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6
ème
NEW YEAR
MUSIC FESTIVAL
in GSTAAD
Lauenen - Rougemont
30. Dezember 2011
- 7. Januar 2012

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6ème New Year Music Festival in Gstaad - PIANO!...AND MORE
P r o g r a m m e s u m m a r y
Vendredi - Friday 30 December 2011 - Opening of the Festival :
I - SALON EGGLI, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad - "Festivalino" Goûter Musical pour les enfants - 16h00
Doris Sergy, soprano, Christine Mantke-Goumaz, animation-danse : "Je mets les notes qui s'aiment ensemble"
II - Patinage artistique - figure skating at the Grand Hotel Park Gstaad : presented by Nelson Monfort - 17h00
Alban Préaubert, French world ice skater - followed by Welcome Cocktail in the Salon Eggli - 18h00
III - LAUENEN CHURCH - in collaboration with the Venetian Centre for Baroque Music - 19h30
under the patronage and in the presence of S.A.R. le Prince Emmanuel Philibert de Savoie, Prince de Venise
Ensemble "Il Gene Barocco" "Gioventù veneziana" Music by Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Caldara & Veracini
Samedi - Saturday 31 December 2011 - Free concerts for the people of Gstaad
Roberto Moron Perez, guitar - Music by Sor, Barrios Mangoré, Albeniz, Tarrega, Sagreras, Fortea.
"SIMPLE GALLERY" on the Gstaad Promenade "Impromptu" - 15h30
ST JOSEF CHURCH, Gstaad Promenade - 19h30
Dimanche - Sunday 1 January 2012 - New Year's Day Concerts
I - ROUGEMONT CHURCH - under the High Patronage and in the presence of HE the Ambassador of Poland - 17h00
Marcin Grochowina, piano "Paderewski and more...Composition, Inspiration, Improvisation."
II - ROUGEMONT SALON DE MUSIQUE en collaboration avec SOS Talents Fondation Michel Sogny
Celebrating the 19th century's "Star" Concert Pianists : - 20h00
Natalia Morozova, piano "En pensant à Sigismond Thalberg” - Romantic Pianist 1812-1871
In collaboration with the Thalberg Foundation.
Lundi - Monday 2 January 2012
I - ROUGEMONT CHURCH - 4ème "Tremplin pour les jeunes artistes suisses" Katia Michel, piano : - 17h00
with the New Year Music Festival Ensemble - Benyounes Quartet. Music by Schumann, Mozart & Schubert.
II - SALON MONTGOMERY, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad - Cocktail - Operetta "Medley Tenor Show" - 19h30
Gilles Z San Juan, ténor with Gilbert Rosso, piano - airs latinos, mélodies evergreen italiennes.
Mardi - Tuesday 3 January 2012
SALON MONTGOMERY, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad : Joaquin Soriano, piano - 19h30
Cocktail and Concert
en collaboration et au bénéfice d'Innocence en Danger et ses projets Suisses. Music by Albeniz, Liszt & Chopin.
Mercredi - Wednesday 4 January 2012
I - SALON MONTGOMERY, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad : annual "Friends of the Festival" concert - 17h00
Caroline Haffner, Paroles et piano - “The Piano Virtuosi : "Liszt, Paderewsky et Thalberg.”
II - SALON MONTGOMERY, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad - "Tremplin pour les jeunes musiciens" - 19h30
Cocktail
en collaboration avec la Fondation "SAR Prince Paul de Roumanie" : Iustin Narcis Ianau, young singing talent.
Jeudi - Thursday 5 January 2012
SALON MONTGOMERY, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad - Ilan Rogoff, piano - 19h30
Cocktail and Concert
Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor
"Nostalgia Urbana - Astor Piazzolla" - Transcriptions for piano solo by Ilan Rogoff.
Vendredi - Friday 6 January 2012
I - LAUENEN CHURCH - en collaboration et au bénéfice du "Verein zur Förderung geretteter Tiere" - 17h00
Emmanuel Rossfelder, guitar virtuoso. Music by Tarrega, Granados, Albeniz, Asturias, Bach, Händel & Verdi.
II - SALON MONTGOMERY, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad in collaboration with the Academy of the Arts Astana - 19h30
Cocktail and Concert
Aiman Mussakhajayeva, violin with Amir Tebenikhin, piano. Music by Brahms, Franck & Franz Waxman.
Samedi - Saturday 7 January 2012 - Last Night of the Festival
I - ROUGEMONT SALON DE MUSIQUE en collaboration avec SOS Talents Fondation Michel Sogny - 17h00
Ana Kipiani, piano. Music by Mussorgsky, Michel Sogny & Mozart.
II - SALON MONTGOMERY, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
under the patronage of HE Ambassador of Hungary & in collaboration with the Franz Liszt Academy - 19h30
Cocktail and Concert
Singing of Children & Roses - an opera recital with Emoke Barath, soprano & Emese Virag, piano
Music by Mussorgsky, Poulenc, Haydn etc and first performance of "Love and the Rose" by Máté Hollós.
An Interalp Music Festival - Artistic Director: Princess Caroline Murat • www.nymf.ch • www.apmcmusique.com
Tickets from Gstaad Tourism, Rougemont Tourism, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad and online from the Festival office
Email: gstaadnymf@gmail.com • Telephone/text : 0041 (0)77 474 15 27 - 0041 (0)79 745 19 85 • Concert ticket prices : Sfr 25.- to Sfr 45.-

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Comité du Festival
Marraine du Festival:
Dona Bertarelli
Honorary President of the
Festival:
Martin T:son Engstroem
SAR le Prince Robert de
Luxembourg
SAR Prince Pavlos de Grèce
SAR le Prince Emmanuel
Philibert de Savoie, Prince
de Venise
LLAARR Prince & Princesse
Paul de Roumanie
SA Prince Mubarak Al-
Sabah
Prince Alexandre Bagration
Monika del Campo Bacardi,
Lady of Bayfield Hall
Maitre Jacques Bonfils
Comte et Comtesse
Pierre Cheremetieff
Placido Domingo
Barbora Dubey
Donatella Flick
Baronne Gennaro di
Giacomo di Giampaolo
Evelyne de Gorski
Marthe Keller
Comtessse Setsuko
Klossowska de Rola
Larry & Yolande Levene
Brian Levine,
Glenn Gould Foundation
Dame Felicity Lott
Georges Marci
Vittorio Mosca
Michel & Catherine Pastor
Nicole Ricard
Enrique Perez de Guzman
Comte Gonzague Saint Bris
Fazil Say
Homayra Sellier
Anneliese Schulte-Knopp
Hedva Ser
Milton and
Beverly Shlapak
Yuri Temirkanov
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Maitre Monique Thierry
Pierre-François Unger,
Conseiller d'Etat
Maxim Vengerov
Michel Yagchi
Comité Exécutif
Marie-Paule Michel,
Presidente
Relations publiques :
Jean-Sébastien Robine
Le Comte Geoffroy de Briey,
Chairman of the Festival
Friends
& Co-ordination Belgique
Pierre Schuttel,
Co-ordination Gstaad
Delia Mamon,
Co-ordination Verbier
Chers amis du public,
6, le chiffre dont la symbolique est la clef, celui de l'ouverture.....
Celui de cette année..
Quand je pense au futur du New Year Music Festival in Gstaad j'ai toujours
de nouvelles idées qui pourraient faire évoluer le Festival vers d'autres
cieux.
Et lorsque je regarde le chemin parcouru, je realise que tout est parti d'une
simple idée pour devenir un événement incontournable dans le paysage
gstaadois et des environs.
Notre petite équipe enthousiaste renouvelle chaque année le miracle de réunir les plus
extraordinaires musiciens dans une atmosphère conviviale oû vous, le public, jouez un rôle
essentiel.
Notre succès et notre durée se trouvent sans aucun doute dans la dynamique artistique et
éducative qui permet aux petits comme aux grands de decouvrir la richesse de la musique
classique et la joie qu'elle apporte.
Comme vous le savez "notre" festival est a but non lucratif. Il apporte le soin et la comprehension
aux prochaines générations de musiciens, notamment en les aidant financièrement leur
permettant de compléter de solides études, et en leur donnant accès à des réseaux
professionnels essentiels pour leur futur.
Mais aussi chaque année nous choisissons des causes humanitaires ou medicales.
Cette année c'est "Innocence en Danger" presidée par Homeyra Sellier et 'Happy Farm"une
merveilleuse association aidant les chevaux en fin de parcours, basée a Salzbourg.
Une des originalités du festival réside également dans sa totale independance artistique.
C'est avec les artistes directement - sans intermediaires - que je travaille les programmations.
Je suis ainsi totalement libre dans mes choix pour votre curiosité.
Le stimulus créatif que le festival inspire nous permet d'imaginer de nouvelles collaborations et
de ce fait le rend très attractif auprès de vous et des sponsors.
Les concerts sont ainsi differents de ceux des autres festivals.
Vous découvrirez encore cette année des talents véritablement exceptionnels et uniques.
Je suis fière et reconnaissante de compter Aon, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad et Breguet comme
principaux sponsors ainsi que Clarence Dillon, Julius Bär, Sotheby’s, L.Raphael, Louis Martin -
CF Immobilier, et tous nos partenaires si genereux. Merci du fond du coeur à tous.
