Clarinettist Macdara Ó\; Seireadá\;in and Lithuanian pianist Gintaras \;Janu&scaron\;evicius return to Cork as part of their \;international \;tour.
\n\nOpening with \;Lamento et Tarantelle\, a piece written by Gabriel Grovlez for the annual Paris Conservatoire clarinet competition\, their programme also features works from their respective homelands &ndash\; \;the pensive and thoughtful \;The Pool Amongst the Rushes \;by Joan Trimble\, and a sonata by Saulius &Scaron\;iauciulis.
\n\nCommissioned by his friend and duo partner Petras Vy&scaron\;niauskas\, in this short sonata Saulius &Scaron\;iauciulis draws on a number of influences\, most notably Keith Jarrett&rsquo\;s legendary Kö\;ln Concert for its last movement.
\n\nSimilar influences are echoed in the last work by Paquito D&rsquo\;Rivera\, whose pieces are based on two South American folk dances.
\n\nThese will be presented alongside Johannes Brahms&rsquo\; magnificent second clarinet sonata. After retiring from composing\, Brahms heard clarinettist Richard Mü\;hlfeld perform and was inspired to take up his pen again. Written in 1894 and autumnal in character\, it opens with a tender\, melancholy look back at life. The trio movement echoes his late piano intermezzi\, before closing with a set of dreamy\, wistful variations. It truly is a seminal work by the master of late Romantic music.
\n\nMacdara Ó\; Seireadá\;in &ndash\; Clarinet
\nGintaras \;Janu&scaron\;evicius &ndash\; Piano
Gabriel Grovlez: \;Lamento et Tarantelle
\nSaulius &Scaron\;iauciulis: Sonata for Saxophone and Organ (arranged for Clarinet and Piano)
\nJoan Trimble: \;The Pool Among the Rushes
\nJohannes Brahms: Sonata No 2 in E flat major\, Op. 120\, No. 2
\nPaquito D&rsquo\;Rivera: Contradanza &ndash\; Vals Venezolano
Macdara Ó\; \;Seireadá\;in \;is a First Class Honours graduate of both the Hochschule fü\;r Musik und Theater Hannover and Royal Irish Academy of Music.
\n\nIn November 2019\, after holding positions in Austria and Germany\, Macdara joined the RTÉ\; \;Concert Orchestra. He has worked with numerous orchestras including Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen\, Staatsoper Hannover\, Philharmonsiches Orchester Kiel\, Irish Chamber Orchestra\, and performed as soloist with the RTÉ\; \;National Symphony Orchestra\, RTÉ\; \;Concert Orchestra\, Uelzen Kammerorchester and others.
\n\nA keen chamber musician\, Macdara performs regularly with pianist Gintaras Janu&scaron\;evicius \;and is a member of the Ficino Ensemble. \;He has collaborated with John O&rsquo\;Conor\, Johannes Peitz\, Sharon Kam\, Finghin Collins\, The Vanburgh\, Apollon Musagete Quartet\, and performed at numerous festivals including Great Music in Irish Houses\, Fredener Musiktage\, and Cellissimo.
\n\nAdditionally\, Macdara lectures on performance psychology and coaches at the Klaipeda Piano Masters and Feuerwerk Einbeck academies and hosts the music podcast &ldquo\;Harmonically Speaking&rdquo\;.
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\n\nGintaras Janu&scaron\;evicius \;rose to fame in May 2004\, after his performance at the semi-finals of the Montré\;al International Music Competition. His interpretation of É\;tudes-Tableaux Op. 39 by Rachmaninoff was publicly praised by pianists Jean-Philippe Collard\, Akiko Ebi\, Michel Dalberto and Lee Kum-Sing.
\n\nJanu&scaron\;evicius has been a prize-winner and finalist of fifteen music competitions all over the world and has performed with respected orchestras\, including the Orchestre Symphonique de Montré\;al\, Moscow Symphony Orchestra\, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and both Lithuanian National and Lithuanian State Symphonic Orchestras. He has also appeared at numerous festivals\, including the Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdroj\, Mozartfest Wü\;rzburg\, Festival Besanç\;on and Dresdner Musikfestspiele\, alongside Jö\;rg Widmann\, Tung-Chieh Chuang\, Gintaras Rinkevicius\, Leonid Gorokhov\, Saulius Sondeckis\, Samuel Hasselhorn\, Felix Klieser\, Giedre &Scaron\;lekyte\, Fuat Mansurov and the Ciurlionis Quartet.
\n\nSince 2017\, he serves as the artistic director and professor of piano at the summer piano academy &ldquo\;Klaipeda Piano Masters&rdquo\; in Lithuania\, as well as at the invitation-only piano academy\, Feuerwerk Einbeck\, in Germany. Throughout the year\, he mentors private students in his Hanover studio. In 2020\, he joined the teaching staff of the Hanover University of Music\, Theater and Media (HMTM Hannover).
\n\nIn 2024/2025\, Janu&scaron\;evicius is also scheduled to appear on tours\, masterclasses\, and competition juries in Germany\, Ireland\, Italy\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Poland\, Spain\, Sweden\, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
\n LOCATION:Triskel Arts Centre\, Tobin Street\, Cork City UID:e.2489.34207 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260430T045320Z URL:https://chamber.corkchamber.ie/events/details/spotlight-chamber-music-series-ii-10-05-2024-34207 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR