Latest News "Música Ecuatoriana al estilo clásico" lanzamiento del CD interpretado por el Duo Mahler-Floril Salzburg Voice Festival Duo Mahler-Floril named Artists-in-Residence and Artistic Directors of the Salzburg Voice Festival "Mahler sings Mahler" The Duo´s Biennial Tour, celebrating the 150th and 100th Anniversaries of Gustav Mahler has already had its NYC Debut and is currently being presented in Europe, North & South America Chopin Winner Plays Franz Liszt Pianist Jonathan Floril, 1st Prize Winner of the Chopin Competition in New York, celebrates the Bicentennial Anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin and Franz Liszt by performing monographic programs throughout Europe, North & South America

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Since his triumph as the First Prize Winner of the 59th Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition in New York City, pianist Jonathan Floril has been recognized as an exceptional interpreter of the music of Fryderyk Chopin as well as particularly renowned for his interpretations of the great German and Russian composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin; performing in the 2008-2010 seasons at Carnegie Hall´s Weill Recital Hall; University of Houston´s Moores Opera House. In this current season, celebrating Chopin´s Bicenntenial Birth Anniversary; Mr. Floril´s All - Chopin Concert Tour will begin in a recital at the Moores Opera House. Highlights in the 2007/08 season include his Spanish debut, performing an All - Wagner Recital at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, where Maestro Lorin Maazel is the musical director; as well as his orchestral debut at his native city, Quito at Casa de la Música a soloist on Tchaikovsky´s First Piano Concerto with the Ecuadorian Philarmonic under the baton of Maestro Piero Gamba. Mr. Floril is the recipient of over 20 top prizes at national and international piano competitions and holds a degree from the Manhattan School of Music. read full bio...>


In the current season, swiss mezzo-soprano Thérèse Mahler, being a descendant of Gustav Mahler, pays tribute to the composer´s 150th and 100th anniversaries in the Duo´s worldwide biennial tour "Mahler sings Mahler," recently broadcasted at the Young Artists Recital Series of Musiccomm, featuring complete Gustav Mahler Lieder cycles. The project will begin at her New York City Debut in March 2010 presented by the Yamaha Center YASI and culminate in a last concert at the composer’s death place in Austria in 2011. Ms. Mahler also celebrates the 2010 Bicentennial Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Schumann by performing his celebrated Lieder cycle for female voice, Frauenliebe und -leben. While being a specialist in Lieder and Art Songs, her highly-praised operatic performances in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the United States include recently her debuts in the roles of Dalila in Samson et Dalila, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, Carmen in Carmen, Sapho in Sapho, Charlotte in Werther, Octavian in Rosenkavalier, Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos, Giulietta in Tales of Hoffmann, Dulcinée in Don Quichotte, Adalgisa in Norma; and previously in Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Annio and Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Cenerentola in La Cenerentola; as well as numerous oratorio performances as a soloist. Ms. Mahler is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music. read full bio...>

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