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part of BBC Radio 3’s
New Generation Artists
Scheme
and invited to perform with the BBC
Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic and
the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Her 2013
diary included recitals at Wigmore Hall, Kam-
mermusikfest Lockenhaus, Auvers-sur-Oise,
Renaud Capuçon’s Festival de Pâques inAix-en-
Provence. In October 2013, Leonard Slatkin in-
vited Lise to perform and record Berlioz’ Harold
in Italy with the Orchestre National de Lyon as
part of the orchestra’s Berlioz cycle for Naxos.
That same month, her first CD as soloist with
pianist Adam Laloum was released and
awarded several prizes including the prestig-
ious Diapason d’Or.
As a soloist, Lise has performed with the Or-
chestre National de Belgique, Düsseldorfer
Symphoniker, Iceland Symphony Orchestra,
Hong Kong Sinfonietta, les Musiciens du Lou-
vre and the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra –
among others.
In 2010 she was invited to play Harold in Italy
with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du
Louvre for the opening night of the prestig-
ious Berlioz Festival at La Côte Saint-André in
France. In 2011 and 2012 she took part in Eric
Le Sage’s recording of Robert Schumann’s and
Gabriel Urbain Fauré’s complete works, receiv-
ing rave reviews and varied prizes including the
Choc de l’Année by Classica Magazine (Paris)
and a Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenk-
ritik in Germany.
Lise has collaborated with several major con-
temporary composers, including Philippe Her-
sant, Thierry Escaich, Henri Dutilleux, Gyorgy
Kurtag and Guillaume Connesson.
Lise Berthaud was born in 1982 and started study-
ing the violin at the age of 5 before moving to the
viola. She studied with Pierre-Henry Xuereb and
Gérard Caussé at the Conservatoire National Supé-
rieur de Paris and was a prize winner of the Euro-
pean Young Instrumentalists Competition in 2000.
In 2005, she won the Hindemith Prize at the Gene-
va International Competition. She was short listed
by the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2009 as
“Révélation de l’Année” (Revelation of the Year).
Kyril Zlotnikov (Cello)
Born in Minsk, Belarus, to a family of profes-
sional musicians, Kyril Zlotnikov began his
studies at the Belarusian State Music Academy
with Professor Vladimir Perlin. He continued his
studies in Israel with Professors Uzi Wiesel and
Hillel Zori, completing his musical education
under the direction of Professor Michael Khom-
itzer at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music
and Dance. While a student, Kyril Zlotnikov
participated in master classes and courses with
such prominent musicians as Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo
Ma, Natalia Gutman, Boris Pergamenschikov,
Aldo Parisot and Gyorgy Kurtag.
In 1991 Kyril Zlotnikov was a recipient of a
scholarship for musical achievements from
the America-Israel Culture Foundation, and
has won prizes in many contests with the
Clairmont Competition, the Braun-Roger
Siegl Competition, and the Pierre Tarcali Prize
being the most recent.
He is a founding member of The Jerusalem
Quartet, recognised for its artistic creativity, and
as one of the most dynamic and exciting young
quartets currently performing. The musicians
have given multiple performances all over the
world and become Israel’s leading string quar-
tet. Since 2002 The Jerusalem Quartet records
exclusively for Harmonia Mundi.
Along with his extensive chamber music appear-
ances Kyril Zlotnikov has performed and broad-
cast as a soloist with internationally renowned
orchestras, such as the Israel Philharmonic Or-
chestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the
Ludwigsburg Symphony Orchestra, The Gul-
benkian Orchestra, West-Eastern Divan Orches-
tra and The Jerusalem Camerata. He also enjoys
artistic collaboration with acclaimed conduc-
tors including Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta,
Pierre Boulez, Lawrence Foster, Asher Fish and
Simone Young.
A keen recitalist and chamber musician, Zlot-
nikov has shared the stage with some of the
most prominent artists of today including Da-
niel Barenboim, Jessye Norman, Pierre Boulez,
Elena Bashkirova, Mitsuko Uchida, Natalia Gut-
man, Tabea Zimmerman, Miriam Fried, Hagai
Shaham, Michael Tree, Asher Fish, Nikolaj
Znaider, Lang Lang and Richard Stoltzman.
Since 2003 Kyril Zlotnikov was Principal cellist
and pedagogue of the cello group at the “West-
Eastern Divan Orchestra” under Maestro Daniel
Barenboim. He also frequently takes part in spe-
cial projects and tours of the Berlin Staatskapelle
Friday, 7 November 2014
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
–
Serenade for Strings in G major “Eine
Kleine Nachtmusik” K.525
and
Divertimen-
to for strings in D major K. 136
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) –
Selected
piano sonatas
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) –
String Trio in
B flat major, D.471
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) –
Piano
Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
Saturday, 8 November 2014
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) –
Trio
No. 1 in G minor, Op. Posth. “Elegiaque”
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) –
Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No.
1 in D major Op 11
Arturo Cuellar –
Concertino for Strings
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) –
String
Quartet No. 2 in D major
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) –
Adios Noni-
no-Libertango
Sunday, 9 November 2014
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) –
Goldberg Variations BWV988 transcribed
for String Trio by D Sitkovetsky
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) –
In-
ventions and Sinfonias BWV772 – 801-
transcribed for String Trio by D Sitkovetsky
Monday, 10 November 2014
Handel-Johan August Halvorsen (1864-
1935) –
Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) –
Piano Quar-
tet in A minor
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) –
Piano
Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Programme
Charles Owen
Saskia Constantinou
