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LA RONDE MUSICALE
LA RONDE MUSICALE
OUR ARTISTS
SUSANNA CHAKHOIAN Ukraine
Susanna Chakhoian, Ukrainian lirico-coloratura soprano with Armenian roots grew up in Odessa.
She started her musical education at the age of five, studying piano at the famous Stoliarsky School. After finishing school she enrolled at the piano department of the Odessa State Musical Academy where she studied with the highly esteemed Professor Ludmila Ginzburg. The young pianist was offered post-graduate education scholarships in Western Europe. She decided, however, to enter a singing career. Susanna started to study singing with the legendary opera singer Eugenia Miroshnichenko at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv. Still being a student the young singer was invited for Juliette's role in a new production of Gounod's "Romeo and Juliette" at the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv. Since then she has belonged to the ensemble as a preeminent soloist. In 2009 President Viktor Yushchenko awarded her the title "Honored Artist of Ukraine".
In the season 2021/2022 Susanna Chakhoian is heard at the National Opera of Ukraine as Gilda (Rigoletto), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Serpina (La serva padrona), Musetta (La Boheme).
Participating in several international singing competitions she won prizes in Budapest, 2002 (Second Prize), at Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna, 2004 (Audience Prize and Special Prize for the best stage personality), in Alcamo, Sicilia, 2008 (Second Prize and Best Verdi interpretation).
Besides opera, Susanna Chakhoian devotes an important part of her activities to giving solo recitals and performing chamber repertoire. She is a regular guest at the National Philharmonic, National Radio and TV Broadcast House, where she made a series of recordings as well. In concert the artist appeared in K. Orff's Carmina Burana, G. Mahler's 8th Symphony, J. Haydn's Die SchÓ§pfung, Vier Letzte Lieder by R. Strauss, Les Illuminations by B. Britten to name a few..
She is also a frequent guest in festivals, e.g. with Oksana Lyniv in LvivMozArt and Graz/Austria.
Over the years she has established herself as a guest star in numerous radio and TV productions. Beyond singing the artist is passing on her professional experience to a growing number of students in the highly reputed Gliere Music Academy in Kyiv.
ROBY LAKATOS Hungary
Hungarian violinist Roby Lakatos is not only a scorching virtuoso, but a musician of extraordinary stylistic versatility who defies definition. Having been described as everything from gypsy violinist or “devil’s fiddler” to classical virtuoso to jazz improviser to arranger, he is the kind of universal musician so rarely encountered in our time—a player whose strength as an interpreter derives from his abilities as an improviser and composer. Being part of the famous dynasty descending from János Bihari, “King of Gypsy Violinists”, who won the admiration of Beethoven, Haydn and Liszt and was the secret star of the Congress of Vienna, Lakatos has collaborated with Stéphane Grappelli and Michel Legrand, won the admiration of Sir Yehudi Menuhin, and performed with the biggest jazz names like Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones on every famous stage including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Tokyo’s Santory Hall, and the Sydney Opera House.
Roby Lakatos and his band blend classical music and jazz with the magic of the Hungarian-gypsy vitality.
MARC SABBAH USA
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Marc Sabbah (1988, New York City) is a viola soloist, chamber musician, professor and as of 2012, the viola soloist of the Belgian National Orchestra.
Described as"a magnificent player" by legendary conductor Zubin Mehta, Marc is regularly invited as guest Principal Violist of the Israeli Philharmonic. As of September 2017, he has been teaching viola as a guest professor at the Royal Conservatory of Mons, Belgium. Graduating Cum Laude from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Marc was a pupil of Sven Arne Tepl and Nobuko Imai. His recent awards include the 1st prize at the 2016 Rising Stars Grand Prix music competition performing solo at the Berlin Philharmonic hall as well as his recent 1st Grand Prize at the Manhattan International Music Competition with a recital at Carnegie Hall. Having played numerous concerti with European orchestras such as the Belgian National Orchestra, Casco Philharmonic, de Filharmonie Amsterdam, the Hochreinisches Kammerorchester, Marc Sabbah is creating a path as a musical force of his generation.
