With concerts in January in Ireland, Switzerland and the Netherlands, I am looking forward to sounding in the new year. ORIGIN was released in Spring 2016. It was a featured album on The Blue of the Night, one of Ireland's most beloved national radio shows, and it continues to meet the world in new ways. A limited-edition vinyl was released just last month.
On January 6, a deluxe, digital version of ORIGIN was released. It is available at Naxos, and digitally on most platforms.
I hope to see you at a performance and wish you a happy, peaceful New Year!
Yours,
Gwendolyn
Friday – Sunday
20 – 22
January 2017
In collaboration with the Haute École de Musique de Genève, Gwendolyn was artistic director of the second edition of the Festival that brought faculty members, students and alumni together for performances. The Festival encompassed ten chamber music concerts.
Grande Salle, Conservatoire de Musique | Place Neuve, Geneva, CH
Friday
20 January 2017 | 18:00
Shostakovich: Five pieces for Two Violins and Piano, with Marie-Annick Nicolas and Audrey Vigoureux.
Saturday
21 January 2017 | 20:00
Chausson: Concerto Op. 21 in D major for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, with Cédric Pescia (piano) and Quatuor Ernest.
Sunday
22 January 2017 | 19:00
Enesco: Octet for Strings Op. 7, with Matthias Buchholz (viola) a.o.
Thursday – Saturday
26 – 28
January 2017
With members of Gwendolyn's ORIGIN ensemble as well as outstanding students of the Sweelinck Conservatorium of Amsterdam and Prins Claus Conservatorium Groningen: Inge Bergenhuizen, Emma Roijackers, Ana Isabel Matias Pires (violins), Martin Moriarty (viola), Patrick Moriarty (cello), Yussif Barakat (bass).
Thursday
26 January 2017 | 20:00
Kasteel de Vanenburg, Vanenburgerallee 13 | Putten
Friday
27 January 2017 | 20:15
Beaufort Huis, Woudenbergseweg 70 | Austerlitz (bij Zeist)
Saturday
28 January 2017 | 20:00
Waalse Kerk, Walenpleintje 159 | Amsterdam
On 6 January 2017, ORIGIN, was re-released. There is a bonus piece on this edition: Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Danse Macabre”. The arrangement of it, like the rest of the compositions and improvisations on the album, is a world premiere of the work.