| Label: QUARTZ Catalog: QTZ2057 Format: CD Kristine Blaumane, cello; Jacob Katsnelson, pianoSamuel Barber: Sonata for Violoncello & Piano, Op 6 Edvard Gried: Sonata for Piano & Violoncello in A minor, Op 36 Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a Slovakian Theme Debut disc by the sensational Latvian cellist, Kristine Blaumane.
Kristine Blaumane after graduating from the Latvian Academy of Music where she studied with Eleonora Testeleca, moved to England and studied with Stefan Popov at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is regularly invited to play around the world as a soloist with many of the leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra with whom she is the principal cellist. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Kristine has performed with Isaac Stern, Gidon Kremer, Yo Yo Ma and Yuri Bashmet amongst others, and has played at many festivals including Lockenhaus, Gstaad, Salzburg, Verbier, Basel, Jerusalem, Utrecht, Spitalfields, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh and Homecoming. She is a keen promoter of new music and has performed a number of world premières of works dedicated to her. Kristine has twice become laureate of the Great Music Award in 2005 and 2007, the highest prize given by the Latvian State in the field of music. Price: $25.98 |