Marc is establishing himself as a pre-eminent young violist with performances at the Delft Chamber Music Festival, Utrecht Chamber Music Festival, Grachten Festival Amsterdam, ArteAmanti, Festival van Vlaanderen, Les Sons Intensifs in Belgium, as well as festivals Arcidosso and Les Nuits Romantiques in Italy.Giving masterclasses in association with the Dutch Viola Society, the Brussels Chamber Music Festival and the Athens State Orchestra, Marc is deeply involved in teaching and communicating his love of music to both young artists and publics alike.
Marc began his studies on violin at the age of 3 at the 3rd Street Music School in Manhattan, furthering his studies at the Lucy Moses School with teacher Mark Lakirovich. Mesmerized by the warmth of its tone and in admiration of his sister's cello playing, Marc switched to the viola at age 11. He completed his studies in the United States as a graduate of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High school of Performing Arts and the Pre-College Division of The Juilliard School. Marc plays on a Leroy F. Geiger viola dated 1951 made in Chicago, USA.
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Olga ZDORENKO Ukraine/Italy
"Olga expresses candor and romanticism. It might be said, directly out of a book of the 1800's“ Corriere della Serra
"Zdorenko performed in a most unsusual way: smoothening the sharpness with gentleness and delicacy“ La Stampa
"She succeeded at times with grace and other times with strength to demonstrate her accomplished skill in overcoming theinaccessible difficulty of the piano score“ La Repubblica
Olga Zdorenko is a Lady of the Malta’s Knights and a Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Ferdinand II Bourbon. Olga is a famous pianist who has worked with great artists like Claudio Abbado, Pavel Bermann or Rodolfo Bonucci. She has won numerous awards in international competitions all over Europe. She has played with famous orchestras and in the big concert halls of this world (Berliner Philharmonie, Grand Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow, Teatro Elisio di Roma, etc). She was awarded the Gold Medal of the Aula Magna Universitá 2019 "La Sapienza" in Rome.
La personnalité de feu d'Olga Zdorenko séduit tous ceux qui ont la chance de l'écouter et de la voir jouer son vaste répertoire. Ses mains talentueuses maîtrisent parfaitement tous les styles de musique, alliant subtilement la puissance et la délicatesse, capables de nous embarquer aussi bien au coeur de partitions orageuses, que de nous envoûter de ses notes gracieuses.
De Kiev à Paris, Bruxelles, en se posant à Rome, Olga Zdorenko marie l'Europe orientale à l'occidentale, le romantisme à la musique contemporaine, en passant par les grands classiques. Rien d'étonnant si ses élèves remportent les concours haut la main, tant son talent est grand jusqu'à obtenir elle-même le grand prix..... Patricia Ghyoros
ALEXANDR PROKHOROV USA
Alexander Prokhorov (Bass-Baritone, Pianist) is legendary for his candlelit evenings of Russian and Gypsy romances. As a connoisseur and collector of well-known, rare, and
forgotten romances, he performs with his own improvised
piano accompaniment. His deep, bass-baritone voice
immediately captivates and calls forth the melodic beauty of the romances—along with their drama and excitement—to the audience. Mr. Prokhorov grew up in a family with rich
cultural traditions. Among his relatives are Aleksey Tolstoy (great-grandfather, writer), Mikhail Lozinski (great-grandfather, poet of the Silver Century and notorious interpreter of Shakespeare), Dmitri Tolstoy (composer), and many others.
