Welcome to our concert live at Berlin Philharmonie on Friday, September 30, 2022
with my music "Saiga Antelope" and Viktoria & Virtuosi, we also IMPROVISE some parts together!!
Enjoy my colourful vivid music for violin solo and iorchestra with a special narrative about an animal which holds records: The Saiga Antelope can run up to 80 km/h, has lived about 15.000 years between Europe and east Russia. Nowadays it lives in EurAsia.
This piece was commissioned by Pyramidale Festival Berlin in 2021 and
premiered during Germany tour “EurAsian Flow” in September/ Oktober
in outstanding venues such as Herkulessaal München, Kulturpalast Dresden, Berliner Philharmonie and Laeiszhalle Hamburg.
Together with wonderful Virtuosi from 15 nations and outstanding Maestro Juan Pablo Hellín from Valencia, "Saiga Antelope" could start its musical journey on stage. My music is a drama showing the catharsis of nature during times of climate change with the spirit of hope.
Some years ago Saiga Antelope nearly would have died out because of bacteria “Pasteurella” which overwhelmed more than 250.000 animals and their babies, so they passed away within few weeks. But as Saiga Antelope is a strong species it has recovered and is now under strict protection.
Many thanks to Steffen Zuther from Frankfurt Zoological Society for providing some docu film material.
The piece is a dedication to the 100th birthday of my legendary mentor Ivry Gitlis (1922-2020) in 2022.
Viktoria & Virtuosi - tour cast
Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner violin solo/ composition, artistic director
Juan Pablo Hellín guest conductor
Sanjar Sapaev/ Irina Kirichek violin I
Michael Lewin
Yuulia Vasylkova
Anette Agardi
Lucía Jiménez violin II
Adrián Fons de Luis
Iris Bait
Karin Nakayama
Pablo Silvestre viola
Dhoyi Kim
Jinsun Hong
Chae Won Hong violoncello
Mykhailo Segedenko
Jonathan Reuveni
Daniel Huber double bass
Jennifer Schäfer
Julia Schmidt flute/ piccolo
Seunghyun Ko clarinet
Hannah Rabl harp
Erica Lin percussion/ marimba
Siyan Chen perkussion
Mikhail Mordvinov piano
Robert Grabein cembalo
Manuel Schubert guitar/ e-Bass
Kinan Couder oud
HyoYoung Kim sheng
Youjin Sung gayageum
ByungJae Park daegeum
Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner docu film montage
Natalia Ervits sound engineer/ audioproductions Berlin
Julia Sobota tour manager
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