Stage One presents
JS BACH: GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
Nisos String Trio
Wolfgang Schröder (violin), Sorin Alexandru Horlea (viola), Irini Dimitriadou (cello)
Friday 23 March 8pm
Stage One Theatre Emba Paphos
Tickets: €12
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The Nisos String Trio was founded in Nicosia in 2015. Their performances often take a lecture recital format as its members share an interest in research. So far, the Nisos String Trio have performed at the Strovolos Municipal Theatre, the European University and the Orpheus Music Hall.
Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a masterpiece originally composed for the harpsichord. The work was first published in 1741 and consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. It is considered to be one of the most important examples of variation form. The Variations were named after the German virtuoso harpsichordist and composer Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may have been their first performer. The NISOS trio will be performing Dimitri Sitkovetsky's 1984 arrangement of the work for string trio (violin/viola/cello). The performance will be preceded by a short talk given by the NISOS String Trio on the work's background and composition.
The programme:
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (String Trio arrangement)
Aria
Variation 1. a 1 Clav.
Variation 2. a 1 Clav.
Variation 3. Canone all’Unisono. a 1 Clav.
Variation 4. a 1 Clav.
Variation 5. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
Variation 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.
Variation 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga
Variation 8. a 2 Clav.
Variation 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.
Variation 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.
Variation 11. a 2 Clav.
Variation 12. a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quarta in moto contrario
Variation 13. a 2 Clav.
Variation 14. a 2 Clav.
Variation 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.: Andante
Variation 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav.
Variation 17. a 2 Clav.
Variation 18. Canone alla Sesta. a 1 Clav.
Variation 19. a 1 Clav.
Variation 20. a 2 Clav.
Variation 21. Canone alla Settima
Variation 22. a 1 Clav. alla breve
Variation 23. a 2 Clav.
Variation 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.
Variation 25. a 2 Clav.: Adagio
Variation 26. a 2 Clav.
Variation 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.
Variation 28. a 2 Clav.
Variation 29. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav.
Variation 30. a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
Aria da Capo
Wolfgang Schröder (violin) was born into a South German family and earliest studies began with his parents. At a young age Ana Chumachenko became his teacher and played a decisive role in his development as a violinist. After winning several first prizes national and international he received a scholarship at the International Menuhin Music Academy (IMMA). As a student of the Academy he has performed together with Yehudi Menuhin and Alberto Lysy, both as soloist and chamber musician in numerous European countries (Barbican Center, London), South America (Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires), and many others. After graduating from IMMA, he continued his studies at the Mozarteum University of Music in Salzburg under Prof. Sandor Vegh, and thereafter at the Mannes School of Music in New York under Prof. Aaron Rosand. Wolfgang Schröder’s solo career has included performances with the Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Symphony Orchestra, Talich Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic, Kammerorchester Basel, Rubinstein Philharmony Lodz, Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic, Camerata Salzburg, Nuremberg Symphony, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Israel Soloists Ensemble, Athens State Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra etc. As conducting concertmaster he was also the artistic director of the European Community Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) and the Camerata Stuttgart. He has worked with conductors like Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrey Boreyko, Daniel Raiskin, Simon Gaudenz… to name just a few. As an active chamber musician, he is a founder member of the Belcanto String Trio and was for many years the violinist of the Trio Parnassus. This ensemble received the prestigious Echo Classic Award for their complete recording of the Schumann piano trios. As soloist and chamber player Wolfgang Schröder performs in musical centers such as the “Philharmonie” in Berlin, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Vienna “Konzerthaus”, at the “Great Performers Series“ at Lincoln Center New York, at the “Frick Collection” Museum New York at the “Masters Series“ in London`s Wigmore Hall, at the London Barbican Hall, the Megaron Musikis of Athens and at “Teatro Colon” in Buenos Aires. Wolfgang Schröder’s chamber music partners included artists like among others Wenzel Fuchs, Eduard Brunner, Charles Neidich, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Benjamin Schmid, Alex Karr, Cyprien Katsaris, Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen, Daniel Raiskin, Ramon Jaffe, Andreas Frölich, Levon Chilingirian and Gustav Rivinius. He also has been regularly invited to major chamber music festivals such as the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland, the Open Chamber Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove (England), the Hopfgarten Festival (Austria), the Moritzburg Festival in Germany, the West Cork Festival in Ireland, the Umea and Bostad Festivals (Sweden), the International Music Festival Middelburg (Holland) , the Euriade Festival in Aachen, Germany, the International Festival of Echternach (Luxemburg) and the Ojika Festival, Japan. Wolfgang Schröder has made recordings for MDG, Divox, Ars Production, Thorofon, Symicon and CPO labels. Since 2005 he has been the 1st Concertmaster of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. A CD with the complete Sonatas for Violin by Eugene Ysaye appeared on Hook Records in 2016.
