Showing posts with label western classical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label western classical. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Lecture series on western classical music



Flame School of Fine and Performing Arts is happy to announce the " Master Class" In western Art Music" by Prof Sandeep Bhagwati
a lecture series on western classical Music.
Theme- " Making Harmony"
Date- 2nd feb 2015 to 6th Feb 2015
Time- 3.30 p.m. to 8.45 p.m. everyday.
Venue- Preview Theatre- Foundation for Liberal And Management Education (FLAME) Campus Lavale Village Pune.

For Details Please contact- Ravi Kolekar- +919049004801

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Arties Festival

Arties Festival

A Festivals by Laurent Manaud-Pallas, Hugues Borsarello, violin; Yann Dubost, doublebass; Samuel Parent, piano; Nicolas Bône, viola and Gauthier Herrmann, cello

On 12th Nov. 2011 at the Mazda Hall

and 13th Nov. 2011 at Mazda Hall.

(Free Admittance)

12th Nov at 7pm: In a programme of Rossini: String Sonata No. 3; Mahler: Piano Quartet; Bottesini: Grand duo concertante andSchubert: Quintet D667 ‘Trout’

13th Nov at 6.30pm: In a programme of Dvorak:Doublebass quintet Op. 77; Bach/Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in E flat Major andShostakovich: Piano Quintet Op. 57


Details at http://www.poonamusicsociety.com/event_template.php?eve=1244

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

WESTERN MUSIC CONCERT: Jerzy Sterczynski, piano

An Evening of Chopin on 17th Nov at 7 pm, Mazda Hall

In a programme of Fryderyk Chopin: Polonaise in A major Op. 40 No. 1; Etude in C sharp minor Op. 25 No. 7; Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64; 3 Mazurkas: Op. 50: G major No. 1, A flat major No. 2, C sharp minor No. 3; Polonaise in A flat major Op. 53; Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. 27 and Sonata in B flat minor Op. 35

Jerzy Sterczynski, born in 1957, began to learn piano at the age of six. He finished his music high School in Bielsko-Biala, where he studied at the Katowice Academy of Music under Professor Andrzej Jasinski and graduated with honours in 1981. He then continued his training in London with John Bingham. He won the first prize at the Young Performers prize at the Polish Piano Festival in Slupsk and the second prize at the International Music Competition in Saragossa (1983). He is a very active concert performer and has toured worldwide. He has taken part in the Chopin Festival in Duszniki and also in festivals in Lockenhaus and La Chaise-Dieu. He has recorded 13 compact discs with the complete Chopin Nocturnes, Waltzes and Polonaises as well as his Sonata No. 2 and several small pieces. He has also recorded solo works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Reger and Szymanowski, and concertos by Chopin, Lessl and Dobrzynski. He has been a professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw since 1989. He was dean of the Department of Piano, Harpsichord and Organ in 2005-2008 and was re-elected for the term 2008-2012.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

WESTERN MUSIC CONCERT: "ARTIES"

Pierre Fouchenneret, violin Sullimann Altmayer, violin
Marc Desmons, viola Julien Dabonneville, viola
Gauthier Herrmann, cello Romain Descharmes, piano
Oliver Patey, clarinet

Programme at Mazda Hall (Dastur Primary School. Pune Camp). Free Admittance

Programme 13th Nov, 7 pm: Mendelssohn: Piano trio No. 1; Brahms: Clarinet sonata No. 1; Mozart: String quintet in D
Programme 14th Nov, 6.30 pm: Beethoven: 7 variations for viola and piano; Fauré: Piano quartet No. 1; Brahms: Piano trio Op. 8
Programme 15th Nov, 7 pm: Beethoven: Quartet Op. 127; Weber: Grand duo concertant for Clarinet and Piano; Schumann: Piano quintet Op. 44

Arties Festival musicians are multifaceted artists who share a passion for music. They have all won several international contests (Dublin, Hamamatsu, Munich, Nielsen, Firenze, Heerlen...), played on some of the most prestigious stages worldwide (Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, Theatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Tsuda Hall in Tokyo, Forbidden city hall in Beijing), and graduated from the most prominent schools. They all excel as orchestral, solo and chamber musicians. They also share a passion for travel and sharing their love of music with audiences around the world in France, Malaysia, Mexico, India, Peru and many other countries. Arties Festival has built a deep relationship with its musicians and is proud of their diversity.

Pierre Fouchenneret had an early start when he was accepted in the CNSM of Paris in the violin class aged only 12. He performs around the world along with renowned musicians and is a member of the group Ensemble Contraste, Trio Magellan and Quatuor Raphaël. Pierre is passionate about music but still finds the time to ski, his second hobbies at which he excels.

Sulliman Altmayer plays violin and is very dedicated to chamber music. He created the Trio Con Fuoco in 1998 whilst studying with Paul Boufil. Sulliman has toured the world and played with the most esteemed musicians of today classical scene. His concerts are regularly broadcasted on radio (France Musique) and television (France 3, Arte, Mezzo…).

Marc Desmons plays viola but he shines particularly in orchestra, having recently been appointed principal for the Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio-France. Marc did not stop there and he started a career as a conductor. He has always been attracted by other countries and he travelled a lot, discovering magnificent countries and civilisations, in particular Ladakh in India and Peru.

