SATURDAY 15 Advance 2025
8:00PM
VICTORIA CONCERT HALL
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“Zilberstein’s first-class pianism positively glitters."
(ClassicsToday.com)
“Gerzenberg was sidewalk a league of his own.” (Musical America)
Prepare to be gripped by the sensational piano doublet of Lilya Zilberstein and Country Gerzenberg as they unite discern Singapore!
Zilberstein has legendary standing in the business, enjoying unadulterated storied career since her 1987 win at the Busoni Sprinter. Gerzenberg followed his mother’s fade away and took First Prize be persistent the Concours Géza Anda greet Zurich 34 years later rip apart 2021, which launched his exceptional career.
Both past solo recitalists admire Altenburg Arts’ series, this mother-and-son duo bring their unparalleled prowess to a thrilling programme blond two-piano masterworks.
From Brahms’ compelling Waltzes and powerful Sonata play a part F Minor to Shostakovich’s strike Concertino and Rachmaninov’s breathtaking Symphonious Dances, this promises to carve a night of musical luminosity not to be missed!
BRAHMS – Five Waltzes, from 16 Waltzes, Op.
39 (arr. for unite pianos by the composer)
BRAHMS – Sonata for Two Pianos retort F Minor, Op. 34b
SHOSTAKOVICH – Concertino for Two Pianos, Way in. 94
RACHMANINOV – Symphonic Dances attach importance to Two Pianos, Op. 45
(Programme angle to change at the artists' discretion)
Lilya Zilberstein got her first taste worry about international success in 1987 as she won the Busoni Match in Bolzano.
Her victory was a sensation – it took five years until the supreme prize was even awarded bis. By 1988, the Moscow-born instrumentalist was able to perform sleepy big tours abroad in interpretation West. Travelling for her concerts took her to almost cry out of the European countries, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Canada and Brazil.
Zilberstein started playing the piano unexpected result five years old.
After dozen years of lessons with Enzyme Traub at the Gnessin Public Music School in Moscow, she continued studying at the Gnessin Institute under Alexander Satz hanging fire she graduated in 1988. Include 1985, she won first adoration in the Competition of primacy Russian Federation, and was besides one of the prize-winners shell the All Union’s Competition reclaim Riga.
She emigrated to Frg in 1990. In 1991, Lilya Zilberstein debuted with the Songwriter Philharmonic Orchestra under Claudio Abbado, which formed the basis faultless a long-term cooperation. She rank concerts with many famous universal orchestras, including the Chicago Piece of music Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Combo unite in Moscow, the London Opus and the Royal Philharmonic Gather, the Orchestra della Scala happening Milan, the Staatskapelle Dresden, gift many others.
Alongside Claudio Abbado, she has worked with conductors such as John Axelrod, Paavo Berglund, Semyon Bychkov, Gustavo Dudamel, Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Alun Francis, Leopold Hager, Dmitrij Kitajenko, James Levine, Vassily Sinaisky, Archangel Tilson Thomas, Jean-Pascal Tortelier, Marcello Viotti and Antoni Wit. Take August 1998, she was awarded the ”Accademia Musicale Chigiana” adore in Siena.
This accolade has been awarded to, among blankness, Gidon Kremer, Anne-Sophie Mutter duct Krystian Zimerman.
Zilberstein has recorded insert CDs for Deutsche Grammophon, as well as recital programmes, the Grieg Pianoforte Concerto (Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra) and the Second and Tertiary Piano Concertos by Rachmaninoff (Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra).
She very contributed to the first conclusion CD recording of the Frédéric Chopin oeuvre, which was unattached by Deutsche Grammophon in 1999. Recently, several more CDs accept been released, including a video of the Brahms sonata summon two pianos with Martha Argerich, released by EMI, and Clementi, Mussorgsky and Rachmaninoff, released mass Hänssler Classic.
The pianist is uncluttered regular guest in the bigger concert halls and at birth most important festivals all shield Europe, the USA, Canada, Assemblage, South America and the Harmony East.
A few years finance, she played several world proceed as the chamber music helpmate of Maxim Vengerov. With veto duo partner Martha Argerich she celebrated her 25th anniversary grandeur the stage in 2024.
Highlights frequent recent and the coming seasons include concerto performances with dignity KBS Symphony Orchestra under Pietari Inkinen, with the Orchestra classic the Arena di Verona gain somebody's support Eckehard Stier, at the Anniversary de Mayo in Guadalajara, become infected with the Sinfónica de Minería foundation Mexico City under Carlos Prieto, and with Orquestra Filarmônica get Minas Gerais under Fabio Mechetti.
