XXI CURSO INTERNACIONAL DE MÚSICA
VIOLIN
JOSE RAMON HEVIA
A graduate of the Brussels Conservatory, he was awarded a scholarship by the Conservatorio Superior in Madrid on several courses. He studied in Paris with Sandor Vegh and in Germany with E. Pándula, giving recitals on both courses.
He currently divides his time between teaching and performing chamber music, and is a founder member of the "Numen Quartet" and the "Astur Quartet", which has performed in practically every city in Spain and has made numerous recordings for Spanish national radio and television.
He has also performed with the quartets all over Europe, including Belgium, France, Germany and Portugal.
He has worked as a teacher of violin and chamber music at the Conservatorio Superior de Música in Bilbao and is currently lecturer in violin at the Conservatorio Superior de Música in Oviedo.
He is also the founder and director of the International Music Courses and the International Violin, Viola and Violoncello Competition held here in Llanes.
SERGUEI FATKULIN
Teacher in Novosibirsk until 1985 and teacher in the Music Training Professional School at the Chaikovsky Conservatory and the Musical Academy Gnessina.
He was a member of the Novosibirsk quartet, of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra until 1994. He was then invited by Professor Zahkar Bron to be his assistant at the Queen Sofia Higher School of Music in Madrid. He is also invited to teach at the Lübeck Conservatory and at the Cologne Higher School (Germany).
He founded his own school in Madrid, the Fatkulin Academy. From then on, he is one of the professors in great demand for teaching students in Spain and abroad. He is regularly invited to give summer classes, Master Courses and Masterly Classes in countries such as: Russia, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Austria, England and France.
ANNA BAGET
Catalonian violinist, trained in Barcelona under the direction of Gerard Claret and Goncal Comellas. She continued her studies at the Indiana University (U.S.A.) where she obtained a Master’s Degree in Violin and Pedagogy studying with Franco Gulli, Yuval Yaron and Mimi Zweig.
As a soloist, she has played with the Chamber Orchestra "Solistas de Catalunya", the Quito Symphonic Orchestra and the "Pablo Sarasate" Symphonic Orchestra in Pamplona. She forms a duet with pianist Aníbal Bañados.
She is violin teacher at the Music Professional Conservatory “Adolfo Salazar”, Madrid and the Queen Sofia Higher School of Music in Madrid. She is also violin teacher at the “Summer String Academy” at Indiana University, USA and at the summer classes “Cátedra de Música Emili Pujol” in Cervera.
Her interest in pedagogy has led her to develop systematic training techniques for string teachers. She is regularly invited to give classes in: Ministry of Education and Science, Spanish Young National Orchestra, Madrid Government, Basque Country University, Alcalá de Henares University, Castilla la Mancha University, “Music Stage of Cambra”, ”Course for music professors and teachers Stage 2000” from “La Caixa”, Jaén University, Tarragona Government, Music Schools of the Barcelona City Council. In the spring of 2002 she was invited to give masterly classes at the Gossec Conservatory in Paris and to make a concerts tour with her pupils in different cultural organizations in Paris.
AITOR HEVIA
Born in Oviedo ( Spain ), he started learning violin under his father, J. Ramom Hevia, at the of six. He continued his studies with Iouri Nashouskin, finishing his career at Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Oviedo.
He would later study under J. Glickman at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Keiko Wataya and Ilie Grubert at Conservatorium van Amsterdam where he graduated Cum Laude.
He attended violin masterclasses with A. Mikline, A. Leon Ara, Felix Ayo, Boris Garlitzky, Chales AndreLinale, etc...
He has been awarded scholarships by the Ministry of Education and Science, the Principality of Asturias and CajAstur.
He was Concermaster at J.O.N.D.E. ( Spanish National Youth Orquestra ) and member of E.U.Y.O. ( European Union Youth Orquestra ), working with conductors such C. Maris Giulini, Sir Colin Davis, B. Haitnk, V. Ashkenazy, etc...