Ma sincère gratitude au Collège du Rosey et tout particulièrement à Monsieur Philippe Gudin
de la Sablonniere pour son attachement sans faille au festival.
A Jane Mc.Intosh ma reconnaissance pour l'énergie qu'elle met et qui se surpasse depuis des
années afin de rendre cet événement réalisable.
A Marie-Paule Michel mes remerciements pour son aide généreuse et sa patience, et à Claudia
Schlup et Jean-Sébastien Robine qui nous ont magnifiquement aidés à faire du New Year Music
Festival in Gstaad un événement unique, mon affection!
New Year Music Festival est un festival voulu et parrainé par les musiciens, acteurs, danseurs et
patineurs eux-memes pour vous chers amis.
Passez une magnifique semaine musicale en leur compagnie, mes souhaits les plus chaleureux
pour de très heureuses fêtes de fin d'année, tous mes voeux de santé, bonheur et prosperité
pour 2012!
Caroline Murat
Le 6ème "New Year Music Festival in Gstaad"
Comité des Jeunes
co-presidents :
Allegra, Anais, Adria, Victor
& Annabelle
Comité des Jeunes
Co-ordination:
Thomas C. Paine
Helena Adlercreuz
Ken & Jemima Benning
Anastasia & Dimitri Dogaev
Luca Farinella
Deborah & Adrian Jossa
Luke Levene
Princesse Delphine
Lubomirska
SA la Duchesse Rixa von
Oldenburg
Comtesse Ariane Piper
Laetitia & Mika Zwaans
Media Partners
People & Gotha
Monte-Carlo Society
Bach Track
Luxury Traveler
Crisp TV - Kellie O'Farrell
Organisation
Artistic Director:
Caroline Murat
Communications,
sponsoring: Jane Mc.Intosh
Website: Anthoni Noyon
Public Relations :
Stephane Ruffier-Meray
Secretary General of the
Festival : Ines Mottier
Artist Liaison & Welcome:
Christine Mantke-Goumaz
Officers of the Association
pour la Promotion de la
Musique Classique
President & Founder :
Princess Caroline Murat
General Secretary :
Stephane Ruffier-Meray
For concert tickets please
contact the Festival office or
Gstaad Tourism on the
Promenade, Rougemont
Tourism or the Grand Hotel
Park Gstaad.
www.nymf.ch
www.apmcmusique.com
E: gstaadnymf@gmail.com
Tel: 079 745 19 85
Tel/text : 077 474 15 27
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Friday 30 December 2011 - Opening of the Festival
at the Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
16h00 - Salon Eggli, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
“Festivalino” Goûter musical pour les enfants
Doris Sergy, soprano
Christine Mantke-Goumaz, animation-danse
"Je mets les notes qui s'aiment ensemble"
Phrase de jeunesse du Mozart.
+ Video - "Amipagaille"
Celebrating Songs for Children & for their Grandmothers
Followed by Welcome Cocktail in the Salon Eggli - 18h00
19h30 - Lauenen Church
First night concert under the patronage and in the presence of
S.A.R. le Prince Emmanuel Philibert de Savoie, Prince de Venise
in collaboration with
the Venetian Centre for Baroque Music
Ensemble "Il Gene Barocco" "Gioventù veneziana"
Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor RV 105
for recorder, flute, violin, cello & continuo :
Allegro
Largo
Allegro molto
Monteverdi
"Si dolce è il tormento" (Scherzi musicali)
Caldara
Aria from "Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo" :
"In lagrime stemprato il cor qui cade"
"Per il mar del pianto mio"
Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor RV 107
for recorder, flute, violin, cello & continuo :
Allegro
Largo
Presto
Aria from "Ottone in Villa" :
"L'ombre, l'aure e ancora il rio"
Veracini
Cappricio in G for violin
Vivaldi
Aria from "Farnace" :
"Quel candido fiore"
Fin du concert 20h30
17h00 - Ice Rink,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
Nelson Monfort
presents
Alban Préaubert
Patinage artistique - figure skating
on the rink at the Grand Hotel
Park Gstaad : presented by
Nelson Monfort .
Franz Schubert
Three Piano Pieces No. 2 in E-flat
major
Maxim Rodriguez - arr.
"Orange Mecanique"
Ensemble "Il Gene Barocco" :
Miriam Albano, soprano
Gregorio Carraro, flauto diritto e traversiere
Matteo Gemolo, flauto traversiere
Mauro Spinazzè, violino
Michela Gardini, violoncello
Fabiano Merlante, tiorba
Notes
The Festival thanks the Fondation Fellini pour le cinéma, Sion for helping to make this evening possible.
Dans le cadre d'un partenariat
qui sera inauguré à Gstaad le 30
décembre 2011, le New Year
Music Festival in Gstaad et le
Venetian Centre for Baroque
Music souhaitent co-produire
plusieurs projets dans les années
à venir, créant un axe de
programmation commun visant
à présenter à Gstaad et à Venise
le fruit de recréations mises en
oeuvres avec de jeunes artistes.
En 2011 et 2012, deux projets
sont lancés,le premier avec le
jeune ensemble "Il Gene
Barocco" intitulé "La Soavita
Veneziana" et le deuxieme étant
la recréation d'un opéra pour
marionnettes, "Caligola delirante
de Pagiardi" avec un cast de
jeunes chanteurs doublés par les
Marionnettes de Mimmo
Cuticchio. Enfin, toujours en
2012 nous recevrons-dans le
cadre de ce partenariat les 35
étudiants du département de
musique ancienne de la Haute
Ecole de Musique de Genève qui
auront travaillé Gabrieli et
Monteverdi pour ensuite les
jouer à Venise.
In the first half of the seventeenth
century, Venice began a
new chapter in the history of art.
It invented the public opera
house and gave instrumental
music its pedigree. For more
than a hundred and fifty years,
La Serenissima transformed the
art of Euterpe. In taking the
names of the two composers
who inaugurated and concluded
that golden age, the Fondazione
Monteverdi Vivaldi aims to tell a
story that was written by many
creators, and is scattered with
masterpieces that are often
overshadowed by The Four
Seasons. A centre providing
resources and promoting the
dissemination of information
and knowledge, the Venetian
Centre for Baroque Music carries
out fundamental work in the
fields of research and interpretation.
Punctuating its editorial
activities, an international
festival is scheduled each year,
along with an academy for
young artists, with the aim of
reviving those unknown gems
which deserve to be well known
the world over.
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Saturday 31 December 2011
Free concerts for the people of Gstaad
Roberto Morón Pérez, guitar
15h30 - simple gallery, Gstaad Promenade “Impromptu” - short programme
19h30 - St Josef Church, Gstaad Village
Fernando Sor : Fantasia Elegiaca op.59 - Agustin Barrios Mangoré : La Catedral
Preludio, Andante religioso, Allegro solemne - Isaac Albeniz : Asturias - Francisco
Tárrega : Maria (Tango) - Julio Sagreras : Maria Luisa - Anónimo - Daniel
Fortea : Mi Favorita
Sunday 1 January 2012
17h00 - Rougemont Church
New Year’s Day Concert in association with
the Embassy of the Republic of Poland :
Celebrating the 19th century's "Star" Concert Pianists :
Marcin Grochowina, piano
"Paderewski and more...
Composition, Inspiration, Improvisation"
Fin du concert 18h15
20h00 - Rougemont Salon de Musique
en collaboration avec SOS Talents Michel Sogny :
Natalia Morozova, piano
"En pensant à Sigismond Thalberg 1812-1871"
Beethoven
Moonlight Sonata
The Piano Sonata No. 14 "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27,
No. 2 popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata
(Mondscheinsonate) was completed in 1801. The name
"Moonlight Sonata” derives from an 1832 description of
the first movement by music critic Ludwig Rellstab
who compared it to real moonlight shining upon Lake
Lucerne.
Mendelssohn
"Rondo capriccioso, Op.14"
Sigismond Thalberg
• The Art of Singing Applied to the Piano, Op.70
Series IV - Transcription of the aria “Casta Diva” from
Bellini's opera “Norma'”
• Nocturne, Op 28
Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No.4 in E flat major S.244
"Au bord d'une source"
Années de Pélerinage: 1ère Année: Suisse S.160
Fin du concert 21h00
Thanks to Maitre Jacques Bonfils for his contribution to the evening
Welcome note from the Ambassador of Poland :
Dear guests of the New Year Music Festival in Gstaad,
It is for the second time that during my mission in
the Swiss Confederation I have the pleasure of inviting
you to a meeting with Polish music in the
charming ambiance of Rougemont. This year we
would like to present the concert "Paderewski and
more... Composition, Inspiration, Improvisation"
by Mr Marcin Grochowina, who has prepared his
personal interpretations of Ignacy Jan Paderewski's
works.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) belongs to the
circle of most interesting personalities of Polish cultural
heritage. Known worldwide as a pianist and
composer, politician, diplomat, businessman and
multitalented genius, he is also a symbolic figure
of Polish - Swiss friendship.
For many years he lived in the French speaking
part of Switzerland where he not only composed
and gave concerts but also was engaged in charitable
work for war victims. For example,
Paderewski together with Henryk Sienkiewicz, the
Polish writer and Nobel Prize Winner in Literature,
set up the Swiss General Committee for Polish War
Victims' Relief in Vevey in 1915.
