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Concerts andmaster Classes

From 3rd to17th august 2013

www. cmclassics.ch

In Crans-montana music is in harmonywith the beauty and the silenceof the Valais’ mountains.

« Silence is the most beautiful, the mightiest and the most rewarding music. The greatest music comes out of silence. »

Philippe Jordan

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Music has been the language of life par excellence throughout the ages, unfettered by time and space. For its 2013 summer edition, Crans-montana Classics is proposing a series of remarkable and original musi-cal encounters, connecting classical and world music and bringing together experienced artists and young talents for a unique musical event. Setting the tone with the opening concert on 3 august, the artistic director maestro Shlomo mintz will combine his mu-sical expertise with the talents of young violinists, all prizewinners of major international competitions, in an exciting and eclectic programme.

on 6 august, elmar Gasanov, prizewinner of the 2012 edition of the Geza anda com-petition, will enchant our ears with a romantic piano recital. on 10 august, Cihat askin and Yair Dalal will guide us on a trip through eastern musical traditions. Yair Dalal is especially known for his improvisation skills, his concerts to promote peace and his famous and moving song celebrating the 1993 oslo Peace agreement. He is also the driving force behind an orchestra that brings together arab and Jewish - including orthodox Jews - musicians.

Crans-montana Classics will conclude its summer edition on 17 august with Shlomo mintz on a high note in keeping with the guiding spirit of the festival. The new rus-sian Quartet will perform alongside an 8-year old violin prodigy, alma Deutscher, who has already composed an opera and a concerto for violin!

Crans-montana Classics is totally committed to maintaining the standard of excel-lence established at the beginning of the masters Classes and which made their success in 2012: top-tier candidates and an equally exceptional pedagogical team working alongside maestro Shlomo mintz and Zakhar Bron, today considered the greatest violin teacher in the world. The influx of new and talented candidates for the master Classes, whose number has tripled in a year, has brought with it a wave of youthfulness and energy in keeping with and essential for the image of Crans-montana.

Crans-montana Classics is also hosting a series of original “Concerts off”. David rey and his Geneva Brass Quintet will give an open-air performance in the pastures at Colombire and the master Class students will also put on several free concerts at the Hotel royal.

The Crans-montana Classics team is looking forward to welcoming you to the Haut-Plateau next august and would like to take this opportunity to thanks its pa-trons, sponsors and friends for their generous and unfailing support.

Professor Jean BonvinPresident

In a world of turbulence and conflict it is more than ever the responsibility of each and every one of us to promote culture and the arts, which are forces for harmony and peace.

In the life of a musician, serving the great composers is an immense privilege and sharing musical emotions with the audience is an immense joy. But I also feel that passing on the love of music to future generations is a noble mission, a natural commitment and an im-portant duty. This is why I place so much importance on the influence of the Crans-montana master Classes, which have encountered huge success from the be-

ginning thanks to prestigious teachers such as Zakhar Bron, Victor Danchenko, Hagai Shaham and Cihat askin. my hope is that from year to year the financial resources of Crans-montana Classics will enable it to welcome a growing number of candidates emerging from the major international violin competitions.

over the years I have had the good fortune to lead many master Classes on all the continents and to share my passion for the violin and for music with young virtuo-sos. Today I take a certain pride in contributing in my own way to promoting the image of Crans-montana throughout the world.

maestro Shlomo Mintzartistic Director

As President of the Pierre arnaud and Caprices Festival Foundations, I am delighted to see how Crans-montana Classics is enhancing the cultural life of the resort through prestigious concerts and attracting soloists who come from all over the world to attend master Classes given by internationally re-nowned teachers. It is extremely important for our resort to offer both its residents and visitors a wide range of cultural and artistic events and thus to give them an additional reason to visit and stay with us.

The Pierre arnaud Foundation, which will inaugu-rate its magnificent museum in Lens in December 2013, is very pleased to work closely with other cultural associations in the Haut-Plateau. Since its creation in 2007 to honour the memory of the collector and patron Pierre arnaud, the Foun-dation has positioned itself as an intermediary between the arts and the public by facilitating access to cultural events for many people. Just as was the case with Caprices Festival, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, I am convinced that CmC’s concerts-events and master Classes will, with each passing year, obtain an international renown and reputation.

