EUROPEAN QUARTETPRIZE 2003

BACH-PLAQUE 2004

 

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In a very unusual setting, young musicians, all of them multiple prize winners in international music competitions, met to form a special group. As an International Contrabass Ensemble, they know how to e and engage the audience in Europe and America in concerts, on CDs, on the radio, and on TV with never expected, varied, interesting programs, which include music from the early renaissance, baroque and classical period to arrangements of light music, and have done so since their foundation in 1996.

„You Have to Hear Bassiona Amorosa to believe it!” *

As after a concert in cheerful atmosphere at the State Conservatory of Music and Theatre in Munich in 1996 the SPECIAL String QUARTET BASSIONA AMOROSA – named after the virtuosic-charming composition of Giovanni Bottesini „Passione Amorosa“ (“passion of love”) – was founded with four female students of the Master Class of Prof. Klaus Trumpf (meanwhile, all of them are engaged in European orchestras), it soon could look back on enthusiastic reactions by the audience in national and international concerts.

„The Audience in Iowa (USA) Was Taken by Storm” *

The reason for this special attraction is the incredible sound refinement and the unusual virtuoso performance.
The sense of this “special touch” bring these exceptional artists along from their home countries Slovakia, Russia, Czech Republic, White Russia, Yugoslavia, Georgia and Ukraine. The formation consists of Master Class students of Prof. Trumpf at the State Conservatory of Music in Munich. Carthy musicianship, Slav melancholy with classical education – now formed through the same school – merge in unique symbiosis. Unbroken temperament and charm fascinate the audience.

"Enormous Musicality, Lots of Wit, Grandiose Virtuosity". *

Above all, the fascination of this quartet is bent on the element of surprise because of the setting with four string basses and furthermore on the absolutely safe, perfect command of technique, a convincing musicality, unmistakable sound refinement, and interesting arrangements (mainly from Klaus Trumpf, the leader of the quartet), which determine the artistic level of the ensemble…

“…point out the character of the musicians’ congeniality”.*

The quartet creates full-length programs as well as solo performances within the scope of concerts and staging. In combination with a pianist (also a multiple prize winner of international music competitions) the program can be varied. Every audience is reached by virtuoso solo performances and variable scorings.

In its twelve years history, BASSIONA AMOROSA performed in nearly 400 concerts; seven CDs have been published so far; the ensemble was subject of three short films shot by the Bavarian Television Station and the WDR (West German Broadcasting Company). The third USA tour in June 2003 received a sensational reception by the audience, as can be read from the visitors’ book: „We loved to see and hear you again and again!"

In Lucerne in September 2003, BASSIONA AMOROSA received from the European Culture Foundation PRO EUROPA the „EUROPEAN QUARTET PRIZE 2003“.
Further highlights for the ensemble were two honorable tasks: the musical framing of the European Cultural Presentation of Prizes for Placido Domingo and Wolfgang Wagner. As the audience thanked BASSIONA AMOROSA for several minutes with standing ovations, the ensemble was assured to be on the right track with its program.

In order to win people over to make friends with the string bass, the group has been oriented since its formation to the idea “popular-classical to classical-popular.” Original works for the ensemble of well-known composers are in the process of development.

*from the international press