Date/Time
Date(s) - 27/Sep/2014
Genre - Trios
Mazda Hall at 7 pm
(Free Admittance)
In a programme of Beethoven: Six variations in F major Op. 34, Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 2; Schubert: Sonata No. 20 in A major D 959 and Debussy: Violin Sonata
Liya Petrova was born in 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria in a family of musicians. At the age of six, she was already performing with various orchestras and at the age of eight she was awarded with Mozart Medal The youngest artist of UNESCO, she appeared as a chamber musician at some of Europe’s most distinguished festivals, and in 2011, Liya was invited to take part in a chamber music concert series in Athens, playing with Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon, Yuri Bashmet and Mischa Maisky. Liya began her studies at the age of four in Sofia. Since 2010, Liya is studying at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, under the direction of Augustin Dumay and plays a unique Italian violin of 1690 by Matteo Goffriller, made available to her by the Music Chapel. Liya benefits from a scholarship granted by InBev-Baillet Latour.
Ashot Khachatourian started playing the piano at the age of five with Valentina Nikolaevna and Elena Galustova at the Charles Aznavour Music School in his home country. He then continued his studies with Gerard Wyss in Basel, Switzerland and Eliso Virsaladze in Fiesole Italy. He is currently a soloist at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels, where he refines his art with the great pianist Maria João Pires. The young virtuoso has been invited to perform with many important orchestras and has performed in renowned concert halls. Today, Ashot Khachatourian shares his time between concerts and recordings. His first CD dedicated to Haydn and Beethoven was released in December 2013. He also gives concerts in duo with Maria João Pires proving his exceptional talent and revealing a musical soul at its purest.
Traveller, entrepreneur, explorer, Gauthier Herrmann is not your typical musician. In 2001, Gauthier Herrmann discovered India. This trip gave birth to Arties adventure, a slightly crazy project summed up by two words at the heart of modern day classical music – family and enterprise. His focus and determination has led him to being held in high regards on the classical musical circuit, receiving high awards (with the Trio con Fuoco, laureates at the Florence, Heerlen, Illzach, Vibrarte and Fnapec music competitions) and being highly regarded by leading musicians (Henri Demarquette, Gábor Takács, György Kurtág, Marcel Bardon, Paul Boufil). In 2009, Gauthier worked with his trio at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium under the great teaching of the Artemis quartet. Constantly travelling, Gauthier’s current projects are numerous – he wants to see his family grown, defend his group of musicians, pursuing his Arties dream, and ensure he never stops enterprising.
