Shostakovich: Sonatas for Violin & Viola Duo TschoppBovino

• 1 I. Andante 11:15
• 2 II. Allegretto 06:50
• 3 III. Largo - Andante 13:29
• 4 I. Moderato 09:45
• 5 II. Allegretto 07:36
• 6 III. Adagio 13:30
• Total Runtime 01:02:25

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With their new GENUIN release, the Duo TschoppBovino is presenting something you do not come across every day – two musicians on three instruments! Mirjam Tschopp features successively as both violinist and violist in Dmitri Shostakovich’s two late sonatas. Maybe this is why she and her piano partner Riccardo Bovino play with such incredible unity? The spectral sounds of the slow movements and relentless marcatos of the fast movements are guaranteed to give us goose bumps. Listening to them, it is no wonder that Shostakovich occupies a totally unique position in 20th century music – at the edge of the speakable and tangible, at the edge of the world of sound…

Duo TschoppBovino:
Mirjam Tschopp, violin and viola
Riccardo Bovino, piano

Duo TschoppBovino
Two artists on three instruments – this is the Duo TschoppBovino. The press has praised the duo for its 'eminently cultivated interplay' as well as for its 'refinement and elegance of phrasing.' The exceptional programs can be experienced in exciting combinations of duo works for the violin and also the viola. Since 2004, the duo has been giving concerts at important venues, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Rudolfinum in Prague and the Ljubljana Philharmonic.

Mirjam Tschopp
born in Zurich in 1976, has performed both as a violinist and violist and has made appearances a soloist and chamber musician with Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Mandelring Quartet and the Trio des Alpes in major concert halls in Europe, America and Asia. Her enthusiasm for new music has led her to perform numerous premieres, including the violin concerto dedicated to her by Nicolas Bacri under the direction of Semyon Bychkov. In one single appearance she performed both the violin and viola concertos by Ahmed Adnan Saygun. The sole winner of Rostal Viola Competition in 2000, she studied violin with Aïda Stucki, Franco Gulli and Herbert Scherz and viola with Christoph Schiller. She has taught at the Conservatory of Innsbruck and currently teaches at the Music Conservatory in Zurich.

Riccardo Bovino
born in Turin in 1975, studied piano with Jürg Wyttenbach and Gérard Wyss in Basel and went on to train as a conductor with Dennis Russel Davies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. His preference for chamber music and singing regularly brings him together with artists such as Jennifer Larmore, Sol Gabetta, Daniel Behle, Reto Bieri, the Quartetto di Cremona and Hanspeter Blochwitz. He has performed in major concert halls and has made appearances at the Lucerne Festival, the 'Settimane Musicali' Stresa and the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad. A lecturer at the University of Arts in Bern, he has made numerous recordings for major CD labels and various European radio broadcasters.

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