Tim Kliphuis

In the brand new Pictures at an Exhibition, Tim Kliphuis and his Trio present a fresh take on the world. Mussorgsky’s music (Bydlo, Gnomus, Baba Yaga, Il Castello Vecchio) has been drawn to this time and sounds different every concert; Kliphuis wrote new music inspired by Klimt’s The Kiss, Van Gogh’s Starry Sky, O’Keeffe’s Ritz Tower and Hokusai’s Great Wave. In between, Promenades invites contemplation: how the paintings comment on the oppressive situation of animals, hectic city life, and rising waters.
This suite takes 45 minutes in total, and can be performed as a festival set, in separate parts, with or without projections, and in combination with Tim’s Trio’s Gypsy Jazz gems or climate hit The Five Elements, which opened the United Nations Water Conference in March 2023.

Yeol Eum Son & Svetlin Roussev

When Yeol Eum Son, celebrated for her poetic touch and crystalline clarity, joins forces with Svetlin Roussev, known for his radiant tone and expressive depth, something truly special happens on stage.

These two exceptional artists share a deep musical bond, shaped by mutual respect and a profound love for chamber music

Love Music

Wagner-Waxman, “Love music”
Korngold, Marietta’s Lied
Korngold, 4 pieces on “Much Ado About Nothing”
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Kreisler, Alt Wiener Tanzweisen
Strauss, Sonata for Violin and Piano

Yoon|Rochat|Jáuregui – Piano Trio

Soyoung Yoon

Violinist Soyoung Yoon has garnered acclaim for her “meticulous… highly disciplined” (Gramophone) and “suave” performances whose “technical perfection… is always placed at the service of the music” (The Guardian). Prize winner of major competitions including the Yehudi Menuhin (1st prize), Henryk Wieniawski (1st prize), and Indianapolis (silver medallist) violin competitions, Soyoung has earned the respect of her peers as a violinist and chamber musician of the highest calibre.

Nadège Rochat

Nadège Rochat is a distinguished expressive voice among young cellists. Besides her wide-ranging musical interests in baroque, classical and romantic repertoire, she likes to explore forgotten composers, world music and contemporary pieces. She started to play the cello at the age of four and first studied in Geneva, then in Cologne with Maria Kliegel. She won several first prizes in Swiss, German and British competitions and won twice the Swiss SUISA prize for the interpretation of contemporary music.

Judith Jáuregui

Regarded as an artist of expressive refinement, luminous pulsation and great personality, Judith Jáuregui has become one of today’s most captivating Spanish pianists. British magazine International Piano has described her as ‘creative intuition’, ‘an imaginative artist, a strikingly individual performer who has impressed European audiences with her maturity of expression’.

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Arenky’s Trio no. 1, is a work not very often played and that is a real jewel-piece: big, intense, with a melodic richness to enjoy and with which to fly. Following by Debussy’s Trio, his first composition considered ‘extensive’, fresh, positive, luminous. On the second part would play one of the greatest trios of the trio-repertoire, Brahms no. 1. Arenky’s Trio is from 1894, Debussy’s from 1880 and Brahms’s from 1854, but it underwent a very profound revision in 1889. Three works from the end of the 19th century, that nostalgic era in which romanticism lasted until its last consequences, the era of devotion to the Great Beauty.

Programme

Antón Arensky: Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 32

Claude Debussy: Piano Trio in G major

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Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio no. 1 in B flat major, op. 8

Nadege Rochat | Rafael Aguirre

Nadège Rochat & Rafael Aguirre – Poetry and Passion for Cello and Guitar
Franco-Swiss cellist Nadège Rochat and Spanish guitar virtuoso Rafael Aguirre form a rare and captivating duo. Their musical dialogue is one of elegance, spontaneity, and emotion, blending the rich tones of the cello with the vibrant colours of the guitar.

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