Sorin Alexandru Horlea (viola) was born in Bucharest in 1975 and started the violin at the age of 8. He graduated from "George Enescu Music High-School" where he studied under maestro Octav Savitchi and "Ciprian Porumbescu Music University" where his Professor was maestro Daniel Podlovschi. He took part in summer-courses with Viktor Pikaizen and Eugen Sarbu. In 1997 he won the third prize at the George Enescu Childhood Memories contest in Bucharest. During his university studies he played in the "Radio Chamber Orchestra", "Philarmonia Chamber Orchestra" and in Bucharest Opera but mainly in "George Enescu Philharmonic". In 2000 he moved to Lebanon to fulfil his position in Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra", where he became the assistant concert master. In 2005 he moved to Cyprus and since then is a member of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. He is also working as an associate teacher of the Cyprus Youth Orchestra. He performed lots of concerts and recitals as a soloist and in various chamber groups in Romania, France, Netherlands, Lebanon and Cyprus. Sorin also performs concerts in other styles including jazz and folk. He is member of "Cyprus String Quartet", also member of folk band "Danube Quartet". He performs regularly contemporary music as he is a resident member of the Avaton Festival and Chronos Ensemble. Sorin is playing on a modern violin by Stephan Sultanian. He has a web page: www.youtube.com/sorinestera where one can listen many samples of his live concerts.
Irini Dimitriadou (cello) was born in Nicosia, where she received her first cello lessons from Aude-Marie Auphan before moving to London in 2003. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Leonard Stehn and at the Royal Academy of Music with Mats Lidström and Jo Cole. Irini has also studied privately in Zagreb, Croatia, with Valter Dešpalj for two years and completed a second Master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne and the Orchesterzentrum NRW in 2015, in the classes of Claus Kanngiesser and Laurentiu Sbarcea. She participated in masterclasses with Peter Wöpke, Robert Nagy, Tamás Varga, Wolfgang Boettcher, Anner Bylsma, Jakob Kullberg, Rudolph Gleissner, Gregor Horsch, Steven Doane, Robert Cohen, Colin Carr and Christopher Franzius amongst others. An active orchestral and chamber musician, Irini has been a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra (2004-2010), the Gustav Mahler Academy (2010) and the Zermatt Festival Academy (2009 and 2010), working with members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra both in orchestra and chamber music ensembles. In 2011, she was a member of the Orchestra Academy at the Esterhàzy Palace, the Orchestra of the St. Margarethen Opera Festival and the Britten-Pears Orchestra. In 2012 she toured with the Aldeburgh World Orchestra, as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. She was also a member of the Orchestra Academy Ossiach (Austria) between 2011 and 2014. During the year 2013, she was engaged by the Aachen Symphony Orchestra as an intern. In the same year, Irini appeared as a soloist with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and her collaborations included the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma (Italy) and the Brandenburger Symphoniker (Germany) as a Principal Cellist and the Festival Opera Barga in chamber music ensembles. She also appeared in the concert series ‘Zyprischer Frühling’ at the Munich Gasteig, organised and supported by the Cyprus Embassy in Germany. Irini is a Nicolas Economou Foundation Scholar and her studies have also been supported by the A.G. Leventis Foundation. Irini is a Senior Musician at the non-profit organization: Sistema Scotland, where she has been employed since 2015 and is based at the Big Noise Torry centre in Aberdeen.
Directions: The theatre is located in the main street, Nikolaou Ellina and has no dedicated parking. However, there is permitted parking within a short distance near the Old Church and in the other direction at the Karate Club. STAGE ONE THEATRE, Nikolaou Ellina Street, Emba, Paphos.
