MARCO RIZZI
“...a first-rate violinist with a rich tonal palette, fine technique and a lovely singing vibrato.... a musician of surprising honesty and maturity” (The STRAD)
A prize-winner at three of the most prestigious international violin competitions - the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Queen Elizabeth in Brussels and the Indianapolis - Marco Rizzi has soon been recognised as one of the most interesting young violinists of his generation and was awarded the Europäischen Musikförderpreis on the recommendation of Claudio Abbado.
Marco Rizzi is regarded as one of the most appreciated musicians from Italy. He regularly appeared in leading concert halls such as Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Salle Gaveau and Salle Pleyel in Paris, Lincoln Center in New York, the Concertgebouwin Amsterdam, the Philharmonic Society of Brussels, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, the Hamburger Musikhalle, the Berlin Konzerthaus and the Tivoli of Copenhagen. He worked with such notable conductors as R. Chailly, G. Noseda, A. Ceccato, P. Eötvös, V. Jurowski, S. Denéve, G. Neuhold and was soloist with orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Dresden, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orchestre de Concerts Lamoureux, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orquesta RTVE of Madrid, BBC Scottish, Netherlands Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano 'G.Verdi', Radio Chamber Orchestra Holland, and many others.
Passionate about chamber music, Marco Rizzi cooperates with artists like A. Lucchesini, M. Brunello, E. Dindo, L. Zylberstein, G. Hoffman, N. Imai, M. Fischer-Dieskau, D. Poppen, and is dedicatee of various contemporary works composed by A. Corghi, L. Francesconi, F. Vacchi, U. Bombardelli, C. Galante, U. Pedraglio and U. Leyendecker among others.
Marco Rizzi recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Amadeus, Nuova Era, Dynamic, Warehouse, etc.
Marco Rizzi is fulfilling his dedication to younger artists teaching at prestigious institutions like the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold and in Mannheim as well the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano. He is regularly serving as juror in important violin competitions such as the Queen Elisabeth Competition (Bruxelles), the Joachim Violin Competition (Hannover) or the Paganini Violin Competition (Genova), several of his students have been prize winners in distinguished international contests.
Marco Rizzi plays on the “Baron Knoop” 1743 violin by Pietro Guarneri, owned by the foundation “Il Canale” ONLUS.
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Ganador de tres de los más prestigiosos concursos de violín del mundo - Tchaikovsky Competition de Moscú, Queen Elisabeth de Bruselas e Indianápolis - Marco Rizzi es reconocido como uno de los violinistas más interesantes de su generación, premiado con el Europäischen Musikförderpreis por recomendación de Claudio Abbado. Invitado regular en salas tan importantes como Teatro alla Scala de Milán, Salle Gaveau y Salle Pleyel de Paris, Lincoln Center de New York, Concertgebouw de Amsterdam, Philharmonic Society de Brussels, Great Hall del Conservatorio de Moscú, Hamburger Musikhalle, Berlin Konzerthaus y Tivoli en Copenhagen. Ha trabajado con directores de la talla de Jurowski, S. Denéve y G. Neuhold, siendo solista con orquestas tales como Staatskapelle Dresden, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orchestre de Concerts Lamoureux, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orquesta RTVE de Madrid, BBC Scottish, Netherlands Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano “G.Verdi'” y Radio Chamber Orchestra Holland, entre muchas otras.
Apasionado de la música de cámara, Marco Rizzi coopera con artistas como A. Lucchesini, M. Brunello, E. Dindo, L. Zylberstein, G. Hoffman, N. Imai, M. Fischer-Dieskau, D. Poppen. Le han sido dedicadas obras obras compuestas por A. Corghi, L. Francesconi, F. Vacchi, U. Bombardelli, C. Galante, U. Pedraglio y U. Leyendecker, entre otros.
Marco Rizzi ha grabado para los sellos Deutsche Grammophon, Amadeus, Nuova Era, Dynamic y Warehouse.
Marco Rizzi enseña en la Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia de Madrid, Hochschule für Musik de Detmold y Hochschule de Mannheim, así como también en el Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana de Lugano. Regularmente es jurado en importantes concursos como Queen Elisabeth Competition de Bruselas, Joachim Violin Competition de Hannover o Paganini Violin Competition en Genova. Muchos de sus alumnos han sido ganadores de concursos internacionales.
