Duo
Kang Kusnezow
violin and piano
BBT
Fellowship Winner
2012
Byol Kang violin
Boris Kusnezow piano
Boris Kusnezow and Byol Kang (both 26) formed their Duo in 2009 after both winning first prize in their instrument categories at the German Music Competition in Berlin. The prize included appearances in the 54th national series of Young Artists’ Concerts, which enabled them to rapidly build up and frequently perform a wide range of repertoire in major national halls, such as the Philharmonie Essen, NDR Radio Hall Hannover and Tonhalle Düsseldorf. Following their debut at Carnegie (Weill Hall), the New York Times praised them as 'an apt pairing' and they have been further commended for their 'natural way of musical dialogue with masterly, elegant style'. As a duo they have enriched their music-making with guidance from Antje Weithaas, Christian Tetzlaff, Bernd Goetzke and Jan Philip Schulze. They are further supported by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Hamburg. The Duo has made numerous recordings for national radio including WDR, NDR, SWR and Deutschlandradio. Their debut CD was released in June 2010 on the GENUIN label. The Duo Kang Kusnezow received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in February 2012.
Photograph taken by Nicolas Kröger
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