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| Duo DS | David Delgado (violin) & Stefan Schmidt (piano) |
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| The DS Duo (Delgado – Schmidt) was founded in Berlin in 2006. Since then, they brought to European audiences some unusual programmes, such as „Hommage à Lorca“, „Spanish Impressions“, „Unwanted Music“, on stages like the Staatsoper Berlin and the Palacio del Marqués de Salamanca in Madrid. Their last recording, made for the Viennese label Gramola, includes the complete works for violin and piano by the Spanish composer Joaquín Turina. Music critics from around the world praised the recording through their reviews in the international press. Their performances have been broadcast on radio stations such as Ö1 (Austria), RAI (Italy), RNE (Spain), Radio France. David Delgado A native of Granada, Spain, he begins his musical studies at an early age in the musical atmosphere of his family. After obtaining the Title of Professor of Violin with prize of Honor by the conservatory of his city, he goes on to study at Louisiana State University, USA. He finishes his "Masters in Violin Performance" with the maximum qualifications with professors Camilla Wicks and Kevork Mardirossian. In 1998 he accepts a scholarship from the University of Minnesota to do his Doctorate in Musical Arts, violin performance, with professor Jorja Fleezanis. In the city of Minneapolis he collaborates very frequently with the "Minnesota Orchestra" and "the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra". Simultaneously, he is a member of the Ted Mann string quartet. In 2004 he becomes a member of the first violins in the "Staatskapelle Berlin", an orchestra whose General Music Director is Daniel Barenboim. His performances, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, have been numerous and varied. Worth mentioning is his interpretation of the violin concerto by Britten with the "Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra", as well as of the "Duo" by Elliot Carter. The latter performance obtained very positive critic by the famous musicologist Michael Steinberg. As a chamber musician he took part in the recording by Minnesota Public Radio of the "Quartet for the End of Time" by Messiaen, and trio concerts with Margo Garret and the famous tenor Paul Sperry, both professors of the Juilliard School of Music. In addition it has made numerous recitals with piano in USA, Germany, Spain and Japan. At the present time, he is an active member of the chamber music programs organized by the Berlin "Staatsoper" and performs regularly as a duo with the pianist Stefan Schmidt. Stefan Schmidt Stefan Schmidt was born and raised near Lake Constance and given his first piano lesson at the age of four by his father. His later teachers included Boris Bloch, Karl Heinz Kämmerling, Vitaly Margulis and Andras Schiff. At the age of just eleven, he played his first public concert, Mozart's piano concerto in F, with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie. He has performed at many prestigious concert halls including: Gasteig München, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Teatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro, Tonhalle Düsseldofr, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Museumsquartier Wien, Festspielhaus Bregenz, KKL Luzern and Liederhalle Stuttgart , with orchestras such as the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, The Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie and the Frankfurt Philharmonic. His concerts have been broadcast by major German state radio stations such as Hessen Radio, South West German Radio and Bavarian Radio (Bach, Schumann, Brahms). He has also accompanied renowned singers such as Olaf Bär, Peter Klaveness and Beat Hadorn and was recently the Musical Director of one of the Germany's most successful musicals "Falco Meets Amadeus". His students have won first prizes at both national and international competitions. 2017/2018 This biography is for website use only. For a full and updated biography, please email office@msbuhl.com If you wish to revise, or receive a full and updated biography, please contact Mark Stephan Buhl Artists Management (office@msbuhl.com). Please use material of the current season only. | |
