Gottlieb Wallisch named Steinway Artist

M.A.M. is pleased to announce that in January 2012  Steinway & Sons included Gottlieb Wallisch in its prestigious list of Steinway Artists, a great honour joining the exclusive ranks of Ignaz Paderewski, Vladimir Horrowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Martha Agerich, Lang Lang and many more.

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New Artists: Piatti Quartet  

M.A.M. is pleased to announce that at the start of the 2011 season to have taken on the management of the young and very exciting UK string quartet, the Piatti Quartet. Winners of the St. Martins/Making Music Chamber Music Competition 2010 and consecutive finalists in the 2009 and 2010 Royal Overseas League, the Piatti Quartet are fast emerging as one of the UK's leading young string quartets.

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Artis Quartet & Gottlieb Wallisch:
Chamber Music Cycle in the Musikverein, Vienna 2011/12 Season 

13. October 2011,19.30, Brahms Saal: 
Chamber works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johannes Brahms

14. December, 2011 19.30, Brahms Saal:
Chamber works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Mittler

22. March19.30, 2012, Brahms Saal:
Chamber works by  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Erich Urbanner and Johannes Brahms

14. June 19.30, 2012, Brahms Saal: 
Chamber works by Claude Debussy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ramin Bahrami´s BACH 5 Klavierkonzerte, DECCA
 

M.A.M takes pleasure in announcing the release of Ramin Bahrami´s latest recording with the Gewandhausorchester conducted by Riccardo Chailly on DECCA.

It has just been chosen as CD of the week by the German Broadcasting Corporation NDR.

"Bahrami and Chailly have released a more than brilliant, sparkling and captivating new recording, once again proving in impressive manner, that even in times of specialized Baroque Ensembles, Bach can be played on modern instruments without getting lured into overly romantic pathos. On account of  their pronounced musical instinct, rich experience in all things Bach and a strong focus on detail it is a great contemporary recording just as it is timeless." Jan Ritterstaedt,NDR, 05.07.2011

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Dame Emma Kirkby received Royal Award

M.A.M. artist Dame Emma Kirkby has been awarded Her Majesty’s Medal for Music for the Year 2010. 

2 June 2011 Dame Emma Kirkby was received by The Queen when Her Majesty presented her with The Queen's Medal for Music. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, current Master of The Queen's Music was present. Dame Emma said she was “very pleased and grateful” to receive the Award. She said: “I feel extremely lucky to have worked so many years with excellent colleagues, both singers and instrumentalists, in the revival of music from the richest eras of our national heritage; this is repertoire offering joy and fulfilment to players and listeners alike and I am happy to see so many younger artists now adding their own voices to the endeavour.” Sir Peter Maxwell Davies said: “I think it’s marvellous that the world of early music has been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Medal for Music, particularly that the award is going to Dame Emma Kirkby, who has done more than anybody to put this music in the centre of our musical consciousness.”

Dame Emma is the sixth winner of the award, which was introduced in 2005 and is made annually to an individual or group judged to have had a major influence on the musical life of GB. Previous winners are Sir Charles Mackerras (2005), Bryn Terfel (2006), Professor Judith Weir (2007), Kathryn Tickell (2008) and Sir Colin Davis (2009).

Congratulations Dame Emma!

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New Artists: Artis Quartet Vienna

M.A.M. is delighted to announce it has recently taken on the management of the
Artis Quartet Vienna.

In May 2003 the violinists and viola player of the Artis Quartet decided to try for the first time to play a concert standing. Being strongly positive about the advantages, the Artis Quartet is now one of the few quartets worldwide to prefer this way of performing.

"......this was at last the concert that made you glad 1991 is Mozart year. Other artists try to imitate Mozart; these four are the real thing..." (Jason James/Asahi Evening News/Tokyo ) 

"....performances proved the Artis to be top class in the international chamber music league.." 
(Alexander Arbeiter/Kurier /Vienna).

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Mozart in China

Standing ovations for the Camerata Salzburg´s concerts

in Suzhou and Shanghai

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Mozart in China

We are pleased to announce that the Camerata Salzburg returns to China for concerts in October 2010.  

On 17 October the orchestra will perform at the “Suzhou Science and Cultural Arts Centre”.

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Ramin Bahrami, Piano

M.A.M. is delighted to announce its collaboration with Ramin Bahrami, who is considered one of the most interesting interpreters today of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music.

“Ramin Bahrami breaks Bach’s music down and rewrites it in a way that reminds to a model, Glenn Gould, but without really being like him. I taught him to accept the bit, but I haven’t tamed him.

And I hope he keeps being as he is.”

Piero Rattalino

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Mahler/Schönberg:Das Lied von der Erde

with Petra Lang -  Mezzo-Soprano, Christian Elsner - Tenor, 
and Camerata Salzburg 

1. June 2011
San Sebastian, Spain

 

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Quasthoff & Mozart

 
Thomas Quasthoff - Baritone, Camerata Salzburg

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MAM at the AAPAC Conference in Nagoya, Japan 15.-18.Oct. 2010

An exciting and stimulating conference the Aichi Arts Center 
with delegates from 13 countries.

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An uplifting concert performed by

Magdalena Consort at the MDR Summer Festival

in the Bach Church Arnstadt on 23.7.2009

with Gilian Keith; Sopran – Robin Blaze; Alt – James Gilchrist; Tenor, – Peter Harvey; Bass.

"The exellent Magdalena Consort Baroque Orchestra convinced with its stupendous compentence, well balanced playing and a splendid luxurious baroque sound". 

"The singing of the four Bach specialists was overwhelming, pure joy to experience four artists  of this calibre - a unified sound - one can consider oneself fortunate to have heard such fine artistry" (Bach Weblog http://meinhardo.wordpress.com/)

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Emma Kirkby & London Baroque in Singapore and Seoul 2009

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New College Choir Oxford and Charivari Agréable

New College Choir Oxford and Charivari Agréable gave two sold out performances of Monteverdi´s Vespers in Hungary. Standing ovations from the Hungarian audiences!

New Collaboration: New College Choir Oxford

M.A.M. is delighted to be involved in performances of the Monteverdi´s Vespers by the New College Choir Oxford.