the Faces collaboration l Strings

The Faces Collaboration | Strings
String Ensemble

Program:

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Concert duration: approx. 1 hour 30 minutes, including intermission

Admission: CHF 50.-, unreserved seating

The Faces collaboration | Strings is an international music project that unites musicians and composers to develop contemporary concert formats at the intersection of classical and new music. In this concert, our string ensemble forms the central artistic force of the program. The ensemble interprets the world-renowned cycles "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi and Piazzolla in a new arrangement—entirely for strings, with the addition of a guitar. The guitar plays a special role: in Vivaldi's work, it replaces the harpsichord part (basso continuo), while in Piazzolla's music, it adds a rhythmic and harmonic pulse, reminiscent of the sound of the bandoneon.

The project was founded by Alik Lysiuk and Elizabeth Yakovenko. The musicians bring together extensive international experience, including collaborations with leading composers, artists, and producers. These collaborations include partnerships with Hans Zimmer, Rusanda Panfili, Florian Christl, Maria Yaremak, Matthias G. Kendlinger, Snow Owl, and other leading figures in the contemporary music scene. They have also been members of the Interlaken Classics Festival Orchestra for many years.


They have collaborated with, among others, Hans Zimmer, Rusanda Panfili, Florian Christl, Maria Yaremak, Matthias G. Kendlinger, Snow Owl, and other prominent figures in the contemporary music scene. Ensemble:

Violin Solo: Stanislav Pronin, Violin
Violin 1: Margarita Nastouli & Alexey Galikhanov
Violin 2: Oleksandr Rudyk & Polina Rudyk
Viola 1: Olena Chuyko / Viola 2: Evgeny Franchuk
Cello 1: Alik Lysiuk / Cello 2: Elizabeth Yakovenko
Classical Guitar: Pavlo Pakshyn
Double Bass: Timur Babahyn

Stanislav Pronin has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at numerous festivals, including the Verbier Festival, Interlaken Classics, the Banff Festival, and the Kronberg Festival. He performs regularly in America, Europe, and Asia in renowned venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Seoul Arts Center, the Salzburg Festival, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Royal Albert Hall in London, and the Semperoper in Dresden. He has collaborated with numerous conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Slatkin, Mario Venzago, and Joshua Weilerstein.

For many years, he has also served as concertmaster, including with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, the Odense Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He has also been concertmaster of the Interlaken Classics Festival Orchestra for several years.


For many years, he has also been the concertmaster of the Interlaken Classics Festival Orchestra. He regularly gives masterclasses at institutions such as the Royal College of Music in London, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, the University of Texas at Austin, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He was also an assistant to his mentor, Professor Zakhar Bron, at the Kronberg Academy. He is currently a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

Pronin plays a rare 1736 violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù (“ex-Heifetz”), generously loaned to him by an anonymous patron with the kind support of the China Foundation.