Past Concerts 2011 to the present (click the year, below right, to navigate back from the most recent)

FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN • violin DMYTRO CHONI, piano

Schubert

Violin Sonata in A minor, D. 385

Webern

Vier Stücke [Four Pieces], Op. 7

Schubert

Variationen über ‘Trockne Blumen’ in E minor, D. 802

INTERVAL

Schoenberg

Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47

Schubert

Fantasie in C for Violin and Piano, D. 934

Frank Peter Zimmermann is widely recognised as one of the very greatest violinists performing today, praised for his inspired musicality, his technical brilliance and keen intelligence. For more than four decades he has been working with the world’s major orchestras and renowned conductors. His many concert engagements take him to all important concert venues and international music festivals in Europe, the United States, Asia, South America and Australia.

Highlights in 2025 and 2026 include appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre de Paris all conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk, a Paris residency with both the Orchestre National and Orchestre Philharmonique de France with Cristian Măcelaru and Alain Altinoglu, Staatskapelle Dresden and Daniele Gatti, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Rafael Payare, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Alain Altinoglu, Wiener Symphoniker and Robert Trevino, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, among others. Together with pianist Dmytro Choni he gives recitals in Paris, London, Amsterdam and Vienna.

Over the years Frank Peter Zimmermann has built up an impressive discography for BIS Records, Warner Classics, Sony Classical, hänssler CLASSIC, Ondine, Decca, Teldec Classics and ECM Records. He has recorded virtually all major concerto repertoire, ranging from Bach to Ligeti, as well as recital repertoire. Many of these highly acclaimed recordings have received prestigious awards and prizes worldwide. His most recent releases include the Stravinsky Violin Concerto, coupled with Martinů’s Suite Concertante and Bartók’s Rhapsodies with the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hrůša (BIS), the complete Sonatas and Partitas by J.S. Bach (for BIS) and the complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin by Beethoven with Martin Helmchen (also for BIS).

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Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni is internationally recognised for his technically impeccable pianism, stupendous virtuosity, clarity of articulation and finest sensitivity. In recent years he garnered international attention by winning numerous top prizes and awards, including the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022, the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2021, the Bösendorfer USASU in 2019 and the Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition in 2018.

Recent highlights include his debut with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai in Turin, replacing at short notice Yefim Bronfman, performing Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 conducted by Juraj Valčuha. He also appeared with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Badische Philharmonie Pforzheim and the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, and gave highly successful debut recitals in among others Vienna (Konzerthaus), Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie), Düsseldorf (Robert-Schumann-Saal), Hannover (NDR Sendesaal), at the Lucerne Festival, had a 3-concert residency in the Edesche Concertzaal and made his return to the Palau de la Música in Barcelona. His future engagements include recitals in London, Amsterdam, Munich, Barcelona and in various cities throughout the USA, including in New York. He will also undertake recital tours to South Korea and China.

JAN LISIECKI, piano

The World of the Dance

Martinů

Trois Danses tchèques [Three Czech Dances]. H. 154

de Falla

Danza Española No. 2 and No. 1, from La Vida Breve, G. 35

Szymanowski

Cztery tańce polskie [Four Polish Dances], M. 60

Schubert

Deutsche Tänze [German Dances], D. 783

Bartók

Rumänische Folkstänze [Romanian Folk Dances], Sz. 56

Ginastera

Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2

INTERVAL

Chopin

Grande valse brillante, Op. 18

Brahms

Waltz No. 3 in G-sharp minor, from Sechzehn Walzer [Sixteen Waltzes], Op. 39

Chopin

Valse No. 1 in A-flat and Valse No. 2 in A minor, from Grandes valses brillantes, Op. 34

Brahms

Waltz No. 15 in A-flat, from Sechzehn Walzer [Sixteen Waltzes], Op. 39

Piazzolla

Libertango [Liberty Tango] (1974)

Chopin

Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53 'Heroic'

