Hayato Sumino - Cateen’s Europe Tour – A Star is Born!

Critics across Europe were left in awe by Hayato Sumino’s dazzling virtuosity and artistic brilliance. Concert halls erupted in frenzied ovations as he redefined the piano experience with stunning technical mastery and a captivating stage presence!

 

Munich (BR-Klassik, tz München, Abendzeitung München, Münchner Merkur)

"Sumino is no empty media hype. He is truly an astonishing virtuoso with great musicality." (BR-Klassik)

"His fingers glide weightlessly over the keys – pure virtuosity as a natural expression." (Abendzeitung München)

"His 'Boléro' – a brilliant reinvention that left the audience speechless." (Münchner Merkur)

 

Hamburg (Hamburger Abendblatt)

"The Elbphilharmonie was on fire! Sumino shattered the boundaries of a traditional piano recital." (Hamburger Abendblatt)

 

Stuttgart (Stuttgarter Zeitung)

"A pianistic firework! His touch, his phrasing – absolute perfection and refinement." (Stuttgarter Zeitung)

"A breathtaking virtuoso who unites Bach, Chopin, and his own works at the highest level."

 

Düsseldorf (Westdeutsche Zeitung, Rheinische Post, Düsseldorfer Tonhalle Review)

"Sumino is more than just an internet star – he is a true virtuoso!" (Westdeutsche Zeitung)

"His 'Boléro' was a sensation – structurally clear and technically flawless." (Rheinische Post)

"The audience couldn’t believe their ears – an unbelievable performance!"

 

 

Liu Kotow, in special partnership with The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, is thrilled to serve as the official organizers for the worldwide tour of the prize winners from the prestigious 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, set for 2025 in Warsaw.

This special collaboration underscores our shared commitment to nurturing exceptional talents in classical music and offering them a premier global stage.

Together, we are dedicated to delivering a series of unforgettable, exclusive performances across the globe, showcasing the extraordinary artistry and skill of these distinguished musicians.

Stay tuned for more details as we bring these unique events to audiences worldwide!

 

Bomsori wins the Concerto Award for the recording of the Nielsen Violin Concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi on the Deutsche Grammophon!

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We are thrilled to announce the worldwide signing of Hayato Sumino with Sony Classical. 

 

In collaboration with Sony Classical, we are delighted to reveal that Sumino's highly anticipated debut album is set to be released this autumn. This milestone marks an incredible moment in Sumino's musical journey, and we couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of it.

 

Stay tuned for further updates as we embark on this exciting musical venture with Hayato Sumino and Sony Classical!

 

Anastasia Kobekina Awarded Leonard Bernstein Award 2024!

Exciting announcement from Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival: Anastasia Kobekina has just received the prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award for 2024, joining the ranks of celebrated musicians in this honor.

The Leonard Bernstein Award has been championed by the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe since 2002. It was, previously awarded to artists like Lang Lang, Martin Grubinger, and Alisa Weilerstein.Experience Anastasia's captivating talent at the Leonard Bernstein Award Winner's Concert with the

Kammerorchester Basel on  July 12, 2024 in Lübeck

 

We are thrilled to announce our latest collaboration with the exceptional artist, Hayato Sumino!

Hayato Sumino, 🎹🌟 a Japanese pianist and competition winner, is more than just a classical virtuoso – he's a versatile artist excelling as a creator, composer, and jazz musician. Recognized as a pop sensation, Sumino captivates a vast YouTube audience under the name 'Cateen,' boasting 1.2 million subscribers and an extraordinary 170 million views to date. 🎶✨

Hayato is recognized for his distinctive style, blending classical techniques, arrangements, and improvisational skills.

 

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We are thrilled to announce that Anastasia Kobekina has signed with Sony Classical. 

 

Her debut album, set to be released in early 2024, will take listeners on a captivating musical journey through Venice. With a modern twist, Anastasia explores our connections to places, bridging the past and the present.

 

Congratulations, Anastasia!

Bomsori will be the soloist at legendary “Concerts in the Parks” of the New York Philharmonic in June 2022, performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1 under the baton of the music director Jaap van Zweden. 

 

June 14, Van Cortland Park

June 15, Central Park

June 16, Cunningham Park

June. 17, Prospect Park

 

The New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer, have become an iconic New York summer experience since they began in 1965, transforming parks throughout the city into a patchwork of picnickers and providing music lovers with an opportunity to hear classical music under the stars. This beloved series returns in June 2022 after two years of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ANASTASIA KOBEKINA is the winner of 2022 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award !

