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PROGRAMME
demy of Music in Budapest. Since the 2006-
2007 academic year she is a student of the
Reina Sofía School of Music with Diemut
Poppen, Head Professor of the BBVA Viola
Chair. Olga Izsac enjoys a tuition scholarship
from OHL and a residence scholarship
from the Albéniz Foundation. As student of
the Reina Sofía School, she is member of
the Siemens Chamber Orchestra that has
been conducted by maestros Hansjörg
Schellenberger, Jordi Savall, Jesús López
Cobos and Antoni Ros-Marbà and has also
participated in master classes of Professor
Atar Arad.
OLGA JELÍNKOVÁ, soprano
1978, Czech Republic. Studies at the Prague
Conservatory with Professor A. Denygrová.
She has played the following roles:
Belinda (H. Purcell, Siso and Eneas) as well
as The Queen of the Night (W. A. Mozart,
Die Zauberflöte). Upon graduation in June
2002 she appeared in the role of Rosina (G.
Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia) during he
summer season of the South Bohemian
Theatre in České Budĕjovice. In 2003 she
participated in master classes of Richard
Sigmund in Merano, Italy and later, in the
Merano Opera Studio sang in a performance
of W. A. Mozart’s La nozze di Figaro (in
the role of Barberina) and in G. Bizet’s Carmen
(in the role of Frasquita). Olga Jelínková
is at present studying at the Academy of
Performing Arts in Prague, with Professor
M. Podskalsky. In 2000 she was second prizewinner
at the Dusek’s Competition of the
Musical Youth and in 2001 and 2005 was
distinguished with a certificate of merit at
Dvorák International Singing Competition in
Karlovy Vary. Additionally, she was a member
of the Prague Philharmonic Choir from
January 2003 to August 2006. Cooperates
regularly with the Czech Philharmonic Collegium
and has participated in the recording of
a CD for the Classico label with the Czech
Philharmonic Collegium in 2005 singing A.
Devorák, G. Verdi and G. Puccini arias. For
the Czech “Cesky Rozhlas” Radio Olga
Jelínková recorded two less known arias (L.
Delibes: La Rosignol, G. F. Händel: Nell dolce
d’obblio) with violinist Jitka Hospova and
a full cycle of songs by Zdenek Lukas Quis
for violin and soprano, premièred at Prague’s
Rudolfinum in March 2007. With the
Prague Chamber Opera participated in a
tour of Japan in June 2006 playing the role
of Prima Donna (W. A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte)
and from June to September in Germany
as The Queen of the Night. She also
was Eurydika in Offenbach’s “Orpheus in
the Underworld” at Brno’s City Theater and
at the Pilsen Theater. She also studied and
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performed Madame Herz in The Theater
Director (W. A. Mozart). Since December
2006 she appears as invited guest in Opava’s
Theater as The Queen of the Night (P.
Schaffer, Amadeus). Additionally, Olga performs
with the noted Czech organ player
Ales Bárta, the Baroque Jazz Quintet under
the supervision of pianist E. Spacil and with
the Ensemble Martin´y.
DEBORAH KANG, violin
1985, Seoul, South Korea. She began studying
violin at the age of three and at ten
entered the ·“Rimsky-Korsakow” School of
Music in St. Petersburg where she studied
with Professor Elena Zaytzewa. Since 2003
she studies at the Musikhochchule Hanns
Eisler in Berlin with Professor Michael
Vogler. Deborah Kang has participated in
master classes with Professors Gordon Kremer,
Shmuel Ashkenasi, Ulf Hoelscher,
Werner Scholz and Hans Kalafusz. She was
First Prizewinner at the Chamber Music
Competition in St. Petersburg in 2002. She
also has given numerous solo and chamber
music recitals and concerts with orchestras
in prestigious European halls such as the
Philharmonic in Berlin. She is a member of
the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation “Live Music
Now” with the “Trio con anima”.
SOYUN KIM, violoncello
1983, South Korea. Started her education
at the Kyungbok Elementary School in
Seoul and continued at the Yewon Middle
School of Arts and the High School of Arts
with Myoung-Hwa, Chung and at the Korean
National University also with Myoung-
Hwa, Chung. Since 2004 is a student of
Hanns Eisler Academy in Berlin with Professors
Troels Svane and David Geringas.
Soyun Kim has participated in master classes
with Professors Tsuyoshi, Luis Claret,
Steaven Isserlis, Ralph Kirshbaum, Frans
Helmerson and David Geringas. Soyun Kim
has been distinguished with several prizes:
First Prizewinner at the “Korean Academy
of Children’s Culture Competition” in 1997;
First Prizewinner at the “Ewha Women’s
Uni. & Kyunghyang Newspaper Competition”
in 1999; first prizes at the “Segye
Newspaper Competition”; “Hankook Newspaper
Competition” and Grand Prix at the
“CBS (Christian Broadcasting System)
Competition” in 2000; First Prize at the
“Joongang Newspaper Competition” in
2002 and Grand Prize at the “KBS (Korea
Broadcasting System) Competition” in
2007. Soyun Kim has participated in numerous
festivals such as the “Mostly Mozart
Festival” & String Quartet with Itzhak Perlman
at the Lincoln Center/Avery Fisher Hall
in 1999; the Cassalmajiore Summer Music
Festival” in Italy in 2002 and the David
Geringas Usedom Music Festival in 2005
and 2007, among others. Has played with
several orchestras; i.e.: the Taegu Philharmonic,
Seoul Philharmonic and the KBS
Symphonic Orchestra.
KATALIN KISS, oboe
1987, Debrecen , Hungary. Started her education
at the Ernö Dohnányi School of Music
with Professor József Egyed, continuing at
the Franz Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in
Budapest. Katerina Kiss has participated in
master classes with Professors Laszló
Haday, Jozsef Kiss and Gábor Diene as well
as in orchestral courses at the Collegium
Musicum in Pommersfelden in 2005 and
2007. She has been winner at several competitions,
among them the Hungary National
in 2003 and 2005.
NATACHA KUDRITSKAYA, piano
1983, Perm, Ukraine. Started her education
at he Lysenko School of Music in Kiev with
Professor Irina Barinova. In 2006 graduated
from the Tchaikowsky National Academy of
Music in Kiev where she studied with Professor
Igor Riabov. From 2003 to 2007 she
was under he tutorship of Professor Alain
Planes at the National Conservatory of
Music and Dance in Paris from where she
graduated with a special mention. She was
then admitted to an improvement course
with Professor Jacques Rouvier. During a
semester of the 2006-2007 academic year
she worked with Stefan Vladar at the Vienna
University within an exchange program with
the Paris Conservatory. In 2005 she was
finalist of the Yamaha Competition. Natacha
Kudritskaya has played in numerous halls
and festivals such as Riga, Frankfurt, Geneva
and Gstaad, among others.
SAULI KULMALA, viola
Järvenpää, Finland, 1977. Started to play
violin in 1981 with Silja-Raitio Heikinheimo.
In 1997 started his professional education at
the Lahti Conservatory with Pertti Sutinen
and Petri Kaskela. In 1999 started to play
viola after a year studying both violin and
viola at the Longy School of Music in Boston
with Sophia Wilker and Michael Zaretsky, in
2001 decided to exclusively dedicate his
studies to viola. Sauli Kulmala is at present
a student of the Sibelius Academy in Helsin-