Daniel SalzmannPresident of the Pierre arnaud Foundation

Pierre ArnaudFoundation

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thank youour heartiest thanks to our generous partners

for their exceptional support

ProGramme oF ConCerTSSAturDAy, June 29 - Hôtel royal, Crans, 5 pm - Concert offZHdK Strings * artistic Director: rudolf Koelmann

SAturDAy, AuguSt 3 - Centre de Congrès Le régent, Crans, 8:30 pmVirtuoso and young talents Shlomo Mintz, violin, Itamar golan, piano olga Volkova,1st Prize Winner Carl nielsen Competition erzhan Kulibaev, 1st Prize Winner Buenos aires Competition Fédor roudine, Laureate Buenos aires Competition

tueSDAy, AuguSt 6 - Chapelle St-Christophe, Crans, 8:30 pmPiano recital elmar gasanov, piano under the patronage of the Pierre arnaud Foundation

tHurSDAy, AuguSt 8 - Hôtel royal, Crans, 8:30 pm - Concert offConcert of the Master Classes participants - Friends of CmC’s evening

SAturDAy, AuguSt 10 - Chapelle St-Christophe, Crans, 8:30 pmConcert « In a free spirit » Yair Dalal, oud and violin - Cihat askin, violin - erez monk, percussion

MonDAy, AuguSt 12 - Hôtel royal, Crans, 8:30 pm - Concert offConcert of the Master Classes participants

weDneSDAy, AuguSt 14 - Hôtel royal, Crans, 89:30 pm - Concert offConcert of the Master Classes participants

SAturDAy, AuguSt 17 - Centre de Congrès Le régent, Crans, 8:30 pmClosing Concert Shlomo mintz, viola, and alma Deutscher, violinnew russian Quartet, strings ensemble

tHurSDAy, AuguSt 22- alpage de Colombire, 6 pm - Concert offConcert on the Alpe * geneva Brass Quintetmusical raclette outing

a foretaste of the Winter SeasonSAturDAy, DeCeMBer 7 - eglise de montana, 8 pm - Concert offCeremony of Carols - ensemble vocal Sierrénade

weDneSDAy, JAnuAry 1St 2014Centre de Congrès Le régent, Crans, 5 pmnew year’s gala Concert - with the musicisti del Teatro alla Scala

* In partnership with the APACH Academy 7

Saturday, June 29, 2013Hôtel royal, Crans, 5 pm - Concert off

ZHdK StringS

rudolf Koelman, artistic Director

Piotr i. tchaikovskySouvenir de Florence, String Sextett, Op. 70

Felix MendelssohnString Octet in E flat major, Op. 20

Saturday, august 3, 2013Centre de Congrès Le régent, Crans, 8:30 pm

ConCert virtuoSoSand young talentS

olga Volkova, 1st Prize Winner Carl nielsen Competitionerzhan Kulibaev, 1st Prize Winner Buenos aires CompetitionFédor roudine, Laureate Buenos aires Competition

Shlomo Mintz, violinItamar golan, piano

astor Piazzolla Grand Tango for violin and piano

niccolò Paganini Mose-Fantasia

Pablo de Sarasate Spanish dance no. 6, ‘Le Chant du Rossignol’, Op. 29

Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

niccolò Paganini‘La Campanella’, Rondo from the Violin Concerto No. 2 In B Minor, Op. 7

Pablo de Sarasate Spanish Dances, No. 2, Op. 21, « Habañera »

Maurice ravel Tzigane

emmanuel Chabrier Scherzo-Valse dedicated to Eugène Ysaÿe

niccolò Paganini Le Streghe, Op.8 “The Witch”

ernest Chausson Poème, Op. 25

Charles danclaLe Carnaval de Venise, brilliant fantasy for 4 violins, Op. 119

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Tuesday, august 6, 2013Chapelle St-Christophe, Crans, 8:30 pm

