Frank Martin
Chamber music meanders throughout Frank Martin’s career in a multitude of different ensembles and titles, ranging from the classical to the more unexpected, such as the Rhapsodie for string quintet with double bass, the Sonata da chiesa for viola..
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"The latest Claves release from Joachim Carr is titled ‘Numinosum’, a word drawn from Jungian psychology to describe a sort of involuntary mystical or religious experience.
The programme suggests that the 35-year-old Norwegian pianist is a musician with a strong spiritual bent and his booklet essay of no fewer than 17 pages seems to indicate
that this spirituality flourishes within a rigorous intellectual framework. Busoni’s transcriptions of four Bach chorale preludes serve as headings to chapters variously
consisting of Liszt, Franck and Messiaen. [..]
Carr meets the two Liszt Légendes on their own terms with striking results. ‘St Francis of Assisi: Sermon to the Birds’ is all delicacy and finesse, delivered with a thoroughly
captivating simplicity. [..] The two selections from Messiaen’s Vingt Regards are breathtaking in their pointillist precision and imagination. Richly evocative, these performances make one hope that Carr will
one day record the entire cycle. [..] The chorale preludes are models of contrapuntal clarity and Carr shapes the actual chorale tunes with great sensitivity. [..]
That said, this is an unusually thoughtful
recording which will doubtless reward repeated listening."
Gramophone Magazine, Patrick Rucker, november 23
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She then continues her studies in the class of Davide Formisano and obtains in 2010 her soloist diploma with unanimity. She starts her professional career at the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Temporary contracts followed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, playing under the direction of Pierre Boulez, Ricardo Chailly and Gustavo Dudamel among others, and at the Berlin Philharmonic, playing under conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Bernard Haitink and Herbert Blomstedt.
Currently co-soloist at the Musikkollegium Winterthur.
Since making the decision to establish his own trio with bassist Werner Spies and drummer Hugo Radyn in 2006, Charl du Plessis has alerted audiences to the complexities and capabilities of combining jazz and classic music. The creative possibilities of this musical unit have offered him the means to produce a wide range of music not confined by any style or genre.
She is a multiple prize winner of national and international competitions and a scholarship holder of the Bachwoche Ansbach. She received important impulses from Henri Sigfridsson, Aleksandar Madžar, Brigitte Meyer, Konstantin Lifschitz and Hartmut Höll, among others.
Her performances have taken her to Paris, Bayreuth at the Steingräber & Söhne Piano Factory as part of the Young Master Pianists, to Gladbeck for the Forum of German Music Academies, to the Theater Basel, to Sils Maria and to the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad.
The multi-talented musician was appointed the youngest principal flutist at the Winterthur Symphony Orchestra and at the Lucerne Festival Orchestra with additional conducting responsibilities. It followed a period of full time opera and symphonic conducting.