The music and memory of Ignacy Jan Paderewski
is still very well known and popular in Switzerland.
There is the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Museum
in Morges and the monument of Maestro
Paderewski in the centre of Vevey. I am very glad
that thanks to the cooperation with Princess
Caroline Murat, the founder and artistic director
of the New Year Music Festival in Gstaad, also here
in Rougemont, we will have the pleasure of enjoying
the music of one of the best Polish musicians -
Ignacy Jan Paderewski - in the inspiring performance
of Mr. Marcin Grochowina.
I wish you an enjoyable evening and all the best
for the New Year 2012,
Jaroslaw Starzyk
Ambassador of the Republic of Poland
to the Swiss Confederation
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Monday 2 January 2012
17h00 - Rougemont Church
Katia Michel, piano
Benyounes Quartet
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Mozart
Quartet K387 in G major
Schubert
Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Schumann’s piano quintet was first played by Clara Schumann in Vienna in 1842
Fin du concert 18h15
Thanks to
Martin Rauh in Bern
www.vinosargentinos.ch
19h30 - Salon Montgomery, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
Operetta !
“Medley Tenor Show” Gilles Z San Juan, ténor
Gilbert San Pietro di Monte Rosso, piano
Lopez
Ouverture piano solo de "La
Belle de Cadix"
Offenbach
Barcarole
"Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour"
Lopez
"Chanter, chanter"
Sorozàbal
"No puede ser"
Yradier
"La Paloma"
Gardel
"El dia que me quieras"
Bixio
"Parlami d’amore Mariu"
Di Capua
"Ô Sole Mio"
Rota
"Parla piu piano"
Tosti
"Chanson de l’Adieu"
Bernstein
"Maria"
Gershwin
Preludium N°1, "Summertime"
Lopez
"La Belle de Cadix", "Maria
Luisa", "L’Amour est un
bouquet de violettes"
Piazzolla
"Oblivion / j’oublie"
Lehàr
"Heure exquise"
Fin du concert 20h30
Notes
Le ténor Gilles San Juan qui
a débuté sa carrière en
troupe à l’Opéra de Nice et
qui chante, depuis, en France
et à l’étranger dans divers
opéras, opérettes et films
musicaux pour le cinéma et
la télévision vous convie,
dans ce récital, à un voyage
lyrique et cosmopolite pour
ténor charmeur ! Il
interprètera, à sa manière,
aussi bien de l’opérette, de la
comédie musicale, des
mélodies classiques et des
chansons de variétés
françaises et internationales
et nous fera ainsi faire un
tour du monde grâce à sa
voix de velours et d’airain.
Tout comme Roberto Alagna,
il rendra un hommage au
ténor basque Luis Mariano
mais aussi au répertoire
espagnol, sud-américain et
italien. Accompagné
magistralement au piano par
le maestro San Pietro di
Monte Rosso, il chantera les
œuvres des célèbres
compositeurs comme Tosti,
Lehàr, Offenbach, Bernstein,
Gershwin, Rota, Piazzolla,
Lopez, Gardel… et ce
séducteur lyrique vous
entrainera dans son univers
musical qui se conjugue au
temps de la passion et du
cœur !

Tuesday 3 January 2012
19h30 - Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
in collaboration with “Innocence in Danger”
for the benefit of their Swiss projects
Joaquin Soriano, piano
Albéniz
"Evocacion" El Puerto
Liszt
"Feuilles Mortes" Variations sur un théme de Mariano Soriano,
Sarabande et Chaconne sur Almira de Händel
Chopin
12 Préludes op.28
Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante
Fin du concert 20h30
Innocence in Danger is a non-profit organisation that protects children and adolescents
from sexual abuse and fights against the spread of pedo-criminality via the
media, particularly the Internet.
www.innocenceindanger.ch
Tickets : SFR 50.- including cocktail reception - all proceeds for “Innocence in Danger”
L'APMC est fière de sa collaboration avec les pianos Yamaha et
remercie Mr. Thomas Glutz leur directeur pour la Suisse. Nous
voulons dire notre gratitude pour son soutien inconditionnel à
notre directrice artistique, Caroline Murat, à
Martin T:son Engstroem, Directeur General du Verbier Festival.
Depuis l’an 2000 à Gstaad nous avons pu organiser les premiers
concerts dans cette region d'artistes tels que Cecilia Bartoli, Gregori Sokolov, Maxim
Vengerov, Anne-Sophie Mutter etc....et les "Adieux" en Suisse de Leontina Vaduva et
Grace Bumbry.
Les collaborations avec des Concours Internationaux sont à la base de notre travail
comme, entre autre Genève, Chopin 2010, Menuhin, Reine Elizabeth, Rostropovich.
Ainsi qu’avec des Fondations telles que Glenn Gould, Como, SOS Talents - Michel Sogny,
HRH Prince Paul de Roumanie etc... et des conservatoires et academies, Verbier, Genève,
Vienne, Menuhin......
En Suisse dans le cadre des Inter-Alp Music Festivals, "Ski&Music in Veysonnaz Nendaz"
dont la marraine était Marthe Keller fut integralement consacre aux jeunes talents.
Measha Brueggergosman y a donné son premier concert en Suisse après son
brillantissime Prix au festival de Verbier.
L'APMC continue l'organisation de galas a buts caritatifs au benefice de la recherche
medicale (Chateau de Versailles, janvier 2011, Gala des Coeurs decembre 2010 Gstaad au
benefice de la recherche contre le cancer.)
“Liszt connût Mariano Soriano lors de son voyage en
Espagne en 1847. La musique espagnole l’inspira et donnat le
fruit splendide de sa plus belle rhapsodie: celle qui porte son
nom.” Joaquin Soriano
Notes
Thanks to Maitre Jacques Bonfils for his contribution to the evening 13
Photo: Eva Maria Ripoll Mont
It was Polish pianist and composer,
Frederic Chopin who totally transformed
the art of playing piano in the
19th century. His beauty in playing, romanticism
and technical innovations
were recognized by Schumann who
famously remarked "Hats off gentlemen!
A genius!" While his own, short
life ended in Paris in 1849, before he
reached the age of 40 years, Chopin's
popularity and style of playing continue
to dominate piano music and
performance today. Virtually everything
he wrote remains on the concert
repertoire. Respected and admired by
musicians in his own times, the legacy
has been a constant one. A hundred
years after his death, Alfred Cortot
wrote a poem on Chopin's hands. The
leading musical lights in Chopin's own
life were Bach and Mozart. But he acknowledged
those around him too:
about Liszt he wrote "Liszt is playing
my études....I should like to steal from
him the way to play my own études."
What is remarkable is that all of this
legacy came from few public appearances
- perhaps 30. He played virtually
all of his concerts in private salons
and his music was only available in
written form - and very, very difficult
to play for anyone trying at home.
Until the recordings of the 20th century,
Chopin's legacy was in the hands
of the stage performers. He made his
way as a composer and teacher of society
ladies. A typical day of hour long
lessons started at 8am with a Pleyel
grand for the students and a small piano
for Chopin himself. He intended
to write a book on piano teaching but
died before he could develop his first,
short notes.

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Thursday 5 January 2012
Wednesday 4 January 2012
17h00 - Salon Montgomery, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
"Friends of the Festival" concert
Caroline Haffner, Paroles et piano
The Piano Virtuosi :
"Liszt, Paderewsky et Thalberg -
les trois grands solistes du piano romantique"
Fin du concert 18h00
Welcome Tea - Cocktail reception
19h30 - Salon Montgomery, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
en collaboration avec
la Fondation "SAR Prince Paul de Roumanie"
Iustin Narcis Ianau, young singing talent
Narcis Ianau (17 years old) is a Romanian artist whose amazing
contra-tenor voice was discovered in Spring 2011, on a
"Romania's Got Talent" TV show in Bucharest. Born in a family with few financial possibilities,
Narcis never dared to dream of being on a stage. He never imagined that there are people who
will appreciate his unusual voice. Impressed by his talent and his difficult situation, TRH Prince
Paul and Princess Lia of Romania decided to help Narcis become a true artist and a musical
ambassador for their country. Through "HRH Prince Paul for Romania" Foundation in Bucharest,
the Royal couple offered Narcis a scholarship in Munich. The German lessons, the canto lessons
and the piano lessons with the best teachers from the German Opera in Munich started in November
2011. The "New Year Music Festival in Gstaad" is Narcis Ianau's first performance after
starting his professional studies to become a great contra-tenor with the help and support of
"HRH Prince Paul for Romania" Foundation. Fin du concert 20h30
19h30 - Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
Ilan Rogoff, piano
Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor
“Nostalgia Urbana - Astor Piazzolla" - Transcriptions for piano solo by Ilan Rogoff
Fin du concert 20h30
Notes on the music & composers by Ilan Rogoff :
Franz Liszt -
Piano Sonata in B Minor
Liszt chose to call this great work
a Sonata. We can attribute his decision
to the freedom Romantic
composers took in giving a title to
their works. This great work bears
no resemblance to the traditional,
or classical Sonata form. It could
be legitimately titled a "Fantasy"
or a pianistic Tone Poem, a term
Liszt brought into symphonic
music. This great work was Composed
in 1852/53 during his
Weimar period (1848-1859), a period
which saw Liszt at his most
creative and fertile stage as well
as personally happy - after giving
up on a brilliant concert career
(1847) and dedicating himself to
composition, championing
Wagner (who later married his
daughter Cosima) and to his beloved
Princess Carolyne Sayn-
Wittgenstein who he met in 1847
and who lived with him in
Weimar until 1859, when the princess
left for Rome - causing Liszt
to give up his post in Weimar and
follow her there, eventually becoming
an Abbé and hoping to
obtain the church's permission to
marry his beloved. The structure
of this work can be described as
that of a "non rigorous cycle", in
variation form - where the variants
are either rhythmic, harmonic
and/or melodic, with surprising
diversity, flexibility and mobility
of ideas and sounds.