Piano reCitalUnder the patronage of the Pierre Arnaud Foundation

elmar gasanov, piano

Johannes BrahmsVariations and Fugue on a Theme by Händel, Op. 24 Johannes BrahmsRhapsody Op. 79, No. 1, in B minor Sergei rachmaninoffVariations on a Theme of Corelli Sergei rachmaninoff6 Romances, No. 6, Op. 4 “How long, my friend” (arrangement Vedernikov) Sergei rachmaninoff12 Romances, No. 11, Op. 14 «Spring Waters» (arrangement Vedernikov) Sergei rachmaninoffDaises, Op. 38Fritz KreislerLiebesfreud (arrangement Sergei Rachmaninoff)

Saturday, august 10 2013Chapelle St-Christophe, Crans, 8:30 pm

ConCert « in a Free SPirit »

yair Dalal, oud and violinCihat Askin, violinerez Monk, percussion

a musical journey that will take us to the east and the West and that will combine an-cient and modern music. musical freedom is to go through magical unique compositions and improvisations.

The artists make us discover another spiritual wealth of ‘maqam’ (traditional arabic music), Jewish and Turkish music.

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Saturday, august 17, 2013Centre de Congrès Le régent, Crans, 8:30 pm

CloSing ConCertnew russian Quartet:

Julia Igonina, Violin I elena Kharitonova, Violin II Mikhail rudoy, Viola Alexey Steblev, Cello

Alma Deutscher, ViolinShlomo Mintz, Viola

alma deutscherQuartet in A Major (2012)alexander BorodinNocturne from String quartet in D major No. 2Piotr i. tchaikovskyAllegretto vivo e scherzando from String quartet in es minor No. 3 Op. 30Modest Moussorgsky«Gopak» from the opera Sorochintsï Fair (arr. for string quartet)nikolai KapustinRondo frivole for string quartet, Op.150 (world-première, written for the New Russian Quartet in 2013)Johannes BrahmsString quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111

maSTer CLaSSeSThe violin master Classes are primarily aimed at winners of important in-ternational competitions. Launched in 2012, they were highly successful and attracted a large and enthusiastic audience. The number of candidates has grown threefold this year, to the extent that we have even had to ex-clude some very high-level applicants from all over the world.

This success is due above all to an internationally renowned team of tea-chers, such as Zakhar Bron, Victor Danchenko and Cihat askin, who have responded unhesitatingly to maestro Shlomo mintz’s invitation.

This summer, CmC is proud to present an eight-year-old violin prodigy, alma Deutscher, to the audience and guests of Crans-montana. This British musician has already composed several works, including an opera and a vio-lin concerto, in which she will be performing as soloist with the new rus-sian Quartet and maestro Shlomo mintz at the final concert on august 17.

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ProGramme oF maSTer CLaSSeSanD WorKSHoPFroM tueSDAy, AuguSt 6 to tHurSDAy, AuguSt 15 Hôtel royal, Crans, 4 pm - 7 pm - except Sunday, august 11

august 8 and 13

Cihat Askin

august 6, 9 and 15

Shlomo Mintz

august 12 and 14

Zakhar Bron

august 7 and 10

Victor Danchenko

SunDAy, AuguSt 11 - Hôtel royal, Crans, 10 pm to 11:30 pm workshop with yair DalalIntroduction to the music of the middle-east, oud and violin

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accompanied on the piano by : Alvin Moisey, Sander Sittig

