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Wednesday,
October 1, 2008, 12:15 p.m.
Fanny Clamagirand, Violin
Vanya Cohen, Piano
Sonata for Violin solo, “Ballade” in d minor, Op.27,
No. 3
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 –1931)
Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, Op.45
Allegretto moderato
Allegro
Recitativo-Fantasia, moderato
Allegretto poco mosso
César Franck (1822 –1890)
Winner of the 2007 Monte Carlo Violin Masters, Fanny Clamagirand
is gaining widespread attention for her radiant technical skills and musical
mastery. Acclaimed as the ADAMI Classical Revelation 2006, Fanny has been
distinguished in many other international competitions, winning 1st Prize
at the Kreisler Competition in Vienna in 2005, the prestigious Emily Anderson
Prize from the Royal Philharmonic Society in London in 2004, Special prize
at the Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 2000, 1st Prize at the Spohr Competition
in 1995 where she also received a special prize from Radio Frankfurt.
Ms. Clamagirand is regularly invited to prestigious international series
and festivals such as Wigmore and Royal Festival Halls in London, Konzerthaus
in Vienna, Opera House in Tel Aviv, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Théâtre
des Champs Elysées, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Teatro Nacional Claudio
Santoro in Brasilia, Festival International de Colmar, Festival Radio
France Montpellier, Israel Festival, Haydn Festspiele, and the Bowdoin
International Music Festival. She has performed as a soloist with the
Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre
Philharmonique de Montecarlo, Teatro La Fenice Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony
Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Wiener Kammerorchester, and the Ensemble
Orchestral de Paris.
Born in Paris in 1984, Fanny joined the postgraduate course at the National
Conservatoire of Paris when she was sixteen. She went on to study at the
Royal College of Music in London where she was awarded her Artist Diploma.
Her first CD recording dedicated to the complete violin solo sonatas by
Eugene Ysaÿe was released in 2007 under the Nascor label. In 2009
she will record for the Naxos label the complete Saint-Saëns violin
concertos with the Sinfonia Finlandia conducted by Patrick Gallois.
Born in Monaco in 1980, Vanya Cohen started the piano
at the age of 7 and then studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where she
obtained a 1st Prize in Piano and in Chamber Music. During her postgraduate
studies she participated in Master Classes with Leon Fleisher, Alicia
de Larocha, Maria João Pires, Paul Badura Skoda and Arie Vardy.
From 2003 to 2005, she studied with pianist Lazar Berman at the Imola
Piano Academy (Italy).
Laureate of numerous international competitions, she has performed as
a soloist with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cannes Regional
Orchestra, the San Remo Philharmonic Orchestra, The Paris Conservatory
Orchestra and the Lyon Conservatory Orchestra.
Vanya and Fanny have been chamber music partners for three years.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Oct 8 Young-Ah Tak, Piano
Oct 15 Inbal Segev, Cello and Angela Yoffe, Piano
Oct 22 Avalon String Quartet
Oct 29 Washington Garcia, Piano