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CHAMBER MUSIC

... the most intimate form of musical communication.

Infinte possibilities of sounds, multifaceted like a diamond...

As a longtime member of the ensemble Torun Trio, I was able to build a large repertoire for clarinet, violoncello and piano, but I feel equally drawn towards other, perhaps more unusual instrument combinations and musical styles such as Klezmer or Eastern European folk music.

With the ensemble Bass Beasts we partially created new repertoire (original compositions for four bass clarinets and percussion quasi inexistent) and experimented with different ideas on how to present music on stage.

I had the honor to work with the AcademyAward-nominated artist Hauschka several times, and am even featured on one of his CDs with clarinet and bass clarinet.

The Duo SaitenWind with German cellist Anna Catharina Nimczik propose a very personal concert experience, guiding through a program of (often unrightly) rarely performed pieces for clarinet and cello.

And -last but not least- a new ensemble is in the creation phase, taking you soon on a journey through different musical worlds, presenting Klezmer, Jazz, Tango, or music from the Balcans as you have surely never heard it before! Stay tuned...

REPERTOIRE EXTRACTS:

CLARINET, VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO

Ludwig van Beethoven               Trio Op. 11 „Gassenhauer“; Trio Op. 38
Wilhelm Berger                        Trio in g-moll Trio Op. 94
Johannes Brahms                        Trio in a-moll Op. 114
Gabriel Fauré                           Trio in d-moll Op. 120
Carl Frühling                                 Trio in a-moll
Michail Glinka                          Trio Pathétique
Vincent D’Indy                              Trio B-Dur Op. 29
Paul Juon                                  Trio Miniaturen
Robert Kahn                                 Trio in g-moll Op. 45; Serenade f-moll Op. 73
Robert Muczynski                  Fantasy Trio

Paquito D'Rivera                          Danzon; Preludio y Merengue
Nino Rota                                  Trio für Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier
Daniel Schnyder                          A Friday Night in August

Joachim Stutschewsky            Hassidic Fantasy

Marco Tajcevic                             Sieben Balkantänze

Jörg Widmann                       Nachtstück
Alexander von Zemlinsky            Trio in d-moll Op. 3
Hermann Zilcher                    Trio in Form von Variationen in a-moll

CLARINET, VIOLA AND PIANO

Max Bruch                                Acht Stücke

Norbert Goddaer                      Trio con Brio

György Kurtag                         Hommage à R. Sch.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart       Trio KV 498 „Kegelstatt“
Robert Schumann                   Märchenerzählungen

CLARINET, VIOLIN AND PIANO

Béla Bartók                               Contrasts
Aram Chatschaturian                    Trio

CLARINET, VIOLIN, VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO

Guillaume Connesson             Adam's Variations

Olivier Messiaen                           Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Oscar Navarro                         Creation

Graham Waterhouse                     Tango Toulouse

CLARINET AND PIANO

Norbert Burgmüller                Duo in Es-Dur

Ferruccio Busoni                           Frühe Charakterstücke; Elegie
Johannes Brahms                    Sonatas Op. 120

Claude Debussy                            Rhapsodie
Gerald Finzi                              Five Bagatelles

Jean Françaix                                Tema con Variazioni
Paul Hindemith                         Sonate für Klarinette, Sonate für Bassklarinette
Adolf G. Hoffmann                         Sérénade Basque (für Bassklarinette)

William Hurlstone                     Four Characteristic Pieces
Witold Lutoslawski                         Dance Preludes
Bohuslav Martinu                     Sonatina
Felix Mendelssohn                         Sonate Es-Dur
Robert Muczynski                    Time Pieces
Francis Poulenc                             Sonata
Carl Gottlob Reissiger             Duo Brillant
Camille Saint-Saëns                      Sonate
Robert Schumann                    Fantasiestücke und Romanzen

Alexander Tcherepnin                   Sonate in einem Satz
Leo Weiner                                Peregi Verbunk

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