| HAFNIA PIANO QUARTET
Ida Speyer Grøn Ida Speyer Grøn born in 1971 plays viola. She began studying in 1990 at The Royal Danish Music Academy. She was a student with Josef Kodousek and Professor Tim Frederiksen as a soloist and had her debut in 1997. She got a Graduate Diploma in Solo Performance at Sydney Academy of Music as the only student with Wolfram Christ, solo player in Berlin Philharmonic and Artistic Director at the Academy in Sydney. In 1996 she received the Jacob Gade Prize and Aenchen and Egil Harbys Founds travelling Grant. Ida Speyer Grøn has been a soloist with Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Malmö Music Academy Orchestra, Copenhagen Chamber Soloists, Randers Symphony Orchestra and Copenhagen Philharmonics. For three years she was a member of European Union Youth Orchestra and has played under conductors such as Carlo Maria Giulini, Mstislav Rostropovich and Bernard Haitink. She has also been on tour with Australian Chamber Orchestra in Europe, Asian and Australian. She is now with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, an ensemble which travels around the world with conductors such as Nicolaus Harnoncourt and Claudio Abbado. Furthermore she is a member of Copenhagen Classic, Harfnia Piano Quartet, harp trio Madame Claude and also the State Ensemble Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen. In April 2006 Ida Speyer Grøn performed in the chamber concert at The Royal Theater.
Christine Enevold Gjesme Christine Enevold Gjesme plays together with Marie Rørbech in the Duo Vivo. They received the Danish Radio Camber Music competition prize in 1998 for the best new preformed work in Danish. The duet also plays together with Ida Speyer Grøn, viola, and Janne Fredens, cello in a Piano quartet. They have played many concerts in camber music at festivals. Among others at Oremandsgaard Chamber Music Festival and Bergen Music Festival.
Janne Fredens Janne Fredens startede sine cellostudier hos Prof.Hans Erik Deckert. Hun blev hurtigt stemmeleder for kammerorkesteret Århus Unge Strygere, og turnerede her som solist ved koncerter i Rom, Firenze og Paris. Derefter blev hun som 15 årig optaget på Det Jydske Musikkonservatorium hos Prof. Harro Ruijsenaars, og efter fire år i Århus fortsatte hun sine studier på Musik Akademiet i Prag hos Prof. Miroslav Petras, hvor hun studerede i tre år. Efter afsluttende diplomeksamen, blev hun optaget på den anerkendte kammermusikinstitution Edsberg Slott i Stockholm, hvor hun modtog undervisning af Prof.Torleif Thedeen sideløbende med solistklassen på Det Kgl. Danske Musikkonservatorium hos Prof. Morten Zeuthen. Ved siden af studierne har Janne Fredens været en aktiv kammermusiker og solist i ind- og udland. Hun har ved flere lejligheder været solist med orkester, senest i september 2004 med Elgars cellokoncert, som blev opført i Radiohusets Koncertsal med konservatoriets orkester og Owain Arwel Hughes som dirigent. I 1995 var hun med til at stifte Jalina Trioen, der siden sin debut i Prag har spillet koncerter i Ungarn, Italien, Norge, England, Isreal, Australien, Japan og USA. Trioen har givet mange koncerter i danske musikforeninger og ved festivaler, samt i radio og TV, og i 2003 turnerede trioen i Californien med Beethovens Triple-koncert samt solokoncerter i samme program. Jalina Trioen har været inviteret til at deltage i Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop I Carnegie Hall (med afsluttende koncert i store sal), samt The Music Encaunters in Jerusalem med Isaac Stern som ledende mentor. Trioen har indspillet tre cd´er og har modtaget priser ved Trapani International Chamber Music Competition, Tronheim International Chamber Music Competition, Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, og P2´s Kammermusikkonkurrence, hvor de nyligt modtog P2´s kammermusikpris for deres Mendelssohn/ Brahms cd. Janne Fredens er desuden medlem af Hafnia Klaverkvartet og Team Classic, og modtager af Jacog Gades Legat, BG Fonds Kammermusikpris og Natmandsforeningens medlemslegat.
Marie Rørbech Marie Rørbech graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1997, and Hochschule der Künste i Berlin. Her studied with Amalie Malling, Hans Leygraf and John Damgaard. Only 18 years old, in 1992, she won The European Broadcasting Union Competition. She has won many prizes, among others Betty and Valdemar van Hauens grant, Leonie Sonnings Music Foundation Scholarship, Frederiksborg Cultural Center Prize, and The Music Critic’s Prize. She has concertized with Symphony orchestras. In 2001 she was the winner of Nordic Piano competition, and she was also chosen 2002 and 2003 as Danish Radio Artist Of The Year. In 2004 she received a prize for best CD release. Marie Rørbech plays with the cellist Henrik Brendstrup. Furthermore she plays in Hafnia Piano Quartet. Program Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - Piano Quartet (1876) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Piano Quartet in g minor op. 25 |