Goldberg 11.10.24

Speakers

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  Lisa Jacobs Violinst
  

  Lisa Jacobs

  Violinst

  Dutch violin virtuoso Lisa Jacobs is known for her passionate performances, interesting programs and communicative qualities on stage. At the age of 17, Lisa has made her successful debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of Riccardo Chailly. She has played all around the world ever since, both as a soloist with renowned orchestras and conductors, and a recitalist and vivid chamber musician.

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  Lech Antonio Uszynski Viola
  

  Lech Antonio Uszynski

  Viola

  With his characteristic warm sound and sensitive interpretation, Lech Antonio Uszynski has become a sought-after Violist on international stages. As a soloist and chamber musician he has played in concert halls that include the Philharmonie Berlin, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Zurich Tonhalle, the Vienna Konzerthaus, London’s Wigmore Hall and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall.

  He is also a regular guest at international festivals where he has performed with Artists such as Vilde Frang, Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff & Antoine Tamestit. In June 2022 he had his critically acclaimed Solo Debut at the NFM in Wrocław under the direction of Krzysztof Urbański. In addition to his wide stylistic range as a performer, he is also passionate about teaching and has been giving regularly Masterclasses over the past years. Lech Antonio Uszynski is professor of Viola at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague.

  He has been the Stradivari Quartet’s viola player since 2010 and enjoyed great acclaim with this ensemble on international tours throughout Europe, Asia and America. Additionally, to his performance as chamber musician and soloist, he has been invited in the past years as guest principal Viola by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, the Gstaad Festival Orchestra and numerous other Ensembles. In 2022 he held an “ad interim” position as co-principal Viola at the Sinfonieorchester Basel.

  2019 his solo album “Progetto Gibson” was released by RCA Red Seal (Sony Classical). The pieces on this recording are related to Antonio Stradivari’s famous “Gibson” Viola, 1734, which Uszynski played from 2010-2017. Previous recordings include Steve Reich’s string quartets “Different Trains” & “Triple quartet” for Warner Classics and chamber music versions of Mahler 1st and 4th Symphonies. In 2018 his quartet released two CDs (Works by Schumann & Schubert) for RCA Red Seal (Sony). In 2021 he received much critical acclaim for his live-recording of Bachs Toccata & Fugue in a version for Viola Solo which was published on Youtube.

  He was born in 1986 into a family of Polish musicians in Padova in Italy but moved to Switzerland the following year. It was there that he grew up, studying with Ana Chumachenco, Zakhar Bron and Michel Rouilly at Zurich’s University of the Arts. He also received mentoring and encouragement as a viola player from Rudolf Barshai.

  Lech Antonio Uszynski currently performs on a rare Viola by the Maker Hendrick Willems built in 1690. Lech Antonio Uszynski is an Thomastik-Infeld Exclusive Artist and is playing on Spirocore and PI Strings.

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  Christopher Jepson Cello
  

  Christopher Jepson

  Cello

  Seit 2012 ist Christopher 1. Solo-Cello des Gstaad Menuhin Festival Orchestra. Er wird regelmäßig als Solocellogast bei Orchestern weltweit eingeladen und trat sogar als Solist beim Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2024 auf, wo er Tschaikowskys Rokoko-Variationen aufführte.
  Seine Orchesterlaufbahn begann er nach dem Abschluss seines Studiums an der Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler” in Berlin – zunächst als Mitglied des Celloregisters des Deutschen Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin, bevor er die Stelle des 2. Solo-Cellos im Sinfonieorchester Basel übernahm.
  Kammermusik war stets ein zentraler Bestandteil von Christophers musikalischem Leben. Sieben Jahre lang war er Cellist des Amar String Quartet, Schweiz, und er tritt regelmäßig bei Kammermusikfestivals in ganz Europa auf, gemeinsam mit international renommierten Künstlerinnen und Künstlern.
  Als Pädagoge wird Christopher als Cellolehrer beim British Isles Music Festival eingeladen, wo er auch dem Vorstand angehört. Er unterrichtet privat und hat Meisterkurse an Institutionen wie dem China Conservatory of Music (Peking) und der Universidad de Santiago (Chile) gegeben sowie das Asian Youth Orchestra betreut.
  Christopher ist Gründer und Leiter von Rhein Klassik.