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Classical Music - Piano Quintet

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  Violinist

  Bogdan Bozovic

  Bogdan Božović first appeared on the international music scene in 2012 as the violinist of the Vienna Piano Trio, with which he performed in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls. From 2015, he served as concertmaster of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra until he joined the Esbjerg Ensemble in Denmark in 2018. Since 2022, he has been the concertmaster of the Musikkollegium Winterthur, where he frequently takes on artistic leadership roles and performs as a soloist. Since 2022, he has also been the concertmaster of Ensemble Resonanz, the resident ensemble of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. His solo performances in the 2023/2024 season include tours featuring violin concertos by Bacewicz and Mozart.

  A passionate chamber musician, Bogdan is a regular artist at Open Chamber Music Prussia Cove, the Saronic Chamber Music Festival, Festival Resonances, Musikdorf Ernen, and other festivals. He studied with Vesna Stanković in his hometown of Belgrade, with Klara Flieder at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and with Rainer Schmidt in Basel.

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  Violinist

  Rahel Cunz

  Rahel Cunz received her musical education from Rudolf Bamert in Zurich and Aida Stucki-Piraccini at the Zurich University of the Arts. These studies were further supplemented by participation in masterclasses with Joseph Gingold and Gérard Poulet in Greensboro, USA, Boris Belkin in Siena, and Rainer Kussmaul at the Carl Flesch Academy in Baden-Baden. Rahel Cunz won First Prizes at various competitions early in her career, including the Swiss Youth Music Competition and the Brahms Competition (Austria). She also received scholarships from the Migros Cooperative and the cultural foundations of the City and Canton of St. Gallen. Since 1994, Rahel Cunz has been the concertmaster of the Musikkollegium Winterthur. As a member of the Collegium Novum Zurich soloists' ensemble, she regularly collaborates with Heinz Holliger, Jörg Widmann, Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Pärt, Salvatore Sciarrino, and others. Several works by renowned composers have been dedicated to her, premiered by her, and recorded. Training gifted young violinists at the Winterthur Conservatory is another of her significant commitments. In addition to these activities, she has a versatile concert career as both a soloist and a chamber musician in various formations. She is one of the few violinists to include the monumental Violin Concerto by György Ligeti in her repertoire.

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  Violist

  Vladimir Babeshko

  Vladimir Babeshko is an award-winning violist from Kazan, who regularly performs worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician. In 2015, he premiered the viola concerto by Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle with the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim. He frequently collaborates with artists such as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Christoph Eschenbach, and Gidon Kremer, and has performed at festivals like the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival, and the Moritzburg Festival.

  Since 2011, he has been a member of the "Mutter’s Virtuosi" ensemble. Since 2019, he has toured with Anne-Sophie Mutter's quartet, performing in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Elbphilharmonie. A highlight of the 2021/22 season was a benefit concert with Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Munich Philharmonic, which was broadcast live on BR Klassik. Since 2022, Babeshko has been the solo violist of the Musikkollegium Winterthur. He plays a viola by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume from 1870.

  Photocredit: Stephan Glathe

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  Cellist

  Claude Frochaux

  Claude Frochaux, born in Turin, Italy, studied in his home country as well as in Frankfurt, Essen, and Madrid. His solo and chamber music concerts have taken him to Italy and other European countries, performing in prestigious venues such as the Wigmore Hall, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and the Musikverein Vienna, as well as to North and South America, India, and China. As a sought-after and passionate chamber musician, he has performed at festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Beethovenfest Bonn, Enescu Bucharest, Kuhmo Finland, Oxford, and Mozartfest Würzburg. His performances have been broadcast by BR, WDR, SWR, NDR, Deutschlandfunk, RAI3, and Radio Clasica.

  In 2008, he founded the Monte Piano Trio, with which he won numerous international prizes, and their CDs released by Genuin Classics have received various accolades. He regularly collaborates with artists such as Irina Zahhrenkova, Olli Mustonen, and Hugo Ticciati, as well as with ensembles like O/Modernt Stockholm and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Claude Frochaux is the artistic director of the KmfSylt, an international chamber music festival held annually on the German island since 2012. He also founded MUSICA+, a musical concept aimed at introducing classical music to diverse audiences through chamber, school, and children's concerts, as well as workshops. Claude Frochaux plays one of only six known cellos by G. F. Celoniato from Turin, dating back to 1720.

  Photo credit: Matthew Johnson

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  Pianist

  Kristoffer Hyldig

  The internationally acclaimed Danish pianist Kristoffer Hyldig is a sought-after soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist. His latest recording of Messiaen's extensive piano work Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus has already received significant international praise and recognition from renowned media such as Gramophone Magazine and The Telegraph. His album was also awarded the prestigious Album of the Year 2023 by Danish Radio and was described by the Danish newspaper Politiken as the best album of the year. Together with his colleagues from the Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen, the Bornholm native leads the Chamber Music Festival in Båstad, one of Sweden's most historic festivals. He is also the artistic director of the Chamber Music Festival on the island of Fejø. His performances are regularly broadcast on Danish and Swedish radio, and more recently on BBC and Hungarian Radio Bartók.

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