The composition starts with an
eight bar introduction (in the
Greek Doric form) with a descending
scale, giving way to the schematic
exposition of the principal
theme in B minor. This theme, titled
"Energico" has two principal
elements, which are in constant
conflict and lead to the first of the
"Grandioso" sections in D major.
After a brief, peaceful and graceful
section, we return to the more
combative principal theme with
show of contrapuntal virtuosity. A
great fervour animates this section
in which all previous themes reappear,
including the beginning
descending scale and the initial
"Grandioso" section is reaffirmed.
A short and melodic Andante section
in F sharp major leads us back
to a remembrance of the opening,
which sounds like the conclusion
of the cycle. Instead, Liszt takes us
on a masterful, dramatic and contrapuntal
whirlwind tour-de-force
of a fugato, using the two elements
of the principal theme -
which brings us to the recapitulation
of all that has happened before.
The closing section, a more
peaceful variant of the opening
theme leads to the same Hungarian
descending scale which ends
with vast, ecstatic chords in the
Notes
Sigismond Thalberg
Born in Geneva on 8 January 1812,
Sigismond Thalberg was one of
the romantic pianists who "all decided
to be born at much the same
time" - Mendelssohn 1809, Chopin
1810, Liszt 1811 and Henselt 1814.
As Harold C. Schonberg wrote in
his 1963 treatise on "The Great Pianists."
By the 1830s the piano had
taken essentially its modern day
form and was the social instrument
in European homes of the
day. All new compositions - symphonies,
concertos - were quickly
written for piano and thus it became
the way that music spread
throughout Europe and to the cities
of the Americas. With so many
people able to play, they also
wanted to hear. Thalberg understood
the role of the concert performer
to put on a show. He developed
a technique, learned from
a harp player, to play music to
sound as if he was playing with
three hands. Essentially he
brought out the melody with both
thumbs and surrounded it with
arpeggios and was so named "Old
Arpeggio". A hard working musician
with a flawless technique he
played without any bodily movement
- in contrast to the flamboyant
and constantly moving Liszt.
Mendelssohn compared the two
musicians in an 1840 letter. For
him Thalberg was calculated and
polished. Liszt a performer whose
musical perceptions extended to
the very tips of his fingers. He
wrote that the two men, alone,
represented the highest class of pianists
of his day. Thalberg made
an astonishing career and retired
a rich man in 1863. He went to live
in Italy as a winegrower - without
a piano in the house.
uppermost register - culminating
in a last breath.
The two elements in the principal
theme were described by the
French interpreter Alfred Cortot in
this way: "One is Exclamative, ferocious,
desperate and resolved,
while the other is Sarcastic, deceptive
and demonic". These dualities
of which Cortot speaks are evident
in many of Liszt's works and
often attributed to his fascination
with the figures of Faust and
Mephistopheles. However, the
qualities Cortot attributes to the
two principal elements can be easily
amplified by most interpreters,
and in turn by listeners, experiencing
their own individual perceptions
and emotions aroused by
Liszt's masterpiece.
Ilan Rogoff
Palma de Mallorca, 2011
15

Astor Piazzolla
Nostalgia Urbana - Transcriptions
for piano solo by Ilan Rogoff
(from his CD)
The "breach" between Classical
and Folk Music is far less than we
are accustomed to believe, as
many composers draw inspiration
from the culture in which they are
nourished. Folk rhythms and
melodies form an integral part of
works by Schubert, Chopin, Liszt,
Dvorak, Debussy, Ravel, Sibelius,
Tchaikowsky, Mussorgsky,
Smetana, Mahler, Strauss and
Wagner among others. Twentieth
century composers followed the
same path: Stravinsky,
Shostakovitch, Copland,
Bernstein, De Falla, Albeniz,
Granados, Villa Lobos, Ginastera,
and of course, Astor Piazzolla. In
1924 Piazzolla's family moved
from Buenos Aires to New York
City, where they stayed until 1936.
At the age of nine, Astor Piazzolla
started playing the Bandoneon,
became familiar with American
Contemporary music, including
Jazz, listening to Cab Calloway
and Duke Ellington, as well as
meeting Carlos Gardel, who was
charmed by the young bandoneon
player and invited him to appear
in his last film. In 1937, back in
Buenos Aires, he played traditional
tango as bandoneon soloist
in Anibal Troilo's orchestra. In
1940 he composed a work for
Arthur Rubinstein who was in
Buenos Aires on a tour. Rubinstein
recognized Piazzolla's talent and
told him to take composition lessons
with Alberto Ginastera, with
whom he studied for eight years.
Between 1950 and 1953 his compositions
won prizes and awards,
including first prize in France,
entitling him to a scholarship to
study with Nadia Boulanger at the
conservatory of music in Paris.
The importance she had in his life,
is best illustrated by Piazzolla recounting
his arrival in Paris
in1954, with 50 kilos of scores and
saying to her: "I am a composer, I
would like you to analyze my
music. After she spent two weeks
looking at my scores, her comments
were: 'Interesting....... It is
a little Bartok, Stravinsky,
Hindemith, but not Piazzolla.
What does Piazzolla do?' Quite
ashamed, I told her that I play the
Bandoneon in a nightclub, on
which she asked me to play for
her. After listening to a few bars
she said: 'Mais voilà, that's it.....
Piazzolla! Not these 50 kilos of
music I analyzed.... This is the
music you should be working on!'
That was the day I began to believe
in Astor Piazzolla. I launched
myself into the world with that
music in hand, the music Nadia
Boulanger considered to be good."
The following year he recorded
fourteen of his compositions with
the strings of the Paris Opera orchestra,
Marital Solal at the piano
and himself playing the
Bandoneon. On his return to Buenos
Aires he formed two groups,
a strings and bandoneon orchestra
and his famed Buenos Aires
Octet. After two difficult years in
New York (1958-1960), he returned
to Buenos Aires to create
what became a fundamental
group in the trajectory of his music:
The Quinteto Nuevo Tango
(Bandoneon, piano, violin, electric
guitar and double bass), which
caused a fury among university
students and other segments of
the public, including vitriolic criticism
against his innovative approach.
In the 1960s, Argentina's
military government condemned
his work for being too avantgarde,
with critics calling him a
clown or paranoid. Paradoxically,
this proved to be beneficial as he
gained publicity and new audiences.
In 1972, after leaving his
homeland again, he started gaining
recognition in Italy. During
that period he increased his musical
group from a quintet to a sextet
by adding a second bandoneon
and replacing the violin with a
cello. This group was also increased
to an octet, and later to a
full symphony orchestra. More
than 300 tangos, Milongas and
songs, instrumental, chamber and
symphonic music, compositions
for the theatre and ballet, as well
as the scores for nearly 50 films,
give testimony to Piazzolla's creativity,
originality and genius. His
convictions are those of an innovative
composer who took his inspiration
from the depth of
Argentinean folk music, while rejecting
the traditional, conservative,
and often purely popular
approach. He revolutionised and
brought the Tango and Milonga to
their extreme esthetical limits,
thereby gaining its acceptance as
music for concert stage. As happens
all too frequently, it was during
the decade after his death that
great accolades and due recognition
were accorded to Piazzolla
with many recordings, some with
the world's best-known performers.
"Urban Nostalgia"
The academic nature of his early
compositions and printed versions
of some piano works often
result as unplayable, leading one
to suspect that they were meant
primarily as a base for extemporisation
by the performer.
Piazzolla claimed that he "never
interprets a work in the same
manner twice" and "We (the musicians)
get bored by always play-
ing the same music". Although he
claimed that "my music is 10%
pure Tango and 90% contemporary
classical music", his need to
constantly improvise, revise and
reorchestrate his works often prevented
the existence of a definitive
version,
Transcribing to piano solo works
composed for a group permitted
me to be faithful to harmonic content.
However, playing various
voices in the same register, while
easily distinguishable when
played by different instruments,
either becomes muddled on a piano,
or creates a sound world,
which is alien to Piazzola's music.
This obliged me to separate voices
into different registers. Melodic
lines presented a greater problem
in some works, due to the nature
of the piano. As opposed to the
human voice, stringed and wind
instruments, once a long note is
struck, maintaining, varying or
increasing volume or intensity is
not possible, which causes great
difficulty in maintaining the illusion
of "legato" and the resulting
melodic flow and continuity. Nevertheless,
once these difficulties
are met, I feel that the power of
Piazzolla's music, its originality
and beauty, overcomes these instrumental
obstacles and shines
through. My hope is that the transcriptions
and arrangements I
have humbly assembled, recorded
on CD and as a "playable" score,
will facilitate the enjoyment of the
essence of his music, while maintaining
the option of treating the
text with the same freedom
Piazzolla has claimed.
