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Alisa Weilerstein

Masterclass
Fri 8 Nov 10:15 - 12:00
Small Hall
Past event
Fri 8 Nov
10:15 - 12:00
Past event

Program

Pjotr Ilitsj Tsjaikovski (1840-1893) 
Rococo-variaties opus 33 
(Feline Gröpler) 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Sonate nr.5 in D, opus 102 nr.2 
(Emily Siegreich) 

Deelnemers

Feline Gröpler cello
Emily Siegreich cello
Daniël Kramer piano 

Students from all over the world travel to Amsterdam during the Cello Biënnale, so that they can spend several days seeing, hearing and learning what would otherwise take them years to experience. A select few get the opportunity to receive lessons from the best pedagogues in the cello world. Each masterclass is an hour and 45 minutes long, divided between two students. They are accompanied on the piano by Noriko Yabe and Daniël Kramer.

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Biënnale in pictures: day 9

Biënnale in pictures: Day 9 Friday November 8th © Simon van Boxtel, Foppe Schut Programme
In pictures

Daniël Kramer

From a young age, Daniël Kramer received lesson from Ton Hartsuiker. He went on to study at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Håkon Austbø, where he received his Master’s degree with distinction. He also received lessons from Rudolf Jansen, Willem Brons, Murray Perahia, and Claude Helffer, among others. He won prizes at the Prinses Christina Concours in 1994,  Concorso Seghizzi in 2008, and the Concours Olivier Messiaen in Paris in 2007.  His performances as a soloist include concerts with the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Peter Eötvös, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra conducted by Werner Herbers, and the Netherlands Youth Orchestra conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. He has collaborated with various composers, such as George Benjamin, Louis Andriessen, Toshio Hosokawa, and Sofia Gubaidulina, and has premiered numerous contemporary works.  Daniël Kramer is the principal accompanist of the National Cello Competition and has given many concerts with laureates. He recently collaborated with Eline Hensels, the winner of the competition in 2018, to record a CD which was recently nominated for an Edison.
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Alisa Weilerstein

Alisa Weilerstein (Rochester, USA, 1982) started playing the cello at four years of age and made her concert-stage debut when she was thirteen. As a soloist she has performed with a number of major orchestras on four continents. She is also active in chamber music and performs with her parents, violinist Donald Weilerstein (the founding first violinist of the Cleveland Quartet) and pianist Vivian Hornik-Weilerstein, as the Weilerstein Trio.  A champion of contemporary music, Alisa Weilerstein has worked extensively with composers such as Osvaldo Golijov, Lera Auerbach and Joseph Hallman, several of whose works, written specifically for her, she premiered. Alisa Weilerstein plays a cello made by William Forster in 1790. 
Cellisten

Noriko Yabe

Japanese pianist Noriko Yabe was born in Yokohama and received her first piano lessons at the age of six. Her talent was discovered soon after and it wasn’t long before she gave her first concerts. When she was twelve years old, she made her solo debut with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in the United States of America. After completing her studies at the Toho Gakuen High School and College of Music in Tokyo, she continued her education with Willem Brons at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where she graduated in 2003. She has given concerts in Japan, The Netherlands, Slovakia, het Czech Republic, and the United States of America. Noriko is currently an accompanist at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and she has been the accompanist at the International Holland Music Sessions’ Summer Academy (Bergen, NH) since 2004. She has been the principal accompanist for masterclasses from the first Cello Biënnale in 2006.
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