After the silence
Concert of
Kersten McCall
(Flute, Germany/the Netherlands)
&
Kamelia Miladinova
(Piano, Bulgaria/the Netherlands)
(© Albert Brouwer)
ISANG YUN (1917
– 1995, South Korea/Germany):
Garak for
flute and piano (1963) *
LOTTA WENNÄKOSKI (b. 1970, Finland):
LOTTA WENNÄKOSKI (b. 1970, Finland):
From
Atmosphere (Ilmakehästä)
for flute and piano (2003) *
GHEORGHI ARNAOUDOV (b. 1957, Bulgaria):
Manuscripta
rubra for flute and piano (2019) **
[Dedicated to Kersten McCall and Kamelia Miladinova; specially written for ppIANISSIMO 2019]
Carmen
rubrum I – Poco andante
Carmen
rubrum II – Andante cantabile
Carmen
rubrum III – Moderato
* * *
JOHANN
SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750, Germany):
Sonata for flute and harpsichord obligato in B minor
(BWV 1030)
Andante
Largo e
dolce
Presto.
Allegro
Pierre Boulez (1925
– 2016, France):
Sonatine for
flute and piano (1946)
__________
* Bulgarian premiere
** World premiere
This concert has been made possible
thanks to the generous support of:
thanks to the generous support of:
* * *
Kersten McCall, principal flutist of the Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam since 2005, grew up as the son of composer
Brent McCall in Donaueschingen, where the Donaueschingen Festival of
contemporary music is still held every October. It was in this rich musical
environment that he took up the flute at the age of nine. He later studied with
Felix Renggli at the Schaffhausen Conservatory in Basel and with Renate Greiss
and Aurèle Nicolet at the High School of Music in Karlsruhe. He won the first
prize at the 1997 Kobe International Flute Competition in Japan and the third
prize at the 2000 ARD International Music Competition.
He served as
principal flutist of the Radio Symphony Orchestra Saarbrücken and was invited
as guest principal flutist to orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the
New York Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist he played with the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra, the Camerata Academica Salzburg, the Radio Symphony Orchestra
Saarbrücken, the Sharoun Ensemble and
many others, with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Sándor Végh, Martyn Brabbins,
Michael Stern, Petr Altrichter and Ruben Gazarian.
In 1996, he
founded the ensemble for contemporary music and performance est!est!!est!!!, which won several
prizes in Germany. Kersten McCall is also a member of the Linos Ensemble and is currently teaching at the Sweelinck Conservatoire
in Amsterdam.
Kamelia Miladinova was born in
Kyustendil (Bulgaria) and had her first piano lessons at the age of six. She
studied at the “Lyubomir Pipkov” National School of Music and at the “Prof.
Pancho Vladigerov” National Academy of Music in Sofia with Prof. Stella
Dimitrova-Maystorova. While still a student, she made her debut with the Sofia
Philharmonic as a soloist in Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto. Later, she was
awarded the Debut Prize of the Bulgarian National Radio. In 1994, she was a
prize-winner at the Eduard Flipse Piano Competition in the Netherlands,
including the prize for the best performance of contemporary Dutch piece (Spank by Robert Zuidam).
Kamelia
has lived in the Netherlands since 1997. She studied at the Royal Conservatoire
in The Hague with Geoffrey Douglas Madge and there she earned her Master Degrees
for Piano and Piano Coaching, focusing on working with singers and
instrumentalists. She has worked with musicians such as Geörgy Kurtág,
violinist Herman Krebbers, soprano Elly Ameling, fortepianist Bart van Oort
and, more recently, the legendary flutist Sir James Galway.
Since
2003, she has been a piano coach at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.
Through the years she has frequently appeared as a soloist and performed in
various chamber music ensembles, as well as accompanying singers and operas.
She recently took part in several editions of the ppIANISSIMO International Festival of Contemporary Piano Music
together with flutist Kersten McCall and pianist Ralph van Raat.
Kamelia Miladinova is
currently accompanist at the Grolloo Flute Sessions in the Netherlands. Since
2015, she has also been a resident pianist at the Galway Flute Festival in
Weggis, Switzerland.
(© Arie Kers)