It struck me that although the
works chosen for the recording are
varied, there is a common denominator,
which I can only define
as "nostalgia". Piazzolla admits
to nostalgia being a motivating
force in his creativity, whether
remembering his father's tears
when listening to Tango music, or
for his homeland while working
abroad. An urban nostalgia associated
with humanity, rather than
with nature. Virile, passionate,
sensual, pensive, sad, bitter, or
loving are all terms which come
to mind while listening or studying
his music. Human and urban
elements, rather than music which
celebrates nature, yet without
making any use of typical or noisy
elements associated with city life.
The urban is made obvious even
in titles such as the four
"Estaciones Porteñas", referring to
the Four Seasons in Buenos Aires,
yet devoid of association with the
seasons in nature, or in "Los
Pajaros Perdidos" using blind and
lost birds as a metaphor for a lost
love. After all, urban - is nature
designed by man. Some of the
Thanks to The Embassy of the State of Israel for their contribution to the evening
works are inspired by very personal
events in Piazzolla's life.
Foremost is "Adios nonimo" composed
in Rome when Piazzolla
was notified of his father's death.
It is a homage and a personal requiem
to his beloved father. Likewise,
“Los Pajaros Perdidos”
(The lost birds) is a beautiful song
using the images of birds flying
blindly over the sea on a dark
night as an analogue to a lost love.
These compositions represent different
styles mastered by
Piazzolla. From the "Coral"
(Fugata) inspired by Bach's counterpoint
and his classical training,
through the "impressionist,"
"Valsisimo" soulful Milongas,
Songs and Tangos, he draws on
jazz elements, popular music and
classical composition technique to
create a new style, entirely his
own, later admired and imitated
by others. The most striking elements
are simple classicist structures,
containing beautiful melodic
lines, complex and rich harmonies
and typical rhythms derived
from Argentinean Folk Music.
Nearly all the works are originally
composed for a small ensemble
and various versions by
the composer as well as other artists,
playing them with different
combinations of instruments have
been recorded. Although many of
his compositions are rooted in
music, which was traditionally
danced to - much like Chopin's
Waltzes, Polonaises or Mazurkas,
Piazzolla's compositions are essentially
music to be listened to.
In Piazzolla's own words: "This is
no dance music like traditional
tango, no easy listening music".
His total identification and belief
in his music goes beyond his artistic
and musical convictions, as
is reflected in a statement made
about one his last recording; "This
is the music I can give to my
grandchildren and say, 'This is
what we did with our lives'."
Ilan Rogoff
Palma de Mallorca, 2011

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Friday 6 January 2012
17h00 - Lauenen Church
en collaboration et au benefice du
“Verein zur Förderung geretteter Tiere "Happy's Farm"
Emmanuel Rossfelder, guitar virtuoso
Francisco Tarrega
Théme et variations sur le carnaval de Venise
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Enrique Granados
Danse espagnole no. 5
Isaac Albeniz
Granada
Asturias
Jean Sebastien Bach
Cantate 147 "Jesus que ma joie demeure"
George Frederich Händel
Sarabande
Agustin Barrios
Un sueño en la floresta
Giuseppe Verdi
Fantaisie sur des thémes de la Traviata
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19h30 - Salon Montgomery, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
in collaboration with the Academy of the Arts Astana :
Aiman Mussakhajayeva, violin
Amir Tebenikhin, piano
winner of the Anton Rubinstein Competition
Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor
Franck
Violin Sonata in A major
Franz Waxman
"Carmen Fantasie"
Saint-Saens
Introduction & Rondo
Capriccioso in A minor
About Happy's Farm
A warm welcome!
At the foot of the lovely Salzburg
mountains, in Anif, 27
horses and other animals most
of which have been saved
from being sent to the
slaughterers, have been living
now since 2005."Happy's
Farm" is named after the first
horse here: Happy. It was
founded by the "Verein zur
Förderung geretteter Tiere"
(Association for the Promotion
of Rescued Animals).
Three employees plus voluntary
staff take care of the animals
which have just received
their last reprieve. By keeping
animals, humans take on the
responsibility for their wellbeing.
Animals, of whichever
kind, have a right to respect
and dignity and should be
treated with the significance
they deserve. This is the mission
which the "Verein zur
Förderung geretteter Tiere"
has set for itself out of pure
conviction that it is the right
thing to do.
Kazakh National Music
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specialized and general musical
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The Academy is a member of
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Presidential Cultural Centre of
the Republic of Kazakhstan
includes a museum with various
rooms and displays representing
Kazakhstan's past
and present values. In addition,
the Centre has a library
containing more than a million
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a Theatre of Drama
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Russian Drama, a National
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Saturday 7 January 2012 - Last night of the Festival
Under the patronage and in the presence of the Ambassador of the
Republic of Hungary to the Swiss Confederation, Dr Erzsébet Nagy
La Fondation SOS
Talents a été crée par
Michel Sogny en l'an
2000. Son principal but
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doués pour l'étude du
piano en développant
leur talent et leur
créativité au moyen de la
méthode composée de
Michel Sogny.
E: info@sos-talents.ch
Fin du concert 18h00
17h00 - Rougemont Salon de Musique
en collaboration avec SOS Talents Michel Sogny :
Ana Kipiani, piano -
winner of the first
Verbier Festival Academy
Julius Baer Ambassador Prize 2010 - 2011
Michel Sogny
PRolegomens and studies
Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K 576 (1789)
Mussorgsky
"Pictures from an Exhibition" (1874)
19h30 - Salon Montgomery, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad
Singing of Children and Roses :
Emoke Barath, soprano - winner of the 2011 Verbier Academy Prize
Emese Virag, piano
Song cycles about children :
Modest Mussorgsky
Detskaya (The nursery)
François Poulenc
La courte paille
Songs about roses :
Josef Haydn
Heidenröslein
Robert Schumann
Röselein! Röselein!
Meine Rose
Richard Strauss
Rote Rosen
Gabriel Faure
Les Roses d'Ispahan
La Rose
Máté Hollós
Love and the Rose (first performance!)
Benjamin Britten
The last rose
Fin du concert 20h30
Suivi du’une interview publique
The Festival is honoured to collaborate for
the second consecutive year with the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
and the Hungarian Embassy.
End Notes
Nous arrivons à cette dernière
journée de "notre" festival, consacrée
à deux jeunes talents brillamment
issus de l'Académie de Verbier, tous
deux Prix Julius Bär, journée qui
démontre comme chaque année
l’excellence de notre collaboration
avec notre prestigieux voisin et ami
le Festival de Verbier. Cette semaine
passée ensemble a également illustré
l'échange culturel régulier entre la
Hongrie et le NYMF-grâce à l'aide de
SE Madame l'Ambassadeur Nagy, et
l'Académie Franz Liszt de Budapest.
Tout au long de ces 9 jours notre
quatrième collaboration avec la
Pologne a permis en 2011 de célébrer
Paderewsky mettant ainsi le piano à
l'honneur. Nous sommes les premiers
ce 1er.janvier (2012 ) à ouvrir l'année
Thalberg en Suisse, grand pianiste né
à Genève en 1812. Nous la clôturerons
en collaboration avec le Centre International
d'études Sigismund
Thalberg en décembre 2012. Nous
reprendrons ces collaborations et
d'autres, notamment celle que nous
avons depuis le début du festival avec
le Concours d'Interprétation de
Genève. Nous recevrons ainsi en
décembre prochain le 1er.prix du
concours de Quatuor 2011,le Quatuor
Hermès. Enfin un mécène privé nous
permettra de continuer un
passionnant projet autour de Venise,
Genève, Gstaad et la musique baroque.
Patinage, théâtre,
marionnettes, danse, musiques du
monde et opérette : nous
continuerons à être différents pour
susciter votre plaisir. Et surtout nous
partagerons avec vous la découverte
de jeunes talents comme ceux invités
durant toutes ces années, (Alexandra
Soumm, Sayaka Shoji, Callum Smart,
Denis Kojoukhine, Kyrill Gerstein,
Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, MozART,
Measha Brueggergosman etc...) qui
pour beaucoup ont commencé leur
carrière avec nous et sont aujourd'hui
des talents confirmés. A l'année
prochaine cher public et amis pour le
7ème New Year Music Festival in
Gstaad (28.12.12 - 5.1.2013).
Votre présence tout au long de cette
semaine nous montre combien vous
appréciez notre Festival et la place
qu’il a prise pendant vos vacances
dans cette magnifique région. Très
belle et heureuse nouvelle année.
Le 6ème "New Year Music Festival in
Gstaad"
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About the Artists : Biographies
The Benyounes Quartet
Rougemont Church -
Monday 2 January 2012
The members of the Benyounes
Quartet hail from England, Wales
and Ireland and are united by
their love of chamber music and
enthusiasm for communicating
with audiences. They met at the
Royal Northern College of Music
in 2007, where they were recipients
of major prizes for string
quartet. Winners of the Royal Philharmonic
Society's prestigious
Julius Isserlis Scholarship, the
quartet continued studies at the
Haute Ecole de Musique de
Genève with Professor Gabor
Takacs-Nagy. The Benyounes
Quartet currently holds the Richard
Carne Junior Fellowship for
String Quartet at the Trinity Laban
Conservatoire of Music and
Dance. Recently chosen as Park
Lane Group Young Artists, they
will give their Purcell Room debut
in January 2012. In the summer
of 2010, they were invited to
perform an exciting new collaborative
work by a young British
composer at the Verbier Festival,
Aix-en-Provence Festival, and
Aldeburgh Festival. This season
the quartet gave recitals at the
Dartington, West Cork and
Bellerive Festivals.
