THE
AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM NEW YORK
PRESENTS
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23 | 7:30 PM
Sándor RIGO, Saxophone
Christina LEEB-GRILL, Piano
PROGRAM
Paule Maurice (1910-1967): Tableaux de Provence (1954-59)
Pièrre Max Dubois (1930-1995): 5 Pièces charactèristiques en forme de Suite op.77 (1962)
John Williams (1932- ): Escapades (from the film "Catch me if you can")
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Jenö Takács (1902-2005): Two Fantastics op.88/1
Karl Haidmayer (1927- ): Romanesca 10
Andreas Wykydal (1966-): Short Story III
Michael Nyman (1944-): Shaping the Curve (1990)
CHRISTINA LEEB-GRILL
Christina Leeb-Grill was born in Vienna in 1976. She started with formal piano training at the age of 4. From 1990 she studied at the Musikuniversitaet in Vienna with Alma Sauer, Michael Krist, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Michael Hruby and Paul Stejskal. She has participated in various international master-classes and in chamber music seminars in Austria, Germany, France, England and Switzerland. Leeb-Grill repeatedly won prizes in the Austrian Federal Competition "Jugend musiziert" and frequently appeared in recitals, as a soloist with an orchestra, as chamber music player, and as a vocal- and instrumental accompanist in important venues in Austria and abroad.
SANDOR RIGO
Sandor Rigo was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied classical saxophone at the Univeristy of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Rigo was a member of the Orchestra of the National Theatre, Gyor and also of the National Philharmony Orchestra, Gyor. He has been playing with various piano and chamber ensemles in Europe. He further works with jazz groups and world music groups.
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 24 | 7:30 PM
HUGO WOLF QUARTET
"striking performance" - NY Times, October 2008
PROGRAM
HENRI DUTILLEUX
AINSI LA NUIT
QUATUOR A CORDES
WOLFGANG MUTHSPIEL
STRING QUARTET
GYÖRGY LIGETI
STRING QUARTET NO.1
MÉTAMORPHOSES NOCTURNES
The Quartet
Sebastian GUERTLER, Violin, Régis BRINGOLF, Violin, Gertrud WEINMEISTER, Viola, Florian BERNER, Violoncello
Within just a few short years the Hugo Wolf Quartett has developed from a chamber music lover's insider tip to one of the most sought after string quartets of its generation. Critics the world over have provided testimony to its rapid development: "New stars in the quartet heaven" (Der Standard, Vienna.; "Urgent and impassioned, but with an absolute commitment to the ideal values of every note" (Los Angeles Times). "One hears in these players, embryonically and in miniature, the qualities that make the Vienna Philharmonic special". (New York Times). The Hugo Wolf Quartett was founded at the Vienna University of Music. Shortly thereafter, the four young musicians won the Fifth International String Quartet Competition in Cremona and took first prize at the 45th International G.B. Viotti Chamber Music Competition, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Special Prize, and the European Cultural Award for Chamber Music and made their debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus, a moment that was celebrated by public and press alike. The Hugo Wolf Quartett has concertized for over ten years in the most prominent concert halls and renowned festivals. The quartet's repertoire spans across the two Viennese Schools and has performed a number or world premiers which received high critical acclaim. In addition they have ventured into including the attractive Jazz work by Kenny Wheeler into their programs.
RESERVATIONS |
Free admission. Reservations required.
For reservations, please call ACF's reservation line at (212) 319 5300 ext. 222 or email reservations@acfny.org .
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VENUE |
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street
(between 5th Ave. and Madison Ave.)
New York, NY 10022
212 319 5300
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