In may 2002 he was invited to play Sibelius Violin Concerto with O.S.P.A. (Principality of Asturias Simphony Orchestra ). As a soloist he has performed Mozart Simphony Concertante , Vivaldi "Spring" and Prokofiev Violin Concerto nº1 with orquestra such Zurich Youth Orquetra and Leon Odon Alonso.
He has been Keiko Wataya´s assistant at Musikene ( Higher School of Music of the Basque Country) and "Art and Culture Open Days" held by Bilbao University, as well as Violin Teacher at "City of Astorga" Music Courses.
Founder member of the Cuarteto Quiroga, he is currently Violin and String Quartet teacher at Llanes International Music Course.
CIBRÁN SIERRA
Born in Ourense, (Galicia-Spain) in 1979, studied in Spain (Conservatorio Superior de Vigo, B.Mus), Sweden (Göteborgs Musikhögskolan, SolistDiplom), US (Oberlin College, Artist Diploma) and The Netherlands (Conservatorium van Ansterdam, Master in Music) with teachers Deborah Hamburger, Keiko Wataya, Malin Broman, Per Enoksson and Milan Vitek.
Currently, as founder of the Quiroga String Quartet, awarded in several major international String Quartet Competitions, he is in residence at the Museo Cerralbo in Madrid and Performs extensively in Spain, Europe and Southamerica.
Besides his official studies, he has attended violin and chamber music masterclasses with teachers like Taras Gabora, Istvan Parkany, Félix Ayo, Marilyn MacDonald, Marc Lubotsky, Mihaela Martin, Nobuko Imai, Roger Chase, Dimitri Fertchsmann, Vermeer Quartet, etc.
He’s been awarded with the the Guido Vecchi Prize 2004 in Sweden, the 1st Prize at Voldrich StipendieTävling (Göteborg 2001), Bärenreiter Prize at the 2000 JJMM Competition, the Smithsonian Institution Stradivarius Internship (Washington DC, 2002), or the Dean’s Talent Award 2003 in Oberlin, USA.
He has performed extensively as recitalist and soloist with orchestras in Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Czech Republic, Portugal, Germany, France and the USA. Notably we can mention Bartók first violin concerto with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Premiére also in Gothenburg, Sweden of Roger Johanssons’ Violin Concerto, which is dedicated to him.
As orchestra musician he has collaborated with orchestras such as Göteborgs Simfoniker-National Orchestra of Sweden, Huaröds Kammarorkester, Amsterdam Sinfonietta at Concertgebouw, Galicia Symphony Orchestra-OSG, Opera de Rouen-France, etc.
VIOLA
THUAN DO MINH
He began his musical studies in Vietnam in 1961, at the age of 7. In 1981 he was awarded a scholarship by the Soviet government allowing him to continue his studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory along with Druzhinin and Bashmet. Here he would attain qualifications as a soloist, orchestral soloist and viola teacher and receive the special award of a Master of Fine Arts with the highest honours.
Since1987, he has given recitals in Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain, Vietnam and Russia and in1989 received a Special Diploma at a competition in Marknekirchen, Germany. He is also a much sought-after teacher and teaches in both Russia as assistant professor to Druzhinin and Spain where, most notably on courses organised for JONDE, he gives viola master classes. He is also a visiting professor to various conservatoires and superior music schools in Europe.
DÉNES LUDMÁNY
Born 1980, in Bonyhad, Hungary , Dénes Ludmany graduated in 1999 with professor Sandor Nagy at the Music Acadmy Franz Liszt of Budapest. Between 1999 and 2005, he completed his studies at the University Mozarteum Salzburg with Professors Thomas Riebl and Veronika Hagen. He also attended, between 2000-2002, the Academy of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, with professor Albrecht Rohde.
He has been the winner of several top prizes and awards at different competitions, such as the 1995 Internacional Viola Competition of Debrecen, Hungary, the 2002 International Viola Competition of Bled, Slovenia, and the 2004 Raiffeisen Classic Prize.