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Łukasz Borowicz has been appointed new Music Director of Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra Filharmonia Poznańska effective 2021/22.

 

Borowicz appeared as guest conductor with SWR Sinfonieorchester, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Hamburger Symphoniker, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Luzerner Symfonieorchester, Orchestre National de Lille, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group and a number of other orchestras and ensembles, including all the major Polish symphonies.

A prolific recording artist with over 100 albums to his name, Borowicz’s recordings have been awarded four Diapason d’Or prizes. Borowicz received the ICMA Special Achievement Award in 2015 for his pioneering work on the cycle of Symphonic Works by Sir Andrzej Panufnik. In 2018 he received another ICMA award for his recording of Quo Vadis by Feliks Nowowiejski. His collaboration with Piotr Beczała on Deutsche Grammophon’s recording Heart’s delight – Songs of Richard Tauber was met with wide critical and public praise.

http://www.lukaszborowicz.com/

Bomsori presents her solo debut album on Deutsche Grammophon. Set for international release on 18 June 2021, Violin on Stage includes works written for or inspired by opera or ballet. Recorded at the state-of-the-art National Forum of Music in Wrocław last December with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and its Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, the album also captures the close bond Bomsori feels with Poland, its music and its musicians.

The violinist’s chosen repertoire reflects her desire to communicate with her audiences through her instrument’s expressive voice. “I’m not a loud person – I usually don’t talk much in everyday life,” she says. “But that’s why I love playing the violin, because I can speak and communicate through music. I’ve loved singing and ballet since I was a small child and am always moved by hearing voices and watching dancers. I wanted to bring that special spirit of poetry and drama to listeners through my instrument, which can sing freely in these wonderful pieces.  Read more...

For Korean violinist Bomsori, the past year has been one of her busiest yet, with numerous live and streamed performances and her first solo recording for Deutsche Grammophon. As she takes her next steps on the road to international renown, she shares her guiding principles with Andrew Mellor

 

Bomsori Kim was given her distinctive name by her grandfather. Unusual in her native Korea, Bomsori translates literally as ‘sound of spring’. ‘I was actually born in winter, not spring,’ the violinist explains, ‘but as winter is cold and difficult, he wanted me to bring some nice spring news into the world.’ As I talk to Kim after the longest of winters, on a sunny 1 April, it’s easy to relate to her grandfather’s thinking.

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We are happy to announce the exclusive collaboration with

VAN CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION.

Together with THE CLIBURN, we provide our personalized career management services for the Gold Medalist of

the SIXTEEN VAN CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION.

NEW PROJECT:

Merregnon: Land of Silence is a brand new symphonic fairy tale from Merregnon Studios. Featuring original music by internationally renowned composer Yoko Shimomura and a story by popular German children’s author Frauke Angel, Merregnon: Land of Silence will take listeners on a magical journey of musical adventures when it premieres in Stockholm, March 9, 2021 at the Konserthuset Stockholm, with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. 

 

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Voice of Hope, Camille Thomas’s second album for Deutsche Grammophon, is set for international release on 5 June 2020.

The Franco-Belgian cellist’s programme pays tribute to people’s ability to triumph over adversity, create harmony in place of chaos, and overcome hatred with love. It presents the world premiere recording of Fazil Say’s concerto Never Give Up, a response to terrorist attacks in Paris and Istanbul written for and premiered by Thomas, and also includes an exquisite selection of songs, prayers and laments, Bruch’s Kol Nidrei, Purcell’s “When I am laid in earth” and Ravel’s Kaddisch among them. 

 

The centrepiece of her album, Never Give Up, began life in 2014 with the first meeting between the young cellist and Turkish composer and pianist Fazil Say, known for his outspoken political convictions as well as his wide-ranging artistry. Never Give Up, like his earlier Gezi Park trilogy, is a political statement made through music – a plea to world leaders not to surrender to terrorism and violence. This dramatic work sends the cello’s voice in search of peace, soaring high above orchestral depictions of conflict. In the end, as she explains, Fazil Say “leads us away towards the light, to Nature, with its sounds of water and birdsong, and towards the idea that we must never give up hope on humanity and beauty”.

We are delighted to announce worldwide, exclusive representation of Game Concerts.

 

Since the premiere in 2003 the Game Concerts music has been performed by the  world-renowned orchestras like  the London Symphony Orchestra; the San Francisco Symphony; the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn; the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

The Game Concerts brand has seen shows performed in some of the world’s finest concert halls: the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konserthuset Stockholm, Philharmonie de Paris, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Barbican Centre London, Vienna Concert Hall and Philharmonie Berlin.

