Summer Music Concert 3
Razumovsky Academy
Sunday 6 July 7.30pm

Guro Kleven Hagen violin
Ha Young Jung double bass
Liubov Ulybysheva cello
Olga Sitkovetsky piano

Programme including
Ravel  Tzigane
Debussy  Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
Bottesini  Carnival of Venice
Glier  Tarantella
Davidoff  Phantasie Red Dress
Corigliano  The Red Violin suite for solo violin
Wieniavsky  Polonaise de Concert Op 4
Rossini  Duetto for cello and bass


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Rehearsal pictures

Illyah Kogan (Oleg's son who gave us a performance during our tea-break!)

Quotes

Since cellist Oleg Kogan started the Razumovsky Ensemble in 1998, inviting close colleagues to join him for chamber music recitals, the idea has burgeoned. There's now a Razumovsky Trust that sponsors outstanding young musicians, and a Razumovsky Academy that offers specialist coaching. A lunchtime concert at the Wigmore Hall was the first showcase for the talents that have been nurtured by the fledgling academy. The same evening, some of those who teach there - all soloists and leading orchestral players in their own right - joined forces for a typical Razumovsky programme of Mozart and Schoenberg.
The Guardian

Biography

Ha-Young Jung double bass

Born in 1990 in Korea, Ha-Young began her musical studies by learning piano and violin at the age of three. It wasn't until she was eleven that she began to study the bass, an instrument for which she believes to have been destined. For her the bass is not simply her instrument but rather, and in her own words, her "life partner".

Her list of national and international competition successes is considerable and includes the Grand-Prix of the Central Music School International String Competition 2006 in Moscow, 'The Best Interpretation of Virtuoso Player' prize in the J. M. Sperger International Double-Bass Competition 2006 in Germany, Prizewinner of Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artist Competition 2006 in UK and First Prize winner of the young bassist division of the International Society of Bassist's Double-Bass Competition, 2007 in America.

In addition to her competition successes Ha-Young has been awarded several scholarships and prizes including the Solti foundation's Musician of the year 2006 in Belgium, YTN's Global Korean Award in Korea and the Kumho Asiana Airline Young Talanted Musicians Award in Korea.

As a concerto artist Ha-Young has recently performed at the following notable venues, Moscow's Tchaikovsky Great Hall with the Moscow Chamber orchestra , the Wigmore Hall and Cadogan Hall in London appearing with the Southbank Sinfonia, Classic FM and Prom on the Close with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Bristol. She participates in national and international music courses in London, Norway and Estonia.

Ha-Young's tutor, Rinat Ibragimov, has said, "Although she has a lot of performing opportunities and wins competitions regularly, she stays very sociable and is very much liked by her peers". He continues, "Ha-Young is an active chamber musician and section leader. I consider her to be one of the best musicians of her generation". Cellist Ioan Davies described her playing as 'Electrifying' and said it would go down in history.

Ha-Young has accepted a place with full scholarship at the Royal College of Music in September 2007 (Undergraduate studies). She studied previously with Chang-Hyoung Lee (principal bass player of the Korean Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra) in Korea and is currently a pupil of Rinat Ibragimov (principal bass player of the London Symphony Orchestra) in Great Britain.

In 2006 Ha Young Jung become a Founding Member of the Razumovsky Academy. She regularly takes part in Razumovsky events in London’s Wigmore Hall and other venues as well as Razumovsky Festivals in Britain and abroad.

In October 2007 the Razumovsky Trust awarded Ha Young a full Razumovsky Academy Scholarship (funded by CIM Investment Management Ltd).

Guro Kleven Hagen violin

Guro (born 1994) started to play violin at the age of 5. At the age of 7 she was accepted as a student at the Barratt Due intitute of Music in Oslo, Norway. Her violin teacher since 2001 has been Alf Richard Kraggerud (Oslo, Norway). Since 2006 she also gets regular tutuition from Norways most celebrated violin soloist; Henning Kraggerud.

She has had master classes with violinists like Almita Vamos (Evanston, USA), Maurizio Fuks (Indiana, USA), Detlef Hahn (Zürich/London/Oslo) and Piotr Janowski (Poland/USA/Norway).

She has been granted three National awards/scholarships.

Guro is an experienced artist – concidering her low age. She has had several appearances on Music Festivals in Norway (since 2003), and has been soloist with a professional Norwegian wind band (2004), played with Tallinn Chamber Orcestra (2004) as a soloist in the finals in the competition ”Young Musician 2004”, and was soloist with a major Norwegian youth orchestra, broadcasted on Norwegian National TV (NRK1) 2006.

