Cellist Valerie Fritz is a regular guest at major festivals and has received awards including the Berlin Prize for Young Artists and a nomination as ECHO Rising Star for the 2025/26 season.
Recording & Production
This album is a co-production between BR-KLASSIK and NEOS Music GmbH, with recordings made in April 2025 at Studio 2 of Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich.
Composer's Artistic Vision
York Höller developed a concept called 'Gestalt composition,' which draws inspiration from philosophical and scientific approaches, information theory, Gestalt theory, Indian raga, Arabic maqam, and medieval isorhythm.
Instruments
Valerie Fritz performs on a cello made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in 1744, which is provided to her privately.
Composer Biography
York Höller, a composer born in 1944, studied composition with Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Herbert Eimert at the Cologne University of Music.
Performer Biography
Pianist Nina Gurol has a special affinity for contemporary music, describing her artistic approach as being attracted to complexity and penetrating multi-layered structures.
Composer Biography
York Höller worked at the renowned IRCAM (Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique / musique) in Paris at the invitation of Pierre Boulez, which became a second home for him.
