Wednesday 23 June 2010, Larnaka Municipal Theatre, 20:30
Thursday 24 June 2010, Markideion Theatre, Pafos, 20:30
Friday 25 June 2010, Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Lefkosia, 20:30
Soloist: Wolfgang Schroeder (violin)
Conductor: Mark Kadin
Programme:
C. M. von Weber: Oberon, J. 306: Overture
J. Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
A. Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70, B.141
€12 and pensioners €7
Free entrance for students, soldiers and EURO<26 card holders
Tickets available at the Theatres’ box office
Distinguished violinist Wolfgang Schroeder has an active international soloistic career. He has performed both as soloist and chamber musician in numerous countries, including performances in prestigious concert halls such as the Barbican Center in London, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Lincoln Center in New York (“Great Performers Series”) and Wigmore Hall (“Masters Series”). As a soloist he has appeared with the Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Symphony Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic, Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic, Camerata Salzburg, Nuremberg Symphony, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Israel Soloists Ensemble, Athens State Orchestra etc. He has has worked with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrey Boreko, Daniel Raiskin, Simon Gaudenz, Mark Kadin, to name just a few. Wolfgang Schroeder was also the artistic director of the European Community Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) from 1993-95 and has performed in a number of highly acclaimed concert tours worldwide. As an active chamber musician, he founded the “Belcanto String Trio” in 1992 and since 1996 he has regularly performed as the violinist of the “Trio Parnassus”. In September 2001 the “Trio Parnassus” received the prestigious Echo Classic Award for their complete recording of the Schumann piano trios, together with artists such as Jose Carreras, Nigel Kennedy and Cecilia Bartoli. Since 1998 he has been leading the “Camerata Stuttgart”, with which he has performed in prestigious concert halls such as the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, Athens Megaron, Liederhalle of Stuttgart and the Dortmund Opera House. He has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Yehudi Menuhin, Alberto Lysy, Cyprien Katsaris and Hermann Voss. He is also regularly invited at renowned international chamber music festivals all over Europe and in Japan. Wolfgang Schroeder has made recordings under MDG, Divox, Ars Production, Thorofon, Symicon and CPO His latest CD recordings include the complete Beethoven piano trios, the complete Schumann piano trios, Turina and Mendelssohn piano trios and Tanejev’s string trio. In his development as a violinist, prof. Anna Chumachenko played a decisive role. At the early age of 17, he won the first prize at the German state competition Jugend musiziertand subsequently a scholarship at the International Menuhin Music Academy. He continued his studies at the Mozarteum University of Music in Salzburg under Prof. Sandor Vegh, and thereafter at the Mannes School of Music in New York under Prof. Aaron Rosand. Wolfgang Schroeder is the concertmaster of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra since January 2005.
Equally at home in the classical and contemporary repertoire, Mark Kadin has quickly established himself as one of Russia’s most exciting young conductors. Now in his sixth season as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra, Mark Kadin has maintained a regular relationship with orchestras in about 20 countries around the world and is about to make his debut in Japan. After earning top honors at the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow (1987-1993), he set out on his career by exploring contemporary music. He worked with the Moscow Ensemble of Modern Music and the New Music Studio, with whom he toured the Netherlands and Belgium. He has several recordings of contemporary music for SEM, Russian Supply and Le Chant du Monde. His career took a new turn in 1997, when the Russian conductor and pianist Mikhail Pletnev suggested that he should work permanently with the Russian National Orchestra. From 1999 to 2003, Kadin was associate conductor with the legendary “Moscow Virtuosi” orchestra, which he took on tour to Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, in addition to conducting 120 Russian concerts. In 2003, he made his Bolshoi Theatre debut, conducting the premiere of Vladimir Nikolayev’s ballet The Gold of Narts. Kadin’s guest conducting appearances took him to the International East Anglian Summer Music Festival with the London City Chamber Orchestra, and earlier to the Festival International de Colmar in France with the Russian National Orchestra. Other guest engagements have included the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, as well as orchestras in Great Britain, Sweden, Australia, South Korea, China, Brazil and many other countries. Since 2004, Kadin is Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra (Siberia), where he conducts about 40 performances each season.
