2011 Anniversary Brochure - Paxos Festival Trust

Pal Banda and Zsuzsa Berenyi
Pal was born into a musical family in Budapest. He began to learn the cello at the
age of 9. At the Franz Liszt Academy of Music he studied with his father, Ede
Banda as well as György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados.
In 1982 Pal received a commendation on the Moscow International Tchaikovsky
Competition , became Principal Cello in the Camerata Academica, Salzburg and
a member of The Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
As a soloist he has performed throughout Europe and was member of the
Fitzwilliam Quartet, the Katin Piano Trio andthe Allegri String Quartet from
1998-2008. Pal also teaches at the Purcell School and has given master classes in
many countries including the USA, Singapore, Greece Hungary and England .
Pal was one of the directors of the Paxos International Festival from 1999-2004, with
Julian Jacobson and Plilip Gibbonn
His cello was once in the possession of the Eszterházy family.
Zsuzsa studied the piano at the Bartok Specialist Music School and obtained her
first class degree at the Liszt Academy of music on the violin in 2006From the age
of 15she took part in Andras Schiff’s and Gyorgy Kurtag masterclasses. She toured
and recorded the late mozart Sonatas as a pianist with Denes Zsigmondy.
In the UK she is a member of London Musical Artand leader/soloist of I Maestri
Symphony orchestra and the Marmari trio, playing across Europe with these.She
appears frequently with Dernes Zsigmondy in germany and Switzerland and with
the Louis Spohr Sinfonietta at Austrian summer festivals.
Zsuzsa’s work with jazz pianist Tibor Markusis on CD with the Equinox Quartet.
Natasha Zielazinski (Workshop Leader)
Natasha Zielazinski is a London based cellist and composer. She is a member of
Jetsam, an experimental contemporary music ensemble who create and perform
original and commissioned works as well as repertoire by composers such as Luis
Adriessen and Fred Rzewski. In addition to her work with Jetsam, Natasha has
worked in collaboration with the Hofesh Shechter Dance Company and the Royal
College of Arts among others, leading to performances in the United Kingdom at
the Barbican Centre, the Roundhouse, the Bath International Festival and the
South Bank Centre as well as extensive performances at international festivals and
venues.
Apart from her performance practice, Natasha is committed to leading and
developing projects which focus on creative community engagement and has
worked for the Barbican Centre's Creative Learning department, the London
Sinfonietta, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Aldeburgh Music, the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's OrchKids program, and the Wigmore Hall.
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