Sun, 29 Sep 2024, 17:00
Price:
11.10 €
Performers:
BORIS LIVSCHITZ (violin, France)
MARK DROBINSKY (cello, France)
JULIJA SADAUNYKAITĖ (piano)
Programme:
Max Bruch - "Kol Nidrei" for cello and piano
Ella Leya - "Kabbalist Reflections" for violin and piano
Mieczyslaw Weinberg - Sonata for solo cello (dedication to Mstislav Rostropovich)
Giedrius Kuprevičius - "Kaddish" for violin and piano
Giedrius Kuprevičius - "Vivaldi vs Vivaldi" for violin and cello (Lithuanian premiere)
Yuri Povolotsky - "Jerusalem Divertimento" for violin, Cello and Piano (premiere in Lithuania)
The Kaddish American Music Concert is dedicated to the rich, varied and diverse Jewish culture. In the history of Western music, Jewish culture and traditions have had an important influence on the development of classical music, inspiring many composers and performers.
This evening's performers, violinist Boris Livschitz, cellist Mark Drobinsky and pianist Julia Sadaunykaite, invite you to rediscover the wonderful layers of Jewish music, as well as to hear the premieres of works by the renowned Lithuanian composer, Giedrius Kuprevičius, and the Ukrainian-born Jewish composer Yuri Povolotsky.
Pianist B. LIVSCHITZ was born and educated in Vilnius, Lithuania, and graduated from the Rubin Music Academy in Tel Aviv, Israel. From 1975 to 2002 he was a soloist with the Zurich (Switzerland) Opera Orchestra. He has performed extensively with the Zurich String Trio and the Zurich String Quintet, with many orchestras in Salzburg, the Zurich Opera, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, the Moldovan National Chamber Orchestra, etc., and with many excellent musicians in more than 65 countries in Europe, North and Latin America, Africa, the Middle and Far East, and has taken part in various festivals. He is renowned for his recordings of all of Ludwig van Beethoven's string trios and quintets, and for playing the 1699 violin of Italian master Giovanni Grancino.
One of France's most distinguished cellists, M. DROBINSKY, is regularly invited by France to take part in prestigious festivals and to give masterclasses around the world. He has performed with many renowned musicians and conductors. Although widely recognised as a performer of the classical cello repertoire, Drobinsky is also passionate about the discovery of new works and has mostly performed works by 20th century composers such as Henri Sauguet, Henri Dutilleux, Alfred Schnittke, Darius Milhaud, Joseph Dorfman, Fredrick Kaufman, Alexandre Rabinovitch, Gregorio Zanon. Drobinsky plays a cello made in 1748 by the Italian master Carlo Antonio Testore.
J. SADAUNYKAITE is a lecturer at the Academy of Music of the VMU, a student of the Soloist Programme at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. She is a winner of the Grand Prix International Competition in Valletta (Malta), an active performer as a soloist and chamber musician. Her innate musicality is a source of fascination for critics and audiences alike.