Quarto Program 2010/2011

November:
Beethoven's String quartets op.18 c-moll and op.132 a-moll in Aleksander Nevski Crypt

December:
Quarto Tango Project in Grand Bulgaria Hall with Ville Hiltula (Bandoneon)

January:
Beethoven and R.Strauss - Violin Sonatas (Ivan Penchev-violin and Dimo Dimov-piano)

March:
Brahms-Piano Quartet's No.1 and No.3 in Grand Bulgaria Hall

April:
Mozart and Brahms - Clarinet Quintets in Recital Bulgaria Hall

May:
Quarto's Stravinsky Project "The Soldier's Tale"

Tickets sales at Box Office in Bulgaria Hall and www.ticketplus.bg

Enjoy!

16 February; Concert "Three in One"

The Musicians:

• Ivan Penchev (Quarto Quartet) - violin,
• Dimitar Tenchev (Sofia Soloists) - cello,
• prof.Dimo Dimov (NM Academy) - piano

The Program:

• Haydn - Piano Trio in G Major "Gypsy"
• Schumann - Piano Trio No.3 in G, Op.110
• Brahms - Piano Trio No.2 in C, Op.87

The Tickets:

• Tickets sales at Box Office in Bulgaria Hall, phone (+ 359) 898 709 959 and E-mail for reservations: quartoquartet@gmail.com

Beethoven's Violin Sonatas, Ivan Penchev (violin) & Dimo Dimov (piano)

"Salon des Arts" in National Palace of Culture present:

June 3, Wednesday, 2009
19.00h

Beethoven

Sonatas
for violin and piano

• Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Opus 12 (1798) Dedicated to Antonio Salieri.
  

• Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring" in F major, Opus 24, (1801)

• Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, "Kreutzer Sonata", Opus 47, (1803)

• Ivan Penchev (violin) graduated from the Sofia school of music and the state music academy with Prof. Josiph Radionov. Since childhood he has been wining awards at national and international competitions including “Wieniavski”, “Kotzian”, “Sv. Obretenov” and others. He participated in master classes of Max Rostal, Vl. Spivakov, Svetlana Bezrodnaia, Bernhart Hartog. Since 1990 he has been placed in various positions including leader in many Bulgarian and international orchestras conducted by Cl. Abbado, Carl St. Claire, Rossen Milanov, N. Marriner, E. Tabakov and others. Currently he is a member of the Sofia Philharmonics; he is the first violin of “Quarto Quartet” winning several competitions for chamber music - “250 years Mozart” in 2006, “Competition for Austrian music” in 2008, “Competition Goleminov” in 2008 and others.He has been a soloist of several orchestras with concerts of Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and others. Since 2006 he has been collaborating with Prof. Dimov their repertoire included sonatas of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Bartok and others.

• Dimo Dimov (piano) graduated from the Sofia music school and the state music academy with Professors Julia and Constantine Ganev. He continued his education as their assistant. During 1983 – 4 he completed his education with Prof. Lilly Krauss in the United States. In 1970 he received first prize at the national competition “Stvetoslav Obretenov” he also received first prize at the “International competition for pianists in Athens in 1979”. He has been praised by critiques and juries for his performances of Beethoven being compared with the performances of Sv.Richter. Dimo Dimov has been successfully performing as a soloist and in orchestras in Europe and in the United States. He conducted master classes in Greece from 1986 through to 1991. Currently Dimo Dimov is Prof. in piano at the state music academy Pancho Vladigerov.

The tickets are available in Ticket Center of The National Palace of Culture and quartoquartet@gmail.com

Hall 9

Bartok, Schubert and Brahms in Bulgarian National Radio

Ivan Penchev-violin,
Atanas Iliev-clarinet,
Dimo Dimov-piano
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Bartok-Contrasts in BNR,
April 2008
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Bulgarian National Radio and
Quarto Quartet's
Project