TRIO FOR TWO

KAMILLA SCHATZ

, Violin

EMIL ROVNER

, Cello and Bass-Baritone

Private: kamilla.schatz@vtxfree.ch
Agency:
Behrendt Artists Management
15 Rte de Prè-Marais
CH-1233 Bernex
Switzerland
Tel/Fax: +41 22 757 65 06
cbehrendt@hispeed.ch
www.behrendtartistsmanagement.com

These two well-known young musicians regularly perform the classical and contemporary repertoire as soloists with major orchestras and as chamber musicians at international festivals. However, they are also fascinated by the artistic possibilities of presenting music from very different periods by combining the violin with bass-baritone/cello performed by one person. Another much-acclaimed specialty of the "Trio for Two" is the juxtaposition of old traditional songs (in Spanish, Ladino, Hebrew, Russian, Basque, Aramaic, Armenian etc) and instrumental music from the Renaissance, the Baroque, the Romantic period, and the present. The brilliant virtuosity and the rich and multicolored sound of their original arrangements have already scored major triumphs throughout Europe. No other ensemble currently offers such programs.
The "Trio for Two" is named after the eponymous composition written for and dedicated to them by the noted Russian composer Evgeny Shcherbakov. The "Trio for Two" has successfully premièred this piece at the Lucerne Festival 2004. Recently the Swiss composer Balz Trümpy has composed for, and dedicated to them his "Duetti concertanti".


Program examples

Example I: "Fascination folklore"

Russian folk song "Kak pod Yablon'koy" 3 min
B. Britten: Suite No. 3 for solo cello, based on Russian folk tunes 20 min
Medieval Sephardic ballade "Cuando el Rey Nimrod" 4 min
P. Ben-Haïm: Sonata in G for solo violin, dedicated to Y. Menuhin, 1951 15 min
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Traditional songs from Bali variable
P. Norgard: "Tjampuan" for violin and cello, 1992 11 min
Basque folk song "Argizagi ederra" 3 min
M. Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello, 1921/22 20 min
E. Rovner/K. Schatz: "Paganiniana" 5 min

Example II:

J. S. Bach: Aria from one of the cantatas 5 min
B. Trümpy: "Duetti concertanti" for violin and violoncello 15 min
J. S. Bach: Suite for violoncello solo 20 min
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Songs from the Renaissance 20 min
K. A. Hartmann: Sonata for violin solo 15 min
E. Shcherbakov: "Trio for Two" 7 min
Old folk songs from the Orient variable