Folk Roots: Works by Janáček, Veress, Holliger, Enescu, Schulhoff & Bartók Maia Cabeza

• Leoš Janácek (1854 - 1928): Violin Sonata, JW VII/7:
• 1 Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: I. Con moto 04:54
• 2 Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: II. Ballada. Con moto 04:57
• 3 Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: III. Allegretto 02:28
• 4 Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: IV. Adagio 04:32
• Sándor Veress (1907 - 1992): Violin Sonata:
• 5 Violin Sonata: I. Allegro 03:18
• 6 Violin Sonata: II. Adagio 04:48
• 7 Violin Sonata: III. Allegro molto 03:34
• Heinz Holliger (b. 1939): COncErto?:
• 8 COncErto?: III. Frühlingstanz. Unstet (Arr. for Violin & Piano) 01:45
• George Enescu (1881 - 1955): Airs dans le genre roumain:
• 9 Airs dans le genre roumain: No. 1, Moderato - Molto rubato 02:57
• 10 Airs dans le genre roumain: No. 2, Allegro giusto 01:42
• 11 Airs dans le genre roumain: No. 3, Andante 02:46
• 12 Airs dans le genre roumain: No. 4, Allegro giocoso 01:43
• Erwin Schulhoff (1894 - 1942): Violin Sonata, WV 83:
• 13 Violin Sonata, WV 83: I. Allegro con fuoco 01:42
• 14 Violin Sonata, WV 83: II. Andante sostenuto 04:50
• 15 Violin Sonata, WV 83: III. Scherzo. Allegretto grazioso 02:05
• 16 Violin Sonata, WV 83: IV. Finale. Allegro risoluto 02:23
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Violin Rhapsody No. 2, Sz. 90 (Version for Violin & Piano):
• 17 Violin Rhapsody No. 2, Sz. 90 (Version for Violin & Piano): I. Lassú. Moderato 04:21
• 18 Violin Rhapsody No. 2, Sz. 90 (Version for Violin & Piano): II. Friss. Allegro moderato 06:25
• Total Runtime 01:01:10

Info for Folk Roots: Works by Janáček, Veress, Holliger, Enescu, Schulhoff & Bartók

The composers Maia Cabeza unites on her debut album come from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. She traces the musical traditions that flowed into the compositions of the 1920s and 1930s by Janáček, Veress, Holliger, Enescu, Schulhoff and Bartók. The exception in this picture is Heinz Holliger's sparkling Spring Dance of 2001: a very unique approach to the musical heritage of his native Switzerland. The Canadian-American violinist Maia Cabeza, winner of the 2018 Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, together with Zoltán Fejérvári on the piano, makes these different influences delicately audible.

Maia Cabeza, violin
Zoltán Fejérvári, piano
Alexandros Giovanos, percussion

Maia Cabeza
Canadian-American violinist Maia Cabeza enjoys a versatile performing career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader. She has been successful in numerous international competitions, and her major awards include first prize at the 2013 International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart in Augsburg and second prize of the 2018 Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig.

As a soloist, she has performed with several notable orchestras including, among others, the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Edmonton Symphony and the Detroit Symphony.

Maia is extremely passionate about chamber music and it encompasses a major part of her musical activity. She has been invited to perform at many prestigious festivals including the Marlboro Music Festival, the Lockenhaus, Ravinia, and Saronic music festivals, Krzyżowa Music, the Whittington, Southwell, Verbier music festivals, and Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music.

In these festivals and others, she has had the opportunity to collaborate with distinguished musicians such as Vilde Frang, Nobuko Imai, Steven Isserlis, Kim Kashkashian, Christian Tetzlaff , Dénes Várjon and various members of the Cleveland, Guarneri, and Juilliard String Quartets.

In addition to her solo and chamber music activities, Maia performs regularly with top European orchestras. She is co-concertmaster of the Aurora Orchestra as well as a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and principal second of the Kammerakademie Potsdam.

Maia was born in Japan in 1992 and is of Argentinean heritage. She received her bachelor’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia, USA) studying with Ida Kavafian and Joseph Silverstein, and was a member of the Karajan-Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker between 2012–2014. She continued her studies and received her master’s degree in Berlin at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in the class of Antje Weithaas.

Maia performs on a Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi violin (circa. 1750) on loan by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

Zoltán Fejérvári
Fejérvári’s playing is multi-layered and precise, requiring full concentration on the part of the audience. Every note has its own particular dynamic, character, and expression. Kulturvollzug

Zoltán Fejérvári has emerged as one of the most intriguing pianists in a new generation of Hungarian musicians, a virtuoso who has commanded concert stages around the world. Winner of the 2017 Concours Musical International de Montréal and recipient of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in 2016, Zoltán Fejérvári has appeared in recitals throughout Europe and the United States at Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center, the Library of Congress, the Gasteig in Munich, the Lingotto in Turin, the Palau de Música in Valencia, the Biblioteca Nacional de Buenos Aires, and the Liszt Academy in Budapest.

He has performed as a soloist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Hungarian National Orchestra, and the orchestras of Verbier Festival and Concerto Budapest, among others, and has collaborated with such conductors as Iván Fischer, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, and Zoltán Kocsis.

Fejérvári frequently makes apprearances as a chamber musician. He has collaborated with the Keller and Kódaly Quartets, the violinists Joseph Lin and András Keller, cellists such as Gary Hoff man, Cristoph Richter, Ivan Monighetti, Frans Helmerson and Steven Isserlis, and horn player Radovan Vlatkovic. Fejérvári has appeared at Kronberg’s “Chamber Music Connects the World” program, Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Lisztomanias de Châteauroux in France, the Tiszadob Piano Festival in Hungary, and Encuentro de Música in Santander, Spain.

At the invitation of artistic director Mitsuko Uchida he participated in the Marlboro Music Festival in the summers of 2014 and 2016. The distinguished pianist András Schiff selected Fejérvári for the “Building Bridges” series, which was established to highlight young pianists of exceptional promise.

Zoltán Fejérvári’s recording of Liszt’s Malédiction with the Budapest Chamber Symphony was awarded the Grand prix du Disque in 2013. The recording was followed by a CD of four sonatas for piano and violin by Mozart with violinist Ernő Kállai.

Alexandros Giovanos
Alexandros Giovanos, born in Athens, is recognized as one of the most active, experienced and renowned up and coming solo percussionists in Berlin’s contemporary music scene. His engagements have included performances under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, Vladimir Jurowsky, and Craig Leon. Moreover, he has appeared with the Karajan-Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, the Berlin Camerata, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, and almost all major Greek orchestras.

Alexandros Giovanos has been a guest at numerous New Music festivals, including Intonations – The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, Infektion! Ultraschall Berlin, Berlin Atonal, KONTAKTE Biennal for Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art, the Silk Road Festival, Klangwerkstatt Berlin, the Pafos Aphrodite Festival in Cyprus, the Berlin Art Week, Pulse – Außen: Stadtmusik, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, the Israel Festival, the Kalamata International Dance Festival, the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens, the Saronic Chamber Music Festival, and IPEW in Croatia. He is a founding member of the Opera Lab Berlin and is a percussionist with the Leondari Ensemble. He has released CDs with unitedberlin, KNM Berlin and other ensembles.

Alexandros Giovanos has won numerous competitions and was regarded as one of the top graduates of the Athens Conservatory before completing his master’s degree at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music with professors Biao Li, Rainer Seegers, and Franz Schindlbeck, also with highest marks. He is sponsored by the Alexander Onassis Foundation.

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