 

Game Concerts’ Final Symphonyalbum hit the number 1 spot on the iTunes Classical Charts in more than ten countries at launch, and entered the Classical Album Top 5 of both the Billboard Charts and the Official UK Charts. It was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. 

 

With a primarily young audience, mainly aged 16 to 35, these concerts are, for many, their first real contact with an orchestral music performance. 

 

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April 2019

We are delighted to announce the general management of cellist CAMILLE THOMAS.

 

The first cellist signed by Deutsche Grammophon in over 40 years, Camille Thomas blends a brilliant command of her instrument with a rare musicality to offer truly memorable concerto and recital appearances.

Recent and upcoming appearances include concerts with Paavo Järvi, Mikko Franck, Marc Soustrot, Darrell Ang, Kent Nagano, Stéphane Denève and with orchestras such as the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Academia Santa Cecilia, Sinfonia Varsovia, Staatsorchester Hamburg in the Elbphilharmonie , the Festival Strings Lucerne in the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Orchestre National de Bordeaux, Brussels Philharmonic and WDR Symphony Orchestra.

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 For their first album together, BOMSORI and Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz chose to combine pieces from two musical traditions – Polish melancholy and French elegance:

 

Gabriel Fauré Sonata No.1 in A major op. 13

Debussy Sonata in G minor 

Szymanowski Sonata in D minor op. 9

Chopin Nocturne No.20 in D sharp minor op. posth.

(Arrangement of Nathan Milstein)

 

January 2019,

 

We are thrilled to welcome Daniel Hope to our roster. 

The violinist, author, musical activist, music and artistic director of orchestras and festivals,

Daniel Hope belongs to the most important personalities of classical music world today. 

The violinist Daniel Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for 25 years and is celebrated for his musical versatility as well as his dedication to humanitarian causes. Since the start of the 2016/17 season, Daniel Hope is Music Director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra – an orchestra with whom he is closely associated since his early childhood.

 

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 Bomsori Kim will debut with the New York Philharmonic on February 6, 2019 as part of the Philharmonic's annual Lunar New Year celebration. Bomsori will give the US Premiere of Tan Dun's Violin Concerto: Fire Ritual, under the baton of Kahchun Wong.

 

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Out today, the fabulous violin album of Nemanja Radulovic - violinist. Watch a teaser for the visually stunning music video shot in his home country Serbia which will be released shortly and explore Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 1. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship and much more on the album:

 

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LIU KOTOW is delighted to welcome pianist JUHO POHJONEN to the roster for Europe and Asia.

Celebrated as one of Finland's most outstanding pianists, Juho Pohjonen appeared as a soloist with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco, Vancouver and Baltimore Symphonies,

Danish National, Malmö, Finnish Radio Symphony, Swedish Radio Symphony,

Helsinki Philharmonic, Scottish Chamber and Philharmonia Orchestras, Bournemouth Symphony.

 

Mr. Pohjonen made his debut with Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich performing Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Piano Concerto with conductor Lionel Bringer in 2015.

He  has given recitals in New York (Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center), Washington, D.C. (Kennedy Center), San Francisco, Vancouver, Detroit  and in London (Wigmore Hall), Hamburg, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Warsaw, Hong Kong, Antwerp,  at the Lucerne Piano, Gilmore,  Bergen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals and at Beethoven-Haus in Bonn. Juho Pohjonen was selected by Sir András Schiff as winner of the Klavier Festival Ruhr Scholarship in 2009. 

 

The New York Times: 

‘If we needed proof that exciting new talent is in the pipeline, there was the marvelous American debut of Juho Pohjonen at [Carnegie's] Weill Recital Hall. Mr. Pohjonen offered a formidable mixed program, topped by thrilling accounts of two fiendishly difficult works by a fellow Finn, Esa-Pekka Salonen."

 

 Juho Pohjonen performs Presto from Aleksandr Scriabin's Sonata no. 2 :

BOMSORI KIM & WARSAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Jacek KASPSZYK - conductor

Tracks:

Henryk Wieniawski - Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22

Dmitri Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 77

Recording Producers: Andrzej SASIN, Aleksandra NAGÓRKO 

Warner Classics

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Premiere: 27 October 2017

This exciting collaboration marks Bomsori's recording debut, in which the fiendish virtuosity of Wieniawski’s Romantic Violin Concerto No. 2

is coupled with Shostakovich’s searingly intense Violin Concerto No. 1

in A Minor.

