Composer Biography: Georges Aperghis, born in Athens in 1945 as the son of a sculptor and a painter, is largely self-taught: his interest lay in both painting (he exhibited his pictures at the age of twelve) and music, which he played on the radio and in private discovered piano lessons for himself. In 1963 he moved to Paris, where he worked for […]
Saxophone biography: Sascha Armbruster, born in 1974 in Lahr in the Black Forest, studied saxophone in Basel with Iwan Roth and Marcus Weiss. He specializes in contemporary music and its border areas and is a winner of numerous national and international competitions. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has given concerts in Europe, Japan and America at renowned festivals. He plays with the leaders
Conductor & Piano Biography: James Avery is a founding member and artistic director of Ensemble SurPlus. The pianist and conductor, who comes from the US state of Kansas, received his training at the university in his home state, where he studied with Roy Hamlin Johnson [piano] and Robert Baustian and at Indiana University with Walter Robert [piano] and Tibor Kozma. From Gaudeamus
Violin Biography: Irvine Arditti, born in London in 1953, studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where the Arditti Quartet was founded in 1974. He performs in the most important concert halls and festivals worldwide and is committed to the most sophisticated new music. In addition to his performances with the Arditti Quartet, he also plays hundreds of world premieres as a soloist.
Biography: Founded in Freiburg at the beginning of 1986, the Ensemble Aventure is one of the oldest and most important ensembles for new music in Europe. With its renowned Freiburg concert series, its intensive contacts with composers worldwide, numerous composition commissions, hundreds of premieres, international concert appearances, around 20 CDs and numerous publications on the communication of new music, Aventure has had a significant influence on contemporary music creation
Biography: With its name, the Athena Quartet Berlin draws a connection to Athena, the ancient goddess of the arts and sciences. The quartet was founded in Berlin in 1999. The artists studied with the Alban Berg Quartet and attended master classes, among other things. with Ferenc Rádos, Gabor Takácz and the Arditti Quartet. Through intensive collaboration with composers such as György Kurtág, Henri
Conductor Biography: Stefan Asbury, a scholarship holder at Oxford University and the Royal College of Music, studied conducting with Oliver Knussen; Further studies in the USA followed in 1990, including: at Tanglewood Music Center. He became deputy director of the Oxford Contemporary Music Festival and conducted numerous premieres as well as studio and concert recordings with the Ensemble Intercontemporain and the BBC
Composer biography: The portrait of Matthias Arter results from a wide range of his activities. He is a soloist, composer, ensemble and orchestra musician, university lecturer or project manager, and each of these tasks also shapes the other aspects of his personality as an artist. Raised and initially trained in Zurich (with Peter Fuchs and Thomas Indermühle), he later also studied with Heinz Hollinger (Freiburg im Breisgau) and
Biography: Auritus Quartet: Four musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Key-Thomas Märkl, Leopold Lercher, Klaus-Peter Werani and Stefan grief, have come together through numerous chamber music projects: They play programs that combine the classical-romantic repertoire with works from the 20th century . and 21st century. They often play pieces that are unfortunately rarely heard in the concert hall. With contemporary composers
Biography: The ARDITTI QUARTET enjoys an outstanding reputation worldwide for its lively and differentiated interpretation of contemporary and 20th century compositions. Since the quartet was founded in 1974 by violinist Irvine Arditti, many hundreds of string quartets have been composed for the ensemble. Many of these works have become an integral part of the contemporary music repertoire