Three days of concerts, talks and masterclasses to
celebrate 10 years of Borletti-Buitoni Trust at London's
Queen Elizabeth Hall 17-19 May 2012
Is Talent Enough?
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"Let me define what (within my language) talent is - for a musician. First of all that innate deeply rooted urgency to have to express one's deep emotions through music and nothing else. If you wanted to write poetry, or paint, then you are not a musician..." Mitsuko Uchida opens our debate.
Is Talent Enough?
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High-flying percussionist Colin Currie joins a panel of some of the music world's leading professionals for a provocative debate on Saturday 18 May. Why not get the debate started online?
Is Talent Enough?
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"Whatever gift you have been given, it comes with a great responsibility to serve this talent, which means time and again there is a big mirror towards yourself, towards life and towards the meaning of being here." Christianne Stotijn on the BBT Blog
Is Talent Enough?
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"Nobody can avoid practicing, but every artistic work should be in reaction to the real world, to the real life, and it should be imaginative, evocative to the public. Global vision and precise execution are nothing without each other!" Raphael Merlin on the BBT Blog
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"My advice: work really hard, strongly believe in what you have to offer, and knock on every possible door until someone listens...keep doing all that and reinventing yourself every day." Marie Bitlloch on the BBT Blog
As part of BBT Celebrated, on Saturday 18 May we will debate "Is Talent Enough?" BBT’s decade of nurturing young artists has highlighted the pressure to participate in more than just making music. Is it idealistic to think talent and hard work are all it takes in the 21st century? Are recording and commissioning necessities or luxuries? Is social networking a necessity or distraction? How does a brilliant young musician find the freedom and space for artistic inspiration and development? Who helps them?
On film: Watch Mitsuko Uchida's opening statement to start the debate
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News
‘He sings with his flute’, says James Baillieu
In our latest BBT film, Adam Walker declares that the inspiration of song and the emotional expression of the human voice are always at the heart of his playing. He talks about the massive learning curve that catapulted him from an innately talented nine-year old at Chetham’s School of Music to principal flute with the London Symphony Orchestra. His BBT award has enabled him to record his first recital CD – Vocalise on the Opus Arte label with pianist James Baillieu, released April 2013 – and also to commission a flute concerto from Huw Watkins, to be premiered with co-commissioner LSO conducted by Daniel Harding on 23 February 2014.
Mozart CD
Alexei Ogrintchouk directs the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and joins chamber music partners Leonid Ogrintchouk (piano), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola) and Kristina Blaumane (cello) for his second BBT-supported recording with BIS, released in April. At BBT Celebrated he performs Britten’s Temporal Variations for oboe and piano with Llŷr Williams on 17 May and gives a masterclass on 19 May with musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.
Showcase Concerts
Duo Kang Kusnezow
Vienna (IAMA) 26 April 2013
BBT proudly presents, violinist Byol Kang and pianist Boris Kusnezow in the Young Artist Showcase of the 2013 International Artist Managers’ Association Annual Conference in Vienna. Mentored by Antje Weithaas and Christian Tetzlaff, among others, they are praised for their natural musical dialogue and elegant style.
Find out more about Duo Kang Kusnezow
IAMA Conference (external website)
Elena Xanthoudakis soprano
49 Queen’s Gate Terrace, London 30 May 2013
Elena Xanthoudakis presents a programme of songs and arias by Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Ravel and Gershwin, accompanied by pianist James Baillieu. The concert is generously hosted by the Vernon Ellis Foundation to raise funds for her recording of bel canto repertoire with the Northern Sinfonia conducted by Richard Bonynge for the Signum Label (release date March 2014).
BBT Commissions
Erik Bosgraaf recorder
Ji Youn Kang Kang-Shin Recorder Concerto
Erik Bosgraaf’s mission to commission new and diverse works for the recorder moves on to the premiere of a concerto by South Korean-born Ji Youn Kang, which Bosgraaf will perform with the North Netherlands Orchestra conducted by Stefan Asbury in Groningen on 24 & 25 May 2013