Professionally, he has worked as the Principal Violist of the Salzburger Chamber Soloists as well as the Camerata Salzburg. He has also worked as the viola player of the Austrian Ensemble for Contemporary Music (ÖENM). Ludmany has collaborated with several orchestras, most importantly the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. In Munich worked as well with Helmut Nikolai (principal violist of MPO, member of Rosamunde Quartet), Lorenz Nasturica and Sreten Krstic (concert masters of MPO), Philipp Korner (principal cellist of the Stuttgart Opera) as well as with well-known conductors such as James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Daniele Gatti, Peter Eötvös, Helmut Rilling, Gunter Wand, and Christian Thielemann, among others.
A member of the Ludmany Piano Trio, he’s regularly performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Hungary, Austria, USA, and Germany.
Dénes Ludmany has played in various chamber ensembles in Hungary, Austria (Festival Mondseetage, Styrian Chamber Music Festival) Germany, Italy, Spain, China and Japan, and as a soloist in the festival “I Palpiti” in Los Angeles and in Taos, New Mexico, organized by Young Concert Artists International, Inc.
He feels to be dedicated also to support contemporary music, as a soloist and with others (ÖENM) as well.
He is very much honoured and delighted to have been able to pursue chamber music studies with Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet), who mostly shaped his way of musical being.
VIOLONCELLO
ALDO MATA
He was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1973, where he started to study cello at the age of eight with Maria de Macedo and later on also with Elias Arizcuren. At early age he plays solo recitals in Paris (France) and Madrid. From 1991 to 1994 he studied at Escuela Reina Sofia with Ivan Monighetti. At the same time he played for different maestros in Master-Classes: Rostropovich, Gutman, Starker, Helmerson, Greenhouse, Isserlis, etc. During those years he played in the most important concert-halls in Spain, being recorded by Sony his performance of Mendelssohn´s Second Cello Sonata with the pianist Eldar Nebolsin.
In 1996 he obtains under the direction of Kim Scholes his Master in cello “with honors” in the Chicago Musical College. In the year 2000 he receives the Doctor degree in cello from the University of Indiana (Bloomington) where he studied with Janos Starker, Tsutsumi, and Hokanson.
He has been awarded several prizes in competitions: Juventudes Musicales, Chicago Musical College, Popper Competition, etc. He has played as soloist with orchestra in EEUU and Spain the concertos by Dvorak, Haydn, Beethoven´s Triple, Tchaikovsky´s Rococo Variations, etc. He has been awarded with scholarships by Fullbright, Juventudes Musicales, AIE, Albeniz , etc.
From 2001 he is co-principal cellist of the Castilla-Leon Symphony Orchestra with whom he made his solo debut performing Brahms’ Double Concerto. In 2002 he obtains the position of chairman of the cello department at the Superior Conservatory of Salamanca.
His performances of Kodaly Solo Sonata and other solo works have been very well received by the critics. Future recitals include performances in Spain, Croatia, Italy, and South America.
He has been invited to play Dvorak Cello Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia as well as Strauss Don Quixote and Elgar Concerto.
In 2004 he was invited as professor by the Cello Forum of Madrid. He is the cellist of the Granados String Ensemble with whom he has extensively toured. Nowadays he plays a cello built in Piacenza by Giuseppe Nadotti in 1787.ADOLFO GUTIÉRREZ ARENAS
Born in Munich, he starts musical studies in the bayerishe school of music. At the age of 8, he`s selected to be member of the TOLZER KNABEN CHOR and then he moves to Spain.
In Spain he studies piano and at the age of 14 he begins his cello studies with ELIAS ARIZCUREN.
In 1996 he`s accepted in the REINA SOFIA SCHOOLOF MUSIC in Madrid in the FRANS HELMERSON`S class. At this school he has the oportunity to work with such musicians as: GERINGAS, PRESSLER, HAGEN STRING QUARTET, MARTA GULYAS AND ANTONELLO FARULLI, as well as playing recitals and chamber music in the most important spanish concert halls.
He has been pupil of the spanish cellist LLUIS CLARET for two years in the Alcala de Henares University in Madrid and at the same time he has been working in different festivals and massterclasses with musicians like: G.RIVINIUS, J.STARKER, S.PALM, T.TSUTSUMI, R.KIRSHBAUM, D.FERSHTMAN, A.KAVAFIAN, B.WESTFAL, and finally BERNARD GREENHOUSE who invited him to work privately at his home near boston .