L'Ensemble Il Gene Barocco
Lauenen -
Friday 30 December 2011
L'Ensemble Il Gene Barocco nasce
dall'incontro tra alcuni giovani
musicisti formatisi nei
dipartimenti di Musica Antica dei
Conservatori e delle Accademie
piu prestigiosi a livello nazionale
ed europeo quali i Conservatori di
Verona, Padova, Vicenza, il
Conservatoire de Génève, il
Koninklijk Conservatorium
dell'Aja, il Conservatoire National
de Région de Paris, il
Conservatorio Superior de Musica
Osca Esplá (Spagna),
L'Accademia Internazionale della
Musica di Milano. I singoli artisti
si sono perfezionati sotto la guida
di maestri di fama internazionale
come Marcello Gatti, Monica
Huggett, Cristina Miatello, Sergio
Balestracci, Jill Feldmann, Enrico
Onofri, Roy Goodman, Barthold
Kuijken, Marco Vincenzi, Vittorio
Ghielmi, Christoph Rousset e
molti altri. Svolgono regolare ed
intensa attivitá concertistica ospiti
di importanti orchestre in eventi
e manifestazioni musicali: Festival
Grandezze e Meraviglia
(Modena), Spazio e Musica al
Teatro Olimpico (Vicenza), Festival
de Musique Baroque
d'Ambronay (Francia), Saison
Emoke Barath, soprano
Salon Montgomery, Grand Hotel Park Gstaad - Saturday 7 January 2012
Hungarian Emoke Barath was born in 1985. She started her musical studies when she was 6 years old
playing the piano, cello and harp and singing in choirs. A special award in 2003 and first prizes at
National Singing Competitions followed in 2005/6. She then studied with Julia Paszthy at the Liszt
Academy of Music in Budapest. Prize winner at the 44th Antonin Dvorak International Singing Competition
in 2009 she performed roles in operas by Handel, Vivaldi and Purcell in 2010. A participant
in several masterclasses in Hungary, Austria, the USA and Switzerland with Barbara Bonney, Kiri Te
Kanawa and Ricard Bordas helped her to develop. Invited to perform as soloist at the Palace of Arts-
Budapest, Sopron Early Music days, iskolc Opera Festival, Tschaikovsky Concert Hall, Pushkin Museum,
Moscow and the Verbier Festival. The Grand Prix at the 2011 Verbier Festival Academy will
lead to a further performance there in 2012. Emoke also won the International Singing Competition
for Baroque Opera, Innsbruck in August 2011.
musicale à Royaumont (Francia),
Accademia Montis Regalis,
Accademia Bizantina, La Stagione
Armonica. I programmi proposti
si distinguono per eterogeneità e
ricchezza strumentale/vocale,
attraversando stili e caratteri della
complessa Europa barocca: dal
bizzarro e poetico Seicento
italiano alla Germania di Bach e
Telemann, passando per le frivole
e delicate nuances della Francia di
Louis XIV. Il Gene Barocco ha
visto il suo esordio nell'ambito del
Festival di Musica Antica‚
"Gregorio Strozzi" (Potenza).
Caroline Haffner, piano
Princess Caroline Murat,
Artistic Director
Festival Friends Concert
Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Caroline is acclaimed by connoisseurs,
critics and fellow musicians
for the brilliant virtuosité, pro-
found musicianship and dramatic
intensity of her playing. She has
been encouraged throughout her
career by personalities such as
Placido Domingo, Maxim
Vengerov and Mstislav
Rostropovitch, who spoke of the
imagination, colour and poetry in
her performance. The style of
playing - eminently romantic and
dramatic - which characterizes
Caroline Haffner allows her to be
mentioned alongside the legendary
pianists with whom she has
studied. As a child prodigy she
took lessons with Alfred Cortot
and was deeply influenced by the
limpidité, fluidity and spontaneous
expression of his style. Later
she studied with Samson
Francois, Pierre Sancan, and with
David Oistrakh's accompanist, the
Russian teacher Lev Oborin in
Moscow. All these varied and individualistic
musicians strongly
influenced her artistic understanding
and development. Since
her youth, the technical and mu-
Marcin Grochowina, piano
Rougemont Church -
Sunday 1 January 2012
Nach dem Studium bei Prof. Andreas Immer an der
Musikhochschule Freiburg erhielt er 1994 dort einen Lehrauftrag.
Marcin Grochowina ist einer der wenigen Konzertpianisten, die
neben dem klassischen
Repertoire auch den
Jazz und die Improvisation
auf hoher
professioneller Ebene
b e h e r r s c h e n .
Mitungewöhnlichen
Programmen versucht
Grochowina, die
Spezialisierung des
Konzertbetriebes zu
durchbrechen und die
künstlerischen Gesten
von Komposition und
Improvisation sinnvoll
miteinander zu
verbinden. Seit 2008 hat er eine Lehrstelle für Klavier an der
Musikschule Konservatorium Bern.
Presenting a repertoire ranging from the classical to jazz and improvisation,
Polish born Marcin Grochowina led piano and improvisation
at the First International Master Class Yehudi
Menuhin Forum Bern in July 2011. Currently teaching at the
Musikschule Konservatorium Bern he performed at the 2011
Montreux Jazz Festival.
sical skills of Caroline Haffner
have brought her a string of prestigious
awards. After a number of
first prizes at the Conservatoire
National Superieur de Musique
(CNSM) in Paris, a Licence de
Concert at the age of 14 years at
the Ecole Normale de Musique de
Paris, recognition from Charles
Munch and a 'virtuosité' at the
Conservatoire de Génève,
Caroline continued her studies in
Vienna with Leonid Brumberg.
Caroline takes her stage name
from her mother - descended from
Sigmund Haffner, Mayor of Salzburg
and friend of Mozart for
whom he wrote the Haffner Serenade
and Symphony of the same
name. Technically and musically
expert Caroline also has an interest
in ancient music and discovered
and rewrote with the
"Biblioteca Vivaldiana" and Cini
Foundation Venice, Cimarosa's
"La Morte d'Abel" oratorio.
Narcis Iustin Ianau, voice
Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Encouraged by his grandmother,
Romanian 16 year old Narcis
Iustin Ianau impressed thousands
of television viewers when he
sang on "Romania's Got Talent ."
With no formal training and a
natural, counter tenor voice,
Narcis has always enjoyed singing,
dreamed of performing on
stage and representing Romania,
his country. With little musical
education and from a poor family,
raised by his father and grandmother
while his mother works in
Italy, Narcis started singing in
church when he was five years
old. He has had a tough time at
school as other children did not
understand the quality of his
voice. For the TV show, he tried
several pieces and chose Puccini's
aria "O mio bambino caro" from
an opera CD borrowed from a
friend. He repeated it a lot and
tried to imitate the soprano; with
stellar success.
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Biographies
Ana Kipiani, piano
Rougemont Salon - Michel Sogny
Saturday 7 January 2012
Ana Kipiani was born in 1994 and
began her studies at the Tbilissi
Central Music School with Levan
Inshvili. Performing concerts from
an early age Ana has taken part in
a number of competitions and festivals.
In 2008 she participated in
a gala concert for Michel Sogny's
Foundation "SOS Talents" which
was broadcast on MEZZO TV.
Ana studies with Nuza
Chirakadze. She won first prize in
the "Concours International de Piano
"Nikolai Rubinstein" 2008 and
she was the youngest pianist to
appear at the Klavier Ruhr Festival
in 2009 and gave a series of
concerts in Italy with Jan Paulo
Pretto conducting. Ana was
awarded the first ever Verbier Festival
Academy Ambassador Prize
in August 2010 and represented
the Academy’s values and received
the support of the Verbier
Festival Foundation Council and
Bank Julius Baer for the year to
July 2011.
Christine Mantke-Goumaz
Salon Eggli,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Friday 30 December 2011
Née en1982, Christine Mantke-
Goumaz est la fille du professeur
de danse classique Isabelle
Goumaz et la petite fille du
professeur de piano Adéle
Goumaz, chez qui elle a suivi
respectivement ses premières
leçons de ballet et de piano.
Formée d'abord à Lausanne puis
à la Haute Ecole de Dresden
(Allemagne), elle démarre une
carriére de danseuse
professionnelle. Lauréate d'une
médaille au concours international
de danse de Nitéroi au
Brésil, Christine danse différents
rôles tels que Clara dans Casse
Noisette, une sylphide dans
Giséle, sur des petites et grandes
scénes comme la Semper Oper de
Dresde ou à Beaulieu Lausanne.
Sa carrière s'interrompt lors d'un
solo, sur la scene, alors qu'elle est
invitée à danser chez sa maman,
c'est la chute. Les complications de
la blessure lui font quitter les
planches pour une reconversion
qui débute par un séjour
linguistique en Angleterre, puis se
poursuit par des études
universitaires. Depuis 2008,
Christine enseigne l'allemand, les
mathématiques ainsi que le
français à l'Etat de Vaud, à l'Ecole
Steiner et actuellement à l'Orif.
