Farasha Sindy Mohamed, Julien Quentin, Serdar Saydan, Wassim Mukdad

• Pierre De Bréville (1861 - 1949): Viola Sonata:
• 1 Bréville: Viola Sonata: I. Modéré 08:04
• 2 Bréville: Viola Sonata: II. Très modéré, presque lent 05:37
• 3 Bréville: Viola Sonata: III. Un peu vite 06:11
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963): Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4:
• 4 Hindemith: Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4: I. Fantasie. Ruhig 03:14
• 5 Hindemith: Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4: II. Thema mit Variationen. Ruhig und einfach, wie ein Volkslied 04:27
• 6 Hindemith: Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4: III. Finale mit Variationen 11:17
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847): Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 62:
• 7 Bartholdy: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 62: No. 6, Frühlingslied, Allegrtetto grazioso (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Hermann Ritter) 02:29
• Khaled Al Kammar (b. 1990): Faten Amal Harby (Version für Oud, Viola, Req und Klavier):
• 8 Kammar: Faten Amal Harby (Version für Oud, Viola, Req und Klavier) 03:07
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921): Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168 (1921 Version) (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Léa Hennino):
• 9 Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168 (1921 Version) (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Léa Hennino): I. Allegretto Moderato 02:46
• 10 Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168 (1921 Version) (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Léa Hennino): II. Allegro scherzando 03:51
• 11 Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168 (1921 Version) (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Léa Hennino): III. Molto adagio - Allegro moderato 06:39
• Total Runtime 57:42

Info for Farasha

On her album Farasha, violist Sindy Mohamed presents a fascinating mixture of Western classical music and Arabic influences. With works by Saint-Saens, Hindemith and a new interpretation of a piece by Khaled Al Kammar, she demonstrates her extraordinary viola artistry. The album reflects her musical development and combines aesthetic influences from both cultures, while Mohamed's choice of works impressively emphasises the versatility of the viola.

With ‘Farasha,’ Sindy Mohamed traces not only the metamorphosis of her own artistic identity, but also that of the viola itself: from an often underrated instrument to a versatile, colourful storyteller that effortlessly mediates between cultures, eras and styles. She is supported by renowned pianist Julien Quentin and outstanding guest musicians such as Wassim Mukdad (oud) and Serdar Saydan (riq).

Sindy Mohamed, winner of international competitions and a sought-after soloist on stages around the world, presents herself on her debut album as a mature artist who puts the viola centre stage with intuition, passion and openness to new perspectives. ‘It's a gut album,’ she says herself. ‘Not a head album. What I've played here is simply me through and through.’ With ‘Farasha,’ she opens her cocoon and spreads her wings – inviting the audience to accompany her on this fascinating flight. (kultur-port.de)

Sindy Mohamed, viola
Julien Quentin, piano
Serdar Saydan, rig
Wassim Mukdad, oud

Sindy Mohamed
The French-Egyptian violist Sindy Mohamed is one of the most promising young musicians of her generation.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Sindy Mohamed is a regular guest at major festivals such as the Moritzburg Festival, the Schubertiade Hohenems, the Kronberg Festival, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and the Folles Journées de Nantes. Her chamber music partners include artists such as Renaud Capuçon, Isabelle Faust, Lawrence Power, Jan Vogler, Maximillian Hornung, Kian Soltani, Yura Lee, Adrien La Marca, Alexander Sitkovetsky, and Marc Bouchkov. In recent seasons, Sindy has performed regularly with harpist Anaïs Gaudemard, flutist Joséphine Olech and violinist Michael Barenboim. Sindy as part of "Chamber Music Connects the World", an event of the Kronberg Academy, performed with world stars such as Steven Isserlis, Christian Tetzlaff, and Gidon Kremer.

Highlights included her debuts with the Heidelberger Sinfoniker under the baton of Johannes Klumpp and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Ahmed El Saedi. Further concerts took her to the Mannheimer Schlosskonzerte with Pēteris Vasks' Viola Concerto and to the Berlioz Festival with the Orchestre des Pays de la Loire, where she played Berlioz's "Harold en Italie". Sindy also made her debut at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and performed a solo recital at the Heidelberger Frühling International Music Festival.

A prizewinner of the 2017 Anton Rubinstein International Competition and a scholarship recipient of the Ottilie Selbach Redslob Foundation, she performed as a soloist in England with the Royal Northern Sinfonia under Lars Vogt as part of the New Year New Artists Festival. Rolando Villazón invited her to appear in the ARTE broadcast "Stars of Tomorrow".

Sindy Mohamed was born in Marseille in 1992. Although she does not come from a musical family, she received her first viola lessons at the age of eight and decided early on to make music her profession. After graduating from the Conservatoire de Marseille, Sindy continued her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music.

She further sharpened her musical profile through her participation in numerous international masterclasses and festival academies such as the Summer Festival Salzburg, the Seiji Ozawa International Switzerland Academy, and the European Chamber Music Academy. There she worked with Daniel Barenboim, Antoine Tamestit, Roberto Diaz, Morten Carlsen, Nobuko Imai, Jean Sulem, Sadao Harada, Pamela Frank and Tatjana Masurenko, among others. Sindy has been a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Barenboim since 2013.

Sindy Mohamed plays a fine Matteo Goffriller viola kindly loaned to her by the Miller-Porter Collection (the Venetian instrument collaboration project of Irene R. Miller and John Porter Foundation) through the Beare’s International Violin Society.

From 2017 to 2020, Sindy Mohamed has been studying at Kronberg Academy with Tabea Zimmermann. These studies were funded by the Stachels/Mock Scholarship.

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