PIANO RECITAL
KATHARINA TREUTLER
Friday 23 November 2018
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8.30pm

The Pharos Arts Foundation presents a recital with the fascinating German pianist Katharina Treutler. Acclaimed for her “great sensitivity and brilliant dexterity” (Classic FM), Treutler is a prize winner in a number of competitions, including the International Piano Competition Luciano Luciani in Italy, the Chopin Society Prize and the International Brahms Competition, and she has performed all over the world with such orchestras as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Her recital in Nicosia, on 23 November 2018, coincides with the release of her new album, Beyond, and it will include works by J.S. Bach, Liszt, Franck and Prokofiev. The recital is organised as part of the German Language Weeks and it is kindly supported by the Embassy of Germany in Cyprus. read more...

CELLO & PIANO RECITAL
TORLEIF THEDÉEN cello
ELISAVETA BLUMINA piano
Thursday 29 November 2018
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8.30pm

Torleif Thedéen, one of the most celebrated cellists of our time, is visiting Cyprus for the first time, to join forces with the eminent German pianist Elisaveta Blumina in a fascinating cello and piano recital, as part of the Pharos Arts Foundation’s Concert & Recital Series. Having gained an international recognition in 1985 by winning three of the world’s most prestigious cello competitions, Thedéen has since appeared as a soloist not only with all the leading orchestras in Scandinavia but also with many of the world’s greatest orchestras, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Bordeaux and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, under the baton of such conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paavo Berglund and Neeme Järvi. An ECHO Klassik award winner, Blumina has released over 25 albums, which have been enthusiastically received by the press and earned her a reputation as an extraordinary musician. Her career to-date has taken her from halls such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Laeisz-Halle in Hamburg to Carnegie Hall in New York. For their recital in Nicosia, on Thursday 29 November 2018, at The Shoe Factory / 8:30pm, Torleif Thedéen and Elisaveta Blumina will perform a spectacular programme of cello and piano sonatas by Schumann, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Kancheli. read more...

GUITAR RECITAL
MASATAKA SUGANUMA
Wednesday 5 December 2018
The Shoe Factory, Nicosia / 8.30pm

The Pharos Arts Foundation continues its long-established collaboration with the International Sevilla Guitar Competition and the Cervantes Institute in Cyprus, in presenting every year the first winner of the Competition. The First Prize Winner of 2017, Masataka Suganuma was born in Tokyo in 1996, and started classical guitar lessons at the age of five before moving to Spain to continue his studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Sevilla. He has been awarded numerous prizes and accolades in international competitions and festivals before winning the coveted First Prize at the International Sevilla Guitar Competition in October 2017. Suganuma is also a composer and a passionate interpreter of Latin American music and he has released two highly acclaimed albums of flamenco music. For his recital in Nicosia, on Wednesday 5 December 2018, at The Shoe Factory / 8:30pm, Masataka Suganuma will perform works by Vicente Asencio, Augustin Barrios Mangore and Leo Brouwer, as well as his own music. The concert is kindly supported by the Embassy of Spain and the Cervantes Institute in Cyprus. read more...