Alexander Chaushian / cello

Alexander Chaushian started to play the cello at the age of seven, studying with his grandfather Alexander Chaushian Sr and Zare Sarkisian. From 1992 to 1995, he studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Melissa Phelps and from 1995 to 1999 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London as a student of Oleg Kogan. In 2003 he pursued advanced studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with the late Boris Pergamenschikow and later with David Geringas, graduating with distinction in 2005.

Alexander Chaushian won First Prize in the 1990 Premio Mozart Competition in Verona, Italy and in 1992, First Prize in the International Music Competition in Holland. He received the Guilhermina Suggia Gift in London - a grant awarded to outstanding string players - on three occasions. In 1997, he was awarded the Orchestra of New England Soloist Prize, as well as the first Summis Auspiciis Prize of Young Concert Artists in New York. In 1999, he was the recipient of the Anna Instone Memorial Award sponsored by Capital Radio, in 2001 the joint recipient of the Pierre Fournier Award and in 2002 was awarded third prize in the 12^th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Alexander Chaushian won the 3^rd prize and the special prize given by the Munich Chamber Orchestra at the Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD in Germany in September 2005.

As a soloist with orchestra, Alexander Chaushian has performed in many countries worldwide, including appearances with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra at Vienna’s Konzerthaus and at the Bruchnerhaus in Linz, as well as with 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 by Yehudi Menuhin, the Boston Pops Orchestra at Boston Symphony Hall, and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Alexander has given recitals at the Harrogate Festival in England, the Kuhmo International Festival in Finland, La Jolla Festival in the USA, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and in Montpellier as recipient of the Beracasa Foundation Prize of the Radio-France and in Montpellier Festival. From 2002 until the present he has acted as the artistic director of the Orpheus & Bacchus Festival in Bordeaux, France and of the International Pharos Chamber Music Festival in Cyprus.

Alexander Chaushian has collaborated with many distinguished musicians such as Levon Chilingirian, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Ani and Ida Kavafian, David Geringas and Phillippe Cassard. He has also performed together with Yuri Bashmet and Gidon Kremer at the Kronberg Chamber Music Festival. Alexander’s regular chamber music partners include Ashley Wass and Yevgeny Sudbin. His recent projects include numerous concerts and recordings. He has performed highly acclaimed concerts at Wigmore Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Festival Hall as soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Barbican with The Academy of St Martin’s in the Field and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sala Verdi, Milan with the Padova Chamber Orchestra, as well making his highly successful debut at the Suntory Hall, Japan.

In 2006, Alexander Chaushian recorded Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata for Performance Channel television, and made a recording of the Wim Zwaag’s Cello Concerto with the Nürnberger Symphoniker. This recital marks the release of Alexander's solo debut recording for the BIS label of Weinberg’s Sonatas in which he is partnered by Yevgeny Sudbin.

 Alexander Ghindin / piano

Russian pianist Alexander Ghindin graduated from Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory after completing master class studies with Professor M.S. Voskrensky in 2001.

Aged 13 he had already won the Moscow Young Pianists’ Competition, and at 14 became youngest ever winner at the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1994, later gaining Second Prize at Brussels International Reine Elisabeth Competition in 1999. In 2007 Alexander Ghindin won the 1^st price at the Cleveland International Competition in USA.

Alexander Ghindin subsequently joined the Moscow State Philharmonic as soloist in 1999, and during his ensuing solo and orchestral career has performed in his native Russia, as well as in Europe and Japan. The numerous ensembles and orchestras he has played with include the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, London and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchester der Stadt Freiburg, New Japan Philharmonic, the Philharmonie de Liège, Flemish Radio, the Swedish Royal Festival Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, Rotterdam Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Philharmonie de Luxembourgh, Israel Chamber Orchestra, the ’Moscow Virtuosi’, the St. Petersburg "Camerata", Russian National Orchestra etc. The recitals provided the opportunity to work with a wide range of conductors, including Vladimir Fedosseyev, Saulus Sandeczkis, Vasily Sinaysky, Yuri Simonov, Dimitry Kitaenko, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Verbitsky, Paavo Järvi, Alan Gilbert, Leonard Slatkin, Artur Fagen, Tomasso Placidi and Thomas Zanderling.

Alexander Ghindin has featured with numerous festivals, including those in Moscow, Stockholm, Echternach, Luxembourg, Colmar, La Roque d'Anthéron, Brussels, Limoges, the Montpellier Festival de Radio France, le Châtelet in Paris, Auditorium du Louvre, Sintra Festival in Portugal, Ruhr Klavier-Festival, Filharmonia Warscawa, and the Osaka International Festival.

Alexander Ghindin has played many distinguished venues, such as London’s Barbican, the Averyfisher Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau, Théatre des Champs Elysees, and Théatre du Chatelet in Paris, Gasteig in Munich, Rudolfium in Prague, Riksallen in Stockholm, the Teatro Olympico in Rome, the Tel Aviv Opera, the Philharmonic Halls n Warsaw and St. Petersburg, the Moscow Conservatoire, and many others.

On the field of chamber music Alexander Ghindin has a major collaboration with Vladimir Spivakov which includes recordings with Capriccio and many concerts; and with Nikolay Petrov,  with whom  he has performed in concerts almost all the repertoire for two pianos.

Alexander Ghindin has recorded 15 CDs. These include a recording of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concertos N°s 1 & 4 in their original versions with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra led by Vladimir Ashkenazy (2001, on Ondine).

He has also appeared on TV and Radio in Russia, Germany, Belgium, Japan, France, Luxembourg, Poland and elsewhere.

Early in 2005 Alexander Ghindin  appeared at Berlin’s Konzerthaus where he performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No 4 in g-minor with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, led by Eliahu Inbal. In 2006 he appeared at Tokyo Suntory Hall performing Chopin Concerto №1 with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra  led by James de Priest.

PROGRAMME

Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996)
Sonata No.1 in C for Cello and Piano Opus 21 (1945)
I – Lento ma non troppo
II – Un poco moderato

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata in A major for Cello and Piano Opus 69 (Pub. 1817)
I – Allegro ma non tanto
II – Scherzo
III – Adagio cantabile; Allegro vivace

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano Opus 70 (1849)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano Opus 40 (1934)
I – Moderato
II – Moderato con moto
III – Largo
IV – Allegretto



Программа

Мечислав Вейнберг (1919-1996)
Соната Номер 1 C для виолончели и фортепьяно опус 21 (1945)
I – Lento ma non troppo
II – Un poco moderato

Людвиг ван Бетховен (1770-1827)
Соната ля мажор для Виолончели и Фортепьяно, Опус 69 (1817)
I – Allegro ma non tanto
II – Scherzo
III – Adagio cantabile; Allegro vivace

Роберт Шуманн (1810-1856)
Adagio и Allegro для Виолончели и Фортепьяно Опуса 70 (1849)

Дмитрий Шостакович (1906-1975)
Соната ре минор для Виолончели и Фортепьяно Опус 40 (1934)
I – Moderato
II – Moderato con moto
III – Largo
IV – Allegretto