• Sat. 26.10.
  • 7.30 p.m.
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    ·Kreismusikschule

Musical fun

4th Chamber concert

Works by Mozart, Dupuy, von Weber, Onslow and Françaix

Programme

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
    • Divertimento in F major K 138 (version for string quartet)
    • Édouard Dupuy (1770–1822)
    • Quintet in A minor for bassoon, two violins, viola and violoncello
    • Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
    • Andante e Rondo Ungarese in C minor op. 35 for bassoon and strings (arr. Michael Rot)
    • George Onslow (1784–1853)
    • Quintet for strings in C minor No. 26 op. 67
    • Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
    • Divertissement for bassoon and string quintet

Bassoon

Rie Koyama

Born to a Japanese musical family in Stuttgart in 1991, this young bassoonist grew up in Baden Wurttemburg. She completed her studies with Akio Koyama in Trossingen and Dag Jensen in Munich. Rie Koyama plays her instrument with an intensity that is seldom heard. This young musician has won first prize in 24 national and international awards to date including the Muri Competition, the German Music Competition, the Internationial Academic Oboe and Bassoon Competition in Łódź/Polen as well as the German Music College Competition. In 2013 she won Second Prize in the Bassoon category of the ARD International Music Competition (where no First Prize was awarded). She also won the Special Prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned piece.

Rie Koyama has won scholarships from the Jürgen Ponto Foundation, the Rohm Music Foundation in Japan and in 2012, was awarded a one-year scholarship of the German Music Foundation. As soloist, she has already performed with several well-known international orchestras in Europe and Asia and frequently appears as guest soloist at eminent music festivals. She is a regular member of a number of chamber music ensembles including Trio Walter, the Veits Quintet and the Franz Ensemble. Rie Koyama has recorded a number of solo and chamber works. Her next solo CD, produced together with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, is due to be released in 2012. She has been Principle Bassoon with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since September 2015.

Violin

Hozumi Murata

The Japanese violinist Hozumi Murata was a prizewinner in a national competition in Japan, where he began his studies with Prof. Toshiya Eto. He made the move to Europe in order to continue his studies at the Music Academy in Prague and has been here ever since.

He was a prizewinner in the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition in Odense (Denmark) and subsequently performed for several years as a soloist at concerts all over Europe. He later continued his studies in Düsseldorf with Rosa Fain and the Amadeus Quartet.

He took part in numerous masterclasses, where Nathan Milstein and Ivry Gitlis were his most important teachers. Hozumi Muarata has been a member of The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 1988.

Violin

Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova

Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova was born in Slovakia and began taking violin lessons at the age of six. Her move to Igor Karsko at Lucerne Music College – where she obtained her diploma in concert and solo performance with honours – was followed by continued studies with Vesselin Paraschkevov at the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen.

Between 2007 and 2017, she was concertmaster of the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra in Essen and has held the same post with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra since 2016. The violinist is a very welcome guest performer with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and the Aachen Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova has frequently performed with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra as well as with the Kosice State Philharmonic and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra.

Her particular passion is for chamber music. She is a founder member of Ensemble Ruhr, with whom she performs regularly in a variety of chamber music formations. She has been a member of The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2017.

Viola

Sebastian Steinhilber

Sebastian Steinhilber was born in 1990 and began learning the violin aged 8 but quickly switched to the viola. He gained his first orchestral experiences in Reutlingen Youth Orchestra and in the Baden Württemberg Regional Youth Orchestra. While at college, Sebastian Steinhilber was a member of the Young German Philharmonic for many years and therefore gained deep insights into the world of orchestral playing. Between 2014 and 2016 he completed a course of study at Bamberg Symphony Orchestra’s Joseph Keilberth Orchestra Academy which enabled him to further deepen his already professional experiences.

Sebastian Steinhilber is currently studying wth Tatjana Masurenko at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy College of Music and Drama Leipzig, having previously earned his bachelor’s degree with Professor Roland Glassl at the College of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt. He has also taken inspirational and instructive masterclasses with teachers such as Hartmut Rohde, Atar Arad, Garth Knox and Françoise Gneri. Sebastian Steinhilber has been a third year Academy Student with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since March 2019.

Violoncello

Marc Froncoux

Belgian cellist Marc Froncoux studied at the Music Colleges in both Brussels and Detmold, with Edmond Baert and Professor Andre Navarra respectively. He is the prize winner of several competitions such as the international Premio Vittorio Gui competition in Florence. On completing his studies, Marc Froncoux was appointed teacher of Professor Edmond Baert’s solo class in Brussels and also played solo cello at the Opera in Lucca, Italy.

