Christina Brabetz (violin)

PROGRAMME:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No 2 for violin solo in D Minor, BWV 1004

Eugene Ysaÿe
Sonata for violin solo in E Major, Op. 27 No 6

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Introduction, Theme and Variations on the Irish Folksong The Last Rose of Summer for violin solo

Robert Krampe
Der Dichter spricht for violin solo

The winner of TONALi10.
Christina Brabetz belongs to a generation of young violin soloists who evoke an enthusiastic response in modern concert halls. She was born in Namibia in 1993, where her German parents lived at the time. Later the family moved to South Africa. Christine Brabetz began playing the violin when only five years old. The well-known Jack de Wet in Cape Town was her first teacher.
Christina Brabetz went to the German School in Cape Town and began climbing the ladder of local and national competitions. She won her first prizes and was soon acclaimed as the "most promising candidate.
At the early age of eleven Christina Brabetz demonstrated her virtuosity by playing at the renowned Hugo Lambrechts Concerto Festival in Cape Town. Two years later she was admitted to the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold to study with Prof. Thomas Christian. Four years later the press frenetically applauded her for her impressive performance of Sarasates Carmen Fantasy with the Detmolder Hochschulorchester at the New Years concert 2010.
The peak of her career up to now was to win the Tonali Grand Prix with Christoph Eschenbach as its honorary president. She played in front of a packed audience in the Hamburg Laeszhalle in August 2010. This opened the door to her career as a violin virtuoso.
She was given the opportunity to play Mendelssohns Violin Concerto with Kurt Masur as conductor. Engagements by other orchestras followed and she gave recitals at the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the BASF concerts and other music festivals.
In 2010 she joined the Viennese Thomas Christian Ensemble. In the Season 2010/2011 she will be playing in concerts in Leverkusen and Cologne, at the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch Partenkirchen, which will be broadcast and she will be making CD recordings.
Christina Brabetz plays a violin made by Paolo Antonio Testore; and Thomastik-Infeld supports her.

„It is different. It is creative, idiosyncratic and trend-setting in all aspects. It is much more than a difficult to win music contest – TONALi. It drives top sponsorship and at the same time initiates the impulse for cultural education. It addresses young composers, high potential young musicians and numerous young listeners (more than 10,000 in 12 Hamburg based schools), who often find to classical music because of TONALi. It is a total work of art, which has been cleverly and effectively adjusted to the actual music situation. The city of Hamburg, which has strong musical scene, can be proud of TONALI, which no one today wants to miss anymore and which has found much attention far beyond Hamburg.
It is with much personal solicitousness and respect in my role as honorary president that I see the rapid development of TONALi. This unique and highly demanding music project, initiated in 2009 by two young cellists Amadeus Templeton and Boris Matchin will see its fourth edition in 2014 as a result of tireless dedication, voluntary commitment and the support of many personalities, institutions and sponsors.
The 2014 competition focuses on the violin. 12 violinists (with residence in Germany), all aiming for a solo career, may qualify and compete to win the TONALi-prize worth 10,000 Euro. Those making it to the final, will be invited to perform a violin concert in the big hall at Laeiszhalle Hamburg with the renowned The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. This poses a strong incentive for the young musicians to perform at their very best and makes them happily engage themselves with TONALi fundamental principles:
• A distinctive interest in the future of classical concerts, which in its format looks for new ideas, new rituals and contemporary communication.
• Active discussion about the question the musician can take more responsibility for the development of classical concert future.
• The willingness to widely communicate these new formats, encouraged by TONALi by its unique school activities that prove a contemporary relation between audience and musician.
TONALi sets a trend as a result of its threefold structure: „writing (composition prize), performing (Grand Prix) and listening (TuttiContest)“ and challenges many in various ways. Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor and TONALi Honorary President.

Official website: www.tonali.de

The concert will take place with the amicable support of the Senate and Ministry of Culture of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg