IDAGIO | Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos in E-Flat Major, K. 365 - Françoise Choveaux: Cristián en el Tortoni Buenos Aires, Op. 261 4260123644970

Featuring

Margarita Höhenrieder
Antti Siirala
William Garfield Walker
Sébastien Innocenti
Wiener Concert-Verein
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Françoise Choveaux

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Performer Biography

Margarita Höhenrieder has premiered several works dedicated to her by Françoise Choveaux, a composer and pianist, including a Piano Quintet and 'Tres danzas Argentinas' for 4 hands.

Composer Biography

Françoise Choveaux, a composer and pianist, has written over 330 works for various instruments and ensembles, from solo pieces to symphonic orchestra works.

Composition History

Françoise Choveaux's tango 'Cristián en el Café Tortoni Buenos Aires' was inspired by the shared enthusiasm for South American music and Buenos Aires, the birthplace of tango and the native city of Margarita Höhenrieder's husband, Cristián.

Performer Biography

The Wiener Concert-Verein (WCV), a chamber orchestra, was founded in 1987 by young members of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and bears its original historic name.

Performer Biography

Margarita Höhenrieder, a Munich pianist, won first prize at the prestigious BUSONI-Wettbewerb in Bolzano in 1981, joining a list of laureates including Martha Argerich.

Performer Biography

Antti Siirala, a Finnish pianist, won the International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna in 1997 as the youngest laureate in its history.

Performer Biography

Sébastien Innocenti, a bandoneon player, discovered tango and the bandoneon, and his encounter with composer Gustavo Beytelmann, marked a fundamental change in his career.