Projects
Düsseldorf ChamberJam -International Easter Festival
Beurs van Berlage series '09-'10
8 Seasons CD
Daniel's new CD of the Piazzolla/Vivaldi '8 Seasons' was recently released to critical acclaim. 'To know the meaning of the word fabulous, listen to this Piazzolla', wrote Paul Boekkooi, leading SA critic. The recording, with the Stellenbosch University Camerata was made at the end of Daniel's South African tour in September '08, in the Fismer Hall of Stellenbosch University, following a performance at Cape Town City Halls.
Daniel has performed the 8 Seasons to great critical acclaim recently:
" What an exceptionally fine soloist and leader this young British/Dutch violinist is! ...emotive and totally and truly charismatic....No wonder Rowland quoted Piazzolla as saying " No risk, no life ". Daniel Rowland approached Vivaldi in the same way. The emotions, smouldering passions, the melancholy...Rowland transported us with daring and severity into the composers soul " - Paul Boekkooi, Pretoria News 9-'08
" Unforgettable Seasons - The visiting Rowland caused a stir in our concert halls with his absolute immersion in the music, always completely at the service of the composer. Rowland exuded an amazing control over his musical powers and a true sense of life....Rowland's bow arm, intonation and sonority and the constant healthy tension in musical colors reached wondrous heights...and how touchingly the final bars were realized " - Thys Odendaal, Beeld 9-'08
" The succes and conviction and of the Seasons lay with Rowland. He handles the violin as an extra, but 'integral' limb. He creaps round the stage as an enfant terrible, dragging you and the ensemble along with the force of his magical imagination. His sound, even without vibrato, is rich and sweet as honey, his interpretation moody he doesn't fear to let his violin scratch and groan." - Die Burger, Cape Town, '09
To hear part of Piazzolla's 'Invierno Porteño' from this new recording, click here
To order this new CD, please visit the website of TwoPianistsRecords.
Watch here to see Daniel performing part of the 8 Seasons live at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam last May.
News about Daniel's next releases on the TwoPianists label here soon...
Stiftfestival 2010
The dates for the 6th Stift International Music Festival have been announced: the festival will take place from 22-28 August '10. Artists and programs to be announced here and on the festival site (www.stiftfestival.com) in February.
The Stiftfestival '09 took place from 16-22 August. See Daniel talking about the festival artists, program and history on this video, recorded outside the Stiftkerk on May 3 (Nederlands)
See the opening movements of the Bach/Sitkovetsky Goldberg Variations performed by Daniel, Joel Waterman and Evelien Prakke during the festival launch concert on May 31 '09.
We have also been given this video of the final concert of the festival '09 which featured bandoneon virtuoso Marcelo Nisinman, with Daniel, bassist Zoran Markovitch and pianist John Thwaites performing Piazzolla's Invierno Porteño.
On the 26th of december Dutch television station AVRO premiered the documentary "Inspiration', about Ivry Gitlis that was partly filmed at the Stiftfestival 2007, and that was previewed during the festival '09 in Stadstheater De Bond in Oldenzaal. The film by Marlies Huitink and cameraman Fried Jan van den Eerenbeemd follows Ivry at home in Paris, at the Argerich festival in Lugano and at Stift. See a little clip from the documentary here.
For more Stiftfestival information, audio and video please take a look at the festival site.
ChamberJam Düsseldorf - 2nd Easter Music Festival
From 2 -5 April 'ChamberJam Düsseldorf- 2nd Easter Music Festival will take place, following the succes of last years inaugural edition. The festival will bring together some of Europe's most highly acclaimed soloists and chamber musicians for 4 days of intensive music making in the beautiful Johanneskirche in the heart of Düsseldorf, a stone's throw from the Old Town and the Rhine and surrounded by an array of fine restaurants and cafe's. The festival kicks off with a performance of Bach's magnificent St. John's Passion on Good Friday (with festival artists as pricipal players and conducted by Wolfgang Abendroth) and is followed by concerts on saturday night, Easter Sunday evening, and then on Easter Monday a full day of concerts. Throughout the festival the Festival Cafe will be a hub where artists and audience can meet and mingle. The theme this year is 'Love & Madness' - and it will feature some of the best amorous, mad, sad and just plain gorgeous ever written.
