Kammerkuld. Beethoven. Schumann. Brahms

Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms form a kind of musical family tree, with each continuing the spiritual legacy of his predecessor, developing it in the key of his own era and personal style. They all saw chamber music as an intimate art form, a form of communication between the musicians themselves and between the musicians and the listener.

FIRE AT THE COUNT'S PALACE
It was precisely the fire that destroyed the palace of Ludwig van Beethoven's good friend and supporter Count Andrei Razumovsky that inspired the composer to write his Cello Sonatas Op. 102. Beethoven spent the summer of 1815 with the Erdödy family in Jedlersee, a suburb of Vienna, where Joseph Linke, a cellist in the count's service, was also staying temporarily due to the fire that had struck Razumovsky's palace. Beethoven's close contact with the cellist inspired him to compose the cello sonatas.

THE PIANO IS KING!
Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet is one of the most brilliant works of Romantic chamber music, offering both a search for musical depth and the simple joy of ensemble playing. The quintet is written for piano and string quartet, with the piano's exceptionally virtuoso part playing a very important role, but the strings are by no means relegated to the background – all voices are independent and expressive.

A GEM OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Johannes Brahms' Sonata for Viola and Piano, written by the composer at the end of his life, is emotional and rich, full of inner emotion and wisdom, like a meaningful conversation between two equal partners, two thinking people.

04.11 at 18:30 Saue Concert Hall
05.11 at 19:00 Tallinn Town Hall
07.11 at 19:00 Vändra Lüdig Hall

THE GOLD OF CHAMBER MUSIC
BEETHOVEN. SCHUMANN. BRAHMS.

Peeter Margus, violin
Miina Laanesaar, violin
Helena Altmanis, viola
Andreas Lend, violoncello
Maila Laidna, piano

Johannes Brahms               Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op.120 No.1
Ludwig van Beethoven        Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.102 No.4
Robert Schumann               Piano Quintet, Op. 44

Peeter Margus earned his bachelor's degree in 2019 from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and his master's degree cum laude in 2022 from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater as a student of Prof. Mari Tampere-Bezrodny. Since 2022, he has been working as a junior researcher at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater and is pursuing a doctoral degree.

Since June 2023, Peeter Margus has been the concertmaster of the Estonian Sinfonietta.

Miina Laanesaar completed her bachelor's degree at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2012 under the supervision of Professor Tõnu Reimann and Sigrid Kuulmann, and her master's degree cum laude under Professor Reimann in 2016. Miina Laanesaar has been working with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra since 2014.

Helena Altmanis completed her bachelor's degree in 2005 and her master's degree in 2011 at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater in Viljar Kuuse's viola class. From 2003 to 2007, Helena Altmanis worked in the symphony orchestra of the Estonian National Opera, and since 2006 she has been working in the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and actively participating in the work of various Estonian orchestras and chamber ensembles. Helena Altmanis is the concertmaster of the Estonian Sinfonietta viola section.

Andreas Lend earned his master's degree at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater in Prof. Peeter Paemurru's class. From 2006 to 2016, Andreas Lend worked with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
He is currently the concertmaster of the cello section of the Estonian National Opera Orchestra, plays in the Prezioso string quartet and the Estonian Cello Ensemble, and is a permanent member of the Estonian Sinfonietta.

Maila Laidna graduated cum laude from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater with a master's degree in piano and chamber music, studying under Tanel Joamets and Prof. Matti Reimann. She is currently studying for a doctorate in chamber ensemble at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater, under the supervision of Prof. Matti Reimann, Mati Mikalai, and Prof. Kristel Pappel.