As recitalist, soloist and chamber musician, he played in halls and festivals like: CARLOS DE AMBERES FOUNDATION(SPAIN), FESTIVAL PALACE OF CANTABRIA(SPAIN), INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL IN LEON(SPAIN), SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN FESTIVAL(GERMANY), MUNICH MUSIC HOCHSHULE(GERMANY), HOLLAND MUSIC SESSIONS FESTIVAL(HOLLAND)THY MUSIC FESTIVAL(DENMARK), CONCERTGEBOUW AMSTERDAM(HOLLAND), PALAU DE LA MUSICA CATALANA(SPAIN), FORD THEATER(LOS ANGELES,USA), LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES FESTIVAL(LOS ANGELES USA),PALOS VERDES MUSIC FESTIVAL(CALIFORNIA USA), SANTA BARBARA MUSIC FESTIVAL(CALIFORNIA USA), TAOS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL(NEW MEXICO, USA), ACADEMIE RAVEL MUSIC FESTIVAL(FRANCE), etc.
From the last seasons whe can make special mention to the concerts where he played the 6 BACH SUITES and the 5 BEETHOVEN SONATAS.
For several years he has been invited to play as soloist and chamber musician in USA by YOUNG ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL(www.youngartists.org).
He has two recordings with works for cello and piano. The first one is with pianist MIGUEL ANGEL O.CHAVALDAS, and playing: 5TH BACH SUITE, 5TH BEETHOVEN SONATAand 5 PIECES IN FOLK STYLE by SCHUMANN
He also recorded with pianist LUIS FERNANDO PEREZ, playing BARBER SONATA, RACHMANINOFF SONATA and PIAZZOLLA,S GRAND TANGO, recorded by "VERSO"RECORDS
He also recorded chamber music for "TELOS" records, playing TCHAIKOVSKY`S FLORENCE SOUVENIR SEXTET and C MINOR STRING TRIO FROM BEETHOVEN, live recorded, in different halls in LOS ANGELES,USA. In the USA he had recital tours, playing in SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES, BOSTON, DALLAS, WASHINGTON AND MIAMI.
For thenext season he has several soloist engagements playing works like: SCHUMANN CONCERTO, DVORAK CONCERTO, PROKOVIEF SINFONIA CONCERTANTE, HAYDN CONCERTOS, ROCOCO VARIATIONS,LALO CONCERTO, BEETHOVEN`S TRIPLE CONCERTO etc., as well as recital and chamber music concerts in FRANCE, SPAIN, GERMANY ,BULGARIA and USA.
In september 2002 he was awarded the RAVEL PRIZE of the ACADEMIE RAVE as soloist and a special prize for the performance of the piano trio from PHILLIPE HERSANT. The prize was awarded by a jury composed by: REGIS PASQUIER, GARY HOFFMAN, TASSO AMOPOULOS, JEAN CLAUDE PENNETIER and PETER CSABA.
In 2005 he was invited to participate as soloist and chamber musician in the RAVINIA FESTIVAL in Chicago.
"Adolfo is a cellist of exceptional ability, both as an instrumentalist and as a superbly gifted musician.
I expect that these qualities will bring him a career of great importance."
-BERNARD GREENHOUSE-
"Adolfo Gutierrez Arenas is an outstanding young cellist."
-GARY HOFFMAN-
HELENA POGGIO
She was born in Madrid in 1978. She started her violoncello studies at the age of eight at the Madrid Conservatory and finished in 1999 with a Degree’s Extraordinary Prize. She studied for five years at the Reina Sofía Music School, under the direction of Frans Helmerson. In Bloomington, Indiana University, she obtained the “Artist Diploma” studying with T.Tsutsumi. She continued her studies at the Juilliard School, with J.Krosnick and obtained the “Master of Music”. She has received Magisterial Classes from D. Geringas, L. Claret , B. Greenhouse, J. Starker, P.Müeller and B.Pergamenschikov.
