
Dana Zemtsov
VIOLIST
"Her performance of Hindemith's Viola Sonata - one of the most important pieces in the instrument's solo repertoire - is as insightful and subtly nuanced as any of the best available examples in the catalogue."
GRAMOPHONE
BIOGRAPHY
Winner of numerous competitions and developing an outstanding career, Dana Zemtsov is one of the most promising international viola soloists of her generation. Recent highlights include: the Bartók Viola Concerto in Tallinn; two concerts of the Mozart Duo Concertante in the Main Hall of the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) with the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra; chamber music with Janine Jansen and Martin Frost during the Utrecht Chamber Music Festival; as well as a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2016, Ms. Zemtsov was invited to join the 43rd International Viola Congress as a Guest of Honor, together with renown violists such as Ettore Causa, Bruno Giuranna, and Tabea Zimmerman. In 2012, she signed an exclusive recording deal with Channel Classics Records for three CDs: Enigma, Romantic Metamorphoses, and Essentia. Her first orchestral recording with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Raiskin has been received successfully by international press. Dana Zemtsov is First Prize Laureate of several competitions in Luxembourg, Italy, Austria, Germany, Portugal, and the Netherlands. In 2010, she won the Dutch competition "Evening of the Young Musician;" became the "Young Musician of the Year;" and also represented The Netherlands at the “Eurovision Young Musicians Competition” in Vienna. Ms. Zemtsov is regularly appearing on the most important international stages, including the Royal Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Tivoli Vredenburg (Utrecht), St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Schloss Elmau (Germany). She has played chamber music with Janine Jansen, Itzhak Perlman, Pieter Wispelwey, Martin Frost, and pianist Anna Fedorova. As a soloist, Ms. Zemtsov has performed with the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Rotterdam, Lake Forest (Illinois) Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Bergische Symphoniker, St. Michael String Orchestra, F. Busoni Chamber Orchestra, Arnhem Philharmonic (Netherlands) and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. She has worked with such conductors as Conrad van Alphen, Daniel Raiskin, Fabio Mechetti, Otto Tausk, and Leif Segerstam. International tours have brought her to Finland, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Peru, and the United States. She participated in the “Stars of Tomorrow” tour in Germany, together with the most promising young talents of Europe. Ms. Zemtsov has performed in the Netherlands at the Delft Chamber Music Festival, Storioni Festival, Grachten Festival, the International Chamber Music Festival in Utrecht, and the Festival Schiermonnickoog. She also regularly appears at festivals throughout Europe, such as Kuhmo (Finland), Hemsing Festival (Norway), Passau Music Festival (Germany), GAIA Festival, Davos Festival (Switzerland), West Cork Festival (Ireland), and the International Music Festival Koblenz (Germany), among others. Dana Zemtsov was born in 1992 in Mexico City. At the age of 5, she received her first music lessons from her grandmother and her parents, violists Mikhail Zemtsov and Julia Dinerstein. She has played under the tutelage of renowned professors such as Bruno Giuranna, Atar Arad, Sven Arne Tepl, and is currently studying with the famous viola virtuoso Michael Kugel.
RECORDINGS

Dana Zemtsov

REPERTOIRE LIST
BADINGS
Concerto
BARTÓK
Concerto
BERLIOZ
Harold in Italy
BERIOT
Scene De Ballet
BIZET-WAXMAN-KUGEL
Carmen Fantasy
BRUCH
Double Concerto (With Violin or Clarinet)
HANDEL-CASADESUS
Concerto
HINDEMITH
"Schwanendreher" Concerto
HINDEMITH
Trauermusik
HOFFMEISTER
Concerto
HUMMEL
Fantasia
KHANDOSHKIN
Concerto
KUGEL-PAGANINI
Il Carnevale Di Venezia
MOZART
Sinfonia Concertante
PENDERECKI
Concerto
ROLLA
Concerto
SCHNITTKE
Concerto
SCHUBERT-KUGEL
Arpeggione Sonata
SHOSTAKOVICH-KUGEL
Sonata
TANSMANN
Concerto
WENIAWSKY-KUGEL
Legende
WENIAWSKY-KUGEL
Variations on an Original Theme
ZELTER
Concerto
DISCOGRAPHY
CLARKE - Sonata for Viola and Piano
DEBUSSY - La Plus que Lente (transcription by E. Strakhov)
WERKMAN - Suite for Viola and Piano
DEBUSSY - Clair de Lune (transcription by V. Borisovsky)
MILHAUD - Sonata No. 1 for Viola and Piano, Op. 240
ENESCU - Concert Piece for Viola and Piano
DEBUSSY - Beau Soir (transcription by A. Grechaninov)
Anna Fedorova, piano
(Label: Channel Classics)
BARTÓK - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
KUGEL - Preghiera for Viola and Orchestra
BRAHMS - Hungarian Dance No. 5
BLOCH - Baal Shem - 3 Pictures of Hassidic Life
PAGANINI - Variations on 'O mamma, mamma cara'
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Raiskin, conductor
(Label: Channel Classics)
VIEUXTEMPS - Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 36
ZEMTSOV - Melodie im Alten Stil for Viola and Piano
BLOCH - Suite '1919' for Viola and Piano
BIZET - Carmen Fantasy, arr. by Franz Waxman & Mikhail Kugel
Cathelijne Noorland, piano
(Label: Channel Classics)
KREISLER - Recitativo Scherzo
STRAVINSKY - Elegy
HINDEMITH - Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 25 No. 1
VIEUXTEMPS - Capriccio in C Minor, Op. 55 - 'Hommage a Paganini in C'
KUGEL - Sonata-Poeme
PENDERECKI- Cadenza for Solo Viola
BACH, J.S. - Chromatic Fantasy, BWV 903
(Label: Channel Classics)









