Thyrsus Summer Music Encounters
Masterclasses. Lectures. Concerts
July 24 to July 28, 2019
Santo Tirso, Portugal
July 24 to July 28, 2019
Santo Tirso, Portugal
Faculty
Yuri ZHISLIN
Described by The Strad as a 'Virtuoso with a truly Romantic temperament', Yuri Zhislin is one of the most versatile musicians of his generation. Equally at home on both violin and viola, Zhislin enjoys an active and illustrious career as a soloist and chamber musician, performing in his native Russia, as well as Eastern and Western Europe, the United States, South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. His performances have taken him to nearly 60 countries around the globe. Acknowledged by critics for his easily recognasible, distinct and warm tone, Zhislin collaborated with Maria Joao Pires, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Natalie Clein, Levon Chilingirian and Michael Collins among many others.
Winner of the 'BBC Radio Two Young Musician of the Year' in 1993, Yuri studied at the Royal College of Music in London and has performed in major concert venues across Europe, including the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Kings Place in London, Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Cortot and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Stadcasino in Basel and Kolarac in Belgrade.
Zhislin recorded his debut recital CD with a brilliant Greek pianist George Lazaridis in 2005 for the SOMM label, which received rave reviews in the media. Together with his wife, an outstanding Russian violinist Natalia Lomeiko, Yuri toured the UK, Japan, Australia and New Zealand and recorded a critically acclaimed CD for Naxos in 2009. Lomeiko and Zhislin were invited to perform the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for two consecutive seasons in Brisbane, Australia, as part of the Master Concert Series. In 2004, Yuri formed the Russian Virtuosi of Europe - a highly versatile and vibrant chamber orchestra that brings together some of the best string players from Eastern Europe that are now based in London. The Virtuosi performed in London, Paris and Zurich, toured South America and took part in numerous festivals throughout Europe. Future plans include concerts in Russia, a return South America tour and several concerts at major London venues.
Zhislin was an Artistic Director of the Evaristo Valle Festival in Spain between 2000 - 2005.
Yuri is a professor of violin and viola at the Royal College of Music and is in high demand as a visiting professor giving masterclasses in Conservatorio de Liceo in Barcelona and Classes Magistrales in Leon, Spain, Malmo Academy in Sweden, as well as in Bulgaria, Holland, Japan and Australia. Zhislin has been an Associate Concertmaster of the Oxford Philomusica since 2011.
Winner of the 'BBC Radio Two Young Musician of the Year' in 1993, Yuri studied at the Royal College of Music in London and has performed in major concert venues across Europe, including the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Kings Place in London, Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Cortot and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Stadcasino in Basel and Kolarac in Belgrade.
Zhislin recorded his debut recital CD with a brilliant Greek pianist George Lazaridis in 2005 for the SOMM label, which received rave reviews in the media. Together with his wife, an outstanding Russian violinist Natalia Lomeiko, Yuri toured the UK, Japan, Australia and New Zealand and recorded a critically acclaimed CD for Naxos in 2009. Lomeiko and Zhislin were invited to perform the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for two consecutive seasons in Brisbane, Australia, as part of the Master Concert Series. In 2004, Yuri formed the Russian Virtuosi of Europe - a highly versatile and vibrant chamber orchestra that brings together some of the best string players from Eastern Europe that are now based in London. The Virtuosi performed in London, Paris and Zurich, toured South America and took part in numerous festivals throughout Europe. Future plans include concerts in Russia, a return South America tour and several concerts at major London venues.
Zhislin was an Artistic Director of the Evaristo Valle Festival in Spain between 2000 - 2005.
Yuri is a professor of violin and viola at the Royal College of Music and is in high demand as a visiting professor giving masterclasses in Conservatorio de Liceo in Barcelona and Classes Magistrales in Leon, Spain, Malmo Academy in Sweden, as well as in Bulgaria, Holland, Japan and Australia. Zhislin has been an Associate Concertmaster of the Oxford Philomusica since 2011.
Natalia LOMEIKO
Natalia Lomeiko launched her solo career aged seven with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic. A few years later she was invited to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School (the late Lord Menuhin hailed her as 'one of the most brilliant of our younger violinists').
After completing her studies at the Royal College and the Royal Academy of Music she won several prestigious international competitions, including the 'Premio Paganini' in Italy and 'Michael Hill' in New Zealand. Natalia has been accompanied by major orchestras around the world including the St.Petersburg Radio-Symphony, Tokyo Royal Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia, Melbourne Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and many other orchestras.
She has performed chamber music alongside such renowned musicians as Gidon Kremer, Tabea Zimmermann, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Schlomo Mintz, Boris Pergamenschikov, Isabelle Faust and Yuri Bashmet. Natalia has recorded for DYNAMIC, FONE and Trust Records with pianist Olga Sitkovetsky. Her recent projects include a recording with her husband Yuri Zhislin for Naxos in autumn 2009 as well as numerous solo and chamber engagements around the world.
In 2011 Natalia was appointed as a Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music in London.
