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ID: AV2100264
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Type: CD
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Subcollection: Flute
The TWINS QUARTET was founded in 1998 at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow by A.V. Galkovsky („Schostakowitsch-Quartet“). Under his direction the quartet attended post-graduate studies. The quartet participated in the 10th, 11th and 12th Summer Academy “Prague-Vienna-Budapest” in master classes with members of the Alban Berg Quartet, the Amadeus Quartet, Smetana Quartet, Bartók Quartet and Hagen Quartet. In 2001 they were awarded the Bartók Prize, in 2002 the Alban Berg Prize. Further participance in masterclasses of the Auryn Quartet, Saschko Gavrilov and Mstislav Rostropovich. In range of the German Academic Exchange Program the Twins Quartet studies with the Alban Berg Quartet and with A. Schoneweg (“Cherubini-Quartet”) in Cologne.
In 2000 the quartet was prize winner of the international competition “The heritage of Classics” in Moscow, in 2001 of the “International Schostakowitsch String Quartet Competition” also in Moscow. In 2002 the quartet was finalist at the Osaka-Competition and 2003 prize winner of the Schubert-Competition in Graz.
In 2000 the Twins Quartet gave a concert at the EXPO. In 2001 they toured through Japan with the pianist Alexej Lubimov. They quartet appeared at international festivals in Russia and Germany (“Moscow Autumn”, “Haydn-Festival”, Schönberg-Festival”, “Music Festival Weingarten”, “Andernacher Musiktage Burg Namedy”, “International Music Festival Week Schloss Berleburg”, “Salzburg Culture Days”). Appearance in Cologne in the framework of “Rising Stars”. In September 2003 debut at the Beethoven-Festival in Bonn. Together with Irina Schnittke - widow of Alfred Schnittke - the quartet played Alfred Schnittke´s piano quintet in the Conservatory-Hall of Moscow in May 2003. In July 2005 appearance at the Cologne Classic Night of the WDR with a string quartet of Kancheli - in attendance of the composer. Further concerts in Germany, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland.
The Twins Quartet plays concerts with David and Tatjana Geringas, Karl Leister, Marc Grauwels, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Vassily Lobanov, Alexej Lubimov, Luz Leskowitz and the Salzburg Soloists. Since 2003 the quartet is constantly giving concerts at the “Salzburger Schlosskonzerte”. Since 2005 the Twins Quartet is “Quartet in residence” of “Salzburger Schlosskonzerte”. |
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ID: AV2100262
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Flute
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ID: AV2100260
CDs: 1
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Subcollection: Choir
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