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Romain Garioud is a leading representative of the young and brilliant French cello school. A prize winner at such prestigious international competitions as Moscow’sTchaikovsky (2001) and Paris’ Rostropovitch (2002) , he is also a second prize winner at Chile’s Vina del Mar competition in 2002.
He graduated from Paris’ Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique with a First Prize in both cello (1997) and chamber music (1998). Known for his outstanding sound and sense of phrasing, Romain Garioud has had the privilege of working with such widely renowned cellists as Philippe Muller, Anner Bylsma, Natalia Chakovskaia, Steven Isserlis and David Geringas.
Romain Garioud has won Mécénat Société Générale and Fondation Meyer awards. In 2002, he was ‘Révélation’ of ADAMI (french national institution for professional musicians). His career then greatly expanded and he was invited to perform or give master-classes in many classical music venues in Europe (Festival de l’Orangerie de Sceaux, Flâneries de Reims, Musique à l’Empéri, ….), and, more recently, in China and South America.
In October 2013, he played Lutoslawsly’s cello concerto for the Yuri Bashmet’s festival of Minsk, with the television orchestra.
He played with such conductors as Christoph Eschenbach (Orchestre de Paris), Jean-Marc Burfin (Lisbon’s Metropolitan Orchestra) or Stéphane Cardon and with prestigious chamber music partners like Mstislav Rostropovitch, Menahem Presler,Gilles Apap, Dora Schwarzberg, Pavel Gililov, Bernd Glemser, Andre Jussow, Philippe Entremont, Tanja Becker-Bender, Florent Héau, Régis et Bruno Pasquier…Several of his concerts were recorded by Radio France or Music Cable TV channel Mezzo.
Romain Garioud is willing to defend an eclectic repertoire. In chamber music as well as in his performances as a soloist, he is driven by a true passion for exchange.
In November 2005, Romain Garioud wins the 1st Prize of Bucchi’s International cello
Competition. As well he is playing duo with violist Aida-Carmen Soanea, and, from 2007 to 2014, was a founding member of the delian::quartett, being invited in 2008 inMusikverein and Konzerthaus Wien, Berlin Philharmonie.
Romain Garioud is actually teaching for futur professionals in National School of L’ Hay les roses and in Scuoala Superior de Musica of Espinho (Portugal).
He’s playing an exceptional Nicolai Gagliano’ s cello from 1760, generously lent by Michael Andreae-Jäckering.
Dora Schwarzberg - violin
Romain Garioud - violoncello
She was born in the backstage of a Jewish Theatre where her musician parents worked. It is perhaps this fact which formed her artistic Credo, expressed in the words of her father:
“the violin must speak and cry!”. Dora Schwarzberg undertook her musical studies at the Stoliarsky School in Russia and with Yuri Yankelevitch at the Moscow Conservatory. She has played with the most distinguished orchestras in the world, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington DC) and the most renowned Russian ensembles. She is a highly skilled chamber musician and has given recitals in the most prestigious concert halls, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Vienna Musikverein and the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Her personal and artistic communication with musicians such as Prof. Yankelevich, V. Berlinsky, A. Schtern, Isaac Stern, Dorothy Delay, Menuhin made such an impact on her that a wellknown American musician exclaimed- “Dora Schwarzberg is a typical representative of the Odessa-Moscow-Jerusalem-NY violin school!”. For Dora music is not only a profession but a lifestyle. It is a means of communication with people, as varied and individual as the artists with whom she collaborated. They include Martha Argherich, Misha Maisky, Berezovsky, Gililov, Imai Rudin, Geringas, Drobinsky, Rabinovitch, Bashmet to name but a few. Performance and pedagogical activities have naturally complemented each other, and she holds Professorship at Vienna, where she continues to explore music and life with her students. The great majority of her students are prizewinners of international competitions, and hold leading positions with major orchestras and chamber ensembles all over the world. She also gives master classes internationally. The repertoire of this violinist envelops music from baroque sonatas to Argentinian Tangos where the defining link in this extensive chain of works is her love for each of them and a desire to radiate this love to her audiences.
Nora Romanoff - viola
Since a very young age violist Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg gives concerts worldwide both as a soloist as well as a chambermusician in prestigious venues such as the Salzburg Festival, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Theatro Colon de Buenos Aires, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Vienna Musikverein, the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, Les Classiques de Villars, Sommets Musicaux the Andrey Sacharov Festival and Valdres Sommersinfoni, among many others.
As a soloist she has performed with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra, the Orchesta Filarmonica di Bacau, the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Irkutsk and the Argentinian Camerata Bariloche. As a chamber musician she played aside stellar musicians such as Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Gabriela Montero, Lylia Zilberstein, Renaud Capucon, Gavriel Lipkind and many others.
