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Afternoon recital Brahms and Strauss

Leonard Elschenbroich, Reinhard Latzko, Ella van Poucke, Hayoung Choi
Mon 4 Nov 14:00 - 15:00
Main Hall
Past event
Mon 4 Nov
14:00 - 15:00
Past event

Heroic and compelling

Program

Johannes Brahms Sonata No. 2 in F major
Richard Strauss Sonata in F major
Alfredo Piatti Serenade in D

Performers

Leonard Elschenbroich cello
Reinhard Latzko cello
Ella van Poucke cello
Hayoung Choi cello
Andrey Gugnin piano
Philipp Scheucher piano

Brahms’ second sonata and Strauss’ sonata were both composed in the 80s of the 19th Century. Brahms’ second sonata is passionate and compelling from start to end. Strauss’ sonata has a characteristic heroic beginning without the music becoming as bombastic as some of his large symphonic works. The programme ends on a light note with the Serenade by cellist-composer Alfredo Piatti.

Biënnale in pictures: day 5

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Reinhard Latzko

Reinhard Latzko (Freising, Duitsland) is one of the most renowned and demanded pedagogues in Europe and a much sought-after professor for masterclasses all over the world. He studied cello with Jan Polasek, Martin Ostertag, and Heinrich Schiff. He has won prizes at various national and international competitions. From 1987 to 2003, Reinhard Latzko was the principal cellist of the SWR-Symphonieorchester Freiburg and has performed as a soloist with multiple European orchestras. For a number of years, he has also been successful as an orchestral coach at Het Balletorkest and Ensemble Resonanz in Hamburg, among others. In 1988, he succeeded Boris Pergamenschikow as professor at the Music Academy in Basel; a position he held until 2005. Since 2003, he has been a professor at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. 
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Ella van Poucke

Ella van Poucke (1994) started playing the cello when she was six years old. She studied at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague and the Conservatory of Amsterdam, after which she continued her studies with Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy in Germany. From 2016 to 2019, she studied with Gary Hoffman at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels.  She has also received lessons from Steven Isserlis, Menahem Pressler, Mischa Maisky, and the Emerson Quartet. She has won prizes at various national and international competitions. In 2015, she won the first prize at the Isang Yun Cello Competition in Korea and in 2017, Ella won the Grachtenfestival Prize and the Premio Chigiana. Ella has performed as a soloist with major Dutch and international orchestras. She is also an active chamber musician. At the Cello Biënnale in 2012, she gave the premiere of Uljas Pulkkis’ cello concerto. In 2021, she released a CD with Robert Schumann’s complete works for the cello.  Ella van Poucke has been a professor at the Conservatory of Amsterdam since 2022. She plays a Giovanni Paolo Maggini cello from 1620, on loan from an anonymous sponsor.
Cellisten

Leonard Elschenbroich

Leonard Elschenbroich (Frankfurt, 1985) was ten years old when he received a scholarship to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School in London. We went on to study with Frans Helmerson at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. Elschenbroich received the Leonard Bernstein Award at the opening of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival 2009, following his performance of Brahms’ Double Concerto with Anne-Sophie Mutter conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. He has since been praised as one of the most charismatic cellists of his generation. Elschenbroich has commissioned works by composers such as Mark-Anthony Turnage, Luca Lombardi, Arlene Sierra, and Suzanne Farrin. At the Proms in London, he gave the world premiere of Mark Simpson’s Cello Concerto, which was composed specially for him. Elschenbroich also gave the world premiere of Willem Jeths’ second Cello Concerto at the Cello Biënnale in 2022. In 2012, he co-founded the Orquesta Filarmonica de Bolivia, the first orchestra to perform a Mahler symphony in the country’s history. Elschenbroich regularly returns to Bolivia to lead educational projects and develop orchestras. This led Elschenbroich to start exploring conducting with various orchestras; for example, the Residentie Orchestra in 2021, which premiered a new cello concerto by Joël Bons under his baton, with Lidy Blijdorp as soloist. Leonard Elschenbroich plays the Matteo Goffriller 'Ex-Leonard Rose-Ex-Alfredo Piatti' cello (Venice, 1693), on private loan.
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Hayoung Choi

South Korean cellist Hayoung Choi (1998, Bielefeld) studied at the Purcell School for young Musicians in England. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the Kronberg Academy studying with Frans Helmerson and Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt. Hayoung appeared at the Cello Biënnale in 2018 already, as one of the cellists at the traditional Kronberg Academy concert. In 2022, Hayoung was the winner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. She has also won prizes at the Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition and the Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria. Following her successes at international competitions, she has performed all over the world as a soloist with numerous orchestras.  Hayoung Choi plays the 1707 Ex-Starker filius Guarneri cello, made available to her by an anonymous sponsor.
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Philipp Scheucher

Philipp Scheucher (Austria, 1993) studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz with Markus Schirmer, among others. He completed his studies in 2022 at the Royal College of Music in London. He has won various prizes at international piano competitions, such as the ARD Competition in Munich and the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition. Philipp Scheucher is now a professor in Graz himself and is the regular duo partner of Reinhard Latzko.
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Andrey Gugnin

Trained at the Moscow Conservatory, Andrey Gugnin won first prizes at the international piano competitions in Sydney, and Dubai, the German Piano Award, and the second prize at the Beethoven Competition.  Gugnin is a regular guest of Vienna’s Musikverein, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Victoria Hall,  Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, the Louvre in Paris, Tokyo Metropolitan, Verbier Festival, Klavier Festival Ruhr, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, and the Cziffra Festival. 
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