Cooperation with soloists
Gregory Ahss and Konstantin Pfiz
Marjan Kozina Hall Slovenian Philharmonic Ljubljana
29. 7. 2013
In 2004 he made his solo debut under Claudio Abbado and Orchestra Mozart Bologna and went on to perform regularly with Abbado since then. Gregory’s recording of Haydn’s Symphony Concertante with Orchestra Mozart under the baton of Claudio Abbado has won numerous prestigious awards including ICMA the best concerto of the year 2015. As a soloist he also appeared with such conductors as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Teodor Curretzis, Daniel Blendulf and Andres Orozco Estrada, with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Camerata Salzburg. Among his chamber music partners are Natalia Gutman, Janine Jansen, Vilde Frang, James Ehnes, Lawrence Power, Emmanuel Pahud, Gautier Capuçon, Nicolas Altstaed, Alexander Melnikov, Sabine Meyer, Valentin Urban, Konstantin Pfiz and Daniel Hope, with whom he performed Bach and Vivaldi double concerti. He also performed as a violin duo partner with Pinchas Zukerman.
Gregory has appeared as guest concertmaster with such notable ensembles as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, Belgrade Philharmonic and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra leading the repertoire ranging from chamber symphonies to full symphonic literature from the violin. Also as a guest leader he appears amongst others with orchestras such as London Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Munich Opera, Orchestra della Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and Bamberg Symphony. He is Concertmaster of Camerata Salzburg and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
Performers
Gregory Ahss, violin
Konstantin Pfiz, cello
Conductor: Živa Ploj Peršuh
Programme
C. Saint-Saëns: La muse et le poète for violin, cello and orchestra in E-minor, Op.132
G. Rossini: Pas de six from William Tell
B. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, 88 123