After completing her studies at the Royal College and the Royal Academy of Music she won several prestigious international competitions, including the 'Premio Paganini' in Italy and 'Michael Hill' in New Zealand. Natalia has been accompanied by major orchestras around the world including the St.Petersburg Radio-Symphony, Tokyo Royal Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia, Melbourne Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and many other orchestras.
She has performed chamber music alongside such renowned musicians as Gidon Kremer, Tabea Zimmermann, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Schlomo Mintz, Boris Pergamenschikov, Isabelle Faust and Yuri Bashmet. Natalia has recorded for DYNAMIC, FONE and Trust Records with pianist Olga Sitkovetsky. Her recent projects include a recording with her husband Yuri Zhislin for Naxos in autumn 2009 as well as numerous solo and chamber engagements around the world.
In 2011 Natalia was appointed as a Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music in London.
David LLOYD
A PhD from the University of Sheffield in England, David Wyn Lloyd began his musical studies in 1981 at the Royal College of Music in London. During the period in which he attended this school he won several prizes for viola and chamber music. He then continued his studies with Peter Schidlof of the Amadeus Quartet.
David Lloyd has had an intense professional career, playing with major London orchestras, collaborating on film and television and signing several recordings. He was a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra for four years. During his stay in London, he played under several conductors, including Klaus Tennstedt, Christoph von Eschenbach, Bernard Haitink, Pierre Boulez, Sir John Pritchard, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zubin Mehta, Günter Wand, Sir Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Colin Davis, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Alexander Lazarev and Essa Pekka Salonen, among others. He played in prestigious concert halls such as Royal Albert Hall, Festival Hall, Barbican Center, Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw, Paris Opera, La Scala, Musikverein and Gewandhaus.
Since April 2012, he is the head conductor and artistic director of the Orquestra Clássica do Centro. Following the OCC's move to Cape Verde, he was awarded by the Minister of Culture of that country the title of Honorary Master of the National Orchestra of Cape Verde.
Has been for the last two decades Professor Auxiliar at the Universidade de Aveiro.
David Lloyd has had an intense professional career, playing with major London orchestras, collaborating on film and television and signing several recordings. He was a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra for four years. During his stay in London, he played under several conductors, including Klaus Tennstedt, Christoph von Eschenbach, Bernard Haitink, Pierre Boulez, Sir John Pritchard, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zubin Mehta, Günter Wand, Sir Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Colin Davis, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Alexander Lazarev and Essa Pekka Salonen, among others. He played in prestigious concert halls such as Royal Albert Hall, Festival Hall, Barbican Center, Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw, Paris Opera, La Scala, Musikverein and Gewandhaus.
Since April 2012, he is the head conductor and artistic director of the Orquestra Clássica do Centro. Following the OCC's move to Cape Verde, he was awarded by the Minister of Culture of that country the title of Honorary Master of the National Orchestra of Cape Verde.
Has been for the last two decades Professor Auxiliar at the Universidade de Aveiro.
David CRUZ
Born in Portugal, graduated in 2002 from the National Superior Academy of Orchestra in the class of cellist Paulo Gaio Lima.
From 2001 to 2003 he is a member of the of the European Union Youth Orchestra, performing in some of the major European concert halls and under the direction of maestros such as Sir Colin Davis and Vladimir Ashkenadzy.
He continues his musical studies in the United States at Indiana University, where he studies with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Janos Starker. He teaches at the String Academy of the same University as assistant to cellist Susan Moses.
As a member of the Latin American Music Ensemble of Indiana University, and a prize winner of Latin American Institute of IU, he makes several recordings of music by Latin American Composers such as the sonata for flute and cello by the Chilean composer Juan Orrego Salas for a cd release of his major works during his 80th birthday celebrations.
From 2005 to 2009, he was a professor at the Professional Music School of Mirandela, at the Piaget Institute in Mirandela, and at the University of Minho.
During this period He was principal cello of Orchestra the Câmara do Minho, and Camerat Musical da Guarda.
Living in the USA from 2009 to 2014, he completed his PhD in Music at Boston University, under the direction of the cellists Michael Reynolds and George Neikrug. As his dissertation, he completed an analytical study on the works for cello by the Portuguese composer Fernando Lopes Graça.
At the same University he was Assistant Professor of Michael Reynolds.
He was honored by this University as a member of the Honor Society Phi Kappa Lambda. Also during this period, he was a cello and chamber music teacher at the Rhode Island Philharmonic School of Music and at the Sharon Music Academy.
He is dedicated works by contemporary composers such as the solo cello suite "Passo Cruzado", by Polish composer Igor Iwanek (premiered at the Boston Portuguese Festival in 2012, and the work "Circumloquios Enrevesados" by the Mexican composer Alejandro Castillo, (premiered in August 2009 in Bloomington, USA).
He regularly performs solo and chamber music in important halls in Europe and the United States and is regularly invited to teach in festivals and masterclasses in Spain, Portugal and USA.
Currently, he is professor of cello and chamber music at the University of Aveiro, Musical Director of the Thyrsus Music Encounters and cellist of the Suggia Quartet.