Guro has won prices in all five competitions she has participated in:
· Young Musician, Tallin (Estonia) 2004, 1st prize
· Norwegian National Youth Championship 2004, 1st prize
· Sparre Olsen Competition (major Norwegian contest for young musicians) 2005, 1st prize
· Kocian International Violin Competition (Czech Republic) May 2006, 2nd prize
· Norwegian National Youth Championship 2006. 1st prize

She also plays in trio, Trio Sonore, with two other gifted children from Norway: Sandra Lied Haga, cello and John Chen, piano. This trio won 1st prize in the Norwegian National Youth Championships in 2006.

Since March 2006 she has performed on a Cuypers violin from around 1775 owned by a local sponsor (Valdres Gjensidige Brannkasse).

Liubov Ulybysheva cello

Having graduated from the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow, Liubov is currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under Prof. Stefan Popov.

She has taken part in many international competitions. These include a first prize win in the ‘Internationaler Wettbewerb für Violoncello’ in 1994 (Liezen, Austria), and in 1996 being made Laureate of the 5th International competition organised by the Russian Department of Culture under the title ‘Children’s Academy of Music in Russia’. Liubov was also made Laureate of two competitions in 1997: the Open International Nikolai Rubenstein Competition of Solo Instrumentalists and the TV competition ‘Young Musicians of Moscow’.

A year later she became Laureate of the International Children’s Competition ‘Olympiad of Muses’ and in 1999, both as a soloist and as a member of a string quintet, won the first prize and a special prize ‘for early artistic achievements’ in the 7th International Competition of Instrumentalists and Composers ‘Music and Earth’ (Sophia, Bulgaria). In 2004, Liubov won a special prize for her participation in a large number of concerts given in aid of charity. In 2005 she won the MBF Music Education Award (England). In 2006 Liubov won 1st prize at the Richmond Festival and a silver medal at the Marlow Festival(London). She became a first prize winner at the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artist Competition in July 2006.

She has participated in music festivals such as ‘Pushkin and Music’ (Belgium and Poland), ‘Festival of Russian Music’ (Poland), 'New Names’ (Russia), ‘Russian Music’ (Lithuania), ‘In Remembrance of Shostakovich’ (Germany) and ‘Compatriot’s Festival (Russia). Liubov has performed with the ‘Gnessin’s Virtuoisi’, the Moscow State Symphony and Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic Orchestras (Dvoràk and Haydn concertos, Beethoven’s Triple concerto etc.). As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed in the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow Kremlin Palace, Sheremetev Palace, Ostankino Palaca (Moscow) Nizhny Novogorod Philharmony (Russia), Warsaw King’s Palace (Poland), Wigmore Hall (London) and in different concert halls in Brussels, Madrid, Tokyo and Frankfurt.

Liubov used to be principal cellist in the Chamber Orchestra ‘Gnessin’s Virtuosi’ (Moscow) with which she has made several recordings. She has also made a recording with the ‘Scholars of the Moscow State Academic Chamber Orchestra’.

Liubov has participated in Masterclasseswith Natalia Shakovskaya, Alexander Rudin, Alexander Knazev, Oleg Kogan, Sergei Roldulgin, Boris Baraz, Hans von Bulow (Germany), and Siegfried Palm (Germany).

Olga Sitkovetsky piano 

Olga Sitkovetsky was born in Moscow, Olga studied piano and concertmaster skills at the College of Music affiliated with the Moscow Conservatory, and later at the St Petersburg Conservatory.

Sitkovetsky has performed as an accompanist in many international violin competitions
and has received numerous awards for her accompaniment. She has also participated in the International Musical Academy in Tours (France), Kent (England) and in summer courses in Italy and France.

In 1991 Lord Menuhin invited her as an accompanist to the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music in Surrey, England. Her work at the School from 1991 – 2000 has helped a number of students to win top prizes at major international competitions. She now enjoys accompanying these former students, now accomplished musicians, in their tours all over the world. She participated in a CD recording celebrating Lord Menuhin’s 80th birthday.

In July 1998, Sitkovetsky made her official American debut at the renowned Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island, since when she has toured extensively in Italy, Belgium, Gilbraltar, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. 2002 and 2003 found her performing in some of the most prestigious concert venues in the world including the Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, the Salzburg ‘Mozarteum’ and the Vienna Konzerthaus. She has also recorded with various artists for Angel Records/EMI Classics, Dynamic, Naxos and ASV.

After supper menu 3

After concert supper bookings for this concert is now closed.

MAIN: Loin of pork with a shallot, sage and apricot sauce, served with basmati rice and seasonal leaves. 

VEGETARIAN: Aubergine stuffed with red pepper cous cous with roasted tomato coulis, served with seasonal green vegetables.

DESSERT: Local strawberry and custard tart with crème anglais. Coffee/tea

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George, Bradfield St George
The weather might have been terrible, but these young musicians made the sun shine...

Sylvia, Newmarket
So glad I came along tonight

Ron, Colchester
You must get these talented musicians back. They were unbelieveable.

Jan, Diss
I particularly loved the Rossini