BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Awards 2009
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Erik Bosgraaf recorder (Netherlands)
Hailed as one of the most gifted and versatile recorder players of the new generation, Erik Bosgraaf has a colourful past in a rock band and as an oboe player. He believes that good music is irrespective of style and feels equally at home in early and contemporary music as well as commissioning new works, including several concertos incorporating new media. ... |
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Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello (Germany)
Born in 1987 in Zwickau, Germany, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker has been the recipient of many awards and prizes, including first prize at the Rostropovich Competition in Paris in 2005 and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2009.... |
BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Special Ensemble Scholarship 2009
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Aronowitz Ensemble (UK based)
The Aronowitz Ensemble was formed out of the desire of seven outstanding international artists to explore and perform chamber music together in the highly adaptable combination of string sextet and piano. Since its sell-out debut at St John's, Smith Square in 2004, the Ensemble has maintained a busy schedule of engagements covering a vast range of repertoire - familiar, neglected and new.... |
BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Fellowships 2009
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Nicolas Altstaedt cello (Germany)
Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt has recently been appointed as the new artistic director of the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival after being suggested by Gidon Kremer. Born in 1982 into a family of German and French descent, Nicolas Altstaedt was one of Boris Pergamenschikow's last students in Berlin. ... |
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Mahan Esfahani harpsichord (Iran)
24 year-old Iranian-born early keyboards specialist Mahan Esfahani is fast gaining international recognition as a soloist and collaborative artist on the harpsichord, fortepiano and organ in both early and contemporary
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Tine Thing Helseth trumpet (Norway)
Tine Thing Helseth, born in 1987, started to play trumpet at the age of seven and is already one of the leading trumpet soloists of her generation.... |
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Trio Mondrian piano trio (Israel)
In 2007 the Trio won first prize at the prestigious International Chamber Music Competition in Trieste, Italy, as well as receiving the "Young Award" and Special Prize for its interpretation of a Brahms trio.
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Henk Neven baritone (Netherlands)
Henk Neven studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam where he graduated in 2003. He received a diploma from the New Opera Academy in 2002 and won the coveted Dutch National Music Prize 2010, the most prestigious musical award in the Netherlands.... |
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Francesco Piemontesi piano (Switzerland)
Born in 1983 in Switzerland, Francesco Piemontesi first came to international prominence as a prize winner in the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels and through his close collaboration with Alfred Brendel, Cécile Ousset and Alexis Weissenberg.... |