Having instrumental pedagogy as one of his main passions, he has dedicated for more than 15 years to instrumental teaching and pedagogical research, with a main inspiration in the schools of Janos Starker and Demetrius Dounis.
From 2001 to 2003 he is a member of the of the European Union Youth Orchestra, performing in some of the major European concert halls and under the direction of maestros such as Sir Colin Davis and Vladimir Ashkenadzy.
He continues his musical studies in the United States at Indiana University, where he studies with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Janos Starker. He teaches at the String Academy of the same University as assistant to cellist Susan Moses.
As a member of the Latin American Music Ensemble of Indiana University, and a prize winner of Latin American Institute of IU, he makes several recordings of music by Latin American Composers such as the sonata for flute and cello by the Chilean composer Juan Orrego Salas for a cd release of his major works during his 80th birthday celebrations.
From 2005 to 2009, he was a professor at the Professional Music School of Mirandela, at the Piaget Institute in Mirandela, and at the University of Minho.
During this period He was principal cello of Orchestra the Câmara do Minho, and Camerat Musical da Guarda.
Living in the USA from 2009 to 2014, he completed his PhD in Music at Boston University, under the direction of the cellists Michael Reynolds and George Neikrug. As his dissertation, he completed an analytical study on the works for cello by the Portuguese composer Fernando Lopes Graça.
At the same University he was Assistant Professor of Michael Reynolds.
He was honored by this University as a member of the Honor Society Phi Kappa Lambda. Also during this period, he was a cello and chamber music teacher at the Rhode Island Philharmonic School of Music and at the Sharon Music Academy.
He is dedicated works by contemporary composers such as the solo cello suite "Passo Cruzado", by Polish composer Igor Iwanek (premiered at the Boston Portuguese Festival in 2012, and the work "Circumloquios Enrevesados" by the Mexican composer Alejandro Castillo, (premiered in August 2009 in Bloomington, USA).
He regularly performs solo and chamber music in important halls in Europe and the United States and is regularly invited to teach in festivals and masterclasses in Spain, Portugal and USA.
Currently, he is professor of cello and chamber music at the University of Aveiro, Musical Director of the Thyrsus Music Encounters and cellist of the Suggia Quartet.
Having instrumental pedagogy as one of his main passions, he has dedicated for more than 15 years to instrumental teaching and pedagogical research, with a main inspiration in the schools of Janos Starker and Demetrius Dounis.
Marta EUFRÁZIO
Marta Eufrázio studied with Alberto Gaio Lima at the Artave Vocal School (Artave) and chamber music with David Lloyd and Jed Barahal, before being admitted to the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied with the renowned Grigory Zhislin.
It was in this institution that, in July of 2001, she finished with distinction the Degree in music (violin specialty) and, two years later, the Master in Performance (violin).
She also concluded in 2005, the Degree in Music Teaching (violin) and obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Music in the area of performance in 2011, both from the University of Aveiro.
She participated as a teacher in Masterclasses led by internationally renowned professors such as Ida Haendel, Dr. Felix Andrievsky, Lewis Kaplan, Joyce Tan, Geraldo Ribeiro and Daniel Rowland.
She performed solo with the Artave orchestra in 1996, with the Musicare orchestra in 2004 (under the direction of Maestro Cesário Costa) and in 2008 and 2009 with the Raízes Ibéricas orchestra (under the direction of Maestro José Atalaya and Piero Beluggi respectively) and with the Filarmonia de Gaia orchestra, in July and October 2012 ( under the direction of maestro Mario Mateus). In parallel, she developed a constant activity in the field of chamber music in quartet, trio and duo with pianist Constantin Sandu. She is currently 2nd violin of the Suggia String quartet and Professor at Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (Oporto), where she teaches since 2004. At this school she has also been responsible for the coordination of the chamber music program. She was awarded the Specialist Degree by the Polytechnic Institute of Oporto in February 2015.
It was in this institution that, in July of 2001, she finished with distinction the Degree in music (violin specialty) and, two years later, the Master in Performance (violin).
She also concluded in 2005, the Degree in Music Teaching (violin) and obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies in Music in the area of performance in 2011, both from the University of Aveiro.
She participated as a teacher in Masterclasses led by internationally renowned professors such as Ida Haendel, Dr. Felix Andrievsky, Lewis Kaplan, Joyce Tan, Geraldo Ribeiro and Daniel Rowland.
She performed solo with the Artave orchestra in 1996, with the Musicare orchestra in 2004 (under the direction of Maestro Cesário Costa) and in 2008 and 2009 with the Raízes Ibéricas orchestra (under the direction of Maestro José Atalaya and Piero Beluggi respectively) and with the Filarmonia de Gaia orchestra, in July and October 2012 ( under the direction of maestro Mario Mateus). In parallel, she developed a constant activity in the field of chamber music in quartet, trio and duo with pianist Constantin Sandu. She is currently 2nd violin of the Suggia String quartet and Professor at Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (Oporto), where she teaches since 2004. At this school she has also been responsible for the coordination of the chamber music program. She was awarded the Specialist Degree by the Polytechnic Institute of Oporto in February 2015.