Kwintet met vier blazers en fortepiano: J.C. Bach, Stamitz, Mozart en Chunggil Kim

Fortepiano: Zahler grand, Vienna 1804

Programma:

Chunggil Kim (1934 – 2012) (*):                    2 pieces from “Altestimmung” (oude stemming) for piano solo (1981)

Short Improvisation with fortepiano and bird call

Johann Christian Bach (1735 – 1782):          Sonata for Piano Op. 5 no. 2, first movement Allegro di molt

Carl Stamitz: (1745 – 1801):                          Quartet for Winds in E b Major Op. 8 no. 2Op. 8 no. 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791):   Adagio for Glass Harmonica in C (on pianoforte)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791):   Quintet for pianoforte and wind instruments KV 452

(*) famous Korean composer. The first piece is about the Korean clog, which existed in ancient times)

In one of his letters, Mozart commented about his quintet KV 452 as his best work he had ever written.
Before his golden years as a composer, young Wolfgang Amadeus was strongly influenced by other composers like J. C. Bach and Carl Stamitz – they paved the way for Mozart to become the most brilliant composer of his times.

Musici:

hobo:  Allison Smith

klarinet: Kayo Nishida

hoorn: Rogier Hendrikx

fagot: Kim Stockx

fortepiano: Tae-Young Kim

The ensemble: Tae-Young Kim (pianoforte/Korea), Allison Smith (oboe/USA), Kayo Nishida (clarinet/Japan), Kim Stockx (bassoon/Netherlands) and Rogier Hendrikx (horn/Netherlands) are active musicians, based in Amsterdam and the Hague.

Specializing in historical performance practice, these recent and soon-to-be graduates of the Master’s program in Early Music of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Conservatory of Amsterdam join together in a period-instrument quintet of fortepiano and woodwinds to perform 18th and 19th century classical music. Their Concert programs include a variety of repertoire and instrumentation ranging from intimate settings highlighting few instruments to the famous quintets of Mozart and Beethoven.

Tae-Young Kim, born in Seoul, South Korea, began to take piano lessons at six years old. After her piano study in Seoul(South Korea) and Trossingen (Germany), she devoted herself to the fortepiano study with Eckart Sellheim at the Early Music Institute in Trossingen. In 2006 she moved to Holland and began the core period of her fortepiano study in The Hague with Bart van Oort. She has participated in numerous fortepiano masterclasses on various instruments, including those with Malcolm Bilson, Bart van Oort, Zvi Maniker, Stanley Hoogland and Andreas Staier, among others. With her deep curiosity about early piano history, she has visited numerous piano collections. Through her journey to various instrument collections, she could experience almost every type of important period pianos from the original Cristofori to antique Steinway grand. After her graduation with a bachelor degree from Royal Conservatory in the Hague in 2009, she started her further fortepiano study as a master’s degree student with Richard Egarr at Conservatorium van Amsterdam. With presenting her research about the connection between Johann Christian Bach and Mozart primarily focusing on keyboard works as her thesis work, she attained her master degree.

She attained Second Prize ex-aequo at the young talents performance concourse at the first Geelvinck Pianoforte Festival / Amsterdam Virtuosi 2011.

Currently she is living in Amsterdam as a freelance musican.

Allison M. Smith studied historical oboes with Frank de Bruine at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag (M.M., B.M.), oboe with Alex Klein and Ray Still at Northwestern University School of Music in the Chicago area (M.M.), and oboe and baroque oboe with Marc Schachman at Vassar College in New York (B.A.).  She has performed under the baton of conductors such as Gustav Leonhardt and Richard Egarr, and has appeared in ensembles from The Netherlands, France, Germany, England, and the United States.  A special talent is her imitation of birdcalls by whistling for which she has been featured as soloist, from chamber music and orchestral concerts to aria and opera performances.  Her concert appearances, including performances on historical oboes, recorder, and birdcalls, have been broadcast on Radio 4, Radio West, Radio Capelle, and Deutschlandradio Kultur.

Kayo Nishida, born in Hiroshima (Japan), studied the chalumeaux and historical clarinet with Ernst Schlader at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen in Germany. Besides playing in orchestras such as Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Oslo Baroque Orchestra, Bayerische Theaterakademie, Merseburger Hofmusik, Cammermusik Potsdam amongst many others in Europe. She performs chamber music with different ensembles in Europe in festivals such as the Fringe of the Utrecht Oude Muziek festival and International Young Artist’s Presentation. Currently she is studying the historical clarinet with Erich Hoeprich at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

Kim Stockx begon in 2005 haar studie blokfluit aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium te Den Haag. Ze studeerde bij Dorothea Winter en Daniël Brüggen; en behaalde in 2009 haar diploma.

Tijdens deze vierjarige studie volgde ze masterclasses bij enkele ongevenaarde professionals als Reine-Marie Verhagen, Peter van Heyghen, Sebastian Marq, Christina Pluhar, Wilbert Hazelzet, Frank de Bruine, Charles Toet en Patrick Ayrton.

Kim deed mee aan diverse concoursen, ze behaalde eerste prijzen bij het “Laureaten concours” in Veldhoven in 2004 en het “24 karaats” concours in 2005.

In juni 2012 behaalde Kim haar tweede bachelordiploma barokfagot, klassiek fagot en dulciaan cum laude aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium te Den Haag en is op dit moment bezig het het behalen van haar mastertitel onder begeleiding van haar docenten Donna Agrell, Wouter Verschuren en Alberto Grazzi.

Ze werkte onder andere samen met dirigenten als Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Patrick Ayrton, Peter van Heyghen, Charles Toet, Jos Vermunt, Christina Pluhar, Andrew Parrot en Nicolette Moonen. Ook heeft Kim in binnen- en buitenland (Japan, Spanje, Frankrijk) opgetreden met gezelschappen als het Residentie Bachorkest, Sinfoniëtta Geleen, La Ritirata, La Dichosa Fantasia en Red Rose Four.

In 2012 toerde Kim met het European Union Baroque Orchestra (2012) door heel Europa.

Rogier Hendrikx – hoorn: Rogier Hendrikx studeerde moderne, klassieke en barokhoorn in Amsterdam bij Teunis van der Zwart en Jacob Slagter. In Wenen specialiseerde hij zich in de Weense Hoorn bij prof. Volker Altmann (42 jaar Wiener Philharmoniker). Als freelancer treedt hij door heel Europa op. Zijn muzikale hart ligt bij de Weense Klassieken.

Rogier Hendrikx studied both modern, classical and barock Horn in Amsterdam with Teunis van der Zwart and Jacob Slagter. In Vienna he specialised on the Vienna Horn with Prof. Volker Altmann (long time Wiener Philharmoniker). As a freelancer he preforms all around Europe. His musical heart lies with the Viennes Classics.