Diana Adamyan (13) armenia

woo Hyung Kim (21) South Korea

LeoMarillier (18) France

ezgiSarikcioglu (18) Turkey

gennaroCardaropoli (16) Italy

JeongminLee (25) South Korea

Hadarrimon (27) Israel

olgaVolkava (22) russia

Alma Deutscher (8) Britain

SergiiMaiboroda (22) ukraine / Spain

ozanSari (24)Turkey

Iskanderwidjaja (27) Indonesia

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Shlomo Mintz Critics, colleagues and audiences regard Shlomo mintz as one of the foremost violinists of our time, esteemed for his impeccable musicianship, stylistic versatility and commanding technique alike. Born in moscow in 1957, he immigrated to Israel with his family two years later, where he studied the violin with Ilona Feher. at the age of 14, he made his concert debut with the Israel Philharmonic orchestra and at the age of 16 he made his debut in Carnegie Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony orches-tra, under the patronage of Isaac Stern. Since then he regularly appears with the most celebrated orchestras and conductors on the international music scene. In the 2012/2013 Season, he celebrated his 50th anniver-sary on stage with a concert with the national orchestra of France in the Champs elysées Theatre among other festivities. Shlomo mintz has been a jury member of several important international competitions including the Tchaikovsky Competition in moscow and the Queen elisabeth Interna-tional music Competition in Brussels. He was President of the Jury of the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition and the Sion Valais International Violin Competition and was at the same time the artistic Director of the International music Festival Sion Valais. He co-founded the Keshet eilon International Violin mastercourse in Israel and remained its patron for over 18 years. Currently he presides over the munetsugu angel Violin Competition in nagoya, Japan and the Buenos aires International Violin Competition and gives master Classes all over the world. Together with Violin Horizon he is co-founder of the first online music academy (www.shlomo-mintz.com), where lessons can be downloaded at an affor-dable price by violinists from around the world. mintz frequently appears as a soloist in concerts for Violins of Hope, a project that aims to promote peace through music. In 2010 Violins of Hope performed in a world first at Sion, as part of an initiative organised by Jean Bonvin and Shlomo mintz. He has won several prestigious prizes including the Premio Internazionale accademia musicale Chigiana, the Diapason D’or, the Grand Prix du Disque, the Gramophone award and the edison award. In 2006 he was awarded an Honorary Degree from the Ben-Gurion university in Beersheba, Israel.

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Cihat Aşkın, from Istanbul is a prominent figure in the Turkish and in-ternational music life and he has been a regular soloist for all the major orchestras of Turkey. He has won many prizes, among them the Istanbul Philharmonic Society award, The best Bartók interpreter at the Yehudi me-nuhin Competition (1987), the outstanding merit Prize at the London Carl Flesch Competition (1990) and the Foyer des artistes (Italy, 2002). a noted champion and broadcaster of modern Turkish music, Cihat aşkın has re-corded extensively and has released the first integral recording of Kreutzer 42 etudes that was highly acclaimed by the critics. apart from being a performer aşkın composes pieces for violin and various instruments. aşkın became the founder and music director of the Istanbul Chamber orches-tra and was the founder of the Istanbul modern music ensemble. He also established an educational project called ‘Cihat aşkın and Little Friends’ which develops the violin education throughout Turkey. He serves as a jury member in many international competitions; he also gives master classes and is currently Professor of music at the Turkish State music Conservatory.

Zakhar Bron, born in uralsk, is well known the world over as a phenome-nal violin pedagogue and an inspiring performer. Prize-winner of the Hen-ryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition of Poznan, Poland, and the Queen elisabeth International music Competition of Belgium, Zakhar Bron has performed throughout europe, the ex-uSSr and Japan with major orchestras conducted by such eminent maestros as mariss Jansons, arnold Katz and Justus Franz. He has given countless seminars and master classes all over the globe and has been praised time and time again for his approach to teaching that is centred on the student and totally immersed in his art. His students have included the likes of Vadim repin, maxim Ven-gerov and natalia Prischepenko. Zakhar Bron settled in Cologne 1997 and currently teaches at the universities of Vienna, Barcelona, Zurich and Seoul.

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yair Dalal (Iraq/Israel) is a composer, violinist, oud player and singer. This prolific musician plays an important role in shaping the global world mu-sic scene. over the last decade he has created 11 albums, covering wide and varied cultural territory, authentically representing Israel’s cultures and fusing them through music as a whole. much of Dalal’s work reflects his extensive musical skills in both classical and arabic music and also reflects a strong affinity he has for the desert and its inhabitants. Dalal creates new middle eastern music by interweaving the traditions of Iraqi and Jewish arabic music with a range of influences originating from such diverse cultural milieus as the Balkans to India. The evocative compositions comprise a unique and colourful sound. apart from creating music, Dalal devotes his time to preserving musical heritages from becoming extinct – the Babylonian musical heritage and the music of the Beduin (the Sinai desert nomads).

