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Radiating talent from an early age, Gidon Kremer swiftly reached the heights of the music world. Today, the maestro is beloved by critics and audiences alike, remaining a highly sought-after guest on the world’s most prestigious stages.
G. Kremer’s repertoire is unusually broad and diverse, encompassing the Classical and Romantic periods. The performer also has a profound mastery of 20th- and 21st-century compositions; furthermore, he takes a deep interest in the works of Russian and Eastern European composers as well as contemporary music. The musician regularly collaborates with such world-renowned composers as Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, Giya Kanchel, Sofija Gubaidulina, Valentin Silvestrov, Luigi Nono, Edison Denisov, Aribert Reimann, Pēter Vasks, John Adams, Viktor Kissin, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, Leonid Desyatnikov, and Astor Piazzolla.
When performing contemporary works, G. Kremer respects musical traditions and roots, yet masterfully highlights their freshness and modernity. It is safe to say that today there is no other soloist of such high caliber who so extensively champions modern and contemporary works composed for the violin.
G. Kremer has been awarded the “Grand prix du Disque,” “Deutscher Schallplattenpreis,” “Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis,” “Bundesverdienstkreuz,” “Premio dell ‘Accademia Musicale Chigiana,” the “Triumph” Prize in 2000 (Moscow), the “Unesco” Prize in 2001, the “Saeculum Glashütte Original MusikFestspielPreis” in 2007 (Dresden), the Rolf Schock Prize in 2008 (Stockholm), the Istanbul Music Festival “Lifetime Achievement” award in 2010, and the “Una Vita Nella Musica – Artur Rubinstein” Prize in 2011 (Venice). In 2016, Gidon Kremer was presented with the Praemium Imperiale, widely considered the Nobel Prize of the music world.
In 1997, maestro Gidon Kremer founded the chamber orchestra “Kremerata Baltica,” encouraging young, talented musicians from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to come together. Over the past two decades, the ensemble and its founder have toured extensively, appearing at the world’s most famous festivals and in prestigious concert halls. They have recorded albums with distinguished labels such as “Teldec,” “Nonesuch,” “Burleske,” “Deutsche Grammophon,” and “ECM.” In 2002, Gidon Kremer and “Kremerata Baltica” received a “Grammy” Award for the album “After Mozart.” This album was later also honored with the ECHO Klassik prize.
Georgijs Osokins garnered international attention at the age of just 19 during the 2015 Chopin Competition. The young pianist was one of the competition’s brightest and most discussed participants, with critics dubbing him “exceptional and unpredictable.”
G. Osokins’s concert record boasts appearances at the “Konzerthaus” in Berlin, the Vancouver “Playhouse,” the “Klavier-Festival Ruhr” piano festival, the “Chopin and His Europe” festival in Warsaw, the “Laeiszhalle” and “Elbphilharmonie” concert halls in Hamburg, the “Zaryadye” concert hall in Moscow, the “Lockenhaus” festival, the “Metropolitan” Theater in Tokyo, and the “Tongyeong” concert hall in South Korea.
The “Piano Classics” label has released two of the pianist’s albums featuring late works by Chopin and compositions by Rachmaninoff. These recordings have received high praise in major world-class music publications across Canada, Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, and France.
In 2020, the German label “Accentus” released a chamber music album by Gidon Kremer and G. Osokins featuring the works of Chopin and Beethoven. This CD garnered excellent reviews worldwide and was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards in 2020 and the “Opus Klassik 2021.” In 2021, G. Osokins made his debut at the “Martha Argerich” festival in Hamburg and the 101st Salzburg Festival, where he performed alongside Gidon Kremer and Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė.
The performer has appeared with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, the Taiwan Philharmonic, the Tokyo New City Orchestra, the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, and Sinfonietta Cracovia. He has played alongside Gidon Kremer, Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, Sergei Nakariakov, Nicolas Altstaedt, Vladimir Fedoseev, Yulianna Avdeeva, Lio Kuokman, and others.
Cellist Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė is a laureate of various competitions and a member of the “Kremerata Baltica” orchestra.
As a soloist, G. Dirvanauskaitė has performed with various chamber and symphony orchestras across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. She has participated in festivals in Austria (“Lockenhaus festival”), Switzerland (“Gstaad Menuhin Festival,” “Basel festival,” “Le Sion Festival”), Tokyo, Moscow, and elsewhere. Her stage partners include performers V. Afanassiev, M. Argerich, Y. Bashmet, M. Bekovac, S. Chen, O. Maisenberg, H. Holliger, M. Portal, A. Žlabys, and conductors A. Boreyko, M. Franck, M. Gražinytė-Tyla, J. Kaspszyk, and L. Kuokman.
The cellist also regularly performs in various trio formations alongside violinist Gidon Kremer and other artists, including pianists Yulianna Avdeeva, Efim Bronfman, Seong-Jin Cho, and Georgijs Osokins. Her global performances are accompanied by critically acclaimed recordings. Her latest trio recording with Gidon Kremer and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, “Kissine/Tchaikovsky: Piano trios” (ECM, 2011), won the prestigious German Critics’ Award. In 2015, G. Dirvanauskaitė was nominated for a prestigious “Grammy” Award.
G. Dirvanauskaitė plays a cello crafted in 1710 by Matteo Goffriller.
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Robert Schumann – Six pieces in canonic form for piano, violin and violoncello, op.56
Robert Schumann – Sonata Nr.3 for violin and piano
Robert Schumann – Trio Nr. 3 for violin, violoncello and piano, op.110
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