3rd Concert of the International Music Cycle Young Virtuosi 2010 / 2011

Pascal Vehovec, piano  

Programme:
Marijan Lipovšek: Three Impromptus
Robert Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11


Tanja Sonc, violin
Nina Pirc, violin
Nejc Mikolič, viola
Maruša Bogataj, cello
Branimir Vulič, contrabass
Rok Felicijan, clarinet
Milan Nikolić, bassoon
Mihajlo Bulajić, horn

Programme:
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major, Op. posth. 166, D 803


Along with works by Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert, this concert by young Slovene musicians will also feature a work by the Slovene composer Marijan Lipovšek, following the ‘Romantic’ theme. With its orchestral dimensions, the Schumann sonata demands extraordinary technical knowledge from the pianist, while at the same time revealing the inner sensitivity and musicality of the interpreter with its beauty. This demanding work was selected by this year’s prizewinner of the Slovene state competition for young musicians, pianist Pascal Vehovec (1986).
A student of the Ljubljana Academy of Music in the class of Tatjana Ognjanovič, Pascal Vehovec is a multifaceted musician. While studying at the Fran Korun Koželjski Music School in Velenje, in addition to the piano she also played the violin and the flute and regularly took part in state competitions (violin, piano, solfeggio) at which she achieved excellent results. She also performs in a piano duo with pianist Tilen Draksler. In March 2010, Pascal Vehovec participated in the international competition Rising Talents Festival in New Jersey, USA, at which she was awarded a golden shield and first prize, as well as gaining an opportunity to perform in the prizewinners’ concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. In May of the same year, she was awarded second place and third prize (the first prize was not awarded) in the highest piano category of the 15th Peter Konjovič International Competition in Belgrade.
Franz Schubert’s masterpiece has brought together excellent young musicians, students and graduates of the Ljubljana Academy of Music. The professional careers and ambitions of the members of the octet are diverse - from the courageously ambitious concert career to the demanding serious orchestral musician - but all of the young musicians share a dedication to the spirit of chamber music. For the performance of the Schubert Octet, which was composed on a commission from the music patron Count Ferdinand Troyer and is intended as the spiritual continuation of Beethoven’s Septet, young musicians will come to the Knight’s Hall from various musical centres throughout Europe.