First Prize at the National String Instruments Competition “Ciudad de Játiva”, First Prize and Audience Prize for best string performer at the International Bow Instruments Competition “Julio Cardona” in Portugal, “Outstanding Student” from the violoncello chair at the Reina Sofía School for two years, Second Prize and Prize for “Best Performer of Spanish Music”at the International Competition “Villa de Llanes”, First Prize of the Chamber Music Competition of Young Musicians, First Prize at the Competition of Spanish and Latin American Music at the Indiana University. She has performed as a soloist with different chamber groups at several halls in Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Bosnia, USA and she has recorded for Radio Clásica and TVE.
She was granted with a Fulbright scholarship as well as by the Madrid Government, the Spanish Young Musicians, the Isaac Albeniz Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and the Association of Music Performers (AIE). She has finished her violoncello studies with N. Shakhovskaya and her chamber music studies with R. Schmidt at the Reina Sofía Music School.
QUIROGA QUARTET
AITOR HEVIA (violin) CIBRÁN SIERRA (violin)
DÉNES LUDMÁNY (viola) HELENA POGGIO (violoncello)
The Quiroga String Quartet was born following the advice and support of the later Charles-André Linale. The quartet takes its name from the great Galician violinist Manuel Quiroga, one of the most important string players of Spanish music history, together with Pau Casals and Pablo Sarasate.
Since its foundation, the quartet has performed in some of the most important halls inSpain including the “Auditorio Nacional” Madrid, “Palau de la Musica” Barcelona, “Palau de Valencia”, “Palacio Euskalduna” Bilbao, and participated in Festivals like “Quincena Musical Donostiarra”, Osnabrücker Kammarmusiktage (Germany), Festival Internacional de Santander, the CEMC-ProQuartet Series in Paris-Fontainebleau, “Are- More” International Festival in Vigo, KirchbergForum Gießen-Frankfurt (Germany), Granada Internacional Festival, Festival Internazionale Quartetto d´Archi di Reggio Emilia (Italy), Festival Internacional San Lorenzo del Escorial and Festival d´Entrecasteaux (France). They have reently performed an extensive tour in main cities of Argentina, Urugay and Brazil. Future engagements include a. o. concerts in Spain, France, Italy, and Holland.
The Quartet has recorded for RNE-2, Radio Nacional de España, SWR-2 Germany, CatalunyaMusic, Radio Galega, RadioFrance – FranceMusique, and SONY (sponsored by the Albéniz Fundation). The Quiroga Quartet has collaborated with artists like Vladimir Mendelssohn, Víctor Rodríguez, Jensen Horn-SinLam, David Kadouch and Alfredo Perl.
In July 2007 the Quiroga Quartet was doubly awarded with the Second Prize and the Prize from Jury of the Critics and Press at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition (Ex-Evian), being the first Spanish quartet to enter this palmarés. They have also received the Special Prize from the Jury at the Geneva International Competition 2006, Second Prize at the International Competition FNAPEC “Musiques d’Ensemble” (Paris 2006), as well as First Prizes at the following competitions: Barcelona Primer Palau 2005, Ciudad de Manresa 2006 and Ciudad de Lucena 2006.
Recently they have been awarded the 2007 Culture Prize (“ojo critico”) given yearly by the Spanish National Radio (RNE).
From its very beginning, The Quiroga Quartet has worked with professor Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) at the Queen Sofía School of Music and the Chamber Music Institute in Madrid (2004 - 2007). Besides participating several times in the Academic Programs of ProQuartet, the quartet has also had master classes with Walter Levin, Günter Pichler, Erich Höbarth, Paul Katz, Sándor Dévich, András Keller, Johannes Meissl, Milan Skampa, Menahem Pressler, Hariolf Schlichtig, Antonello Farulli, Diemut Poppen, and Anner Bylsma.. They currently study with Professors W.Levin and R.Schmidt at the Musikakademie Basel (Switzerland).
The members of the quartet have individually been teaching at the University of the Basque Country and the University of Gothenburg. The Quiroga Quartet is part of the faculty at the Llanes Internacional Summer Courses in Asturias.
During season 2007/2008 they are ensemble in residence at the Fundacion Museo Cerralbo in Madrid.