FINAL STRINGS AND PIANO CONCERT

PROGRAMME

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976): Elegy for unaccompanied viola (1930)

Tristan Macaggi — viola

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Sonata for violin and piano No.1, Op.78 (1878–79)

I. Vivace, ma non troppo

Stelios Mastrogiannis — violin, Ai Motohashi — piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Fantasia in D minor, K.397 (1782)

Andante – Allegretto

Angelos Stratoudakis — piano

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Sonata for viola and piano, Op.120 No.1 (1894)

II. Andante un poco adagio

Tristan Macaggi — viola, Ai Motohashi — piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (1720)

I. Adagio

Elena Vittoria Vincifori Troili — violin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K.218 (1775)

I. Allegro

Stelios Mastrogiannis — violin, Ai Motohashi — piano

-intermission-

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904): Violin Concerto, Op.53 (1879/1982)

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Joana Espar Puigoriol — violin, Ai Motohashi — piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Piano Sonata No.7 in C major, K.309 (1777)

I. Allegro con spirito

Dimitris Adamopoulos — piano

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Etude in C minor, Op.25 Nr.12 (1832–36)

Dimitris Adamopoulos — piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Violin Partita No.1 in B minor, BWV 1002 (1720)

V. Sarabande

VI. Double

Stelios Mastrogiannis — violin

Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Märchenbilder, Op.113 (1851)

I. Nicht schnell

II. Lebhaft

IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck

Duo Consonare: Ana Dunne Sequi — viola, Sofía Medina — piano 

Pablo Hernán Benedí was born in 1991 in Madrid. He studied violin at the Antonio Soler Conservatory in San Lorenzo de El Escorial with Polina Kotliarskaya and at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with David Takeno and András Keller. In 2010, Pablo became a member of the Chiaroscuro Quartet. The Quartet’s debut recording was released in 2011 to critical acclaim. As a soloist, Pablo has appeared with orchestras like the Philarmonia Orchestra, London Mozart Players and Concerto Budapest.

Jonian Ilias Kadesha is a renaissance musician in the diversity and creativity of his intellectual interests and music-making. His studies in philosophy and rhetoric influence the stylistic accuracy of his interpretations, whether of early or contemporary music, and his rich imagination is clear both in the sound worlds he creates and the projects he curates as soloist, player–director and chamber musician. As a soloist, he has performed throughout Europe. Kadesha is also a committed chamber musician who collaborates with renowned musicians. He is co-founder of the award-winning Trio Gaspard, a member of the Kelemen Quartet and increasingly in demand with leading chamber orchestras as player/director. In 2017, Kadesha founded and assumed the role of Artistic Director of the Caerus Chamber Ensemble. Born in Athens, with Albanian and Greek heritage, Kadesha studied from a young age at Musikhochschule Würzburg, followed by studies at Kronberg Academy. jonianiliaskadesha.net 

Piano accompanist:

Ai Motohashi, born in Tokyo, began piano studies with her mother. She continued under Arnulf von Arnim at the Universities of Music in Detmold/Dortmund and Essen (Künstlerische Ausbildung & Konzertexamen). She has won top prizes at the PTNA Piano Competition (Tokyo), Pinerolo, and received distinctions in Ettlingen, Lionsclub Herdecke, and the Japan Classic Music Competition. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed in Japan, the USA., and across Europe, collaborating with renowned artists and orchestras. She has appeared in major festivals including the Ruhr Piano Festival, Cervo, Klasik Keyifler, Athens Festival, and the music festivals of Santorini, Nafplio, and the Cyclades. Since 2012, she has been the official accompanist for Leonidas Kavakos’ international violin masterclass in Athens.