Konrad von Abel & Orchestre des RÉgions EuropÉennes
photos: Palais du Luxembourg, Paris, 2001 · Prinzregententheater München, 2002 |
Among German conductors of his generation Konrad von Abel is a special case. From the late seventies on he was the closest collaborator of the legendary Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache who saw in him the most promising student he ever had. After Celibidache’s death in 1996 von Abel became the most sought after teacher for all those who wanted to learn about ‘musical phenomenology’, the authentic approach to a conscious way of making music as developped by Celibidache. As a conductor von Abel only appeared where his extraordinary conditions concerning rehearsal time etc. were fulfilled. In the French town Besançon he built up the Orchestre des Régions Européennes, a fabulous chamber orchestra of players from many nations. We video captured some of their concerts.
live recordings are available:
Rony Rogoff
live recordings available photos: Castell 'Sant Angelo, Rome, 2001 · Mozarteum,
Salzburg. Salzburger Festspiele 2001
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Ariadne Daskalakis
live recording available: photos: Ariadne Daskalakis, Miri Yampolsky, Schloss Leitheim,
Kaisheim, 2001
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Markus Theinert
photo: Herkulessal der Residenz, München, 2001 |
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Rony
Rogoff became famous as one of the world’s leading violinists. For many years he was the favourite
violin soloist of the great Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache. Their
performance of the violin concerto
by Alban Berg is still sonsidered by many as the best
ever documented. In the nineties Rogoff built up his
chamber orchestra ‘La Scuola di Rony Rogoff’ in the
Italian town Vicenza. In collaboration with the Teatro
La Fenice they did an enthusiastically received live 
An American violinist of Greek origin and former student
of the late Szymon Goldberg, Ariadne Daskalakis lives in
Berlin as leader of the Oriol Ensemble and of the Manon
Quartet and is professor for violin at the Musikhochschule
Cologne. She established a career as a solo violinist with
ever rising fame and is a much sought after chamber musician.
Listeners everywhere are attracted by her magic sound and
pure phrasing. Her repertoire ranges from early baroque
to contemporary music. Our documented performances include
a concert with the Manon Quartet at "Innsbrucker Festwochen
2001" and a duo concert at Leitheimer Schlosskonzerte
As
a virtuosic tuba player Markus Theinert gained experience
in leading orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic. He
was already a notable conductor when he met Sergiu Celibidache
who gave him deeper insights into the inner life of music.
It meant a special challenge to him to make the Musikkorps
der Bayerischen Polizei a leading wind ensemble with unique
refinement of sound and phrasing. He also gives courses
in the USA and Japan. We present him here in concert with
an extensive programme of wind orchestra hits and rarities.
Alejandro Vila
photo: Herkulessal der Residenz, München, 2000 |