Born 1985 in New York and moved to Vienna at a young age, Nora came in contact with artists such as Isaac Stern, Martha Argerich, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Zubin Mehta, Yehudi Menuhin and Valentin Berlinsky, who were important inspirational guides in her formative development. At age six she started playing the violin under the guidance of her mother Dora Schwarzberg. She had her debut as a soloist at the Vienna Konzerthaus at the age of 11.
Since 2002 Nora devoted herself to the viola and soon began her path as a soloist and passionate chamber musician. Her current repertoire comprises more than 100 compositions, ranging from early to contemporary music. She is a member of Ensemble LUX, a string quartett that focuses on contemporary repertoire.
Her mentors and teachers include Yuri Bashmet, Hatto Bayerle, Michael Kugel, Thomas Kakuska and Igor Sulyga. In 2014 she earned her master degree from the University for music and performing arts Vienna.
A devoted teacher, Nora has been giving master classes regularly in Norway, Israel and Slovenia. Since 2014 she teaches at the AMADEUS school in Vienna.
EMI Classics released 11 discs with her participation, recorded live from the "Progetto Martha Argerich", several of which received "Grammy" nominations. She furthermore recorded for Gramola and Naxos.
Nora plays on a 1790 Pietro Pallotta Viola, that has most generously been donated to her by the late Lady Magaret Kagan.
Giuliano Mazzoccante - piano
not yet 40 years old, is already recognized as one of the most famous italian pianists of the moment. After studying and being graduating with highest honours in Firenze, he became student of Lazar Berman, with whom his concert repertoire deepened and improved with particular attention to the music of F. Liszt, at the European Academy of Music, Erba (CO).
Price winner of many national and international competitions (“International Music Tournament-Rome”, the 40th International Piano Competition "Arcangelo Speranza" - Taranto, the “International Tbilisi Piano Competition" (WFIMC) - Georgia…), he appears regulary as a soloist with orchestras (“Orchestra Camerata Baltica” , “Lithuanian National Symphony' Orchestra”, “Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra…), plays with musicians like Dora Schwarzberg, Karl Leister, Grazia Raimondi, Pavel Berman, Francesco Manara… and is often part of the jury for international piano and chamber music competitions. Since 2010 he is professr of the "International Sommer-Akademie Schloss Pommersfelden." His large and various record productions includes soloist repertoire and chamber music for many labels or channels (Phoenix Classics, Wide Classique, DAD Records, Camerata Tokyo, Radio Vatican, Radio Bavaria), being reviewed with acclaim by the press (Musica, Suonare News, Giornale della Musica, Fanfare, The Clarinet).
He will publish 2 Cds in 2014, one containing 2 concerts by W.A. Mozart (K466 & K467) recorded with the “Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese”, and the other one entitled "Da Sollima a Tartini", with the violinist Grazia Raimondi. From 2012 he has been an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Subiaco (Rome) and in 2014 the Rotary Club of Pescara has awarded with "Paul Harris Fellow" for commitment in spreading music and culture. In 2013, he was named Artistic Director of the "Cenacolo della Musica - International School" which aims at promoting artists and the development of the arts and will perform in 2015 in such Festival as Newport Music Festival.
Beethoven, Schumann
F. Bridge
https://www.mdw.ac.at/isa/
ISA Academy – Master-class / concert
2
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9
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Conques Festival (France)
Beethoven String Trio
http://www.centre-europeen.com/festival-de-musique-1/edition-2015/
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Catignano - Italy
Master-class “Cenacolo della musica”
Mantova
Festival (Italy)
14 - 28
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Video
Audio
Allegro ben Moderato.
Dora Schwarzberg, violin.
Giuliano Mazzoccante, piano.
C. FRANCK : Violin sonata. Live recording. 2nd mvnt
C. FRANCK : Violin sonata. Live recording 1st mvnt.
Allegro ben Moderato.
Dora Schwarzberg, violin.
Giuliano Mazzoccante piano.
J. BRAHMS : Piano Quartett n. 3 op. 60. Live recording. 2nd mvnt.
Scherzo. Dora Schwarzberg, violin. Nora Schwarzberg, viola. Giuliano Mazzoccante, piano. Romain Garioud, cello
L.V. BEETHOVEN : 7 Variations for cello and piano (Mozart). Live recording.
7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' von W.A. Mozart. Romain Garioud, cello. Giuliano Mazzoccante, piano.
J. BRAHMS : Piano Quartett n. 3 op. 60. Live recording. 3rd mvnt (extract).
Andante. Dora Schwarzberg, violin. Nora Schwarzberg, viola. Giuliano Mazzoccante, piano. Romain Garioud, cello.