BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Awards 2007
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Jermolaj Albiker violin (Germany)
Berlin born violinist Jermolaj Albiker was given his first violin lessons at the age of six and presently he is studying with Rainer Kussmaul at the University of Music in Freiburg. He has received additional artistic guidance in master courses with Lewis Kaplan, András Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, Guy Braunstein, Tabea Zimmermann and Thomas Brandis. ... |
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Quatuor Ebène string quartet (France)
Mastery, elegance, density, complicity, spirit, are words that regularly come back about the Quatuor Ébène, now considered one of the very best young quartets worldwide. In the upcoming seasons the quartet will take part in a Haydn cycle at London's Wigmore Hall in 08/09 with the Emerson, Hagen and Arcanto Quartets. ... |
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Alexei Ogrintchouk oboe (Russia)
Alexei Ogrintchouk is one of the most outstanding oboists performing today and he is still in his twenties. A graduate of the Gnessin School of Music and the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied with Maurice Bourgue, he combines astounding technique with virtuosity and lyricism.... |
BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Fellowships 2007
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Vilde Frang violin (Norway)
Born in Oslo in 1986, Vilde Frang studied from 1993-2002 at the Barratt-Due Institute of Music in Oslo. Since 2003, she studies with Kolja Blacher at the Hochschule für Musik, Hamburg. She also regularly works with Ana Chumachenko.... |
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Lavinia Meijer harp (Netherlands)
Lavinia Meijer graduated with distinction with her Bachelors (Utrecht Conservatory) and her Masters (Amsterdam Conservatory) under the guidance of Erika Waardenburg. Her prizes include first prize at the Dutch Harp Competition (1997 and 2004) and at the Prinses Christina Competition (1997),... |
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Navarra Quartet string quartet (UK based)
In 2008 the Navarra Quartet won the Outstanding Young Artist Award at the MIDEM Classique Awards in Cannes, in partnership with the International Artist Managers' Association. They were selected for representation by YCAT in 2006 and in 2007 received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. Formed in 2002 at the Royal Northern College of Music under the guidance of the late Dr Christopher Rowland, the Quartet were Junior Fellows at the RNCM and postgraduate students of the Alban Berg Quartet in Cologne.... |
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Julian Steckel cello (Germany)
Born in 1982, Julian Steckel is among the most eagerly sought and versatile musicians of his generation. In 2010 he won first prize at the 59th International ARD Music Competition in Munich and was also awarded the audience prize for his fascinating interpretation of Dvorak's Cello Concerto. ... |
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Irina Zahharenkova piano / harpsichord / fortepiano (Estonia)
Irina Zahharenkova is one of the most outstanding keyboard performers of her generation to emerge from Estonia today. She has won first prizes in such major international piano competitions such as the Leipzig's Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (2006), Italy's Alessandro Casagrande Competition (2006) and Romania's Georges Enesco Competition (2005). ... |