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Press release date: November 2011

Prestigious Dutch Venues for Borletti-Buitoni Trust Showcase Tour

AMSTERDAM – LONDON – EINDHOVEN
2-6 MAY 2012

Talented
young musicians of Dutch origin and residency have always featured prominently
in the prestigious annual Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) awards and Holland has
welcomed all three special showcase tours for BBT award winners in past years.

In
May 2012 BBT’s fourth tour will visit both Amsterdam and Eindhoven, as well as
London,  with an exclusive piano quartet
especially assembled for the occasion: German violinist Viviane Hagner, British viola player Lawrence Power and Swiss cellist Christian Poltéra, who all received Borletti-Buitoni Trust awards
in 2004, join Georgian pianist Khatia
Buniatishvili
, a recent 2010 award-winner. They will perform at Amsterdam’s
Concertgebouw (2 May), London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall (4 May) and Eindhoven’s
Muziekgebouw (6 May) with programmes that include Beethoven’s popular second
string trio, romantic piano works by Chopin and Brahms’ first piano quartet.

Since
its first award winners were announced in 2003, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust has
developed a unique approach to helping talented young musicians develop and
sustain their international careers. 
Besides the financial awards, BBT both supports and creates projects
that enhance their professional experience. 
The chance to work with mentors such as Mitsuko Uchida and Christian
Tetzlaff – and each other – is a key part of this policy. The May 2012 tour
will be preceded by a residential retreat at the secluded Italian country home
of Ilaria Borletti Buitoni, affording them the rare and precious bonus of three
days to rehearse and get to know each other before the tour.

After
almost a decade of award-giving, the BBT ‘family’ numbers more than 100
musicians, many of them now the most sought-after young generation soloists and
ensembles on the international scene. 
Looking forward to its 10-year milestone, BBT will announce at these
concerts the details of its tenth anniversary festival which will take place
the following year in May 2013 in London with a star-studded line-up of BBT
award-winners from the past ten years.   


TOUR DETAILS

AMSTERDAM Concertgebouw (Kleine Saal)  Wednesday 2 May 20.15 hrs

Beethoven String Trio in G Op.9 No 1
Chopin Ballade No 4 in F minor Op.52 
Chopin Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor Op.39
Brahms Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op.25
www.concertgebouw.nl

EINDHOVEN Muziekgebouw   Sunday 6 May 15.30hrs

Beethoven String Trio in G Op.9 No 1
Brahms Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op.25
http://www.muziekgebouweindhoven.nl


Notes to Editors

• BBT award winners from Holland include: Erik Bosgraaf recorder, Nino Gvetadze piano, Lavinia Meijer harp, Hannes Minnaar piano, Henk Neven baritone, Alexei Ogrintchouk oboe, Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano, Ralph van Raat piano, Jörgen van Rijen trombone, Bram van Sambeek bassoon

• Lawrence Power won the 2004 award as a member of the Leopold String Trio

• Previous BBT tours were in 2004 (Europe/UK) and 2008 (USA /UK/Europe) led by Mitsuko Uchida and 2006 (UK/Europe) led by Christian Tetzlaff who is a BBT Honorary Committee member.