Time: Thu, 12th Feb 2009, 7 p.m.
Venue: Mazda Hall
Organized by: Poona Music Society (their website poonamusicsociety dot com)
"Thomas Schrott, Violin Daniel Bosshard, Piano
In a programme of:
Andante E major K.261 for violin and piano (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Rondo C major K.373 For violin and piano
Sonata for violin and piano No.1 d minor op.33 (Robert Gund)
Various Pieces (Fritz Kreisler)
Thomas Schrott, played extensively in Italy for the most important concert societies such as: Teatro alla Scala di Milano, the Theaters of Bologna, Mantova, Genova, Torino and Rome, the Festivals of Ravello, Portogruaro and Mittelfest. Furthermore, he has performed concerts at the London Barbican and Royal Albert Hall and the Berlin Philharmonic (small hall) in North and South America, Japan, South Africa, India, Bahrain, Mauritius, Turkey, Montenegro, Cuba and Uzbekistan.
As a soloist, he performed with the Moldova Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven Concerto), Orchestra della Sagra Musicale Umbra (cond. Thomas Briccetti), Festival Strings Lucerne (cond. Rudolf Baumgartner), Bombay Chamber Orchestra (cond. Wolfgang Harrer, Vienna).
Daniel Bosshard studied with Hans Andreae at the Zurich Conservatory as well as with Rolf Mäser (piano) and Robert Suter (composition) at the Music Academy of Basel. Besides teaching piano at the teacher’s training faculty of the University of Zurich he was for 10 years member (harpsichord) and soloist of the “Festival Strings Lucerne” (conductor: Rudolf Baumgartner). As a pianist and harpsichordist he has toured in Switzerland, Germany, France, Finland, Italy, Austria, Japan and South Africa. With violonist Thomas Schrott he has played several times in India and Bahrain."
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