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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

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

Silhouettes

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)

 

 

Essentia

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)

 

 

Romantic Metamorphoses 

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)

 

 

Enigma

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)

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