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Two
Various composers

Elisabeth Kufferath

Two

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: CAvi
UPC: 4260085531097
Catnr: AVI 8553109
Release date: 06 March 2020
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CAvi
UPC
4260085531097
Catalogue number
AVI 8553109
Release date
06 March 2020
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TWO - Violin & Viola solo
In her solo album TWO, violinist and violist Elisabeth Kufferath presents compositions of four modern composers, each represented by one work for the violin and one work for the viola. Four composers. Four pairs of works exhibiting an immense musical spectrum while sharing a wealth of cross-references . . . . ?

The number of correspondences one can find is striking: relationships between composers, interpreters, compositions, and instruments, stretching throughout the centuries and into our own. The more one searches, the more one can find . . . . (extensive Interview and comments to alle works in the Booklet)

Artist(s)

Elisabeth Kufferath (violin)

„It is astonishing, the way Kufferath pivots between free and fragile, from heavenly chirping tenderness to bearing the earth’s burdens, how many colors and even more nuance her playing expresses.“ Die Welt A member of the Tetzlaff String Quartet since its inception in 1992, Elisabeth Kufferath has performed on the stages of some of the most auspicious halls in Europe and the United States, including Philharmonie Hall in Berlin, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Musikverein in Vienna, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. In 2015 the Tetzlaff Quartet was awarded a Diapason d’Or de l’année for their recording of string quartets by Berg and Mendelssohn. Praised by conductor Heinz Hollinger as “unquestionably one of the most interesting and influential string players of her generation“,...
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It is astonishing, the way Kufferath pivots between free and fragile, from heavenly chirping tenderness to bearing the earth’s burdens, how many colors and even more nuance her playing expresses.“ Die Welt A member of the Tetzlaff String Quartet since its inception in 1992, Elisabeth Kufferath has performed on the stages of some of the most auspicious halls in Europe and the United States, including Philharmonie Hall in Berlin, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Musikverein in Vienna, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. In 2015 the Tetzlaff Quartet was awarded a Diapason d’Or de l’année for their recording of string quartets by Berg and Mendelssohn.
Praised by conductor Heinz Hollinger as “unquestionably one of the most interesting and influential string players of her generation“, she is a player with a wide-ranging stylistic palette, and is coveted as both a chamber musician and soloist.
Elisabeth Kufferath’s repertoire is highlighted by contemporary works. She gave the world premiere of Jan Müller-Wieland’s Himmelfahrt, a work for solo viola written for and dedicated to her, as well as the German premiere of Elliott Carter’s Figment IV for viola. She recently collaborated with Thorsten Encke and Johannes X. Schachtner, who wrote works for solo violin and solo viola specifically for her. She has collaborated with composers including Moritz Eggert, Peter Eötvös, Zeynep Gedizlioglu, Helen Grime, Ling-Hsuan Huang, Libby Larsen, Georges Lentz, Manfred Trojahn, and Jörg Widmann.
As a soloist, she has appeared with orchestras including the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Münchener Kammerorchester, Deutsche Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Musica assoluta, Kammerakademie Potsdam, and the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated with conductors including Heinz Holliger, Christoph Poppen, Marcus Creed, Paul Goodwin, Alexander Rumpf and Gerard Schwarz.
Elisabeth Kufferath has been invited to perform at Berliner Festwochen, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Spannungen Heimbach, Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele, Helsinki Festival, Lucerne Festival, Heidelberger Frühling, and the Rosendal Festival in Norway. She has shared the stage with chamber music partners including Adrian Brendel, Kirill Gerstein, Gustav Rivinius, Lars Vogt and Tabea Zimmermann. She spent a season as the Artist in Residence at New Zealand’s Auckland University where she was featured in both recitals and masterclasses.
Elisabeth Kufferath‘s first solo CD Libero, fragile was released in 2017 on the GENUIN label. The disk features contemporary works for solo violin and viola. The recording was nominated for a prize from German Record Critics’ Award and was enthusastically received by the press.
Elisabeth Kufferath lives in Hannover, Germany with her family where she is professor of violin at the Hochschule for Music, Theater, and Media. Both her violin and viola were built by the German luthier Stefan-Peter Greiner.

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Composer(s)

Thorsten Encke

“No music is taboo, unless it is boring.” In an interview, composer, conductor and cellist Thorsten Encke gives this advice to anyone who is flirting with the idea of “inventing” new music. Encke has obviously made the motto his own. In 2005 his String Quartet No. 1 won the renowned Pablo Casals Festival Competition in Prades, France. “The work’s 24 minutes go by in a flash, which proves that the sections are well-proportioned” (Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung). Thorsten Encke studied music in Hannover and Los Angeles. In 1995 he received his Konzertexamen degree in cello. Since then he has amassed a wide range of experience in every domain of classical music: he has made appearances with several chamber music ensembles, and has perfected his knowledge of orchestra and opera...
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“No music is taboo, unless it is boring.” In an interview, composer, conductor and cellist Thorsten Encke gives this advice to anyone who is flirting with the idea of “inventing” new music. Encke has obviously made the motto his own. In 2005 his String Quartet No. 1 won the renowned Pablo Casals Festival Competition in Prades, France. “The work’s 24 minutes go by in a flash, which proves that the sections are well-proportioned” (Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung).
Thorsten Encke studied music in Hannover and Los Angeles. In 1995 he received his Konzertexamen degree in cello. Since then he has amassed a wide range of experience in every domain of classical music: he has made appearances with several chamber music ensembles, and has perfected his knowledge of orchestra and opera repertoire as a member of several orchestras. In Hannover, Thorsten Encke founded the musica assoluta project, which has seen the participation of a number of young musicians who are now prominent in their field. Under Encke’s direction, the ensemble performs regular concerts with exciting programming in a variety of instrumental combinations. During the past ten years, Thorsten Encke has increasingly devoted his energies to composition, producing a remarkable oeuvre that comprises almost all musical genres: solo pieces, chamber music, vocal repertoire, choir pieces, music theatre, and works for full orchestra.
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