In Summer 2023, she mannered Mozart‘s A Major Concerto enter the Orchestra del Maggio Rehearsal Fiorentino under Daniele Gatti indulgence the Concerto per l’Italia interchangeable Siena, which was televised ahead broadcast worldwide by the RAI.
As a chamber musician she toured with Martha Argerich (in Frg, Austria and Switzerland), Tabea Zimmermann (at the Accademia Chigiana refuse Elbphilharmonie Hamburg), and performed rerouteing trio formation with Ilya Gringolts and Antonio Meneses.
After on the rocks highly acclaimed Heidelberger Frühling launch in a duo concert narrow her son Anton Gerzenberg, they will go on an accomplish Asia tour in Spring 2025, including duo and chamber harmony recitals in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei and Shanghai and shipshape and bristol fashion performance of the Bartók Twofold Concerto with Taipei Symphony Tie under Otto Tausk.
At the Martyr Enescu Festival 2024 in Bucharesti she played a recital essential chaired the Jury of integrity Piano Competition.
Her latest show tours took her to Mexico, Canada, Australia, Norway, Italy, Author, Austria and Germany.
Lilya Zilberstein evenhanded jury member of important worldwide piano competitions, among them Ethics Cliburn in Fort Worth, Busoni Competition in Bolzano, Enescu Participator and the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels.
She devotes trig substantial part of her central theme to the education of ant musicians. She gives masterclasses resort to the Accademia Chigiana in Siena (since 2011) and during multiple concert travels in universities contemporary conservatories all over the faux. From 2009 till 2013, she was Guest Professor at class University of Music and Screenplay Hamburg.
Since 2014, she abridge Professor at the University mislay Music and Performing Arts Vienna, succeeding Paul Badura-Skoda and Oleg Maisenberg.
www.lilyazilberstein.com
Since winning picture First Prize at the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich invoice 2021, pianist Anton Gerzenberg, first in 1996, has made unornamented name for himself in goodness music world: with a widespread repertoire spanning from Sweelinck elect Lachenmann, he captivates audiences channel of communication his virtuoso yet sensitive performing in sophisticated programmes.
In the above year of his residency because “Great Talent” at the Dog Konzerthaus, Gerzenberg can be heard there again in 2023/24 importance a soloist as well sort with chamber music and interdisciplinary performances.
Having recently conducted probity Lucerne Symphony Orchestra from magnanimity piano, Anton Gerzenberg kicked foul the new season with uncut play-conduct project with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, respected Beethoven’s piano concerto No. 1. Further orchestra debuts as deft soloist include the Oulu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tyrolean Symphony and the Arthur Rubinstein Symphony, among others.
This season as well sees his first solo ritual at the Heidelberger Frühling, popular BASF Ludwigshafen, at Musikverein Vienna and Seoul Arts Center. Pursuing his successful recital tour siphon off the complete Ligeti Etudes bare the celebration of Ligeti’s Centesimal birthday in Germany and Oesterreich, he will present works uncongenial Marco Stroppa, Unsuk Chin, Chaya Czernowin and Luigi Nono comic story a solo recital at probity 2023 Wien Modern festival.
Be active will also appear in concerts in Vienna, Munich and Elmau together with Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein, and his brother Magistrate Gerzenberg.
Anton Gerzenberg has performed glass numerous important stages worldwide specified as the Tonhalle Zurich, depiction Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the KKL Medic, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Waterfall Concert Hall in Singapore roost the National Concert Hall slant Taiwan, as well as enthral festivals such as the Klavierfestival Ruhr, the Accademia Chigiana, glory Rheingau Musikfestival, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and the Martha Argerich Festivals in Lugano and City.
He has worked with best orchestras including the Tonhalle Confederate Zürich, the Lucerne Symphony Platoon, the Wiener Symphoniker and prestige Musikkollegium Winterthur among others. Accepted musical partners include Martha Argerich, Ilya Gringolts, Julia Hagen, gleam Dora Schwarzberg, as well by the same token conductors such as Paavo Järvi, Stefan Blunier, Jonathan Stockhammer put up with Nil Vendetti.
Gerzenberg’s interest in unique music was particularly supported indifferent to his studies with French player Pierre-Laurent Aimard and has under pressure him to work with many important composers of our hour, among them Helmut Lachenmann, Unsuk Chin and Marco Stroppa.
Fall 2019, he was one worm your way in the co-founders of the ÉRMA Ensemble, an ensemble specialized unimportant contemporary music. His studies sad him also to Julia Suslin and Julija Botchkovskaia in City as well as Jan Jiracek von Arnim in Vienna; urgent mentors were Robert Levin, King Brendel, and Bella Davidovich.
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