Lisa Batiashvili , violin – Francois Leleux, Oboe – Sebastian Klinger, cello – Guy Ben Ziony, viola – Milana Chernyavska, piano – go team!
Over to Paris this week for a concert featuring Lisa Batiashvili, violin along with Francois Leleux, oboe – Sebastian Kliner, cello – Guy Ben Ziony, viola and Milana Chernyavska, piano in music by Mozart, Prokofiev and Benjamin Britten – it was broadcast and recorded live from Théatre des Champs Elysées on November 23, 2011 by the venerable Radio France Musique.
The concert starts with Mozart’s Quartet K.370 – followed by Prokofiev; Sonata Number 1 op. 80 – and then Phantasy op.2 by Benjamin Britten and the concert closes with Mozart’s Sonata Number 42 K.526.
Lisa Batiashvili – professionally known as Lisa Batiashvili, is a prominent Georgian violinist active across Europe and the United States. A former New York Philharmonic artist-in-residence, she is acclaimed for her “natural elegance, silky sound and the meticulous grace of her articulation”. Batiashvili makes frequent appearances at high-profile international events; she was the violin soloist at the 2018 Nobel Prize concert.
Francois Leleux – Conductor and oboist Francois Leleux is renowned for his irrepressible energy, exuberance, and musical clarity. Leleux has previously featured as Artistic Partner of Camerata Salzburg, Artist-in-Association with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, and Artist-in-Residence with orchestras such as hr-Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Berner Symphonieorchester, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife.
Sebastian Klinger – Born in Munich and raised in Spain, Sebastian Klinger received his first cello lessons at the age of six. He later studied with Heinrich Schiff in Salzburg and Vienna and with Boris Pergamenschikow in Berlin.
After winning numerous national and international awards at various competitions and foundations, he won the German Music Competition in Berlin in 2001. This was followed by debuts at important German festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Ludwigsburg, as well as multiple recitals at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. On the initiative of the Philharmonie in Cologne, he was then invited to perform as part of the Rising Stars Series of the European Concert Hall Organization, which eventually took him to some of the most important music centers in Europe and the United States – Carnegie Hall New York, Wigmore Hall London, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Konserthus Stockholm, Konzerthaus Vienna, Concert Hall Athens and others.
Guy Ben Ziony – Ben-Ziony is a welcomed guest principle violist with many leading chamber and symphonic orchestras in Europe, including, Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt Radio Symphony orchestras, Bamberg Symphony, Camerata Salzburg, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, or Amsterdam Sinfonietta. His Debut solo CD, entitled Monodialogue was released in 2016 with Genuin Classics to great critical acclaim. From 2006 untill 2017 Guy Ben-Ziony has been a Professor for viola at the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” in Leipzig. The 2017-2018 season featured him as member of the Internationally renowned Pacifica String Quartet and Visiting Professor Viola and Chamber Music at the Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana. He continues to give masterclasses in Europe and in the USA.
He plays on a viola made for him by Alexandre Breton (Berlin 2014).
Milana Chernyavska – has appeared internationally, at festivals including the Lucerne Festival, Schwetzingen Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. She has played at Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Munich’s Herkulessaal, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo. As a chamber musician, she has performed with Julia Fischer, Daniel Müller-Schott, and the Vogler Quartet, among others.
In 2013, she recorded music for violin and piano by Nikolai Rakov, including three sonatas, with David Frühwirth. It was the first recording of these pieces. Barry Brenesal noted in Fanfare about this only recording of the music: “Chernyavska is a full partner in the proceedings, delicate and brutal as required, the pair playing together with familiar ease.”
She has been a professor at the Musikakademie Liechtenstein, and lectured at music universities. She has been a professor of piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. She is currently a professor of the Fundación Banco Santander Piano Chair at the Reina Sofía School of Music.
Enjoy the concert.
