Venice Anastasia Kobekina

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Lamento d'Arianna:
• 1 Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna 01:33
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Cello Concerto in A Minor, RV 419:
• 2 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in A Minor, RV 419: III. Allegro 01:54
• Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937): Abendserenade:
• 3 Silvestrov: Abendserenade 03:39
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626): Go, Crystal Tears:
• 4 Dowland: Go, Crystal Tears 03:15
• Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405:
• 5 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405: I. [Allegro] 02:55
• 6 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405: II. Adagio 03:51
• 7 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405: III. Allegro 02:14
• Caroline Shaw (b. 1982): Limestone & Felt:
• 8 Shaw: Limestone & Felt 05:51
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974:
• 9 Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio (After Marcello) 03:28
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87:
• 10 Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IV. Barcarolla 01:58
• Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 408:
• 11 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 408: II. Largo 04:22
• Nino Rota (1911 - 1979): Canto della Buranella (From "Il Casanova di Federico Fellini"):
• 12 Rota: Canto della Buranella (From "Il Casanova di Federico Fellini") 01:12
• Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677): Che si può fare?:
• 13 Strozzi: Che si può fare? 03:27
• Brian Eno (b. 1948), Jon Hopkins (b. 1979): Emerald and Stone:
• 14 Eno, Hopkins: Emerald and Stone 02:17
• György Kurtag (b. 1926): Signs, Games and Messages:
• 15 Kurtag: Signs, Games and Messages: Árnyak (Shadows) 01:01
• Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416:
• 16 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416: I. Allegro 03:21
• 17 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416: II. Adagio 03:21
• 18 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV 416: III. Allegro 03:02
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1:
• 19 Fauré: Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 02:43
• Antonio Sartorio (b. 1630 - 1680): L'orfeo: Orfeo, tu dormi:
• 20 Sartorio: L'orfeo: Orfeo, tu dormi 02:13
• 21 Sartorio: L'orfeo: Se desti pietà 02:45
• Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Cello and Bassoon in E Minor, RV 409:
• 22 Vivaldi: Concerto for Cello and Bassoon in E Minor, RV 409: III. Allegro 02:24
• Vladimir Kobekin (b. 1947): Ariadne's Lament (Variations on a Theme by Claudio Monteverdi):
• 23 Kobekin: Ariadne's Lament (Variations on a Theme by Claudio Monteverdi) 09:49
• Total Runtime 01:12:35

Info for Venice

Die junge Anastasia Kobekina, einer der herausragenden Cellistinnen ihrer Generation, veröffentlicht mit „Venice“ ihr erstes Album für Sony Classical

Anastasia Kobekina hat u.a. an der weltweit renommierten Kronberg Academy bei Frankfurt studiert, die Bronzemedaille beim Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerb gewonnen, ist ehemalige BBC New Generation Artist und Borletti-Butoni Trust Artist, tritt mit Orchestern wie dem der Tonhalle Zürich, den Wiener Symphonikern oder dem BBC Philharmonic auf, feierte Erfolge bei weltweiten Festivals, wie dem Rheingau-Musikfestival oder dem Verbier Festival on Tour.

Ihr erstes Album bei Sony Classical mit dem Titel „Venice“ demonstriert die stilistische Bandbreite und das weite musikalische Interesse der Cellistin: „Venedig fühlt sich nicht nur wie eine Stadt an, sondern wie eine Idee, ein eigener Charakter“, sagt Anastasia Kobekina. „Oder vielleicht stellt es für jeden von uns einen anderen Charakter dar. Es stellt Fragen an uns, regt unsere Fantasie an.“

Ihr Album, auf dem sie von handverlesenen Solisten und dem Kammerorchester Basel begleitet wird, verbindet Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, Musik von der Renaissance von Claudio Monteverdi und John Dowland bis zum 21. Jahrhundert von Brian Eno. Dabei sind auch Werke der freigeistigen venezianischen Komponistin Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677), dann, zwischen Konzertsätzen von Vivaldi und Bach, katapultiert „Limestone and Felt“ der amerikanischen Komponistin Caroline Shaw Hörerinnen und Hörer in die Gegenwart. Vertreten sind zudem Werke von Komponisten, in deren Leben Venedig eine Rolle spielte wie Gabriel Fauré, Nino Rota und Benjamin Britten.

Außerdem spielt Anastasia Kobekina, die in Frankfurt/Main lebt, das Werk ihres Vaters Vladimir Kobekin, das auf einer Melodie von Monteverdi basiert, „Ariadne's Lament“. „Dieses Stück geht mir sehr unter die Haut, und die Aufnahme ist eine der intensivsten musikalischen Erfahrungen, die ich je gemacht habe", sagt sie.

Anastasia Kobekina beherrscht sowohl das moderne als auch das barocke Cello, deren Gebrauch auf „Venice“ nahtlos, dabei je nach Vorlage, ineinander übergeht.

