Concerto for clarinet and piano – Weber Duo

am 09.07.2019, 19:30 bis 22:00
Preis: 14 € (12 pre sales) / 5 € students

Winners of the 6th European Chamber Music Competition: Weber Duo

They were the best after two rounds of competitions at the European Chamber Music Competition in Schloss Gottesaue, Karlsruhe, from 27 to 29 September 2017. Since then, the young pair of musicians from the Moscow talent forge, have been performing with great success on international stages.

For Bayreuth they have created an exceptionally exquisite program for the equally exquisite – and VERY rare – duo format clarinet and piano. The sixth competition was organized by the Max Reger Institute of the Karlsruhe Music Academy. Of course, Max Reger is on the program, but also Alban Berg with original compositions for this instrument cluster. Nikolai Medtner, Russian late romanticist and close friend of Rachmaninoff, will be heard in transcriptions, which the clarinetist herself made.

The New Day, Weiden, Kultur wrote on 24.09.18: “Rousing floating sounds” was the experience of clarinetist Ruzaliia Kasimova and her chamber music partner Igor Androsov, and “both performers demonstrate distinct virtuosity and excellent musicality …”

The Program

Max Reger (1873–1916)
Sonate B-Dur Op. 107 für Klarinette und Klavier (1908/9)
I. Moderato
II. Vivace
III. Adagio
IV. Allegretto con grazia (vivace)

Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
Drei Nocturnes op. 16 (1907/8; Bearb. Ruzaliia Kasimova)
1. Andante con moto, sempre leggiero
2. Largamente
3. Moderato

Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
Sonate Nr. 1 op. 21 für Violine und Klavier (1909/10; Bearb. Ruzaliia Kasimova)
I. Canzona. Canterellando, con fluidezza

Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Vier Stücke op. 5 für Klarinette und Klavier (1913)
1. Mäßig
2. Sehr langsam
3. Sehr rasch
4. Langsam

Ruzaliia Kasimova

…was born in Vyatskie Polyany. She started to learn music when she was 8 years old. In 2010, Ruzaliia was admitted to the Special Music School (college) in Kazan and graduated with honors in 2013. In 2018, she graduated with honors from Moscow Conservatoire (clarinet class of the Honored Artist of Russia, Prof. Evgeniy Petrov, and chamber music classes of the People’s Artist of Russia Prof. Alexander Bonduryansky, Honored Artist of Russia, and Assoc. Prof. Natalia Rubinstein). Since 2018, she is a postgraduate student in Moscow Conservatoire (Prof. Evgeniy Petrov) and Mozarteum University Salzburg (Prof. Andreas Schablas). Ensemble performances make a primary part of the concert activity of Ruzaliia. As an ensemblist, Ruzaliia Kasimova gives recitals in both Russian cities and abroad. Ruzaliia is engaged in the promotion of chamber music and the performance of both masterpieces and rare works for various ensembles with the clarinet. In 2014, she founded “Weber-Duo”, which have a large concert geography and extensive repertoire. In 2017, she organized “Clarinet History of Russian Chamber Music”, the series of concerts where she performed forgotten and rare works by Russian and Soviet composers like Paul Yuon, Alexander Grechaninov, Ella Adaevskaya, Mieczyslav Weinberg, Ester Magi, Vasily Lobanov.
In 2018 Ruzaliia Kasimova established a series of five chamber music concerts “Clarinet-Marathon” in The State Institute for Art Studies, where she performed clarinet works by mostly European composers like A. Hoffmaister, W.A. Mozart, F. Ries, C.G. Reissiger, G. Meyerbeer, C.M. von Weber, L. van Beethoven, J. Brahms, M. Reger, A. Berg, L. Weiner, P. Hindemith, B. Martinu, F. Poulenc, E. von Dohnányi, T. Takemitsu.

Ruzaliia Kasimova is prizewinner of the following competition

• International Competition named after Maria Yudina, 1st prize, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2017;
• International Competition named after Dmitry Kabalevsky, 1st prize, Moscow, Russia, 2017;
• International chamber music competition and festival in Jurmala, 1st prize, Latvia, 2017;
• European chamber music competition named after Max Reger in Karlsruhe, 2nd prize, Germany, 2017.

Igor Androsov

…was born in Voronezh. From the age of 5 went to music school. In 2015 he graduated with honors the Academic Music College of the Moscow State Conservatory. Since 2015, study at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. He studies under Honored Artist of Russia, Prof. Andrei Pisarev (piano class) and People Artist of Russia Prof. Alexander Bonduryansky, Honored Artist of Russia, Assoc. Prof. Natalia Rubinstein (chamber music class). Igor Androsov has a comprehensive solo and chamber ensemble repertoire, which includes works by W.A. Mozart, A. Hoffmeister, L. van Beethoven, C.M. von Weber, E. Grieg, F. Chopin, M. Reger, K. Debussy, M. Ravel, A. Berg, B. Martinu, F. Poulenc and others. An integral part of Igor’s solo and ensemble repertoire is a music of Russian composers like P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov, A. Scriabin, N. Medtner, A. Grechaninov, A. Tcherepnin, S. Prokofiev, D. Shostakovich. As a soloist, Igor Androsov gives recitals, plays with orchestras in both cities of Russia and abroad. The significant part of the concert activity of Igor is an ensemble performance. Since 2017 he conducts concert activity as a member of “Weber-Duo”. Igor Androsov is Prize-winner of the Open All-Russian competition of young performers Merzlyakovka Invites Friends (2013) and International Competition of the World’s Muse (2015).