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Dante
Summer Festival 2011: MUSICIANS
and ARTISTS
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Dante Quartet
Krysia Osostowicz
and Giles
Francis (violins).
Rachel Roberts (viola), Bernard Gregor-Smith
(cello)
Winner of the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award in
2007 and last year BBC Music Magazine Award for best change
music disc, the Dante Quartet is one of Britain's finest
ensembles. Founded in 1995 at Prussia Cove in Cornwall,
the quartet chose Dante's name to reflect the idea of a great
journey of discovery. Renowned for its imaginative
programming and its emotionally charged performances, the Dante
Quartet has played at the major UK festivals and music
societies, broadcasts on Radio 3 and has also played in France,
Germany, Spain, Holland, Poland and Finland. The quartet has so
far made three highly acclaimed recordings for Hyperion, with
more to follow. For the past four years they have been quartet-in-residence
at King's College, Cambridge, where they give concerts and
master classes, and have also built up an exciting collaboration
with the world famous Kings College choir. Launched in
2004, the Dante Summer Festival in the Tamar Valley is a
favourite part of the quartet's year, ideal for creating new
musical projects, attracting young people to chamber music and
building up a new audience in intimate and beautiful
surroundings.
For individual biographies please go
to:
www.dantequartet.org,
www.rachelrobertsviola.com,
www.myspace.com/bernardgregorsmith
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A275
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Lars Vogt
Lars Vogt is one of the leading
pianists of his generation. born in the German town of
Duren in 1970, he first came to public attention when he won
second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition,
and has since developed a worldwide career. Vogt has made
fifteen discs for EMI, including concertos by Schumann, Grieg
and Beethoven with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and
Sir Simon Rattle, who has described him as "one of the most
extraordinary musicians of any age group that I have had the
fortune to be associated with".
Vogt regularly performs with orchestras such
as the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber
Orchestra and at the BBC Proms. he also enjoys a high
profile as a recitalist and chamber musician, playing in London,
Paris, Munich, Madrid, Rome, Istanbul and New York. In
1998 he founded the hugely successful festival "Spannungen"
in Heimbach, Germany, whose concerts are recorded by EMI, and in
2003/04 he was appointed the first ever "Pianist in
Residence" by the Berlin Philharmonic.
More information at: www.larsvogt.com
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Eduardo Niebla.
Guitar virtuoso and composer Eduardo
Niebla is acclaimed as one of the most potent forces in flamenco
jazz fusion today. His concert appearances include Jaipur
Festival India, the Queen Elizabeth Hall London, the Tblisi
International Jazz Festival, the Olympic Games Greece, the San
Isidro Fiesta Madrid and Glastonbury, as well as concerts
throughout Europe, the Baltic States, the Middle East and South
Africa. Eduardo has made 23 albums of his original compositions
and has written music for festivals, films and plays, including
the BBC.
Eduardo was born in
Tangiers in 1955, the 7th of 11 children. He grew up in
Catalunya Spain where he formed the cult symphonic rock band
"Atila" before moving to Paris and then London where
he has since been regarded as one of the outstanding guitarists
of his generation. He has collaborated with artists across
the globe including saxophonist Lol Coxhill, star maestro Nishat
Khan, Palestinian oud player Adel Salameh and pop musicians
George Michael and Craid David, as well as writers and poets
Fran Landesman, Michael Horowitz and Ian McMillan.
More
information at: www.eduardoniebla.com
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Nigel
Edwards, Artist
Nigel joins the Dante Quartet for another 'Paint the
Music' session, providing a unique opportunity to hear
their music and respond using a wide range of art
materials.
www.nigel-edwards.co.uk
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