Chamber Music

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT SERIES
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The opening event of the chamber music series at MUBA’s cozy concert hall features pianist Yekwon Sunwoo performing alongside musicians from the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO). The program begins with Joseph Haydn’s Trio in C major, known for its virtuous and dominant piano part

At the heart of the evening is César Franck’s monumental Piano Quintet, one of the composer’s most significant works. Due to its dramatic development and intense emotionality, the quintet is often referred to as a “chamber symphony”. The career of South Korean pianist Yekwon Sunwoo gained international momentum after his gold medal win at the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Today, he is regarded as a supreme interpreter of Romantic music.

In November, the MUBA Hall will host a collaboration between ERSO’s chamber musicians and a group of brilliant performers who have moved on from the orchestra to teaching or other ensembles: violinists Arvo Leibur and Maano Männi, clarinetist Toomas Vavilov, and oboist Nils Rõõmussaar. Together with their former colleagues, they will perform charming gems of chamber music.

It is a truly special occasion when the renowned pianist Kalle Randalu celebrates his 70th birthday on stage with the musicians of ERSO. The festive programme is dedicated to two masterpieces of Romantic chamber music. The evening includes Robert Schumann’s poetic Piano Quartet, a work Clara Schumann praised as “youthful and fresh”. It is contrasted with Johannes Brahms’ deeply dramatic Piano Quartet. The spring-like vitality of Schumann and the autumnal wisdom of Brahms lend a profound dignity to this jubilee celebration. The quartet features Kalle Randalu together with Triin Ruubel on violin, Sandra Klimaite on viola, and Theodor Sink on cello.

The young pianist Havryil Sydoryk, a student at MUBA, is already an acclaimed performer. He is joined by the principal clarinetist of ERSO, Soo-Young Lee and cellist Andres Metspalu. The program features two historically and musically intertwined trios: Alexander von Zemlinsky’s early Clarinet Trio in D minor and Johannes Brahms’ mature Clarinet Trio in A minor. Interestingly, Zemlinsky’s composition won a prize at a Vienna Music Society competition where Brahms sat on the jury and spoke very highly of the young author’s work. These two opuses remain among the most esteemed works for clarinet chamber ensembles.

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