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Press release date: November 2011

Unique ensemble comes together for Borletti-Buitoni Trust Showcase Tour

Amsterdam
• London • Eindhoven
2-6 May 2012

Three
Borletti-Buitoni Trust award-winners from 2004, violinist Viviane
Hagner
, violist Lawrence Power and cellist
Christian Poltéra, are forming an exclusive ensemble with
newcomer, pianist Khatia Buniatishvili (2010 award-winner) for
a prestigious BBT showcase tour in May 2012.

Appearing
at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw (2 May), London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall (4 May) and
Eindhoven’s Muziekgebouw (6 May) their performance programme includes some of
the finest chamber works by Beethoven, Chopin and Brahms. The concert tour will
be preceded by a residential retreat at the secluded Italian country home of
Ilaria Borletti Buitoni, affording the musicians the rare and precious bonus of
three days to rehearse and get to know each other before the tour.

At
the London event only the concert will be preceded by the premiere of a short
film about the history of the Trust and BBT’s founding trustee Dame
Mitsuko Uchida
will also be interviewed on stage. 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.

Looking
forward to its 10-year milestone, BBT will announce at these concerts 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.

More details of the
tour and programmes

Press release date: November 2011

BBT Showcase Concerts

BBT presents a series of exclusive opportunities to hear outstanding BBT
award-winners in the intimate and elegant drawing room of arts philanthropists
Bob and Elisabeth Boas at 22 Mansfield Street, London W1G 9NR. Each concert
represents a UK/London debut.


NEW ANNOUNCEMENT:

Hyeyoon Park violin
17 January 2012 

Still in her teens, this sought-after Korean violinist has already won many
prizes and performed with some of the world’s finest orchestras and conductors.
Frequently praised for her radiant stage presence, she is also lauded for her
vivid personality and inspiring and mature interpretations of repertoire
stretching from Bach to Bartok. This will be her first UK performance and she
will be accompanied by fellow ARD International Music Competition winner
Marianna Shirinyan on piano.
(2011 BBT Award)

REMINDERS:

Trio Mondrian 19 November 2011

Ohad Ben-Ari (piano), Daniel Bard (violin) and Hila Karni (cello) are the Trio
Mondrian and perform regularly in Israel and throughout Europe.
(2009 BBT
Fellowship)

Augustin Hadelich violin  14 December 2011

27 year-old Augustin Hadelich is already a top-ranking violinist in great demand
in Europe and the US (where he now lives) and is critically acclaimed for his
unerring technique and powers of expression.
(2011 BBT Fellowship)