Victor Danchenko is an internationally renowned artist and pedagogue. He graduated from the moscow Conservatory where he studied with David oistrakh. recognized as one of the leading teachers of today, he was on the faculty at the Curtis Institute of music for 17 years, is currently teaching at the Peabody Conservatory of music, and in the fall of 2013 will also start serving as a visiting artist at the Glenn Gould School of music in Toronto, Canada. He has participated as a jury member of major international com-petitions and also continues to conduct master classes in the uSa, Cana-da, Japan, Korea, Israel, and europe, where he remains in great demand. His students have won major awards and competitions and appeared with concerts and recitals on all continents. among his many successful students there are concertmasters of various orchestras, first violinists of major string quartets, members of major orchestras and various conser-vatories. Participant of numerous summer school and festivals around the globe, mr. Danchenko conducted a unique “Victor Danchenko Internatio-nal Violin master Course” entitled “The art of Playing with Symphony or-chestras” in St. Petersburg, russa in the summers of 2010 and 2011.

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Alma Deutscher (8) started playing the piano aged 2 and the violin aged 3. She started improvising when she was 4 years old. She composed her first sonata (for piano) at the age of 6. When she was 7, she composed a short opera, « The Sweeper of Dreams ». alma studies violin with natalya Boyarsky (royal College of music, London, and Yehudi menuhin School), piano with ruth nye mBe (royal College of music, London, and Yehudi me-nuhin School), improvisation and composition with Tobias Cramm (Basel) and Prof. robert Gjerdingen (northwestern university, Chicago). She plays on a ½ size violin lent by master Luthier amnon Weinstein (Tel aviv). In 2011, at the invitation of the President of Israel, Shimon Peres, she played to him at his residence in Jerusalem. In may 2013 at the mendelssohn mu-seum in Berlin, she played a concert of her own compositions (for violin, piano, and string quartet).

elmar gasanov (30) from Sevastopol in ukraine won 3rd Prize and the Schumann Prize at the 12th Géza anda Concours in Zurich (2012). He be-gan his piano study at very early age and continued his studies at the mos-cow music School and from 2003 at the moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Thanks to a scholarship, Gasanov was able to take a postgraduate diploma in London at the royal College of music. other prizes he won at various international piano competitions are the Krainev Competition in Kharkov in ukraine (2000), the Liszt-Bartók Competition Budapest (2006), the Hamamatsu Competition Japan (2009), the Isang Yun Competition South Korea (2010) and the Hong Kong Competition (2011). elmar Gasanov has given performances not just in ukraine and in russia, but also in various countries in europe. In Switzerland he played at the Tonhalle Zurich with the musikkollegium Winterthur under Theodor Guschlbauer and with the Zurich Tonhalle orchestra under David Zinman.

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Itamar golan was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, and his family emigrated to Israel when he was one year old. He gave his first recital in Tel aviv at the age of 7. He has been partnering the most outstanding instrumentalists of our time for more than two decades. His work has brought him great critical acclaim, and he is one of the most sought after pianists of his gene-ration, playing on the most prestigious stages around the world. Since his earliest years, Itamar Golan’s passion has been chamber music. over the years, he has collaborated on regular base with maxim Vengerov, Vadim repin, Julian rachlin, mischa maisky, Shlomo mintz, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haen-del and Janine Jansen, among many others. He is a frequent participant in many prestigious international music festivals and has made numerous recordings for labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Warner Classics, Dec-ca, emI and Sony Classical. Since 1994, he has taught chamber music at the Conservatory in Paris, where he also resides.

erzhan Kulibaev (26) from Kazakhstan was 1st Prize winner of the Bue-nos aires Violin Competition 2012. He started his education at the age of 6 at the School of music for Talented Children in Kazakhstan and then entered the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory of moscow at 12. Since 2004, erzhan has been perfecting his practice with Zakhar Bron in madrid and in the Glinka State Conservatory of novosibirsk. He received four 1st prizes in international violin competitions, and special awards in the Demidovski (russia, 2003), Lisbon (2006), novossibirsk (2007) and Paul Hindemith (Berlin, 2010) competitions. In 2011 he was awarded the Distinction of Honour and was a laureate in the 14th International Competition H. Wie-niawski in Poland. erzhan has performed on european and asian stages, with distinguished maestros. In 2006 and 2010 he received the Honours Diploma to the Best Student in Prof. Bron’s violin class from the hands of the Queen of Spain. He performs with the magnificent Stradivarius «rode» from 1722, on loan from the maggini Foundation.

