Bach - Ciaconna in D Minor from Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004
Beethoven - Sonata No.5 in F Major Op. 24 Spring
Schubert -Sonatina in D Major D384
Brahms - Sonata No.3 in D minor Op.108

Yossif Ivanov - Violin
Roberto Giordano - Piano

Although still in his early twenties, Yossif Ivanov has already amassed a striking list of musical awards and concert appearances. He is an award-winner of numerous competitions including the Menuhin International Competition, Montreal International Music Competition, Queen Elizabeth Competition, Midem Classical Outstanding Young Artist award and ECHO Rising Star.

His impressive list of concert performances include recitals in Carnegie Hall, Musikverein Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Cité de la Musique as well as Symphony Hall Birmingham. He also performs internationally with orchestra and his ever-increasing list of concerto appearances includes a London orchestral debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Marin Alsop in April 2007. A re-invitation is planned for 2008.

In November 2006 his first CD on the Ambroisie/Naïve label was awarded a Diapason d'Or de l'Année, the most important recording industry award in France, presented to the best recordings of the year.

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Roberto Giordano was born in Tropea, Italy, in 1981. From his earliest years, Roberto Giordano won prizes in many international competitions, both in Italy and abroad. In 2003 his Fourth Prize in the Queen Elisabeth International Competition in Brussels brought him to the attention of international music critics and helped to project him onto some of the best-known concert platforms in the world. He is a regular guest in venues such as Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Palais Des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Hermitage Theater in St.Petersburg, Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Philharmonia Concert Hall in Wrocław -Poland, Stadt Oper in Frankfurt and the Imperial Mint of Istambul amongst others.

He has also been a soloist with important orchestras such as the Belgium National Orchestra, Orchestre Philarmonique de Liège, State Hermitage Orchestra of Saint-Petersburg, Romanian State Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, Jonge Filarmonie van Vlaanderen, Orchestra di Padova e Veneto, Bucarest Philarmonic Orchestra, Aachen Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano.

Giordano has published three CD's, the last one for the Italian label "La Bottega Discantica". His concerts have been recorded and subsequently broadcast by RTBF and Klara (Belgium), as well as in Italy by RAI (Radiouno/Radiotre) and by the Vatican Radio.

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