Le charme de la jeunesse : l’Académie de Kronberg et Tabea Zimmermann

By Clara Leonardi, 16 May 2019

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“Tabea Zimmermann pourra dormir sur ses deux oreilles, ses protégés ont de beaux jours devant eux”

Reviewed at Auditorium du Louvre, Paris on 15 May 2019

Beethoven, String Trio in C minor, Op.9 no.3

Hindemith, Sonata for Solo Viola no. 2, Op.25 no.1

Dvořák, String Quintet no. 3 in E flat major, Op.97

Jonian Ilias Kadesha, Violin

William Hagen, Violin

Tabea Zimmermann, Viola

Sindy Mohamed, Viola

Ivan Karizna, Cello

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin RSO with panache

Edward Sava-Segal, 5th May

Celebrating its centenary the orchestra and its chief conductor proposed a programme consisting of works (mostly) composed in the last 100 years.

****1

Miracle sans nom à la salle Cortot : Dvořák par le Centre de Musique de Chambre !

Julien Hanck, 12th January

Avec ce nouveau concert-spectacle, le Centre de Musique de Chambre et sa clique de jeunes musiciens continuent leur chemin, repeignant noir et blanc des partitions de toutes les couleurs qui leur coulent des doigts.

*****

Sombre Schnittke and blazing Bruckner from the Berlin Philharmonic

Roy Westbrook, 4th September

Stepping in for Kirill Petrenko, Daniel Harding conducts the Berlin Phil's “army of generals” in an unfussy Bruckner Four, while Tabea Zimmermann plays Schnittke's Viola Concerto.

****1

Three nationalities in the mix with the Budapest Festival Orchestra

Alexander Hall, 17th November

In a patchwork assembly of German Romantic and French impressionistic works, the chief interest in the Budapest Festival Orchestra's latest programme was the appearance of star violist Tabea Zimmermann in pieces by Schumann and Kurtág.

***11

World-class music making: the Belcea Quartet in Hamburg

Zoltán Szabó, 24th May

Issues with technical filming couldn't mar the artistry of a great set of musicians as they tackled Brahms' String Sextets.

****1

A relevance of violas in Miami Beach

Laurence Vittes, 17th October

In a world for which Neharo't Neharo't had suddenly become painfully relevant once again: the man lamenting his love in the gentle ending could have been lamenting the Kurds.

*****

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Clara Leonardi

Formée au Conservatoire de Metz, Clara Leonardi y obtient son DEM de violon et son prix de Perfectionnement de quatuor à cordes. Elle s’implique aujourd’hui dans plusieurs orchestres amateurs parisiens en parallèle de ses études de commerce et fréquente assidûment les grandes salles parisiennes. Passionnée par le répertoire des compositrices, elle est aussi la co-fondatrice de ComposHer, un média en ligne dédié aux femmes dans la musique classique.

Le charme de la jeunesse : l’Académie de Kronberg et Tabea Zimmermann au Louvre