Thursday 5 May 2011 – 10am–1pm / 2:30pm–5:30pm

Friday 6 May 2011 – 10am–1pm / 2:30pm–5:30pm

Saturday 7 May 2011 – 9:30am–12:30pm / 2pm–5pm

Sunday 8 May 2011 – 10am–1pm

Venues
Schlossblick, Sagistrasse 1, various rooms

Schulhaus Chrümig, Schulhausstrasse 13, Aula

Unterstufen-Schulhaus, Sekundarschulweg, Aula and Music Room

All locations are in CH-3752 Wimmis.
The Masterclasses are open to the public.
Admission is free.

Masters
Violin: Shmuel Ashkenasi, Philippe Graffin and Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Gérard Caussé
Violoncello: Gavriel Lipkind and Philippe Muller




GAIA Introduces … Student Masters in Concert

Saturday, 7 May 2011, 7pm
Helene-Fahrni-Saal, Musikschule Thun (Bellerive Castle)

This concert is open to the public and features some of the most promising young talent at GAIA Masters.

Admission is free.

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola in C Major Op. 74

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Sonata for Violin and Violoncello

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat Major Op. 18

Performers
Violin: Shmuel Ashkenasi, Philippe Graffin and Gwendolyn Masin
Viola: Gérard Caussé
Violoncello: Gavriel Lipkind and Philippe Muller

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
From Holberg’s Time, Suite Op. 40
The Chamber Orchestra of the Hungarian National Philharmonic, conducted by Gergely Madaras

Franz Schubert (1798–1828)
Sonata “Arpeggione” in A minor D 821
Gavriel Lipkind

Alessandro Marcello (1669–1747)
Oboe Concerto in C minor
Yevgeny Yehudin

Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Piano Sonata Op. 1
Transcription for Viola and String Orchestra by Leonid Hoffman
Ilya Hoffman
Swiss Premiere

Franz Schubert (1798–1828)
Rondo in A Major D 438
Lena Neudauer

Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Kuhnau
The Chamber Orchestra of the Hungarian National Philharmonic, conducted by Gergely Madaras

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D minor
Orchestration by Jorge Bosso
Gavriel Lipkind
Swiss Premiere

Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
Prayer (T’Fila)
Orchestration by Jorge Bosso
Gavriel Lipkind
Swiss Premiere

Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974)
Double Concerto in C Major for Violin, Violoncello and Strings Op. 57
Alexander Sitkovetsky and Torleif Thedéen
Swiss Premiere

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Concerto in G Major for Viola and Strings TWV 51:G9
Natalia Tchitch

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Concerto for Violoncello and Strings in C Major Hob. VIIb:1
Guy Johnston

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 68
Gwendolyn Masin
World Premiere

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello in B-flat Major Op. 11
Roman Zaslavsky, Yevgeny Yehudin and Gavriel Lipkind

César Viana (*1963)
“Sermaf” for Violin and Viola
Lena Neudauer and Natalia Tchitch
Swiss Premiere

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Piano Trio in C minor Op. 8
Gwendolyn Masin, Gavriel Lipkind and Roman Zaslavsky

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60
Gwendolyn Masin, Natalia Tchitch, Guy Johnston and Roman Zaslavsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Clarinet Quintet in A Major KV 581
Yevgeny Yehudin, Lena Neudauer, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Natalia Tchitch, Torleif Thedéen

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Années de Pélerinage, Deuxième Année: Italie S 161
Roman Zaslavsky

György Ligeti (1923–2006)
Sonata for Violoncello solo
Gavriel Lipkind

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Piano Trio in C minor Op. 8
Gwendolyn Masin, Gavriel Lipkind and Roman Zaslavsky

Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
String Sextet from  “Capriccio”
Laura Oomens, Lena Neudauer, Natalia Tchitch, Ilya Hoffman, Torleif Thedéen, Guy Johnston

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Piano Quartet in A minor
Gwendolyn Masin, Ilya Hoffman, Gavriel Lipkind, Roman Zaslavsky

Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Intermezzo in D minor for String Quintet
Laura Oomens, Lena Neudauer, Natalia Tchitch, Ilya Hoffman, Guy Johnston

Anton Webern (1883–1945)
Piano Quintet
Alexander Sitkovetsky, Laura Oomens, Ilya Hoffman, Torleif Thedéen, Roman Zaslavsky

Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951)
Transfigured Night Op. 4 (Version for String Sextet)
Alexander Sitkovetsky, Laura Oomens, Ilya Hoffman, Natalia Tchitch, Gavriel Lipkind, Guy Johnston