Ferenc rados biography of william hill

Built around the nucleus of the acclaimed O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra, O/Modernt is an extended family of distinguished musicians who perform together in flexible line-ups, from small chamber groups to large ensembles. Its special identity is shaped by the creative programmes devised by its founder and Artistic Director, Hugo Ticciati. 

Reimagining the concert hall as a space for surprising musical encounters, Hugo curates consummate listening experiences for audiences across Europe and around the world. O/Modernt’s musical tapestries are woven from heterogeneous styles and genres, brought together to reveal unanticipated connections and contrasts. Schubert might be juxtaposed with Max Richter and works for sarod by Soumik Datta; Brahms with Nirvana, Philip Glass, and Purcell; or Vivaldi with Metallica and Muse. Fresh contexts like these constructively disrupt the borderlines of genre, epoch, and geography to revitalise familiar works from the classical repertoire and bring non-classical works into established concert halls.

O/Modernt’s aesthetic values have also resulted in partnerships with a host of brilliant musicians and artists working in many cultural settings and traditions. Some notable collaborators include: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Baba Israel (beat poet), Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Gareth Lubbe (harmonic singer), Michael Grab (rock balancer), Miyoko Shida Rigolo (performance artist), Nils Landgren (trombone), Sam West (actor and reader), and Sukhvinder ‘Pinky’ Singh (tabla).

Creative programming and innovative artistic partnerships have earned O/Modernt an international reputation, with sold-out performances at venues including the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg (as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival), and the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam. O/Modernt currently enjoys residencies at the ultra-modern Queen Silvia Concert Hall in Stockholm and W

Another music-filled year, many hits, a few misses, some new discoveries – musicians, venues, repertoire and people – and a couple of memorable performances of my own, solo and with colleagues…..

January

Pavel Kolesnikov (Wigmore Hall) – What impressed me in Pavel Kolesnikov’s performance was his clarity, control, lightness of touch and musical understanding which revealed the hidden nuances and subtle embroideries in Debussy’s writing. His elegant, sensitive pianism created a concert which was highly engaging and deeply intimate. Review here

The Pink Singers (Cadogan Hall) – a gloriously uplifting evening of fine singing and the premiere of a piece for choir written by a colleague of mine.

Deyan Sudjic (Wigmore Hall) – This was the pianist who asked the Washington Post to remove what he felt was an unfavourable review, and I admit I was curious to hear this pianist after reading about this furore….. Review here

Warren Mailley-Smith (St John’s Smith Square) – A concert in Warren’s series exploring Chopin’s complete piano music.

February

Steven Osborne (St John’s Smith Square) – The first of two wonderful concerts by this exceptional pianist which I enjoyed in 2016. Review here

Piotr Anderszewski (Wigmore Hall) – Always a pleasure to hear this thoughtful and sensitive pianist – and an added pleasure was meeting him briefly after the concert. Review here

Nikolai Demidenko (Cadogan Hall) – Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1. Review here

Mark Swartzentruber (Kings Place) – music by Bach, Ravel and Schubert (D959- one of the may performances of this work which I have been studying)

Divine Fire – The Story of Chopin and Sand told in music and words, performed by Viv McLean (piano) and Susan Porrett (narrator). More about this 7 Star Arts mixed media concert here

Denis Kozhukin (Wigmore Hall) – “sweet sonori

Violin

Elena Urioste

Elena Urioste is a musician, yogi, writer, and entrepreneur (which, incidentally, is a word she spells incorrectly every single time), as well as a lover of nature, food, animals, and connecting with other human beings.

As a violinist, Elena has given acclaimed performances as soloist with major orchestras throughout the United States, including the Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Minnesota Orchestras; the New York, Los Angeles, and Buffalo Philharmonics; the Boston Pops; and the Chicago, Boston, Dallas, San Francisco, San Diego, National, Atlanta, Baltimore, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, among many others. Abroad, Elena has appeared with the London Philharmonic, Hallé, Philharmonia, CBSO, Orchestra of Opera North, and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestras; the BBC Symphony, Philharmonic, Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and National Orchestra of Wales; as well as the Chineke! Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lille, Edmonton Symphony, Würzburg Philharmonic, and Hungary’s Orchestra Dohnányi Budafok and MAV Orchestras. She has collaborated with celebrated conductors Sir Mark Elder, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Vasily Petrenko, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert Spano, Karina Canellakis, and Gábor Takács-Nagy. She has performed as a featured soloist in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, the Concertgebouw, and the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall; and has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Kennedy Center, Konzerthaus Berlin, Sage Gateshead, Bayerischer Rudfunk Munich, and Mondavi Center. Elena is a former BBC New Generation Artist (2012-14) and has been featured on the covers of Strings, Symphony, and BBC Music magazines.

Upcoming and recent musical highlights include the release of multiple studio albums with pianist Tom Poster, Le Temps retrouvé (2024), From Brighton to Brooklyn (2022), and THE JUKEBOX ALBUM (2021); a televised performance with the BBC NOW at the 2023 BB

Elly Suh, violin
Praised as “a sensitive and absorbing interpreter” (Musical America), violinist Elly Suh has received numerous prizes at international competitions including the Naumburg, Moscow David Oistrakh, Premio Paganini, Indianapolis, Michael Hill, and Leipzig Bach Competition, amongst others. Recent and forthcoming highlights include performances with the Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra della Magna Grecia, Berliner Symphoniker, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Leipzig Pauliner Ensemble, NY Classical Players, and the Lviv Philharmonic. She has appeared on such stages as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Seoul Arts Center, Lotte Concert Hall, and performed at the Salzburger Festspiele, Al Bustan Festival, and Lerici Festival. Elly Suh studied at The Juilliard School in New York and the Mozarteum University of Salzburg under the guidance of Pierre Amoyal, Robert Mann, Joel Smirnoff, and Sally Thomas. She plays on a Guarneri del Gesù violin, through the kind assistance of Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.

Mathilde Milwidsky, violin
Born in London in 1994, Mathilde has been praised by The Strad for her “perfect intonation and beautiful shaping and colouring, comprehensively nailing each new stylistic and emotional universe as she went” and was the sole British violinist to be selected for the 2019 Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition. That year she was awarded 3rd Prize at the Windsor Festival International String Competition. Additional prizes include 1st Prize at the Royal Overseas League Music Competition, ‘laureate’ of the International Joseph Joachim Competition and winner of St John’s Smith Square Young Artist Scheme, for which she gave the world premiere of a piece by Sally Beamish. A further honour was being selected for the Verbier Festival Academy on the Soloist & Chamber Music Programme in both 2021 and 2022. Solo performance highlights include Cadogan Hall, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall and festivals includ