Rising Talents

They come from all over the world and were selected from numerous applications: the students of the Cello Academy Rutesheim are exceptionally talented young musicians on their path to becoming great artists. Each of them is unique in their own way, and the academy concert, featuring a diverse chamber music program for cello and piano, offers an opportunity to discover and enjoy the fascinating variety of these talents.

The concert program will be determined during the master classes and announced on the evening of the concert.

Program

Franz Schubert (1797–1828) 
Sonata in A minor, D 821 “Arpeggione” 
1. Allegro moderato 
Soloist: Nauma Najman (21 years, Belgium/Bulgaria)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) 
Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, for solo cello 
1. Prélude 
5. Sarabande 
6. Gigue 
Soloist: Lyana Ulikhanyan (15 years, Armenia)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) 
Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 
1. Allegro non troppo 
Soloist: Owen Sørbye Davis (20 years, Norway)

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) 
Papillon, Op. 77 
Soloist: Aleksandra Maria Tralla (14 years, Estonia)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) 
Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, Op. 33 (Wilhelm Fitzenhagen version) 
Variations I, II, Cadenza, VI and VII 
Soloist: Flora Valila (24 years, Finland)

– Intermission –

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) 
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107 
2. Moderato 
Soloist: Henrike Körner (21 years, Germany)

Thomas Demenga (born 1954) 
EFEU for solo cello (2010) 
Soloist: Dylan Kinneavy (25 years, USA)

Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959) 
Variations on a Theme by Rossini, H. 290 
Soloist: Ruusu-Talvikki Heikkilä (12 years, Finland)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) 
Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 
4. Allegro mosso 
Soloist: Giacomo Furlanetto (23 years, Italy)