Marco Rizzi toca el violín “Baron Knoop” Pietro Guarneri del año 1743, propiedad de la Fundación “Il Canale” ONLUS.
ENRICO BRONZI
Cellist and conductor, Enrico Bronzi is born in Parma in 1973. He is the cellist of the Trio di Parma, with whom he has carried out intense concert activity since 1990, appearing in the most important concert halls of Europe, USA, South America and Australia (Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Berlin Philharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus, Kölner Philharmonie, Herkulessaal in Munich, St. Peterburg Philharmonic Hall, Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires). The group has also successfully competed in a number of international competitions in Florence, Melbourne, Lyon and Munich, and has received the “Premio Abbiati” from Italian musical critics. Since 2001, Bronzi has coupled his chamber group activity with an active career as a soloist, which after having won a prize in the Rostropovich Competition in Paris, culminated with the first prize in the Paulo Cello Competition of Helsinki in 2002. On that occasion, he also received the Special Prize dedicated to R. Sommer for the best performance of Dvorak’s Concerto with the Helsinki Philarmonic. He regularly participates in a number of festivals including Lucerne, Melbourne, Turku, Naantali, Stresa, Ravenna, and Lockenhaus. He has performed as soloist under the direction of C. Abbado, V. Delman, C. Eschenbach, P. Berglund, F. Bruggen, K. Penderecki. He appeared together with international musicians like Martha Argerich, Alexander Lonquich, Gidon Kremer, Angela Hewitt, Wolfram Christ, Stefan Milenkovich, Joshua Bell, Hagen Quartett, Giardino Armonico. He was taught conducting by Jorma Panula and has appeared as guest conductor and soloist with Orchestra Mozart, Camerata Salzburg, Kremerata Baltica, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro La Fenice, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Orchestra Haydn. For three years he collaborated as cello solo at the La Scala Theatre in Milan and he regularly takes place in the juries of major international competitions (Premio Borciani, Premio ‘Trio di Trieste’, Concorso ‘V. Gui’ of Florence, Turku Cello Competition…). He carries out an intense activity teaching and he has been a professor at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg since 2007. He’s Artistic Director of the activity of the Fondazione Perugia Musica Classica. Enrico Bronzi plays a Vincenzo Panormo cello dated 1770.
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Cellista y director, Enrico Bronzi nació en Parma en 1973. Miembro del Trio di Parma, ha llevado una intensa agenda de conciertos desde 1990 en las salas más importantes de Europa, Estados Unidos, Sudamérica y Australia (Carnegie Hall y Lincoln Center de New York, Berlin Philharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus, Kölner Philharmonie, Herkulessaal de Munich, St. Peterburg Philharmonic Hall, Wigmore Hall y Queen Elizabeth Hall de London y el Teatro Colón y Buenos Aires). El ensamble ha competido exitosamente en numerosos concursos internacionales en Florence, Melbourne, Lyon y Munich, y han recibido el premio “Premio Abbiati” de la crítica musical italiana.
Desde el año 2001, Enrico Bronzi compagina su carrera como solista con la música de cámara. Ha sido galardonado en Concours International de Violoncelle Rostropovitch de París y ha ganado el primer premio Paulo Cello Competition de Helsinki en 2002, recibiendo también en esta ocasión el premio especial dedicado a R. Sommer a la mejor interpretación del concierto de Dvorak, interpretado junto a la Filarmónica de Helsinki.
Regularmente participa en los festivales de Lucerna, Melbourne, Turku, Naantali, Stresa, Ravenna y Lockenhaus. Ha actuado como solista bajo la batuta de C. Abbado, V. Delman, C. Eschenbach, P. Berglund, F. Bruggen y K. Penderecki. Colabora con artistas internacionales tales como Martha Argerich, Alexander Lonquich, Gidon Kremer, Angela Hewitt, Wolfram Christ, Stefan Milenkovich, Joshua Bell, el cuarteto Hagen y Giardino Armonico.
Estudió dirección con Jorma Panula y ha sido director invitado y solista con Orchestra Mozart, Camerata Salzburg, Kremerata Baltica, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro La Fenice, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova y Orchestra Haydn.
Durante tres años fue cello solista de Teatre alla Scala de Milán. Regularmente es jurado de grandes concursos, tales comoPremio Borciani, Premio “Trio di Trieste”, Concorso “V. Gui” de Florencia y Turku Cello Competition.