As a soloist, Mr. Prokhorov has appeared in New York (Carnegie Hall), Boston (Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, and the Cutler Majestic Theater), Moscow (Philharmonic), and St. Petersburg (Philharmonic). Romances remain his favorite genre, and his concert tours always include the annual candlelit evening of Russian and Gypsy Romances at Tolstoy’s Museum in Moscow, which Mr. Prokhorov dedicates to his famous great-grandfather. Additionally, he is the founder and artistic director of the award-winning Commonwealth Lyric Theater, and the founder and lead vocal instructor of Lucky Ten Young Talent Studio. As a critically-acclaimed stage director, he has worked with world class singers from the Bolshoi, Teatro alla Scala, and the Metropolitan opera companies.
DANIEL BLUMENTHAL USA / Belgium
German-born American pianist, Daniel Blumenthal, is performing regularly with many of the world's finest orchestras and in some of the most distinguished concert halls, including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Carnegie Hall.
With an impressive discography of more than 80 solo and chamber music releases, Daniel Blumenthal can be heard on the EMI, Calliope, Autographe, Etcetera, ADDA, Reader’s Digest, Cybelia, Phonic, Marco Polo, Naxos, Fuga Libera, Cyprès, and Naïve labels.
Daniel Blumenthal is Professor at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Brussels and at Thy Masterclass Chamber Music Festival in Denmark and enjoys an international reputation as soloist, concert musician and chamber musician. He has served on the jury of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for Piano and at the Paris Conservatory. He is an honorary member and musical advisor of Icons of Europe, Brussels, and laureate of serveral international music competitions, Queen Elisabeth and Leeds among them. He continues to enjoy a career of acclaimed performances on five continents and award winning recordings.
FLORIN NICULESCO Romania / France
“One of the greatest violonists ever” LE MONDE
“And suddenly here Jazz swept almost telluric breath, where the undeniable virtuosity of this graceful performer is irradiated by an overwhelming fervor and soul... The inspiration for this outstanding musician takes its melodic intuitive and ferocity when seen performing on stage. The archangel of the bow flew to tutoyer angels.” LE FIGARO
"Florin Niculescu is a inhabited swinger, a kind of "Mr Lyricism" wonderful, used music masterfully with his violin devilishly handsome. With him, French jazz found finally Grappelli's successor we waited.“ JAZZ HOT
“Niculescu prodigious sound, accuracy, agility, dynamism, cerebrospinal sense of music. Niculescu is in the tradition of the great jazz violinists.” LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR
“Just listen to the last record of the violinist, Gypsy Ballad, and the depth of his playing seizes us... Florin NICULESCU draws on his memory thats gypsy seeded, as did Django Reinhardt, the richness of jazz.” MUSIQUE INFO HEBDO
“Florin Niculescu, like a fireworks display becomes increasingly incandescent progressively to the show.” INDEPENDENT REVIEW (UK)
He has worked with Charles Aznavour, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Johnny Hallyday, Patrick Bruel Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Kaas, Wynton Marsalis, John McLaughlin, Oscar Peterson, Bucky Pizzarelli and violonist Scott Tixier.
DMYTRO SUKHOVIENKO Ukraine / Belgiulm
"Dmytro Sukhovienko is a name to remember“ Le Figaro
"Dmytro Sukhovienko is the most promising talent I have heard
in the last 30 years“ Philippe Entremont
"Dmytro Sukhovienko is one of the most gifted pianists of his
generation to have come out of the rich tradition of the great
artists born and raised in Ukraine. Such names as Vladimir Horowitz,
Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, Jakov Zak, Benno Moisewitsch make
that tradition quite unique in the world of music.“ Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Dmytro Sukhovienko has featured at prestigious music festivals such as Fête de la Musique de Genève and played with Europe's famous ensembles like the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He has won numerous awards in international competitions all over Europe.
Qui mieux que Dimytro Soukhovienko est capable de nous faire vivre l'épreuve de l'air et de l'eau en flirtant avec le feu ? Il aime à nous murmurer des sons qui généralement sont clamés haut et fort par des virtuoses, grâce à sa subtilité maîtrisée et talentueuse. Son élégance, son intelligence, sa culture, son histoire émanent tant de sa posture, sa carure et de ses mains de grand pianiste. Patricia Ghyoros