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Alvin Moisey His passion for music has often landed him in some of the world’s hottest spots. So he has performed outdoors on the Israeli-Le-banese border or on the Golan Heights. Despite a taste for adventure he has not eschewed visits to the more stable democracies of the world, ha-ving performed all over europe as well as making frequent tours of the uSa and the Far east He has also worked alongside such distinguished artists as the violinists Shlomo mintz and Ida Haendel. He toured Great Britain as music Director of the Lewis London Ballet Company, directing several hundred performances of the Tchaikovsky ballets from the keyboard in his own arrangements for small chamber ensemble. He lives in London where he fulfils teaching commitments at the royal College of music, London College of music and Imperial College.

erez Monk, from Israel, has been playing for many years on various per-cussion instruments. He is basically trained in tabla, which he learned for many years with the master Pandit ram naharein in India. The tabla is a membranophone percussion instrument and the term tabla is derived from an arabic word, tabl, which simply means “drum.» erez monk also plays mediterranean percussion instruments like the Darbuka (a goblet drum) and the Daf (a large Persian frame drum). He takes part in many ensembles that perform ethnic music, in TV shows and recordings in Israel and abroad and teaches in music institutions. He has been playing with Yair Dalal for many years.

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Fédor roudine (21) from moscow started playing the violin at the age of 5. In 1999 he entered the Paris Conservatory where he graduated with the “Premier Prix” at the age of 11. He continued his studies there, before entering the prestigious class of Professor Zakhar Bron at the High school of music of Cologne in 2005. Fédor is the 1st Prize winner of many interna-tional violin competitions, such as « andrea Postacchini » in Fermo (Italy), « Louis Spohr » in Weimar (Germany) and « Yankelevitch » in omsk (russia). most recently he was awarded, for the first time in the competition’s histo-ry, the Grand Prix in the 2012 aram Khachaturian competition in Yerevan (armenia), where he also won the audience Prize. He is laureate of the novossibirsk, the Valsesia (Italy, 2012) and the Buenos aires (argentina, 2012) international violin competitions. Fédor has already performed with many worldknown orchestras and enjoys playing chamber music. He plays a copy of the “Kreutzer” Stradivari, made in London by the famous luthier Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.

Sander Sittig studied at the amsterdam Conservatory with Jan Wijn. after winning prizes at several international piano competitions he embar-ked on a career that took him all over europe, often as a partner of famous violinists such as Shlomo mintz, Ilya Grubert or Liza Ferschtman. Sander Sittig performs regularly for radio and television. His recitals are famous for his lively and informative talks. He is a regular performer at the thea-trical youth concerts of the Concertgebouw-based oorkaan Company and is a pianist of the International Holland music Sessions and the Sion Inter-national Violin Competition as well as of several other master classes and summer academies. Last year, he accompanied the violinists Cihat askin, Hagai Shaham and Shlomo mintz during concerts of « Violins of Hope » in Charlotte (uSa). Sander Sittig lives in amsterdam and teaches at the rotterdam Conservatory.

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olga Volkova (22), born in Vladivostok, started her violin education at the age of 5 and her first public solo recital took place, when she was only 7. She won her first violin competition at the age of 8 and since then she has played solo, orchestra and chamber music recitals throughout the world. Her first major teacher was Prof. Felix Kalman at Central State Prokofiev music School of Vladivostok. When she was 12, maestro rostropovich in-vited her to study with Prof. I. Botchkova at the Central music School of the Tchaikovsky moscow Conservatory. In 2009 she emigrated to Germany and since then she has been studying at the academy of music of Cologne in the class of the world renowned violinist and teacher Prof. Zakhar Bron. olga has performed already in many prestigious venues and is the winner of several international competitions and festivals such as the 1st Prize of the Carl nielsen International Competition in Denmark (2012).

