British violinist Daniel Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for more than twenty years. He is renowned for his musical versatility and creativity, and for his dedication to humanitarian causes. Hope performs as soloist with the world’s major orchestras and conductors, directs many ensembles from the violin, and plays chamber music in a wide variety of traditional and new venues. He was also the youngest ever member of the Beaux Arts Trio during its last six seasons. Raised in England and educated at Highgate School in London, Hope earned degrees at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Russian pedagogue Zakhar Bron.

 

Called “adventurous and brilliant” by the New York Times, Hope was named “the most exciting British string player since Jacqueline du Pré,” by the London Observer. A recent New York Times review summarized him as “a violinist of probing intellect and commanding style,” and continued: “In a business that likes tidy boxes drawn around its commodities, the British violinist Daniel Hope resists categorization. Mr. Hope, a compelling performer whose work involves standard repertory, new music, raga, and jazz, emphasizes thoughtful engagement over flamboyant display. In his most personal undertakings, he puts classical works within a broader context – not just among other styles and genres but amid history, literature, and drama – to emphasize music’s role as a mirror for struggle and aspiration.”

 

Hope has performed in all of the world’s most prestigious venues and with the greatest orchestras including the Boston, Chicago, Toronto, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras, as well as the major orchestras of Berlin, Birmingham, Dallas, Detroit, Dresden, Israel, London, Moscow, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. He has performed at the world’s most important festivals, such as the BBC Proms and the Salzburg, Lucerne, Ravinia, Verbier and Tanglewood festivals.

 

 

The Zurich Chamber Orchestra was founded shortly after the Second World War and since then has enjoyed an excellent reputation all over the word.

 

Its repertoire encompasses pieces from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras, as well as contemporary music. The orchestra is particularly renowned for its out-of-the-ordinary productions – such as its performances with musicians from other music genres, such as jazz or pop.

 

In addition to the highly popular New Year’s concert, a further highlight is the famous children’s concerts, which are geared towards young people of all ages. These concerts aim not only to convey the pleasure that music gives but also to awaken an interest in learning to play a particular instrument.

 

 

The TÖLZER BOYS’ CHOIR has roots leading to a Boy Scout troop formed after the 2nd World War in Bad Tölz, whereby folk and hiking songs were routinely sung during group activities. The 18-year-old high school student Gerhard Schmidt took on the leadership of the singing group when the Boy Scout troop disbanded in January of 1956 thereby laying the foundation for the unprecedented success of the TÖLZER BOYS’ CHOIR.

 

The Choir has rehearsed in Munich since 1971. Two hundred boys in four developmental ranks are instructed by artistic directors Christian Fliegner and Clemens Haudum, the director of the soloist division Ursula Richter as well as eight additional singing educators. After their voices change, the students are trained in their own men’s chorus. Now as then, the chorus receives guidance and support from its founder Professor Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden.

 

Joy in singing, creativity, spontaneity, and self-discipline form the basis for the boys’ training. In the concert choir they sing music from the Middle Ages to the present in up to 250 concerts and opera productions around the world yearly. Sacred music from the baroque and classical periods is an important focal point. The soloists of the TÖLZER BOYS’ CHOIR achieved renown singing the roles of the "drei Knaben", or three boys, in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte (the Magic Flute), which is now in its twelfth CD and DVD production with the Tölzer boys.

 

 

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Richter: Recomposed
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Orff Carmina burana
Orff Tanzlieder
Olive tree