- 21 Uhr: "Heilige Liebe" - Holy Love- Nachtkonzert in der Johanneskirche
- Oswaldo Goljiov: Tenebrae (stringquartet)
- Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen (Version für 7 Streicher))
- Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
- 19 Uhr: Liebe und Leidenschaft - Love & Madness - Grosses Kammerkonzert im Bachsaal der Johanneskirche
- Robert Schumann: Sonate für Violine und Klavier a-Moll op. 105
- Jörg Widmann: Fieber-Fantasie
- Robert Schumann: Streichquartett A-Dur op. 41 Nr. 3, "Clara quartet"
- Clara Schumann Romanzen für Violine und Klavier
- Johannes Brahms Klavierquartett c-Moll
- ab 21.30 Uhr: Passion! - Tangonacht mit dem Bandoneon virtuos Marcello Nisinman und das ChamberJam Ensemble Werke von Astor Piazzolla - and surprizes!
- 14.30 Uhr: Liebestod - love and death
- Wagner/Liszt: Liebestod
- Francis Poulenc: Sonate für Violine und Klavier - to the memory of Lorca
- Peter I.Tchaikovsky: Klaviertrio a-Moll op. 50 "to the memory of a great artist"
- 17 Uhr: Wahrer Wahnsinn -True madness
- Leos Janacek: Streichquartett Nr.1 "Kreutzersonate" (1923)
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Violinsonate Nr. 9 A-Dur op. 47 "Kreutzer"
- Peter Tchaikowsky: Romeo und Julia. Suite. Bearbeitung für Streichkwintet und klavier von V. Mendelssohn
- 19:30 Uhr: Liebe und Verklärung - love and transfiguration
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 14 cis-Moll op. 27 Nr. 2 "Mondschein-Sonate"
- Arnold Schönberg: "Verklärte Nacht" Sextett für 2 Violinen, 2 Violen und 2 Violoncelli op. 4
- César Franck: Klavierquintett f-Moll für Klavier und Streichquartett
Festival artists will include Daniel Rowland & Priya Mitchell (violin), Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola), David Cohen (cello), Polina Leschenko & Robert Kulek (piano), Chen Halevi (clarinet), Zoran Markovic (bass) and Marcelo Nisinman (bandoneon)
There are many hotels close to the Johanneskirche - we recommend:
- budget: Lindenhof
- boutique: Orangerie
- luxury: Breidenbacher Hof
Beurs van Berlage Concerts - spring '10
We regret that part of the Schumann Festival that was to take place in Amsterdam from 9-11 April has had to be partially cancelled. We are all very sorry about this, but look forward to the remaining concert on Friday the 9th, and to the other 2 ChamberJam concerts at the Beurs:
March 5: Elgar (violin sonata & piano quintet) Purcell & Bridge -with Daniel, Benjamin Roskams, Vladimir Mendelssohn, David Cohen & Frank van de Laar - " a rare chance in Amsterdam to hear these 2 late masterpieces by Elgar - The piano quintet is surely one of the most touching and gorgeous of all romantic chamber works - unmissable! "
April 9: Schumann, Clara Schumann & Brahms: with Daniel, Priya Mitchell, Joel Waterman, David Cohen...
" Clara Schumann's infinitely touching Romances, with Robert's 'Clara quartet', an outpouring of his love for her - and Brahms' dark and sombre C minor piano quartet - which become more sunny, and very tender in the ravishing slow movement...dedicated to Clara - some of the most poetic music imaginable..."
May 28: 'Latin!' - Rossini, Turina, Ginastera and Piazzolla with Bandoneon virtuoso Marcello Nisinman and the ChamberJam Ensemble: Daniel, Priya Mitchell, Jan Bastiaan Neven, Luis Cabrera ..plus the fantastic Bizet/Milone Carmen Phantasy.
" A Latin night - from Rossini to Carmen and Piazzolla's Oblivion"
" Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1970, Marcelo Nisinman is a composer and master performer of the bandoneon. He currently lives in Basel, Switzerland, and is an active member of the international music/tango scene......Marcelo Nisinman has performed with Gidon Kremer, Gary Burton, Fernando Suarez Paz, the Assad Brothers, the WDR Big Band under Vince Mendoza, the Belgrad Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit, among others "
To book tickets for these 3 special concerts with, as always, informal introductions by Daniel and other artists at the very intimate and atmospheric recital hall of the Beurs van Berlage, please call the box office on 0205217575, or from abroad +31205217575
Summer masterclasses 2010
Daniel will be giving several masterclasses this summer, in places from Finland to South Africa:
- 2 -9 July at the Stellenbosch festival in South Africa
- 12-19 July at the Kuhmo Festival in Finland
- 10-14 August in Cividale, Italy (with Priya Mitchell, exact dates tbc)
- 22-28 August at the Stiftfestival in Holland
He will also be coaching chamber music at ANAM, the Australian Nation Music Academy in Melbourne with the Brodsky Quartet from 26-30 July.