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  Gavriel Lipkind
  Lipkind Productions
  The Cello Heroics recording series aims to become an exhaustive anthology of the concertante repertoire for cello...

Gavriel Lipkind, born in Tel Aviv in 1977, enjoyed an early stellar rise to international renown as a young cellist, before making the decision to question a predefined life and halt a predictable path. He decided to take a three-year period of retreat from stage life, during which he devoted himself to further studies and recording. An iconoclastic thinker, Mr. Lipkind’s work today stands for consistent thought and intrinsic musical inspiration without compromising quality — an almost unattainable goal in the life of performing soloists today. Being a genuine fanatic of musical detail and audio documentation, Mr. Lipkind has chosen a radical path of innovation in his profession.

Gavriel Lipkind plays a unique Italian cello labeled "Aloysius Michael Garani (Bologna, 1702)" estimated, however, to have been completed in the years 1670-1680. An enigma which has come to be known as "the Zihrhonheimer cello". The Zihrhonheimer Cello could become an inseparable part of Mr. Lipkind's music making thanks to the generous support of M. & D. P.

Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra
Legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin arrived for concerts in Poland as a soloist and conductor in April 1984 on the invitation of the Polish Chamber Orchestra functioning already for some time. To meet the planned repertoire's needs the orchestra enlarged its composition by inviting distinguished musicians from around the country. With initial concerts of the ensemble conducted by Yehudi Menuhin meeting with an enthusiastic applause of the audience and critics' appreciation, delighted Lord Yehudi Menuhin expressed his desire to continue cooperation with the new formation. The idea of creation a standing orchestra made of strings and a double wind section had become a fact. Yehudi Menuhin without any hesitation accepted the proposal of the Ensemble Director Franciszek Wybra?czyk and took up duties of the first visiting conductor and the orchestra was named Sinfonia Varsovia.

Soon the ensemble got first offers to give concerts in the United States and Canada with other invitations arriving from Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Finland, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Switzerland, Greece and in the last years also from Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Sinfonia Varsovia performed in the most prestigious concert halls of the world - New York's Carnegie Hall, Théâtre de Champs Elysées in Paris, Barbican Centre in London, Musikverein in Vienna, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Suntory Hall in Tokyo or Herkulessaal in Munich; it participated in renowned festivals, among others in Salzburg, Aix-en Provence, Montreux, La Roque d'Anthéron, Schleswig-Holstein, Pablo Casals Festival and many others.

Antony Hermus - Conductor
Dutch conductor Antony Hermus (1973) has already captured the musical world. In the season 2009/10 Antony Hermus was appointed Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Dessau Opera/Anhaltische Philharmonie. In 2003 he became Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hagen Opera/ Philharmonic Orchestra, where he gained many awards for his work. Despite his young age, Antony Hermus has conducted many orchestras such as Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Gelders Orchestra, Brabants Orchestra, Orchestre de Bretagne, Duisburg Philharmonic, Bochum Symphony, Freiburg Philharmonic, Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Jena Philharmonic, Osnabrück Symphony, RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, etc.

Forthcoming invitations include performances with the Residentie Orkest, Limburg Symphony, L’Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Nederlands Phiharmonisch Orchestra in Amsterdam. Despite his young age, Antony Hermus has already conducted a wide repertoire: numerous operas and symphonic pieces, most of them new productions, e. g. Carmen, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Faust, La Bohème, Tosca, Katja Kabanova, L’Enfant et les sortilèges, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Forza del Destino, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Die tote Stadt, Elektra, Manon, and Falstaff.

Apart from “standard-repertoire” Antony Hermus has been conducting many “rediscoveries” such as Die Königskinder by Humperdinck and Kleider machen Leute by Zemlinsky. He has also performed contemporary music with Where the Wild Things are by Oliver Knussen, the world premiere of the new version of Helle Nächte by Moritz Eggert and the German premiere of Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie.He has led the new production of Tsar Saltan by Rimsky-Korsakov at the Opera Zuid, the new productions of Matrimonio Segreto by Cimarosa at the Opéra National de Paris and Don Giovanni in Rennes. In a reviewer survey Antony Hermus received many nominations as the best conductor of the season in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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