Enrico Bronzi tiene una intensa actividad pedagógica como profesor de la Univesität Mozarteum de Salzburg, desde 2007. Paralelamente, es el director artístico de las actividades de Fundazione Perugia Musica Classica.
ANA LIZ OJEDA
Ana Liz Ojeda studied violin with Patricio Cobos (Columbus University, USA) and with Marco Rizzi (Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany). She continued her music training in early music - baroque violin with Ryo Terakado (Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Holland) and Stefano Montanari (Scuola Civica de Música of Milan, Italy).
She has received master classes from András Schiff, Kathleen Winkler, Philippe Herreweghe, David Kim, Simon Standage, Giannis Vatikiotis, Helge Slatto, Gottfried von der Goltz and Enrico Gatti.
From 2005 to 2007 Ana Liz collaborated as principal second violin at the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan under the direction of Riccardo Chailly. Subsequently, and on the recommendation of Stefano Montanari, she joined the ensemble Accademia Byzantina, directed by Ottavio Dantone. She is currently principal second violin in said group.
She maintains an intense concert schedule that has led her to perform at venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center (New York), Isabel Bader Center for the Performing Arts (Kingston), Four Season Center of the Performing Arts (Toronto ), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona), Teatro Real (Madrid), Wigmore Hall and Barbican Center (London), Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris), Opéra Royal (Versailles), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Berliner Philharmonie, Kölner Philharmonie, Theater an der Wien, Prague National Theatre, Beijing National Center for the Performing Arts, Hong Kong City Hall, Kiev Philharmonic Theatre, Esplanade Theater (Singapore), Muscat Royal Opera House (Oman), Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Parco della Musica Auditorium in Rome and Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile.
Ana Liz is a regular guest of various European early music groups such as La Risonanza, I Barocchisti, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, L'Onda Armonica, Atalanta Fugiens, Il Complesso Barocco and Il Pomo d'Oro and Göttinger Haendel - Festspielorchester.
Her solo discography with Accademia Byzantina includes J.S. Bach “The Art of Fugue” and Handel “Concerti Grossi” (Decca), Vivaldi “String Concertos” (Naïv), “Bach Concertos" with Viktoria Mullova (Onyx), "Vivaldi con moto" with Giuliano Carmignola (Archiv) and "Gli strali d’amore” by André Campra with La Risonanza and Fabio Bonizzoni (Glossa).
With original instruments, Ana Liz and her ensemble Il Tetraone have recorded for Decca Schubert's "The Trout" Quintet, Beethoven's Quartet for piano and strings Op. 16 and the Piano Quartets KV 478 and KV 493 by W.A. Mozart.
Ana Liz is regularly invited to give master classes and to participate in musical projects in Chile. In 2019 she was guest professor at “Lugano Música” Music Festival in Lugano (Switzerland) and taught as violin professor at the University of Talca (Chile).
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Ana Liz Ojeda estudió violín con Patricio Cobos (Columbus University, USA) y con Marco Rizzi (Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Alemania), continuando su formación en música antigua - violín barroco con Ryo Terakado (Conservatorio Real de la Haya, Holanda) y con Stefano Montanari (Scuola Civica de Música de Milán, Italia).
Ha recibido clases magistrales de András Schiff, Kathleen Winkler, Philippe Herreweghe, David Kim, Simon Standage, Giannis Vatikiotis, Helge Slatto, Gottfried von der Goltz y Enrico Gatti.
De 2005 a 2007 fue solista de segundos violines de la Orquesta Sinfónica Giuseppe Verdi de Milán, bajo la dirección de Riccardo Chailly. Posteriormente y por recomendación de Stefano Montanari, forma parte de Accademia Bizantina, dirigida por Ottavio Dantone. Actualmente se desempeña como solista de violines segundos en dicha agrupación.
Con este prestigioso ensamble mantiene una intensa agenda de conciertos que la ha llevado a presentarse en salas tales como Carnegie Hall y Lincoln Center (Nueva York), Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts (Kingston), Four Season Center of the Perfoming Arts (Toronto), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona), Teatro Real (Madrid), Wigmore Hall y Barbican Centre (Londres), Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (París), Opéra Royal (Versalles), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Berliner Philharmonie, Kölner Philharmonie, Theater an der Wien, el Teatro Nacional de Praga, el Centro Nacional de las Artes Escénicas de Pekín, el Hong Kong City Hall, el Teatro Filarmónico de Kiev, el Esplanade Theatre (Singapúr), la Ópera Real de Mascate (Omán), el Teatro alla Scala de Milán, el Auditorio “Parco della Musica” en Roma y el Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile.
