Rosanne Philippens, one of Holland's most prominent violin talents, won first prize at the 2009 National Violin Competition.
Composer Biography
Béla Bartók, a Hungarian composer, made a significant contribution to 20th-century music history by methodically inventorying folk music from Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.
Performer Biography
Rosanne Philippens plays a violin by Michael Angelo Bergonzi (Cremona c. 1750), which was previously played by Herman Krebbers, made available by the Dutch National Music Instrument Foundation.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The performers feel a special attraction to the period when Ravel and Bartók wrote their sonatas and rhapsodies, as music styles from around the world influenced classical musicians.
Performer Biography
Rosanne Philippens and Yuri van Nieuwkerk met at a summer school in Switzerland in 2001 and formed a duo due to their shared musicianship.
Performer Biography
Yuri van Nieuwkerk, the pianist, began learning piano at age six from his father, the composer Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk.
Composition History
Maurice Ravel's Tzigane (1924) was originally written for violin and luthéal or piano to create a special sound effect; the luthéal is a piano-like instrument with stops to sound like an organ or plucked instrument.
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