 2009 debut at the Bastille in Paris as Salome was a tremendous success. Singing the role of Elisabeth in ‘Tannhäuser’, Ms. Nylund made her debut in 2011 at the famed Bayreuth. Additional engagements of ‘Tannhäuser’ followed at the San Diego Opera, Oper Köln, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (including a live DVD recording) and a tour throughout Japan at the Semperoper Dresden. As Leonore in ‘Fidelio’ she sung in Theater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich and was engaged by the Osterfestspiele Salzburg for a tour through Japan under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Ms. Nylund has appeared in many new productions including Mussorgsky’s ‘Khovanshchina’ (Emma) at the Bayerische Staatsoper and Lehar’s ‘Die lustige Witwe’ (Hanna Glawari) at the Hamburgische Staatsoper. Her performance in Wagner’s ‘Rienzi’ (Irene) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin was highly esteemed. At the Semperoper Dresden she sung the role of Esmeralda in Franz Schmidt’s ‘Notre Dame’ and the title role in Strauss’ ‘Daphne’; at the Finnish National Opera she sung the role of Marietta in Korngold’s ‘Die tote Stadt’ and recently in 2012 the role of Marja in Aarre Merikanto’s ‘Juha’. The discography of Camilla Nylund includes more than thirty CD and DVD recordings, available from Sony Classical, Ondine, Hänssler Classic, ArkivMusic and ArtHaus Musik. Recently three recordings have been released on the Oehms Classics label: ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’, ‘Lohengrin’ and ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’. Ms. Nylund collaborated with celebrated tenor Klaus Florian Vogt on the CD ‘Wagner’, which was released in January 2013 by Sony Classical." - https://www.camillanylund.com/about/

Ekaterina Gubanova

"Ekaterina Gubanova was born in Moscow. She began her music studies as a pianist and choral conductor. Studied vocals as an opera soloist at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), in addition to participating in a youth programme at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden). Makes appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, the Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Berliner Staatsoper, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Madrid’s Teatro Real, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia and the Mariinsky Theatre among other venues. In 2005 critics heaped praise on her interpretation of the role of Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde at the Opéra de Paris. Ekaterina Gubanova has subsequently appeared in that role in Baden-Baden, Rotterdam, again in Paris, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Salzburg, St Petersburg, Munich and Buenos Aires under such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Semyon Bychkov, Sir Simon Rattle, Zubin Mehta, Myung-Whun Chung and Kent Nagano. Made her Mariinsky Theatre debut in 2006 in Eugene Onegin." - https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/opera_guest/gubanova_ek2/

Matthew Polenzani

"Matthew Polenzani was the recipient of the 2004 Richard Tucker Award, The Metropolitan Opera’s 2008 Beverly Sills Artist Award, and a 2017 Opera News Award. In recital, Matthew Polenzani has appeared in numerous venues across America with pianist Julius Drake, and at London’s Wigmore Hall (available on CD from the Wigmore Hall label). He has also appeared with noted pianist Richard Goode in a presentation of Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Vanished at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, and in recital at the Verbier Festival with pianist Roger Vignoles (commercially available on CD from VAI). Mr. Polenzani is continuously in demand for concert engagements with the world’s most influential conductors, including James Conlon, Sir Colin Davis, Riccardo Frizza, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Louis Langrée, Jesús López-Cobos, Riccardo Muti, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Simon Rattle, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Jeffrey Tate, Michael Tilson Thomas, Franz Welser-Möst, David Zinman, Riccardo Chailly, and Daniel Harding. He frequently performs with premiere ensembles in the United States and Europe, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Orchestra del Santa Cecilia, Orchestre National de France, and the Münchner Philharmoniker." - https://matthewpolenzani.com/bio/

Eric Owens

"He is an American operatic bass-baritone. He has performed both in new works and reinterpreted classic repertoire. In 1996 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Born in Philadelphia, Owens began studying the piano at the age of 6 at the Settlement Music School. In junior high school his interest shifted to the oboe and he began studying the oboe at the Settlement Music School with English-horn player Louis Rosenblatt of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He later continued his oboe studies with Laura Ahlbeck, a second oboe in the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, while attending Central High School in Philadelphia. During his senior year at Central High, he entered the pre-college program at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance where he began studying singing seriously with George Massey. He matriculated to Temple as a Freshman in 1989 and earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the school in 1993. He then entered the graduate voice program at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia where he became a pupil of voice teacher Armen Boyajian. In September 2010 Owens played Alberich in the Met's new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. He is featured in the CD "Great Strauss Scenes," released on July 27, 2010. Owens sang the role of Porgy in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with Lyric Opera of Chicago in the 2014-2015 season." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Owens_(bass-baritone)

