Maxim Vengerov and the Menuhin Academy Soloists
Brahms ou la richesse intérieure VI
Orchestral Concert
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
The Menuhin Academy Soloists are an outstanding chamber ensemble from the International Menuhin Music Academy-Gstaad (IMMA) Switzerland, known for their technical brilliance and inspirational musicality.
IMMA was founded by Lord Menuhin in 1977 “to ensure that the great heritage of violin mastery is passed to the next generation” and is a nonprofit organization that provides exceptional young string players from all over the world a 3-year scholarship. For 40 years the academy has been training violinists, violists and cellists from all over the world, with the help and guidance of past professors such as Lord Menuhin himself and Alberto Lysy.Today it has become one of the world most renowned Swiss music institutions and is the Resident Academy and Orchestra at Le Rosey Concert Hall in Rolle, Switzerland.
Touring worldwide, led by Maxi Vengerov and konzertmeister Oleg Kaskiv, The Menuhin Academy Soloists have already debuted in prominent musical centres, such as the Royal Festival Hall, the Theatre des Champs Elysees, the Concertgebouw, the Edinburgh Festival and the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, as well as major concert halls in South America, the USA, Canada, Japan and China.
Since 2011 Maxim Vengerov has been the academy’s Artistic Director, performing regularly show-stopping concerts together, one of which was recorded and broadcast on Mezzo and Arte TV.
1 Maxim Vengerov, Violin & Conductor
IMMA – Menuhin Academy Soloists
2 Oleg Kaskiv, Violin
2 Patrick Rafter, Violin
2 Ricardo Gaspar, Viola
2 Dor Sperber, Viola
2 Daniel Mitnitsky, Cello
2 Hugo Paiva, Cello
3 Yuna Shinohara, Violin
3 Diana Pasko, Violin
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| 1 Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 | 25' |
| Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | |
| 2 String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 | 40' |
| – Interval – | |
| Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) | |
| 3 Sonata for 2 Violins in C Major, Op. 56 | 15' |
| Béla Bartók (1881-1945) | |
| Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113 | 25' |
| 130' | |
| CHF 125 / 105 / 65 / 40 |