Elle reste active dans les milieux
de la culture. Elle a suivi une formation
de théatre au sein de la
compagnie le Mesureur à
Lausanne, donne des cours de
danse au Centre de Danse la
Venoge, et en tant que danseuse,
chorégraphe et assistante de direction,
elle participe aux spectacles.
Katia Michel, piano
Rougemont Church -
Monday 2 January 2012
La pianiste hispano suisse Katia
Michel se produit en Allemagne,
en Amerique centrale, en Bulgarie,
en Espagne, en France, en Irlande,
en Italie, au Mexique, en Suisse et
aux USA. Le public et la critique
soulignent unanimement sa
musicalité et son élégance
poétique, tout autant que sa 'technique
brillante'. Elle a joué en
soliste avec de nombreux
orchestres, parmi lesquels le
B ö h m i s c h e K a m m e r -
philharmonie,l'Orchestre régional
de Cannes, les Orchestres de la
Radio-Télévision suisse et
espagnole, l'Orchestre national du
Salvador et la Real Orquesta
Sinfonica de Sevilla. Sous la direction
de Philippe Bender, Philippe
Béran, Juanjo Mena, Uwe Munt et
Urs Schneider. Katia Michel est
invitée réguliérement à des festivals
internationaux, notamment le
New Year Music Festival in
Nelson Monfort
Ice rink
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Friday 30 December 2011
Son of American Colonel
Nelson Monfort Senior,
Nelson Monfort is a television
host and sports journalist
on France Television.
A graduate of the Institut
d'études Politiques de Paris
Nelson also appreciates
classical music and is a
highly informed and appreciative
listener. TV commentator
for figure skating
he makes intelligent and
notable interviews of athletes just
after their competition: among his
most famous interviews are those
of Andre Agassi, Martina
Navratilova, Carl Lewis, Bill
Clinton at Roland Garros in 2001
and sprinter Michael Johnson during
the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Gstaad, le Festival Castell de
Peralada, Antibes Génération
Virtuoses, la Schubertiade de
Vilabertran, le Festival de piano de
Barcelone, le Festival de Gijon et
le Kammermusik Festival in des
Wartinschloss. Elle s'est produite
devant de grands auditoires tels
que le Carnegie Hall à New York,
le Royal Dublin Society Concert
Hall, la Beethoven Kammermusiksaal
à Bonn, le Palau de la
Musica et l'Auditori à Barcelone
et le Teatro Monumental à Madrid.
Aiman Mussakhajayeva, violin
Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Friday 6 January 2012
Aiman Mussakhajayeva, People's
artist of the Republic of
Kazakhstan, is the brightest representative
of the violin school of
her country A graduate of the
Tchaikovsky State Conservatory,
she won prestigious prizes including
the Paganini Sibelius and
Tchaikovsky International Competitions.
Founder and head of the
State Chamber Orchestra "Academy
of Soloists" she has taken the
orchestra to Russia, the USA, Japan,
Germany and Austria. Since
1993, a jury member at the
Tchaikovsky International Competition
in Moscow, Aiman is also
a professor at the Moscow,
Almaty, Astana, and Bishkek Music
Conservatoires. In 1998, she
opened the Kazakh National
Academy of Music in Astana, the
new capital of Kazakhstan, where
she serves as President. Among
the titles she holds is UNESCO
"Artist for Peace" (1998).
Nelson with HE Ambassador Dr
Erzsébet Nagy of the Republic of
Hungary at the Festival for the
start of the Liszt Celebratory
year.
Roberto Moron Perez ,
classical guitar
Gstaad -
St Josef & the Simple Gallery,
Saturday 31 December 2011
Spanish-born Roberto Moron
Perez studied in Madrid, Italy and
the UK, graduating with first class
honours and a degree in Musicology
from the Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, then
completing a postgraduate programme
at the prestigious Royal
Academy of Music in London
where he received the Julian
Bream Prize and was selected to
participate in the Wigmore Hall
Award. Prize-winner of many international
competitions, Roberto
has appeared as soloist in Spain,
Switzerland, Italy, the USA, the
United Kingdom, Ukraine, Germany
and Japan, and in concert
with numerous Spanish orchestras.
Recently, he played the famous
Concierto de Aranjuez with
the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
and the National Symphony
Orchestra of Ukraine. Stephen
Dodgson and Angelo Gilardino
are among the prominent composers
with whom he has worked,
and the famous English pianist,
Stephen Hough, has written a guitar
piece for him. Roberto Moron
Perez has released a world premier
recording with pieces by
Stephen Dodgson and has collaborated
with the Italian publisher
Berben in the edition of The
Andres Segovia Archive.
Alban Préaubert
Ice rink
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Friday 30 December 2011
From Grenoble, France, Alban
Préaubert is a French figure skater.
He is a five-time (2006, 2008 - 2011)
French bronze medalist. Albert is
a former French junior national
title holder and won bronze at the
2006 French nationals, a 6th place
showing at his first Europeans,
and an 8th place in his World
Championships debut. Further
medals in international competition
were followed by two terms
with Skate America. In 2008-9 season
he beat his countryman Brian
Joubert at the French Masters and
won his third Trophée Eric
Bompard medal, a bronze. He also
won the bronze at the Cup of Russia
and was an alternate for the
Grand Prix Final. In the 2009-10
season, he took more medals on
the Grand Prix circuit - including
bronze at Skate Canada, third at
French nationals and finished fifth
and sixth at his two Grand Prix
assignments in 2010-11, and followed
this with his fifth bronze
medal at French nationals. Alban
graduated with an MBA from
ESCP Europe in May 2010.

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Natalia Morozova, piano
Rougemont - Salon Michel Sogny
Sunday 1 January 2012
Russian pianist Natalia Morozova began her piano studies at the age
of six at the Rachmaninoff School in Moscow. She attended the
Tchaikovsky State Conservatory with the pianist Tigran Alikhanov,
himself a student of the great Russian pianist Lev Oborin. Natalia
pursued piano studies at the same conservatory with Professors Victor
Mergianov and Alexander Mdoyantz while studying chamber
music with Tigran Alikhanov. She completed her post-graduate degree,
also at the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. Among numerous
awards Natalia won first prizes at the Nikolaj Rubinstein International
Competition in Moscow, Young Pianists "Rome 99", International
Chamber Music Competition in Verbania Italy, Taneyev International
Chamber Music Competition in Kaluga, Russia and at the Reding-
Piette International Competition in Neuchatel. Playing with orchestra
and as a soloist in Europe Natalia has performed in Moscow, Archangel,
Viatka, Kaluga and Yekaterinburg, Russia, in Geneva for Radio
Suisse Romande, Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland and Annibale di Francia Theatre,
Messina, Giuseppe Verdi Theatre, Trieste, Savoia Theatre, Campobasso, Puccini Theatre, Merano and the
Alfieri Theatre, Turin, Italy and the Arts Club, London. Natalia has performed recitals for radio including
Radio Suisse Romande, Rai 3 Rome, Festival "Melomania" Paris and many concerts in France for different
festivals. Natalia has worked with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the Moscow Soloists under the
direction of Yuri Bashmet and recently she performed at the Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de Musique
Romantique Francaise in Venice, Italy. A member of the scientific committee of the international "Primavera
Musicale" project at the Discanto Academy of Arts in Verona, Italy since 2010 Natalia's repertoire continues
to develop in baroque and contemporary music.
Ilan Rogoff, piano
Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Thursday 5 January 2012
Dozens of concerts with the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra in Israel
and abroad as well as recitals,
chamber music and concerts with
other orchestras have established
Ilan Rogoff as one of Israel's favourite
artists. His studies of the
piano were conducted with the
distinguished exponents of the
Eastern European Virtuoso school
- Karol Klein, Stefan Askenase and
Vladimir Horowitz, and with
those of the Germanic tradition -
Leonard Shure and Claudio
Arrau. His own very personal
style has evolved from a synthesis
of both traditions. Ilan Rogoff
has appeared in most European ,
American and Latin American
music centres as well as in South
Africa, Japan and the Far East.
Among the conductors he greatly
enjoyed working with are:
Aharonovitch, Allemandi,
Barshai, Bender, Bloemstedt,
Brotons, Chmura, Commissiona,
De Preist, Dorati, Justus Frantz,
Giulini, Griffith, Groves, Herbig,
Klecki, Krips, Lopes-Cobos,
Mayer, Michniewski, Rodan,
Saccani, Kurt Sanderling (with
whom he recorded with the
Philharmonia Orchestra for the
Unicorn label), Thomas
Sanderling, Shallon, Sherrif,
Skrowacewski, Stein, Steinberg,
Talmi, van Alphen, Weller,
Zaliouk and with Zubin Mehta on
tours of the the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra in Argentina,
Brasil, Uruguay and the US. Ilan
Rogoff is reknowned for his interpretations
of the Romantic composers.
