Tours & Projects

BBT Ensemble Tour 2012

UNIQUE ENSEMBLE COMES TOGETHER FOR BBT SHOWCASE TOUR IN MAY 2012

The maxim “once a BBT winner, always a BBT winner” comes to mind with the announcement that three of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust’s award-winners from 2004, Viviane Hagner, Lawrence Power (as a member of the Leopold String Trio) and Christian Poltéra, are forming an exclusive ensemble with newcomer Khatia Buniatishvili (2010 award-winner) for a prestigious BBT showcase tour in May 2012.  

AMSTERDAM Concertgebouw (Kleine Zaal)
Wednesday 2 May 8.15pm

Beethoven String Trio in G Op.9/1
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

View full details at www.concertgebouw.nl 

LONDON Queen Elizabeth Hall
Friday 4 May 7.00pm (note earlier time)

Film and pre-concert interview with Mitsuko Uchida DBE/Marshall Marcus
Concert programme as for Amsterdam

The Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall 9.45pm
Aronowitz Ensemble (free admission)

This concert is part of the International Chamber Music Series
View full details at www.southbankcentre.co.uk

EINDHOVEN Muziekgebouw
Sunday 6 May 3.30pm

Beethoven String Trio in G Op.9/1
Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor Op.25

View full details at www.muziekgebouweindhoven.nl

At the London event only, the concert will be preceded by the premiere of a short film about the history of the Trust and its work.  Pianist Mitsuko Uchida will be interviewed on stage by Southbank Centre’s Head of Music, Marshall Marcus, about her role as founding trustee of BBT and her work with young musicians. The celebrated Aronowitz Ensemble (BBT Special Ensemble Scholarship 2009) will also perform in the Front Room at the QEH after the concert in the main hall.

Following on from BBT’s Tours and Residencies with Mitsuko Uchida and Christian Tetzlaff in 2004, 2006 and 2008, 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.

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 Mitsuko Uchida and a star-studded line-up of BBT award-winners from the past ten years.