Monteverdi, ein ehemaliger Musikdirektor der Markuskirche in Venedig, ist auf dem Album fast ständig präsent. Auch der berühmteste Komponist, der aus Venedig hervorging, Antonio Vivaldi, ist in einer Reihe von Cellokonzerten vertreten. Über Vivaldi sagt Kobekina: „In Vivaldis Musik gibt es so extreme Kontraste, vor allem zwischen dem Orchester und dem Solisten, als ob es zwischen Sonne und Schatten wäre. Man hat fast das Gefühl, von den Wellen mitgerissen und fortgetragen zu werden. Ein unbewusster Tanz, ewig, als würde er einen Rhythmus schlagen, der uns allen innewohnt, Bewegung als Wurzel der Musik. Es ist so leicht, sich davon mitreißen zu lassen.“

Anastasia Kobekina, Violoncello
Azul Lima, Laute
Mariana Doughty, Bratsche
Fran Petrac, Kontrabass
Martin Zeller, Barockcello
Leonardo Bortolotto, Viola da gamba
Kammerorchester Basel

Anastasia Kobekina
The Russian cellist Anastasia Kobekina is a multiple prize winner at international competitions. In 2018, she was awarded the Prix Thierry Scherz and the Prix André Hoffmann at the Swiss winter music festi­val “Sommets musicaux de Gstaad”, which includes a recording with orchestra for the Swiss recording label Claves. In the same year, Anastasia was selected by BBC 3 to join the BBC New Generation scheme from 2018 to 2020.

In 2016, she won the soloist prize of the renowned German festival „Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern“ and the 2nd prize at the George Enescu Competition in Bukarest. In 2015, Anastasia Kobekina won the 1st prize at Germany’s most important International Youth Competition “Tonali15 Music Competition” (Hamburg). As a result of this competition success, Anastasia earned €10.000 prize money and a violoncello made by G. B. Guadagnini loaned for three years. Additionally, in her home country, Anastasia also was the first-prize winner of several international competitions, such as the television contest “Nutcracker” in 2007 and the competition “New names” (2008).

As a soloist, Anastasia recently has played with orchestras such as Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Gidon Kremer’s Kremerata Baltica (including participating in a CD production), German Chamber Philharmonic Bre­men, Chamber Orchestra of the “Viennese Music Association”, Moscow Virtuosi, Vienna Symphonics, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater under the baton of V. Gergiev, the Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, Israel Camerata, and the Sinfonia Varsovia under the baton of Krzysztof Penderecki. Furthermore, the cellist has performed at prestigious venues like Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Zurich Tonhalle and Mariinsky Theater. Additionally, she participated in many International festivals. Among them are the Chamber Music Week of the Verbier Festival, Les Flâneries Musicales de Reims, Kronberg Cello Festival, Festival „Spannungen“ Heimbach, Easter Festival of Aix-en-Provence, and Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern. She regularly performes with excellent musicians like Gidon Kremer, András Schiff, Yuri Bashmet, Isabelle Faust, Lars Vogt, Artur Pizarro and Nicolas Altstaedt.

In 2012, Anastasia has participated in the Verbier Festival Camp.

In November 2016, Anastasia Kobekina also was invited by Rolando Villazón to his German/French TV Show on arte TV „Stars of tomorrow“.

From 2012 to 2016, Anastasia has studied at the prestigious German Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson. From 2016 to 2018, the cellist continued her study at the class of Jens Peter Maintz at University of Arts in Berlin. She curently studies in Paris.

In 2018 came out the debut CD of Anastasia on the French label „Disque Auvers“ together with pianist Paloma Kouider with works of Stravinsky, Franck and Myaskovsky“.

Berne Symphony Orchestra
can look back on a 140-year tradition as orchestra in the capitol city of Switzerland. With its nearly 100 musicians from over 20 different nations, the symphony orchestra is unified under the umbrella “Konzert Theater Bern” along with the opera, drama, and dance divisions of the theater.

At the beginning of the 2010/2011 season, the position of head conductor of the BSO was taken over by Swiss Mario Venzago. Among his predecessors are counted Andrey Boreyko, Dmitrij Kitajenko, and Peter Maag. Notable guest conductors, such as Bruno Walter, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, as well as more recently, Eliahu Inbal, Sir Neville Marriner, Eiji Oue, Jun Märkl, and Michael Sanderling have also left and continue to leave their marks on the orchestra. World-class soloists like Joshua Bell, Sol Gabetta, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Fazil Say, Mischa Maisky, or Jean-Yves Thibaudet, as well as young classical stars like Kit Armstrong, Lise de la Salle, or Christoph Croisé see to it that the good reputation of the Berne Symphony Orchestra transmits well beyond the country’s borders. This leads to regular invitations inside and outside of Switzerland, such as the May 2017 tour of China.

The young, highly motivated BSO, now one of Switzerland’s largest orchestras, performs about 50 concerts per season. Besides the symphony concerts, the Gala and New Year’s Concerts in particular are among the cultural highlights of the year. The BSO also attracts a large and enthusiastic audience at its annual open-air concert on the Bundesplatz Bern (the capital’s main square), and offers the citizens of Berne a musical home. The Berne Symphony Orchestra’s further activities include guest performances in Switzerland and abroad as well as radio and CD recordings.

Booklet for Venice