Ana Liz es invitada regular de diversos grupos de música antigua de Europa tales como La Risonanza, I Barocchisti, la Orquesta Barroca de Helsinki, L'Onda Armonica, Atalanta Fugiens, Il Complesso Barocco, Il Pomo d'Oro y Göttinger Haendel - Festspielorchester.
Su discografía como solista con Accademia Bizantina incluye “The Art of Fugue” de J.S. Bach, “Concerti Grossi” de Handel (Decca), Concertos para cuerda de Vivaldi (Naïv), “Bach Concertos" con Viktoria Mullova (Onyx), "Vivaldi con moto" con Giuliano Carmignola (Archiv) y "Gli strali d'amore" de André Campra con La Risonanza y Fabio Bonizzoni (Glossa).
Junto a su ensemble Il Tetraone ha grabado para el sello Decca el quinteto "La Trucha" de Schubert, el cuarteto para piano y cuerdas Op. 16 de Beethoven y los cuartetos con piano KV 478 y KV 493 de W.A. Mozart con instrumentos originales.
En el campo educativo, Ana Liz es invitada regularmente a dictar clases magistrales y a participar en proyectos musicales en Chile. En 2019 es profesora invitada en el Festival de música “Lugano Música” en Lugano (Suiza) y se desempeña como profesora de violín en la Universidad de Talca (Chile).
BENITO CABRERA
Benito Cabrera es folklorista, timplista y promotor cultural. Su faceta más conocida viene de la mano del timple, pequeño cordófono tradicional que ha logrado introducir en ámbitos hasta hace pocos años insospechados. Con catorce trabajos discográficos, ha paseado el timple por terrenos que van desde el folk, el pop y la música clásica. Ha realizado conciertos en más de veinte países de varios continentes (Japón, EEUU, Argentina, Cuba, Alemania, Reino Unido, etc.). Caben destacar los conciertos realizados en el Konzetrhaus de Berlín, el Carnegie Hall de Nueva York o el Teresa Carreño de Caracas. Amén de trabajar con artistas internacionales de varios países, ha sido solista con formaciones sinfónicas y camerísticas en España, EE. UU., Eslovaquia y la República Checa.
Ha publicado varios libros de divulgación del patrimonio folklórico de Canarias, así como dos métodos de timple.
Es autor de melodías, letras y canciones que han interpretado autores de la talla de Rosana, Pedro Guerra, Los Sabandeños, la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife o la Orquesta y Coros de la Comunidad de Madrid. Asimismo, es el autor de la letra del himno oficial de Canarias.
Desde el año 2007 hasta el 2020, fue director musical del grupo Los Sabandeños. Actualmemente, combina sus conciertos como solista de timple, la gestión cultural, la creación de canciones y la dirección de la Casa-Museo del Timple, en Lanzarote.
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Benito Cabrera, author of the Canarian anthem, is a folklorist, timple player and cultural promoter. He is widely known for his performances on the timple, a traditional plucked five-string instrument from the Canary Islands, with wich he has appeared in concerts halls around the world such as Konzerthaus Berlin, the Carnegie Hall in New York, Teresa Carreño in Caracas, as well as other halls in Japan, USA, Argentina, Cuba, Germany and the United Kingdom. He also has worked with symphony orchestras and chamber music ensembles in Spain, USA, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Over the course of fourteen recordings, Benito and his timple have explored diverse styles, from pop and folk to classical music. He has also published different books on the Canarian folk heritage, as well as two timple methods books.
Benito is an author of melodies, song lyrics and songs performed by singers such as Rosana, Pedro Guerra, ensembles including Los Sabandeños and symphony orchestras such as Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and Orquesta y Coros de la Comunidad de Madrid.
From 2007 to 2020 Benito was the artistic director of the ensemble Los Sabandeños. Also a composer, Benito Cabrera is a concert promoter and the director of the Casa-Museo del Timple in Lanzarote.