Marc Froncoux has been solo cellist with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 1998. In his adopted North German home, he conducts the Oldenburg Chamber Orchestra and is regularly involved in chamber music courses for amateurs.

Along with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen he has guested in many concert venues in numerous international capitals. He is one of the section leaders in the orchestra and regularly performs in the orchestra’s series of chamber music concerts.

In his free time, Marc Froncoux enjoys spending time in the country. He trains regularly for his trekking tours in the Himalayas, thus combining healthy exercise with his search for inner calm.

Double bass

Juliane Bruckmann

Juliane Bruckmann has been a member of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2017. She is also a welcome guest member of orchestras such as the Estonian Festival Orchestra, the Basel Kammerorchester, the Ensemble Resonanz, Les Siècles, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.

This double bass player is also an active chamber musician. As a member of the Franz Ensemble, which was awarded an Opus Klassik in 2020, she has played at such renowned festivals as Musikfest Bremen, the Gezeiten Konzerte in East Friesland and the Kissinger Summer.

As a junior student, Juliane Bruckmann was taught by Gottfried Engels in Cologne and continued her studies with Bozo Paradžik in Freiburg, with Dane Roberts in Frankfurt and Joёlle Morton in Toronto. During her studies, Juliane was a scholarship holder of both the German National Academic Foundation and of Live Music Now – the organisation founded by Yehudi Menuhin. She was also a member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and an intern with the SWR Sinfonieorchester. Particularly close to her heart is her educational work in the field of music. She is a founding member of the German educational working group PAK Deutschland e.V. and co-designer of many of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen’s collaborative projects with the Bremen Ost Comprehensive School.

Bassoon

Rie Koyama

Born to a Japanese musical family in Stuttgart in 1991, this young bassoonist grew up in Baden Wurttemburg. She completed her studies with Akio Koyama in Trossingen and Dag Jensen in Munich. Rie Koyama plays her instrument with an intensity that is seldom heard. This young musician has won first prize in 24 national and international awards to date including the Muri Competition, the German Music Competition, the Internationial Academic Oboe and Bassoon Competition in Łódź/Polen as well as the German Music College Competition. In 2013 she won Second Prize in the Bassoon category of the ARD International Music Competition (where no First Prize was awarded). She also won the Special Prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned piece.

Rie Koyama has won scholarships from the Jürgen Ponto Foundation, the Rohm Music Foundation in Japan and in 2012, was awarded a one-year scholarship of the German Music Foundation. As soloist, she has already performed with several well-known international orchestras in Europe and Asia and frequently appears as guest soloist at eminent music festivals. She is a regular member of a number of chamber music ensembles including Trio Walter, the Veits Quintet and the Franz Ensemble. Rie Koyama has recorded a number of solo and chamber works. Her next solo CD, produced together with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, is due to be released in 2012. She has been Principle Bassoon with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since September 2015.

Violin

Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova

Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova was born in Slovakia and began taking violin lessons at the age of six. Her move to Igor Karsko at Lucerne Music College – where she obtained her diploma in concert and solo performance with honours – was followed by continued studies with Vesselin Paraschkevov at the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen.

Between 2007 and 2017, she was concertmaster of the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra in Essen and has held the same post with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra since 2016. The violinist is a very welcome guest performer with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and the Aachen Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, Zuzana Schmitz-Kulanova has frequently performed with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra as well as with the Kosice State Philharmonic and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra.

Her particular passion is for chamber music. She is a founder member of Ensemble Ruhr, with whom she performs regularly in a variety of chamber music formations. She has been a member of The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2017.

Violoncello

Marc Froncoux

Belgian cellist Marc Froncoux studied at the Music Colleges in both Brussels and Detmold, with Edmond Baert and Professor Andre Navarra respectively. He is the prize winner of several competitions such as the international Premio Vittorio Gui competition in Florence. On completing his studies, Marc Froncoux was appointed teacher of Professor Edmond Baert’s solo class in Brussels and also played solo cello at the Opera in Lucca, Italy.

Marc Froncoux has been solo cellist with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 1998. In his adopted North German home, he conducts the Oldenburg Chamber Orchestra and is regularly involved in chamber music courses for amateurs.

Along with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen he has guested in many concert venues in numerous international capitals. He is one of the section leaders in the orchestra and regularly performs in the orchestra’s series of chamber music concerts.

In his free time, Marc Froncoux enjoys spending time in the country. He trains regularly for his trekking tours in the Himalayas, thus combining healthy exercise with his search for inner calm.