Although nearly 100 years apart, both concertos presented on this album had their premieres in Saint Petersburg. Saint Petersburg is also the city in which Henryk Wieniawski held the post of soloist at the Tsar’s court, as well as the birthplace of Dmitri Shostakovich and where he spent most of his life.

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LIU KOTOW is delighted to welcome violinist

Bomsori Kim to its roster for General Management.

 

Bomsori is the prize winner of ARD, Tchaikovsky, Montreal, Joachim, Sendai, Qingdao and Wieniawski Violin competitions. 

 

The debut Album with Shostakovich and Wieniawski violin concertos

with Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Jacek Kaspszyk will be released in 2017 for Warner Classics.

Bomsori Kim will also make her Carnegie Hall debut in November 2017 and perform in Europe and Asia duo program with pianist Rafal Blechacz.

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Piotr Anderszewski and Camerata Salzburg 

 

9.& 10. March 2017 at Hong Kong Arts Festival

Sold out concert!

 

11. March 2017 at Lotte Hall, Seoul, Korea

 

Great concerts, congratulations!

 

 

LIU KOTOW will bring Camerata Salzburg in 2018 back to Asia with Renaud Capuçon

more soon~

Beethoven Project in Taiwan: June 2017

Rudolf Buchbinder will perform complete Beethoven Piano Concertos in Taiwan

 

8. 6. 2017 in Hsinchu 19:30

Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op.15       

Concerto No. 5 in E -flat major, Op.73

 

10. 6. 2017 in Taipei, National Concert Hall Taiwan

15:30 Concerto No. 2, No. 4 and No. 3

19:30 Concerto No. 1 and No. 5

 

11. 6. 2017 in Kaohsiung, Zhide Concert Hall

19:30 Concerto No. 2, No. 4 and No. 3

 

2. 6. 2017 in Kaohsung, Zhide Concert Hall

19:30 Concerto No. 1 and No. 5

Steven Isserlis

Asian Tour 2016

 

13, October Seoul

14. October Ulsan

16. October Hong Kong

18. October Shanghai

19. October Shanghai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breguet Geneva International Music Competition Prize Winner Tour ASIA 2016

 

4. November Shanghai

5. November Shanghai

8. November Singapore

10. November Tokyo

13. November Seoul

 

             

 

 

Hagen Quartet 

has completed their successful Asian tour:

23. 2. Taipei 

25. 2. Beijing

27. 2. TongYeong

01. 3. Singapore

 

 

Avi Avital ( Mandolin ) will be on tour in Asia in October 2015

with the Cologne Academy

 

 

Pinchas Zukerman and Zukerman ChamberPlayers 
on tour in Asia

25. 3. Xian Concert Hall
27. 3. Taipei National Concert Hall
28. 3 Beijing Concert Hall
29. 3 Suzhou Culture Center
30. 3 Tokyo

世界小提琴大师祖克曼及其室内乐团五重奏音乐会
The Violin's Virtuoso Zukerman and His Chamber Players Piano Quintet Recital 

精彩推荐：
被誉为当代最伟大的十大小提琴家之一的平夏斯·祖克曼(Pin chas Zukerman)，曾获得21次格林美奖提名并两次获奖——1980年的“最佳室内乐演奏会”和1981年的“无乐团的乐器独奏之最佳古典乐表演”，他的音乐天才很早就让乐评人与听众叹为观止。无论是作为小提琴家、中提琴家、指挥家、音乐教育家还是室内乐演奏家，祖克曼都备受尊敬。在乐坛，他是公认的属于这个时代的大师。
这位知名的艺术家透过他的生命启发了许多年轻的音乐家，并于2002年与四位门徒组成了「祖克曼室内乐团」(Zukerman Chamber Players)。祖克曼室内乐团经常受邀至全美各地著名的音乐节演出，也曾受邀到世界各地，如伦敦的BBC逍遥音乐节 (BBC Proms)、阿姆斯特丹的大会堂、义大利的科托纳音乐节 (Cortona Festival)，以及维也纳、巴黎、米兰、布达佩斯、那不勒斯、巴塞隆纳、哥本哈根、韦尔比亚、华沙、埃里温等地演出。
祖克曼曾于1997年4月访问中国，在北京举办音乐会。这一次他将携自己的「祖克曼室内乐团」再次来华演出，为“北京音乐厅2013国际古典系列演出季”的观众奉上一场无与伦比的音乐会！