First Prize at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hanover in 2012, and prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and at the Singapore International Violin Competition, Alexandra Conunova has been hailed by her virtuosity, warm tone, impressive range of color, and flawless technique. In 2016 she received the prestigious Fellowship by the Borletti-Buittoni Trust in London and has recently recorded a disc of Prokofiev Violin Sonatas with Michail Liftis on Aparté, which was was received with great acclaim by publications such as Gramophone and The Strad. 

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Alexandra Conunova

Born in Caen in 1968, Éric Tanguy is to this day one of the most performed French composers in the world. Named “Composer of the Year” by the Victoires de la musique classique in 2004 and 2008, Éric Tanguy studied under Horatiu Radulescu, Ivo Malec, Gérard Grisey, and Betsy Jolas at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. 

He has been awarded numerous prizes throughout his career, including the Darmstadt Stipendienpreis (1988), the Prix Villa Médicis Hors les murs (1989), the Haut Conseil culturel francoallemand scholarship (1991), the Villa Médicis competition prize (1992), the Darmstadt Kranichsteiner Musikpreis (1992), the French Institute André-Caplet prize (1995), the SACEM Hervé-Dugardin prize (1997), the SACEM lifetime achievement award (2012), and the “Grand prix Lycéen des compositeurs” (2014). 

He was most recently named composer in residence for the 2018 and 2019 Festival international de musique in Besançon, Franche-Comté. His catalogue contains over one hundred compositions, ranging from solo works to concertos, vocal works and symphonies, performed by many of today’s greatest conductors; Lionel Bringuier, Semyon Bychkov, Louis Langrée, Seiji Ozawa, Pascal Rophé, François- Xavier Roth, Heinrich Schiff,  Esa-Pekka Salonen, to name just a few. His works have been performed by performers such as Suzana Bartal, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Francois Leleux, Igor Levit, Edgar Moreau, Emmanuel Pahud,Arditt Quartet, Ensemble Intercontemporain Tokyo Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio- France, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Helsinki Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tonhalle Orchestra, S Scottish Chamber Orchestra,  and many more.

In 2002, Eric Tanguy was named Professor of composition at the Paul Dukas conservatory in the 12th arrondissement in Paris, and since 2017 at the École Normale de Musique in Paris. His reputation as a composer and professor have earned him regular master class and conference invitations throughout the world (UCLA, USC, Colburn School, NEC, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of music). The works of Éric Tanguy have been published by the Éditions Salabert since 1989, and many of these have been recorded by the record labels Decca, Erato, Naïve, Transart, Intrada, Ohems Classics, Brilliant Classics and Genuin.

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Eric Tanguy

To open the Winter season, Ambassador Programme violinist, Alexandra Conunova, and pianist Suzana Bartal perform a selection of works by Classeek Ambassador and composer, Eric Tanguy, alongside Debussy and Ravel.

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Alexandra Conunova, violin
Suzana Bartal, piano
Eric Tanguy, composer

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