His recordings of the Fan-
tasies of Schumann and Schubert
(on the Nimbus label) was chosen
as one of the years' best by
“Records & Recordings”. Having
gained special recognition for his
interpretations of Chopin's music,
he recorded for the BBC the music
for the television series "Notorious
Woman" on the life of
George Sand. Not withstanding
his special interest in the Romantic
composers, he performs regularly
20th century and contemporary
music and has given the
World Premiere of piano concerti
composed for and dedicated to
him by John McCabe's (3rd piano
concerto) in England and Ivan
Erod in Vienna. The acclaim and
awards won by his double CD encompassing
the integral works
composed by Chopin in Mallorca
and related works (“Chopin in
Mallorca” - Preludio/Blau
Records 10011/2), is now in its
fifth edition. It led to engagements
at New York's Metropolitan Museum,
Washington's Dumbarton
Series, in Austria, Germany, Poland,
Switzerland, Paris, Cannes,
Monte Carlo, at the Granada International
Festival of Music and
Dance, the Beethoven Festival in
Bonn, the Euriade Festival, the
Pablo Casals Festival in Prades,
the Chopin Festival in
Valldemossa, the Ibiza International
Festival and on tours of
South America, South Africa, the
Carribean and Israel. This album
was followed by a CD titled “Portraits”,
dedicated to works by
Schumann (carnaval, Fantasie and
G minor Sonata), now in its second
edition. His CD recording of
both Chopin Concerti for String
Quintet was recorded with soloists
of the Vienna Chamber Or-
chestra. It received the highest accolades
from music critics and audiences.
His latest CD contains his
transcriptions and arrangements
for pia¡no solo of twelve works¡
by Astor Piazzolla, “Urban Nostalgia.”
Emmanuel Rossfelder, guitar
Lauenen -
Friday 6 January 2012
A 14 ans il devient le plus jeune
guitariste jamais admis dans la
classe d'Alexandre Lagoya au
Conservatoire National Supérieur
de Musique de Paris. En 1991 et
1992, il obtient deux premiers prix
au CNSM de Paris (guitare et
musique de chambre). Il se
présente alors à des concours
internationaux et reçoit de
nombreux prix, Il se produit sur
les grandes scénes en France et à
Boston, New York, Philadelphie,
Los Angeles. Il joue également en
soliste avec de grands orchestres :
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France,
de la Scala de Milan,
le Landmarks Boston Orchestra, et
sous la direction de chefs
prestigieux : Roberto Benzi,
Philippe Bender, Charles
Ansbacher, Stanislas Lefort.
Concertiste reconnu, il est en 1998
lauréat de la Fondation
d'Entreprise Groupe Banque
Populaire. Ce prix lui permet entre
autre d'enregistrer son premier
CD : "Danses Latines" Victoire de
la Musique Classique en 2004
(catégorie Révélation Soliste Instrumental
de l'année). Ses succés
et récompenses en France sont
remarqués par le Japon, la Russie,
le Canada, les Etats-Unis, le Brésil,
qui l'invitent dés lors pour des
tournées réguliéres.
Gilbert San Pietro di Monte
Rosso
Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Monday 2 January 2012
Concertiste interprétant des styles
et des auteurs de toutes les
époques concernées depuis la
création du piano.
Cette polyvalence permet à Gilbert
San Pietro di Monte Rosso
d'insérer dans son répertoire des
œuvres de Beethoven, Chopin,
Gershwin, Piazzolla, Joplin,
Bolling, Legrand,...etc Passionné
de musique, passionné de piano,
Gilbert San Pietro di Monte Rosso
est engagé pour la promotion de
cet instrument et dans la
découverte des jeunes talents.
Il s’implique dans leur promotion.
Gilbert San Pietro di Monte Rosso
est également passionné d'histoire
et de sa corrélation avec
l'évolution de la musique.
Amateur d'Opéra, il a assumé de
1977 à 1995 le poste de clavier percussion
solo dans l'Orchestre
Philharmonique de l'Opéra de
Nice. Depuis 12 ans Gilbert San
Pietro di Monte Rosso a renoué
avec les liens familiaux
ancestraux, et se produit sous ce
nom “à rallonge” qui dévoile ses
origines Piémontaises.
Il a aussi adopté ce patronyme
pour ses concerts et ses activités
musicales afin de marquer une
rupture avec sa carrière passée de
Percussionniste, se recentrer sur le
Piano, et afin sans qu'il n’y ait pas
d’ambigüité d’activité entre sa
carrière précédente et sa carrière
actuelle.
Gilbert San Pietro di Monte Rosso,
Fondateur depuis 2007 du
“Concours International de Piano
Nice Côte d’Azur”, dont il dirige
désormais le déroulement annuel
au sein du Conservatoire National
à Rayonnement Régional de Nice,
a également créé en 2010 le “Nice
Pop Piano International Competition”,
rencontre de jeunes
pianistes suivant un autre cursus
que les études classiques convention-nelles.
Cette nouvelle compétition
permet aux jeunes pianistes de se
mesurer en interprétant tous les
styles excepté le classique.
Sa remarquable entente avec le
Tènor Gilles San Juan est le fruit
d’une extraordinaire complicité
née dans la polyvalence de styles
qu’ils ont tous deux en commun
et pour des œuvres et des
compositeurs qu’ils vénèrent
d’une même passion.
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Joaquin Soriano, piano
Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Wednesday 3 January 2012
A lifetime in music at the highest,
international level, Joaquin
Soriano teaches as a professor at
the Madrid Royal Conservatory.
He is a member of the Academy
of San Fernando and of the Institute
of Spain. Among his honours
are the Gold Medal of Fine Arts,
the French Order of Arts and Letters
and the Medal of the City of
Paris. He also holds the title of the
Republic of Lithuania's officer
award. Joaquin Soriano studied
with Professor Vlado Perlemuter
at the Conservatoire National de
Paris, and privately in Vienna,
with Alfred Brendel. First prizes
in international competitions including
Vercelli and Jaen, were a
springboard for a brilliant career,
performing with many of the
world's leading orchestras, including
the Israel Philharmonic,
the National Orchestra of Spain,
the RAI Orchestra of Italy, the
ORTF Orchestra of France, the
Gürzenich Orchestra, the London
Symphony Orchestra, the English
Chamber Orchestra, the Royal
Philharmonic and the Manchester
Halle Orchestra. His recordings
include works of Albeniz (Iberia),
Granados, the complete work of
Schubert-Liszt (Soirées de
Vienne), Liszt, Chopin, and the
complete work for chamber music
of Turina, as well as his Symphonic
Rhapsody. He has also recorded
Nights in the Gardens of
Spain with the English Chamber
Orchestra and Falla's Clavecin
concerto. He made a new recording
of Nights in the Gardens of
Spain with Frübeck and the National
Orchestra of Spain in the
year 2000. Joaquin Soriano's
masterclasses are highly appreciated
in Europe, U.S.A., Australia
and Asia. As a jury member, he
has been on the panels of well
known International Competitions:
Tchaikovsky, Rubinstein (as
a vice-president), Marguerite
Long, Van Cliburn, Maria Callas
(as a president of the jury),
Hamamatsu, Bolzano, London,
Leeds, Dublin and Santander (as
a president and artistic director).
At present, he is the artistic director
of the Iturbi International Piano
Competition in Valencia. He
gives master classes regularly at
the Juillard and Manhattan
Schools in New York as well as the
Hochschule of Stuttgart in Germany
and at the Sommer-
Akademie of the Salzburg
Mozarteum.
Amir Tebenikhin, piano
Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Friday 6 January 2012
Amir Tebenikhin is a Kazakh pianist
who won the 1999 Vianna da
Motta Competition and has performed
at the Carnegie Hall, the
Salle Pleyel and the Wigmore Hall.
In 2007 he won the Anton
Rubinstein Competition in Dresden.
Born in Moscow and now living
in Germany, Amir started to
play piano at the age of six with
his father Wladimir Tebenikhin,
himself a student of the legendary
pianist Lev Oborin. He continued
his education in Almaty and at the
Tchaikovsky Academy of Music in
Moscow. Since 2004, he has been
a student of Karl-Heinz
Kämmerling at the Hanover Music
University in Germany. A prize
winner at the 2003 Queen
Elisabeth Music Competition in
Brussels he won further prizes the
following year in Glasgow and at
the first international piano competition
in Panama-City. In 2006,
Amir Tebenikhin won the special
prize for the best cooperation with
an orchestra at the first international
Carl Bechstein piano com-
petition. These and his other accomplishments
allow him to develop
an international career.
Amir started to play piano at the
age of six with his father Wladimir
Tebenikhin, himself a student of
the legendary pianist Lev Oborin.
Emese Virag, piano
Salon Montgomery,
Grand Hotel Park Gstaad -
Saturday 7 January 2012
Emese Virag is a pianist, coach
and teacher at the Ferenc Liszt
Academy of Music, Budapest. As
the accompanist of renowned
singers and newly as a soloist, she
regularly performs in Hungary
and abroad including the Contemporary
Music of Budapest,
Budapest Spring Festival, Budapest
Goethe-Institut, Institut
Francais and Instituto Italiano.
Many of her concerts have been
recorded by Hungarian Radio.
She frequently plays contemporary
Hungarian music and has
given the first performance of
many compositions. In 2007 she
was awarded the Gundel Prize of
Arts and in 2008 the Ferenc Liszt
Prize. Her CD containing world
premiere recordings of works by
Hugo Wolf was released in 2008.
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grape
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very deep cherry.
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