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Evening recital

Jeroen den Herder, Matthias Bartolomey, Raphaël Pidoux
Sun 3 Nov 20:15 - 22:15
Main Hall
Past event
Sun 3 Nov
20:15 - 22:15
Past event

Cello playing composers and Schubert songs

Program

Wilma Pistorius Timeflow (world premier)
Johannes Brahms Sonata in E-minor
Robert Schumann Fünf Stücke im Volkston
François Servais Fantaisie et Variations Brillantes sur Schuberts Le Désir
Franz Schubert Ständchen
Franz Schubert Du bist die Ruh
Franz Schubert Nacht

Performers

Jeroen den Herder cello
Matthias Bartolomey cello
Raphaël Pidoux cello
Cello8: Rafael Arreghini, Enguerrand Bontoux, Elise Comte, Juliette Gaudin, Victor Lancelot-Mahé, Soni Siecinski, Michelle Tang, Raphaël Pidoux cello
Frank van de Laar piano
Elodie Soulard accordeon

 

Not many people know that both Brahms and Schumann played the cello themselves, even if it wasn’t at the level they were able to play the piano at. Similarly, Wilma Pistorius is a cellist and composed the new piece A.D.A. for her former teacher Jeroen den Herder. Brahms’ first sonata for a string instrument with piano, played by Matthias Bartolomey, was his sonata in E minor, which is to this day one of his most performed works. 

François Servais was a famous cello virtuoso of the 19th Century and composed spectacular music, initially for his own use. After seriously impressing the audience in 2014 together, Raphaël Pidoux and accordionist Elodie Soulard play the variations on a Theme of Schubert. And with ‘his’ Cello8, an ensemble of young French cellists, all playing sponsored newly built instruments, Pidoux performs three gorgeous Schubert songs.

Part of

Biënnale in pictures: day 4

Biënnale in pictures: Day 4 ©Foppe Schut, Veerle Bastiaanssen, Jelle Verhoeks Programme
In pictures

Matthias Bartolomey

Matthias Bartolomey (Vienna, 1985) started playing the cello aged 7 and received his first lessons from his father. Later, he studied in Vienna with Valentin Erben, cellist of the Alban Berg Quartet, and in Salzburg with Clemens Hagen. Since 2020, he has been a professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg himself. Together with Klemens Bittmann (violin and bandola) he forms BartolomeyBittmann, a duo with which he has repeatedly been a great hit at the Biënnale and, in 2022, with the Metropole Orchestra. Matthias is also the principal cellist of Concentus Musicus Wien, founded by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Matthias Bartolomey plays on a David Tecchler cello made in 1727.
Cellisten

Frank van de Laar

Frank van de Laar (Laren, 1965) completed his studies with Jan Wijn at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam in 1989 with the highest possible distinction. He continued his education in Hannover with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and in Amsterdam with Naum Grubert. In 1987, he won the 3d prize at the International Brahms Competition in Hamburg and in 1988, he won the first prize at the Postbank-Sweelinck Competition. He made his debut in the Grote Zaal of the Concertgebouw that same year, and numerous performances in The Netherlands and abroad followed in high tempo. He has given concerts in the United States, Asia, and almost all European countries, winning many prizes and distinctions. His repertoire spans from the entire Baroque era to contemporary music, with an interesting role for lesser known early and contemporary works. He is also an active chamber musician. His performances have been recorded by countless radio and television channels and he has released over twenty-five CDs. He is a professor at the conservatories in Amsterdam and Zwolle. 
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Jeroen den Herder

Jeroen den Herder completed his studies with distinction with Maria Hol, Dmitry Ferschtman and Christopher Bunting. Den Herder gained several music awards. Among them a first prize-winner of the “Postbank Sweelinck” cello competition and the first prize of the Foundation of the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He’s been an active chamber music player, performing as a member of the Ruysdael Quartet.   Between 1999 and 2012 Jeroen was the cellist of the Nieuw Ensemble, one of the leading Dutch ensembles for contemporary music. Fulfilling the function of artistic director CelloWercken Zutphen, which embodies both the International Cello Festival and the Cello Academy, he commissioned contemporary composers the write for the festival, leading to inspired projects such as The Tibetan Book of the Death and Passion of Innocence. Den Herder has been a dedicated teacher ever since he took a professorship at the age of 22 at the Utrecht Conservatory. He’s been a regular guest teacher at the Conservatory in Minsk (2003-2010) and visiting guest- professor at the University in Tainan, Taiwan. Furthermore he has given masterclasses in Holland, Belgium, Spain, Germany, France, China and Israel. Today he helds positions as a teacher at the Conservatories of Utrecht and Rotterdam.
Cellisten

Raphaël Pidoux 

Raphaël Pidoux (France, 1967) learned to play the cello from his father. At the age of seventeen he entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he studied under Philippe Muller, Jean- Claude Pennetier and Christophe Coin. Later he studied under the direction of Janos Starker in Bloomington (US). He was a prize winner at the Bach Cello Competition in Leipzig. Besides his international career with the Wanderer Trio, Raphaël Pidoux frequently plays with Christophe Coin, accordionist Richard Galliano, the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges and the Mosaïc Quartet, as well as with orchestras such as Les Siècles and Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen.  Raphaël Pidoux teaches at the Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and plays a cello made by Goffredo Cappa, around 1680. 
Cellisten

Cello8

Cello8 is a cello octet from Paris, consisting of seven ‘young professionals’ and ‘master’ Raphaël Pidoux. The young talents all play on newly built instruments, specially made possible by donors and sponsors. Through their concerts, they aim to promote the exceptional richness of French violin making, as well as trying to find new foundations where possible. The Cello 8 cellists With and led by Raphaël Pidoux: Albéric Boullenois Rafaèl Arreghini Yanis Boudris Noé Drdak Eliott Leridon Léo Ispir Soni Siecinski
Ensembles

Elodie Soulard

Elodie Soulard (1986) began studying the accordion at the age of six. She entered Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (Max Bonnay’s class) where she obtained her “Premier Prix” with distinction in 2010, then was accepted in post-graduate studies under the direction of famous pianist and conductor Jean-François Heisser.Elodie was awarded three “Premier Prix” from the CRR de Paris in music theory, analysis and orchestration (Alain Louvier’s classes) and conducting with François-Xavier Roth and Jean-Sébastien Béreau. Her repertoire is wide ranging, from transcriptions of works for piano, organ or orchestra (from Bach to Prokofiev) to original works for accordion (Kusyakov, Semionov, Berio, Lindberg). In 2014 she already played with Raphaël Pidoux at the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam.
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