Charlotte Kuffer - Flute
Irena Josifoska - Cello
Viktor Soos - Piano
Program: "Classics meets Tango"
Carl Maria von Weber: Trio for Pianoforte, Flute and Cello op. 63 G minor
Philippe Gaubert: "Trois Aquarelles"
Astor Piazzolla: From: "Las Cuatro Estaciones porteñas" - "The Four Seasons"
Nikolai Kapustin: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano op. 86
Charlotte Kuffer is currently studying at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Michael Martin Kofler, previously at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Andrea Lieberknecht. In recognition of her special successes at the Federal Competition Jugend musiziert, she was awarded a grant from the Marie-Luise Imbusch Foundation as well as the NDR Cultural Promotion Award for Young Artists. In a duo with Max Vogler, she received an "Honorable Mention" at the International Competition Concertino Praga 2015 in the Czech Republic, in 2016 she won 3rd prize in her age group at the "1st Rising Star Grand Prix Berlin," and in 2022 she won 1st prize in the Gasteig Music Competition across instrumental categories. At the German Music Competition 2024, she was awarded a scholarship and included in the concert promotion of the German Music Competition.
The flutist made her solo debut, among others, at the Usedom Music Summer, as part of the Music Festivals in the Countryside at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and with the Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg at the Schwetzingen Mozart Festival.
In 2020, Charlotte Kuffer held a fixed-term contract for 2nd Flute and Piccolo at the State Theatre of Kassel. She gained further orchestral experience as a substitute for solo flute in the Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio, at the State Theatre Kassel, and in the Munich Chamber Orchestra. In the 2022/2023 season she played as deputy solo flutist at the State Opera Hanover. Since 2024, she has held the position of solo flutist at the National Theatre Mannheim.
The Serbian-Hungarian cellist Irena Josifoska (born 1996) has won significant prizes at national and international competitions, including 1st prize at the Domenico-Gabrielli Competition in Berlin, the Prix Jean-Nicolas Firmenich - as an Academy member of the Verbier Festival, and the honorary certificate at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann (with a debut in the hall of the Berlin Philharmonie). She was the youngest semifinalist of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017 in Brussels and "Artist in residence" at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels for chamber music. Since the 2022/2023 season, she has been a scholarship holder of the Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz Foundation.
Irena Josifoska studied at the University of Music Detmold in the class of Xenia Jankovic and completed her master's degree at the University of the Arts in Berlin with Jens-Peter Maintz, where she has been studying in the concert exam since 2022. She regularly performs concerts and recitals in Europe, the USA, and Mexico. As a soloist, she has already been accompanied by renowned orchestras such as the Deutsche Sinfonietta Berlin, the Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen, and the Kaunas Philharmonic. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with Albrecht Mayer, Guy Braunstein, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Sacha Rattle, and Vadim Gluzman. Composers such as Tibor Hartig, Dejan Despic, Svetozar Sasa Kovacevic, Aleksandar Vujic, and Günter Puzberg have dedicated compositions to her.
Pianist Viktor Soos is considered one of the outstanding musicians of his generation. He regularly performs at venues such as the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Philharmonie Essen, and the Beethoven House in Bonn. Concert tours have taken him to Japan, Argentina, the USA, Russia, and Chile.
As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras such as the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra.
Viktor Soos regularly gives masterclasses at home and abroad and has performed with renowned artists such as star violinist Midori or clarinetist Sabine Meyer.
Viktor Soos has received numerous awards at national and international competitions. He won 2nd prize at the renowned European Piano Competition in Bremen 2024 and is a prizewinner of the International Robert Schumann Competition 2021 in Zwickau. He was recognized as a finalist at the German Music Competition by the German Music Council in 2017 and included in the Federal Selection Concerts for Young Artists (BAKjK).
In 2014/15, he was a young student at the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main in the piano class of Oliver Kern. From 2015 to 2021, he studied piano at the Lübeck University of Music with Konrad Elser. Since 2021, Viktor Soos has been studying at the University of Music, Theatre and Media Hanover in the class of Bernd Goetzke.
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