Press Release

12th International Pharos Chamber Music Festival

May-June 2012

“From Aphrodite's hill-top Sanctuary to an idyllic olive grove, the stunning locations of

the Pharos Chamber Music Festival attract top musicians year after year”

BBC Music Magazine, March 2012

Wednesday 16 May / The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8:30pm

Michala Petri / Recorders Lars Hannibal / Guitar, Lute

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Sonata in F major for treble recorder and basso continuo Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Partita c-minor, BWV 1013 for treble recorder solo Antonio Vivaldi (1679 – 1750) Sonata in G-major for soprano recorder and Basso continuo Giuseppe Tartini (1692 – 1770) Sonata G minor for treble, soprano and sopranino recorders and basso continuo (Devil`s Trill Sonata)

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Joseph Küffner (1776 – 1856) Potpourri sur des Airs Nationaux Francais for recorder and guitar Carl Scheindienst (ca. 1800) Variationen on “Gestern Aben var Vetter Mikkel da” for recorder and guitar Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992) Histoire du Tango for recorders and guitar (1985) Bordel 1900 / Cafè 1930 / Night-Club 1960

Ancient Chinese Structure Ge Xi Mei Ling for tenor recorder and guitar Michala Petri (b.1958) Variations on a Danish folks tune Mads Doss for solo recorder Edouard Lalo (1823 – 1892) Fantaisie Norwégienne for recorders and guitar

This concert is supported by the Embassy of Denmark

Wednesday 23 May / The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8:30pm

Streichtrio Berlin Thomas Selditz / violin Felix Schwartz / viola Andreas Greger / cello

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Trio for Strings, Op. 9, No. 2 D major (1798) Bohuslav Martinů (1890 – 1959) String Trio No. 2, H. 238 (1934)

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Trio for Strings, Op. 8, No. 2 ("Serenade") in D major (1797)

In collaboration with Goethe-Institut Cyprus

25, 26, 27, 30, 31 May 1 June / Royal Manor House, Kouklia / 8:30pm

Violin Daishin Kashimoto, Boris Brovtsyn, Alina Pogostkina, Maja Avramovic, Levon Chilingirian Viola Diemut Poppen, Philip Dukes, David Abrahamyan Cello Alexander Chaushian, Boris Andrianov, Tim Park Piano Ashley Wass, Vahan Mardirossian, Matan Porat Flute Emmanuel Pahud Clarinet Chen Halevi Guitar Timotheos Stylianides

Friday 25 May / Royal Manor House, Kouklia / 8:30pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Flute Quartet No.3 in C, K.285b (1778) Emmanuel Pahud / flute, Levon Chilingirian / violin, Philip Dukes / viola, Tim Park / cello

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 –1847) Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839) arrangement for flute Emmanuel Pahud / flute, Ashley Wass / piano, Alexander Chaushian / cello

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Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 (1861) Ashley Wass / piano, Levon Chilingirian / violin, Maya Avramovic / violin, Philip Dukes / viola, Tim Park / cello

SATURDAY 26 MAY / Royal Manor House, Kouklia / 8:30pm

Carl Maria von Weber (1786 – 1826) Trio, for flute, cello and piano, Op.63 (1819) Emmanuel Pahud / flute, Tim Park / cello, Vahan Mardirossian / piano Gioacchino Rossini (1792 – 1868) Sonata a Quattro No.1 in G (1804) Emmanuel Pahud / flute, Maja Avramovic / violin, Philip Dukes / viola, Tim Park / cello

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Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) Piano Quartet in A minor (1876) Vahan Mardirossian / piano, Maja Avramovic / violin, Philip Dukes / viola, Tim Park / cello

Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81 (1887) Daishin Kashimoto / violin, Maja Avramovic / violin, Philip Dukes / viola, Alexander Chaushian / cello, Matan Porat / piano

SUNDAY 27 MAY / Royal Manor House, Kouklia / 8:30pm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) Flute Quartet No. 4 in A major, K. 298 (1787) Emmanuel Pahud / flute, Maja Avramovic / violin, Philip Dukes / viola, Tim Park / cello Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 – 1959) Chôro No. 2 for flute and clarinet (1924) Chen Halevi / clarinet, Emmanuel Pahud / flute

Erik Satie (1866 – 1925) Gnossiennes Nos. 1 & 2 (1890/93) Timotheos Stylianides / guitar

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901 – 1999) Tres Piezas Españolas (Fandango, Passacaglia, Zapateado) (1954) Timotheos Stylianides / guitar

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Matan Porat Duo for Clarinet and Piano (2012) Matan Porat / piano, Chen Halevi / clarinet

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphony No. 3 in E flat, 'Eroica' arrangement for piano quartet (1804) Ashley Wass / piano, Levon Chilingirian / violin, Philip Dukes / viola, Alexander Chaushian / cello

WEDNESDAY 30 MAY / Royal Manor House, Kouklia / 8:30pm Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in A Minor, Op. 114 (1891) Chen Halevi / clarinet, Boris Andrianov / cello, Vahan Mardirossian / piano

Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 132 (1853) Chen Halevi / clarinet, Diemut Poppen / viola, Matan Porat / piano

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Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Terzetto in C for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74 (1887) Levon Chilingirian / violin, Boris Brovtsyn / violin, David Abrahamyan / viola

Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1929) Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op 15 (1883) Vahan Mardirossian / piano, Boris Brovtsyn / violin, Diemut Poppen / viola, Alexander Chaushian / cello

THURSDAY 31 MAY / Royal Manor House, Kouklia / 8:30pm Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Viola da Gamba Sonata in G major, BWV 1027 (1720) Diemut Poppen / viola, Alexander Chaushian / cello, Matan Porat / piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (1944) Alina Pogostkina / violin, Boris Andrianov / cello, Matan Porat / piano

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Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899) Concerto in D, for piano, violin, and string quartet, Op.21 (1889-91) Ashley Wass / piano, Daishin Kashimoto / violin, Levon Chilingirian / violin, , Boris Brovtsyn / violin, David Abrahamyan / viola, Alexander Chaushian / cello

FRIDAY 1 JUNE / Royal Manor House, Kouklia / 8:30pm Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) Trio for piano, violin and cello in A minor (1914) Ashley Wass / piano, Daishin Kashimoto / violin, Alex Chaushian / cello Josef Suk (1874 – 1935) Piano Quartet in A minor, Op.1 (1891) Matan Porat / piano, Alina Pogostkina / violin, Diemut Poppen / viola, Alexander Chaushian / cello

Frank Martin (1890 - 1974) Pièces Brèves (Prelude, Air, Plainte) (1933) Timotheos Stylianides / guitar

Dionisio Aguado (1784 – 1849) Rondo in A minor, Op. 2, No. 2 (1822) Timotheos Stylianides / guitar

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Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Opus 111 (1890) Alina Pogostkina / violin, Levon Chilingirian / violin, , Diemut Poppen / viola , David Abrahamyan / viola, Boris Andrianov / cello

Saturday 2 June / The Olive Grove, Delikipos / 8:30pm Violin / Daishin Kashimoto, Boris Brovtsyn, Alina Pogostkina, Levon Chilingirian Viola / Diemut Poppen, David Abrahamyan Cello / Alexander Chaushian, Boris Andrianov

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 –1893) String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70 (1890) Boris Brovtsyn / violin, Alina Pogostkina / violin, Diemut Poppen / viola, David Abrahamyan / viola, Boris Andrianov / cello, Alexander Chaushian / cello Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) String Octet Op. 11 (1925) Daishin Kashimoto / violin, Alina Pogostkina / violin, Boris Brovtsyn / violin, Levon Chilingirian / violin, Diemut Poppen / viola, David Abrahamyan / viola, Alexander Chaushian / cello, Boris Andrianov / cello

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Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 (1865) Levon Chilingirian / violin, Boris Brovtsyn / violin, Diemut Poppen / viola , David Abrahamyan / viola, Boris Andrianov / cello, Alexander Chaushian / cello

Friday 8 June / The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8:30pm The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra String Quartet Ilya Konovalov / violin Shmuel Glaser / violin Dmitry Ratush / viola Felix Nemirovsky / cello

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703 (1820) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (1946)

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Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907) String Quartet No. 1 in g minor, Op. 27 (1878)