Julien Dabonneville is a wide-ranging viola player: he particularly enjoys chamber music and he successfully created several formations which ended up winning multiple prices and a nomination to the Victoire de la Musique in 2006. Julien is also passionate about Jazz and you can regularly hear him playing in various jazz clubs in Paris. Julien has toured around the world with his chamber music friends.

Gauthier Herrmann is passionate about music, especially chamber music and travel. He plays a French cello built in 1754. He is part of the Trio con Fuoco and run Arties Event Management. His curiosity and thirst of discovery already took him through more than 30 countries.

Romain Descharmes is a talented pianist who studied in Paris but quickly gained international fame and is invited to play around the world. Romain is praised for his sensibility and his ability to listen. He recorded several discs only for piano and chamber music which were acclaimed by the critics. Romain is also the member of a French popular music group, Quai No. 5.

Olivier Patey gained a deserved reputation as the most talented clarinetist of his generation. He is a music lover and shares his passion with his friends from the Malher Chamber orchestra where he is the principal clarinet, and with Arties festival of which he is the mascot.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

La Petite Bande

La Petite Bande conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken

Mazda Hall, Camp, Pune
Sunday, 31st Oct at 6.30 pm

In a programme of music by Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons Concertos.
Concerto No. 1 in E major, RV 269, "SPRING", Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315, "SUMMER", Concerto No. 3 in F major, RV 293, "AUTUMN" and Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297, "WINTER".

Sigiswald Kuijken (born in 1944) graduated with a diploma in violin performance from the Brussels conservatory in 1964. Since 1993 he has been a teacher of Baroque violin at the “Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium” in Brussels. In 1972, Sigiswald Kuijken founded the Baroque orchestra “La Petite Bande” and in 1986 the Kuijken String Quartet.
Sara Kuijken (born in 1968) studied viola at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels with Prof. E. Schiffer, obtaining a first prize in 1989 and a Master's Degree with great distinction in 1992. She subsequently pursued her studies at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam with Prof. J. Kussmaul, graduating with a performance degree in 1995.
La Petite Bande (Belgium) was founded in 1972 by Sigiswald Kuijken at the request of the record company Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in order to record Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme", under the direction of Gustav Leonhardt. The orchestra takes its name and constitution from Lully's own orchestra at the court of Louis XIV. All its members are internationally renowned specialists.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

A Night at the Opera

Poona Music Society presents A Night at the Opera
Mazda Hall, Pune.
Wednesday, 27th Oct at 7 pm.


Mats Carlsson, Tenor
Michael Engström, Piano

In a programme of Nordic songs and Opera arias by Verdi, Puccini and Gounod.

After studies at the Royal College of Music and the University College of Opera in Stockholm, Mats Carlsson has successfully established himself as one of Sweden’s most sought after tenors. He has been praised for his shimmering Nordic timbre and Italian temperament. He regularly sings with all major orchestras.

Michael Engström received his Master of Fine Arts-diploma from the Royal College of Music there. The Royal Academy of Music has granted him several awards and he has toured worldwide. During the 1990's he held a position as music-producer at the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, but now works as a pianist and repetiteur on a free-lance basis and works regularly with the Swedish Radiochoir and Eric Ericson's Chamber choir.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Friday, March 20, 2009

Arties Festival - Western Classical Music

Friday 20th March, 7.00 pm and Sunday 22nd March, 6.30 pm - Arties Festival (Western Classical Music) - Mazda Hall

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

CONCERT: Celina Ramsauer, Accordion

Wednesday 18th March - Together (Homage to the Francophonie) - 7.00pm - Mazda Hall

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Viennese Influences

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."


Saturday, January 10, 2009

Piano Recital: Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin


Arunesh Nadgir will perform at the Mazda Hall, Dastur School (opp. Ladies Club, near Blue Nile Hotel) and will treat the audience to Beethoven's Six Bagatelles, Liszt's Funerailles and Chopin's Barcarolle and Waltz.

Time: 6:30 p.m., 10 Jan 2009

Venue: Mazda Hall, Dastur Primary school.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

A Tribute to Herbert Von Karajan and Great Moments in Opera

Video screening of A Tribute to Herbert Von Karajan and Great Moments in Opera.

Venue: Mazda Hall, Pune.
Date: 08 Jun 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m.

Organized by Poona Music Society.

About Karajan from Wikipedia:
Herbert von Karajan (April 5, 1908 – July 16, 1989) was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor, one of the most renowned 20th century conductors. His obituary in the New York Times described him as "probably the world's best-known conductor and one of the most powerful figures in classical music." Karajan conducted the Berlin Philharmonic for thirty-five years. He is the top-selling classical music recording artist of all time, estimated at 200 million records sold.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Piano Concert


10th January, 2008, 6 PM
Venue: Mazda Hall

Banowetz has been heard as a recitalist and orchestral soloist on six continents in over thirty countries, with performances in past seasons with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Moscow State Symphony, the Prague and Bratislava Radio Orchestras, the Budapest Symphony, the Concert Society Orchestra of Barcelona, the New Zealand Symphony (on a twelve-concert national tour), the Beijing Central Philharmonic, the Shanghai Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. He was awarded the Liszt Medal by the Hungarian Liszt Society in Budapest for his outstanding performances of Liszt and the Romantic literature.