The Geneva Brass Quintet (GBQ), founded in 2001 by David rey, is a formation composed of Swiss musicians, all holders of a master of the uni-versity of music in Geneva. The GBQ performs regularly on Swiss stages at prestigious series and venues and is a regular guest at the Schubertiade of Swiss radio espace 2. In 2008, GBQ started its international career with a major tour in South africa and with an extensive tour in China, as well as a concert in Dubai (2011). other projects are in the process for South america and asia. The first CD of the quintet, «Brass@ge», was released in 2009 and received excellent critics in their home country and abroad. For its 10th an-niversary, the GBQ have recorded a second album called « GBQ & Friends » in collaboration with other musicians. Their eclectic repertoire varies in styles and times and includes also on a regular basis works of Swiss com-posers, some of them commissioned by the Geneva Brass Quintet.

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The new russian Quartet consist of Julia Igonina (1st violin), elena Kha-ritonova (2nd violin), mikhail rudoy (viola) and alexey Steblev (cello). They are all musicians from russia, who have devoted many years to the art of quartet playing and who have broad experiences in the field of ensemble performance. The quartet has played in collaboration with many pro-minent musicians such as Jessie norman, Vladimir Spivakov, alexander ru-din, nikolay Petrov, Yuri Bashmet and Shlomo mintz. They have performed in russia’s best concert halls and participated in festivals throughout eu-rope and asia. The creative range of the quartet reaches from the Viennese classics and the masterpieces of russian composers up to contemporary music and jazz. Future plans of the new russian Quartet includes a CD re-cording, touring to Spain, Great Britain, Italy, the netherlands, Switzerland and in russia, performing all Beethoven and Shostakovich quartets. The musicians perform on unique Italian instruments by Panormo, Gofriller, amati and Storioni from the russian State’s collection.

The ZHdK Strings are a young and dynamic ensemble with 15 to 18 of the best students from concert and soloists classes of the distingui-shed Zurich university of the arts ‘ZHdK’ in Switzerland. Leader, orga-nizer and Professor of violin rudolf Koelman founded the Strings in 2005. The ZHdK Strings have already performed at various festivals and concert halls in Switzerland and Italy with renowned soloists such as Shlomo mintz, raphael Wallfisch, and David Johnson. The ZHdK Strings recorded 2 CD’s with mozart, Dvorak, Bottesini and Zwicky (Swiss com-poser) works. In 2010 they were the first string ensemble in europe to perform on the Violins of Hope, during the Violins of Hope exhibition at Sion Festival, a project initiated by Professor Jean Bonvin and maestro Shlomo mintz. In 2012 they made a tour to Korea, to accompany soloist and ZHdK graduate Donghwan Yoon, in may 2013 a tour to Turkey was organized to accompany soloist and ZHdK graduate Brusk Zanganeh.

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Professor Jean Bonvin was President of the International music Festival Sion Valais from 2001 to 2011. Former senior international civil servant, he devoted his career to economic and diplomatic relations. notably, he was President of the oeCD Development Centre in Paris until 2000, professor of international economic relations at the Paris Descartes university and the university of Lille as well as at the Institute of advanced Studies in Public administration at the university of Lausanne. Specialising in development issues, he founded the Faculty of economic and Social Sciences of Burundi, of which he was Dean. For many years Jean Bonvin was also a member of the International Committee of the red Cross in Geneva. Today he is part of several scientific committees and is also special advisor to the government of the People’s republic of China.

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- Chapelle St-Christophe, Crans Category 1 : CHF 60 - category 2 : CHF 30 - youth Special : remaining tickets 30 minutes before the concert begins will be offered to students, apprentices and children at the exceptional price of CHF 10.

Committee

Professeur Jean Bonvin, PresidentPierre Perrenoud, TreasurerChristian Barras, memberManuel espejo, member

Honorary Presidentgaston Barras

artistic DirectorMaestro Shlomo Mintz

President of the Friends of Crans-montana ClassicsChristian Barras

executive directionVéronique Lindemann

artistic coordination & master Classes’ organizationIrma de Jong

Graphic design and photography : Chab LathionWebmaster: fioralis Sàrl Tickets : Booking Corner

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