2nd Symphony Concert - Zakhar Bron Festival Orchestra

2nd Symphony Concert - Zakhar Bron Festival Orchestra
Direction: Jiří Rožeň und Zakhar Bron
Soloist: Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano, Hayoung Choi, cello and & Eduard Dayan, violine

Admission prices: CHF 120.- / 100.- / 80.-

Programm:

Niccolò Paganini    Violin Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, op.6 (1st mov. "Allegro maestoso")
Robert Schumann    Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor, op. 129
Sergei Rachmaninoff    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op.18

Admission prices: CHF 120.- / 100.- / 80.- including voucher for 1 drink


Nobuyuki Tsujii was born blind and showed musical talent from an early age. His musical training began at the age of four, and at the age of ten he made his stage debut with the Osaka Century Symphony Orchestra. At the age of twelve he made his debut at New York's Carnegie Hall. In October 2007 he released his first album, which had sold over 190,000 copies by July 2009. In 2009, Tsujii, together with Haochen Zhang, was the first Asian winner of the legendary “Van Cliburn International Piano Competition”. During the 17-day elimination period he played, among other things, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 and in the final round Chopin's 1st Piano Concerto and two days later Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto.
Tsuji also composes. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, he wrote the piano piece “Elegy for the Victims of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011”. His performances of this piece have been viewed online by over 40 million people as of 2021.

Hayoung Choi, born in 1998 in Bielefeld, Germany, is a South Korean cellist. In 2022 she won first prize at the "Queen Elisabeth Competition" in Brussels, the most important competition for cellists. She is one of the outstanding musicians of her generation, known for her technical brilliance and musical depth. In 2024 she made her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

Eduard Dayan (2008, Armenia) is celebrated for his technical brilliance and musical maturity. In November 2024 he won first prize at the "Khachaturian International Competition" in Beijing - another great success in his young life. He studies at the Zakhar Bron Academy in Interlaken.

Jiří Rožeň was born in Prague in 1991 and studied conducting at music colleges and universities in Prague, Salzburg, Hamburg, Zurich and Glasgow. He was successful in Salzburg and London as a finalist in the "Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award" and the "Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition". A former assistant conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jiří worked alongside Donald Runnicles and Thomas Dausgaard and assisted them at the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh International Festival. Well-known conductors such as Daniele Gatti, Bernard Haitink, David Zinman and Peter Eötvös play an important role in his development.
Recent debuts include performances with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Slovak Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the MDR Leipzig, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others.

In the Zakhar Bron Chamber Orchestra, founded in 2011, Zakhar Bron brings together international master students, all aspiring soloists with promising perspectives, to form a unique ensemble. The orchestra impresses with a musical quality and virtuosity that is almost unbeatable. An interplay of perfection, dedication and passion. In 2015 the orchestra made its debut in the Berlin Philharmonic, the Cologne Philharmonic and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. The ensemble, expanded into a symphony orchestra for Interlaken Classics, performed with famous artists such as Sabine Meyer, Alice Sara Ott, Daniel Hope, Natalia Gutman, Konstantin Lifschitz and Mischa Maisky. A tour to mark Zakhar Bron's 70th birthday took the orchestra from Baden to Berlin, Düsseldorf and Rotterdam in December 2017. Many former students such as Maxim Vengerov, David Garrett and Vadim Repin appeared as soloists.