Chicago Symphony Chorus

"The history of the Chorus began in 1957, when sixth music director Fritz Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to establish a chorus to equal the quality of the Orchestra. Hillis accepted the challenge, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus debuted in March and April 1958, in Mozart’s Requiem under Bruno Walter and Verdi’s Requiem under Reiner. Hillis served the Chorus for thirty-seven years, until her retirement in 1994; ninth music director Daniel Barenboim appointed Wolfe as her successor in June of that year. The Chorus frequently performs under music director Riccardo Muti as well as guest conductors. Highlights of 2019–20 season include Holt’s The Planets, Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, Orff’s Carmina burana, Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9, and Merry, Merry Chicago!" - https://cso.org/about/performers/chicago-symphony-chorus/chicago-symphony-chorus-history/

Duain Wolfe

"Duain Wolfe (born 24 October 1945, Hammond, Louisiana) is an American choral conductor, conductor of the Colorado Symphony Chorus and the Colorado Children's Chorale. He is the current chorus director and conductor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus (since 1994) and a past president of Chorus America. Beginning in the early 1970s, Wolfe served as chorus master and a staff conductor at Central City Opera Festival, working closely with conductor John Moriarty. As a conductor at Central City, Wolfe was responsible for establishing a children's choral ensemble for a 1974 production of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. With this group of singers he founded the Colorado Children's Chorale, a youth choir based in Denver, Colorado. Under Wolfe's leadership and preparation the group achieved national recognition, appearing on NBC’s Today Show, CBS Christmas specials and BBC broadcasts of The Proms at Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Orchestra and Chorus of Wales. In 1994, Wolfe was chosen by music director Daniel Barenboim to succeed Margaret Hillis as director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duain_Wolfe

Janine Jansen

"Janine Jansen comes from a very musical family, and they lived in Soest. Her father Jan Jansen plays the organ, harpsichord, and the piano. From 1987 until May 2011 he was the organist of the Dom in Utrecht, there, her grandfather from mother's side, Maarten Kooij, who was a cantor who led church music. Her uncle is bass Peter Kooij. Her mother Christine Jansen-Kooij sings (soprano) and her older brothers are the harpsichord David Jansen and the cellist Maarten Jansen. She was a student from violinist Philipp Hirshhorn at the Conservatory of Utrecht. In 1997 she made her debut with Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. She got her diploma with a high distinction, in 1998. Since 1998 she is a member of the ensemble Spectrum Concerts Berlin under the great leader Frank Dodge. Janine Jansen is a member of van The Academy of Arts since its founding in 2014. Janine Jansen plays the Stradivarius violin 'Rivaz-Baron Gutmann' from 1707" - Source: https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/10-Violinist-You-Should-Listen-To

Amsterdam Sinfonietta

"Amsterdam Sinfonietta was founded in 1988, with Lev Markiz as its first artistic director. Candida Thompson has been concertmaster of the ensemble since 1995, as well as its artistic director since 2003. The approach to music-making without a conductor is what distinguishes the group from ‘regular’ chamber orchestras. The repertoire encompasses a variety of styles, ranging from Baroque to contemporary works. Alongside performances of mainstream repertoire, the orchestra frequently champions unjustly neglected or new works. Within the past decades Amsterdam Sinfonietta has produced an impressive array of CDs under Candida Thompson’s leadership, in collaboration with the high-quality Channel Classics label. These include ‘The Mahler Album’ (2011), ‘The Argentinian Album’ (2015) and Tchaikovsky Arensky (2019). The latest CD contains a collection of works that are arranged for string orchestra, often commissions by Amsterdam Sinfonietta: Lento Religioso (2020). Recently the orchestra has also recorded CDs for labels such as ECM, Sony Classical and Deutsche Grammophon - the last one releasing two CD’s in 2019 where we collaborated with cellist Harriet Krijg and pianists Lucas and Arthur Jussen." - https://sinfonietta.nl/about-the-orchestra

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