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Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson is renowned as a sincere musician and intrepid programmer. He champions a wide repertoire with particular areas of interest: classical, early romantic and French music (especially Fauré), alongside the music of today’s composers. A prolific chamber musician, Alasdair’s colleagues include Steven Isserlis, Pekka Kuusisto, Viktoria Mullova, Pieter Wispelwey, the Doric, Gringolts and Meta4 string quartets, and the Nash Ensemble.
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The 2019 release on Pentatone of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn’s music for cello and fortepiano, with Johannes Moser, joins a discography of solo and chamber recordings on BIS, Champs Hill, Claves, Evil Penguin, and SOMM labels. Highlights of the 2019/20 season include performances at London’s Wigmore Hall and Kings Place, a residency at Sage Gateshead, recitals on fortepiano of Beethoven violin sonatas with Viktoria Mullova, and appearances in festivals including the Bath Mozartfest, Edinburgh International, Esbjerg, kamara.hu, and West Cork. Since 2019 Alasdair has been co-artistic director of the Swiss chamber music festival at Ernen.
The 2019 release on Pentatone of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn’s music for cello and fortepiano, with Johannes Moser, joins a discography of solo and chamber recordings on BIS, Champs Hill, Claves, Evil Penguin, and SOMM labels. Highlights of the 2019/20 season include performances at London’s Wigmore Hall and Kings Place, a residency at Sage Gateshead, recitals on fortepiano of Beethoven violin sonatas with Viktoria Mullova, and appearances in festivals including the Bath Mozartfest, Edinburgh International, Esbjerg, kamara.hu, and West Cork. Since 2019 Alasdair has been co-artistic director of the Swiss chamber music festival at Ernen.
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One of Europe's leading clarinetists, Matthew Hunt is a distinctive musician, renowned for the vocal quality of his playing and his ability to communicate with audiences.
As a soloist, Matthew has recently collaborated with conductors Paavo Jarvi, Trevor Pinnock, Andrew Gourlay and Reinhard Goebbel, and with orchestras including the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, |
the Georgian Chamber Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the Estonian Festival Orchestra, and as a guest of the Berlin Philharmoniker in their series at the Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusik Saal.
A distinguished chamber musician, his partners include the Meta4, Chiaroscuro, Pavel Haas and Elias quartets, as well as Pekka Kuusisto, Alina Ibragimova, Thomas Adès, Nicholas Aldstaedt, Antoine Tamestit, Cedric Tiberghien, Steven Isserlis, Tine Thing Helseth, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Alexander Lonquich and jazz pianist Iiro Rantala. He has appeared at many of Europe’s most prestigious venues and festivals, and as far afield as Bolivia, India, and China.
Matthew holds the position of Solo Clarinet with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Bremen, and has recently been appointed Professor of Chamber Music at the Folkwang University in Essen.
As a recording artist Matthew has broadcast for radio and television and been featured on many film scores; he was the solo clarinetist on the soundtrack for the hit film Love Actually.
His recording for the ASV label of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet with the Elias Quartet was given five stars by BBC Music Magazine and acclaimed as: "the benchmark recording of this much recorded work.”
A distinguished chamber musician, his partners include the Meta4, Chiaroscuro, Pavel Haas and Elias quartets, as well as Pekka Kuusisto, Alina Ibragimova, Thomas Adès, Nicholas Aldstaedt, Antoine Tamestit, Cedric Tiberghien, Steven Isserlis, Tine Thing Helseth, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Alexander Lonquich and jazz pianist Iiro Rantala. He has appeared at many of Europe’s most prestigious venues and festivals, and as far afield as Bolivia, India, and China.
Matthew holds the position of Solo Clarinet with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Bremen, and has recently been appointed Professor of Chamber Music at the Folkwang University in Essen.
As a recording artist Matthew has broadcast for radio and television and been featured on many film scores; he was the solo clarinetist on the soundtrack for the hit film Love Actually.
His recording for the ASV label of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet with the Elias Quartet was given five stars by BBC Music Magazine and acclaimed as: "the benchmark recording of this much recorded work.”