Flute: Katalin Kramarics
Piano: Jakub Cizmarovic

 

• Reinecke: Sonata Undine in E minor Op.167
• Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
• Borne: Carmen Fantasy
• Schubert: Trockne Blumen
• Liszt: Hungarian rhapsody no.2
• Doppler: Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

 

Born in 1977 in Budapest. During the year 1992 - 1995 she studied at Konservatorium Bratislava (Slowakei) by Prof. Marta Braunsteinerová. During the year 1995-1997 she studied at Universität Ferenc Liszt Budapest (Ungarn) by Prof. Lóránt Kovács and Prof. János Bálint. From 1997 she also studied at Universität Mozarteum Salzburg by Prof. Michael Martin Kofler.

She has played with several chamber orchestra such as; Capella Istropolitana, Slowakische Kammerorchester, Münchner Kammersolisten, Sándor Frigyes Kammerorchester, Camerata München, Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, Kammerphilharmonie Pardubice. (Werke von J.S.Bach, C.Ph.E.Bach, A.Vivaldi, W.A.Mozart, D.Cimarosa) She has also played with several simphonie Orchestras; Slowakische Philharmonie, Prager Philharmoniker, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Sinfonieorchester des Konservatoriums Bratislava, Hochschulorchester "Mozarteum" (Werke von J.J.Quantz, C.Chaminade, C.Reinecke, J.Ibert, K.Schwertsik). She has been awarded; Concertino Praga (1.Preis-1995), Prager Frühling (3.Preis-1996), Pacem in Terris, Bayreuth (2.Preis-1996 (Kategorie Flöte)), Leonardo De Lorenzo,Italien (1.Preis-1997), Jean-Pierre Rampal, Paris(Sonderpreis-1998), A.Ponchielli Flötenwettbewerb, Cremona(3.Preis-2000), Prager Frühling(2.Preis-2001), Internat. Flötenwettbewerb, Krakow(1. Preis-2002).

Solo flutist of Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie under conductor Yoon Kuk Lee. Orchesterakademie der Münchner Philharmoniker 1999-2001 under conductor James Levine. Solo flutist of Prager Symphoniker from autumn 2001 under conductor Serge Baudo. From autumn 2002 she plays at ,,Gewandhausorchester Leipzig" under conductor Herbert Blomstedt.

 

 

was born in Slovakia in 1985 into a family of musicians and lives in Cologne today. At the age of nine he discovered his passion for the piano and immediately embarked on a breathtaking progress on his instrument, accompanied by considerable successes at various competitions. He was a finalist of the ”Steinway-Competition in Berlin as well as of the international piano competition “Carl Czerny” in Prague. Already in 1999 he won the 1st Prize at the federal “Jugend musiziert” competition as well as the 1st Prize of the “Grotrian-Steinweg-Competition” in Braunschweig, at which he was – as the first participant ever – presented with the “Karl-Heinz Kämmerling” Special Award. The highlight amongst these accomplishments so far consists in the 1st Prize in the category piano and the Grand Prix of the overall competition “International Music Festa Ueda” organised by the Nagano International Music Festa Japan in 2001.

 

In 2005 Jakub Cizmarovic won the 1st Prize of the international piano competition ”5. Premio Internazionale di interpretazione pianistica Giuliano Pecar”. In 2012 he won third prize and audience prize at the International Piano Competition “Città di Pinerolo”

 

A year later he was granted the award for most promising young artist of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Jakub Cizmarovic received his first piano lessons from his mother. Thereafter he became a pupil of Prof. Kämmerling in Hannover. Since 2001 he studies with Prof. Gililov. As of 2003, he furthers his studies at Gililov’s master class at the Cologne University of Music where he graduated in 2012. At the moment he is a postgraduate student at the Mozearteum University Salzburg under Prof. Jacques Rouvier. Frequent participations at master classes, such as with Lazar Berman or Dmitri Bashkirov, present an essential artistic enrichment for Jakub Cizmarovic.