Bo Linde greatly admired Benjamin Britten and shared his unfailing sense of how poetry and music could be united.
Composer Biography
Bo Linde, the composer, was a precocious talent who was accepted into Lars Erik Larsson's composition class at the Academy of Music in Stockholm at the age of fifteen.
Instruments
Maria Kliegel plays a 1693 Stradivarius cello that previously belonged to Maurice Gendron and is provided by the North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation for Arts and Culture.
Composer Biography
Bo Linde, who died at 37, also taught piano and composition and wrote over three thousand articles and reviews on musical topics for the local newspaper.
Performer Biography
Karen Gomyo, the violinist, plays the rare 'Ex Foulis' Stradivarius of 1714, which is on permanent loan to her from a private sponsor.
Performer Biography
Maria Kliegel, the cellist, won the Grand Prix in the 1981 Concours Rostropovich in Paris, which launched her international career.
Performer Biography
Maria Kliegel's recording of Schnittke's first cello concerto was regarded by the composer himself as the standard recording of his work.
