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music partners have included Boris Belkin, Alba
Ventura, Daishin Kashimoto, Boris Andreanov,
AshleyWass, in concert halls like Concertgebouw
of Amsterdam, Koncerthaus in Berlín, Teatro
Coliseo in Buenos Aires, or Teatro Manzoni
in Bologna. Has recorded a DVD performing
Schoenberg’s
Verklärte Nacht
in the Singel in
Antwerpen, a collaboration project between
Europe and South Korea, also has recorded two
CDs for Dutch Records Company with the Dutch
composerWim Zwaag, who dedicated his
Adagio
for Viola
to David.
Alexander Chaushian / cello
Regarded as one of the finest cellists of his
generation, Alexander Chaushian has performed
extensively throughout the world as a soloist with
orchestras such as the Vienna Chamber Orchestra
at Vienna’s Konzerthaus and at the Bruchnerhaus
in Linz, the London Mozart Players and the
Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Orchestre
de la Suisse Romande, the Royal National
Orchestra of Belgium, Les Solistes Européens de
Luxembourg in a gala concert conducted byYehudi
Menuhin, the Boston Pops Orchestra at Boston
Symphony Hall, and the Armenian Philharmonic
Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He has given highly
acclaimed performances in such venues as
London’s Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth
Hall and Wigmore Hall, Sala Verdi Milan, and
Suntory Hall Japan. Chaushian has won the
Third Prize in the 12th International Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow and the Third and Special
prizes given by the Munich Chamber Orchestra
at the ARD Competition in Germany in 2005.
Amongst the many distinguished musicians whom
he has collaborated with areYehudi Menuhin, Julia
Fischer, Emmanuel Pahud. His regular chamber
music partner is Yevgeny Sudbin. Alexander’s
recordings include several highly acclaimed CDs
for the BIS label in which he is partnered by
Yevgeny Sudbin, and his recently released concerto
CD with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra,
also on BIS, received rave reviews and was
selected ‘Album of theWeek’ by the Independent.
Marc Coppey / cello
French cellist, Marc Coppey, winner of the two
highest prizes at the 1988 Bach competition
Leipzig at the age of 18 is considered to be one
of the leading cellists of today. Lord Yehudi
Menuhin discovered Marc’s talent at an early
age, and subsequently invited him to make his
Moscow and Paris debuts by performing the
Tchaïkovsky Trio with himself and Victoria
Postnikova, a collaboration documented on film
by famous film director Bruno Monsaingeon.
In 1989 Mstislav Rostropovitch invited Marc to
Monika Urbonaite
Massimo Mercelli