Albéniz

Tango in D, from the suite España, Op. 165 No. 2

de Falla

Danza ritual del fuego [Ritual Fire Dance], from the ballet El amor brujo [The Bewitched Love] (1915)

Described by the BBC Music Magazine as ‘perhaps the most “complete” pianist of his age’, Jan Lisiecki has become one of the most highly regarded pianists performing today. The Polish-Canadian performs over a hundred yearly concerts worldwide, and has worked closely with conductors such as Antonio Pappano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Daniel Harding, and the late Claudio Abbado. This is his third concert for Camerata Musica Cambridge. Renowned for his innovative and intelligent programming, Jan Lisiecki here explores the music of the dance in its many forms: from the majestic formality of Chopin's 'Heroic' Polonaise to the thrilling abandon of Falla's Ritual Fire Dance in the virtuosic transcription by Arthur Rubinstein.

Jan Lisiecki is one of the most sought-after concerto soloists performing today. Recent return invitations in recent seasons include Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for performances at Carnegie Hall and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Lisiecki recently performed a Beethoven Lieder cycle with baritone, Matthias Goerne, at the Salzburg Festival, and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestre de Paris, Bavarian Radio Symphony and London Symphony Orchestra.

At the age of fifteen, Lisiecki signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. The label launched its celebrations of the Beethoven Year 2020 with the release of a live recording of all five Beethoven concertos from the Konzerthaus Berlin, with Lisiecki leading the Academy of St Martin in the Fields from the piano. His Beethoven Lieder cycle with Matthias Goerne, released shortly after, was awarded the Diapason d’Or. Lisiecki’s eighth recording for Deutsche Grammophon, a double album of Frédéric Chopin’s Complete Nocturnes, appeared in August 2021 and immediately topped the classical charts in North America and Europe. His recordings have been awarded with the JUNO and ECHO Klassik.

At eighteen, Lisiecki became both the youngest ever recipient of Gramophone’s Young Artist Award and received the Leonard Bernstein Award. He was named UNICEF Ambassador to Canada in 2012.

MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ, mezzo-soprano • MALCOLM MARTINEAU, piano

Schumann

Dichterliebe [A Poet's Love], Op. 48

INTERVAL

Dvořák

Vier Lieder [Four Songs], Op. 82

Schoenberg

Brettl-Lieder [Cabaret Songs] (1901)

Born in the Czech city of Brno, Magdalena Kožená is widely regarded one of the finest singers performing today. As celebrated for her performances in the opera house as in the concert hall, she an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon since 1999 and has since been awarded multiple prizes for her albums including Gramophone’s Solo Vocal Award, Gramophone’s Artist of the Year, the Echo Klassik Prize, Record Academy Prize Tokyo, and the Diapason d’or. In 2017, Magdalena Kožená forged a long-term relationship with Dutch label Pentatone and her recordings with the company include Il Giardino dei sospiri with harpsichordist Václav Luks and Collegium 1704; an intimate chamber music album Soirée; and Nostalgia, with the celebrated pianist Yefim Bronfman.

During her illustrious career, Magdalena Kožená has worked with the world’s leading conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mariss Jansons, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Roger Norrington. Her list of distinguished recital partners includes the pianists Daniel Barenboim, Malcolm Martineau, András Schiff and Mitsuko Uchida, with whom she gave a memorable concert for Camerata Musica Cambridge last year.

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Recognized as one of the world’s leading pianists specializing in Lieder, Malcolm Martineau has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Ian Bostridge, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Della Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kožená, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita Mattila, Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von Otter, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, and others.

He has appeared throughout Europe, including London’s Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Opera House; La Scala, Milan; the Chatelet, Paris; the Liceu, Barcelona; Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; and his recording projects have included Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with Bryn Terfel (for Deutsche Grammophon); Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside (for EMI); the complete Britten Folk Songs for Hyperion; the complete Beethoven folk songs for Deutsche Grammophon; the complete Poulenc songs for Signum; and Britten Song Cycles as well as Schubert’s Winterreise with Florian Boesch for Onyx.