Repertoire
F. Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words)
L. Beethoven: Sonata No.5 in F Major, Op. 24, Spring
F. Amirov: 6 Pieces for Flute and Piano
R. Glière: Song for Flute and Piano, Op. 35
O. Taktakishvili: Sonata for Flute and Piano in C Major
Artists
Vesselin Stanev, born in Varna (Bulgaria), trained at the National Academy of Music in Sofia and at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Dmitri Bashkirov, and with Alexis Weissenberg at the Paris Conservatory. Mentored by Peter Feuchtwanger, London. Prize winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition and at the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition. Performances in the great European concert halls: Wigmore Hall in London, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Philharmonie in Berlin, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and Salle Gaveau in Paris. Tours in Scandinavia, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia and Japan. Collaborations with such conductors as Paul Daniel, Alexander Lazarev, Hubert Soudant, and David Zinman. Regular chamber music concerts with violinist Ekaterina Frolova. CDs released by RCA, Sony Classical and the Bulgarian record label Gega New.
The Swiss flutist Eva Oertle is active throughout Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. She plays with such internationally acclaimed orchestras as Il Giardino Armonico and Al Ayre Español. Her recitals have taken her to such major concert halls such as the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Musikverein in Vienna. As a soloist her credits include performances with the Brandenburg String Orchestra, the Davos Festival Orchestra, and the festival Strings Lucerne among other ensembles, and she has undertaken concert tours to Germany, Italy, Spain and South America. Her Cd’s Undine and Lake REflections (on Sony Classical) have both garnered much praise in the music press. Eva Oertle studied modern flute at the Music Academies of Freiburg and Basel with such mentors as Janek Rosset, Felix Renggli and Peter-Lukas Graf. Her interest in historically informed performance practice subsequently led her to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and to London, where she studied with Rachel Brown. Eva Oertle also serves as a host and music editor for Radio SRF2 Kultur.
Program
Flautist Eva Oertle and pianist Vesselin Stanev have been performing as a duo since 2008. The Viennese newspaper “Wiener Zeitung” refers to their harmonious interpretations as a “highly artistic chamber dialogue” that is enthusiastically received by the public. The two instrumentalists perform together regularly and with great success in major European concert halls, including the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and the Philharmonie in Berlin. The CD “Undine”, released in 2013 by Sony Classical, is the fruit of this artistic cooperation and has been acclaimed by the international press.
