Maria Florea, violin
Àlex Ramírez, piano
Complete violin sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven (I)
Saturday 23 August 20:30 h
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El duo format per la violinista Maria Florea i el pianista Àlex Ramírez comença enguany el recorregut, que estendrà durant tres anys, per les sonates per a violí de Ludwig van Beethoven. Compostes entre 1796 i 1812 reflecteixen l'evolució del seu estil durant dos períodes compositius: el primer, conegut com a “clàssic”, fins al 1802, i el segon, conegut com a “heroic”, fins al 1812. En aquest primer concert de la sèrie tindrem ocasió d'escoltar una de les sonates més conegudes, la núm. 5, la qual va rebre amb el temps l'escaient sobrenom de “Primavera”, inspirat pel tema inicial.
 
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for piano and violin No. 1 in D major, op. 12/1
Sonata for piano and violin No. 5 in F major, op. 24, “Spring”
Sonata for piano and violin No. 7 in C minor, op. C
 
Maria Florea
Maria Florea

Born in Esparreguera (Barcelona) in a musicians' family, Maria started her violin studies at the age of four with her father, cellist and conductor Cristian Florea, and was only seven years old when she performed her first concert as a soloist. She studied in Barcelona and at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. She completed her master's degree in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music of London and postgraduated at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Musik-Akademie in Basel. As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed in concert halls in Europe such as Palau de la Música Catalana and L’Auditori in Barcelona, Teatro Monumental and Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest and Wigmore Hall in London; she has recently been on a 19 concert tour as a soloist in China. She’s a member of Trio da Vinci, founded in 2018.

Àlex Ramírez
Àlex Ramírez

Born in Barcelona, his principal mentors were Margarita Serrat and Josep Colom. He received instruction from Paul Badura-Skoda, Alicia de Larrocha, Bernard Greenhouse, and Rainer Schmidt. Awarded in various competitions as a soloist and chamber musician, he currently dedicates himself mainly to chamber music. In recent seasons, he has performed at venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Stadthalle in Kronberg, L'Auditori, and the Fundación Juan March. Over the past fifteen years, he has collaborated extensively with the theater company Títeres Etcétera, performing at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Santander International Festival, the Quinzena Musical Donostiarra, and the Festival of Wonder in Silkeborg (Denmark). As an educator, he has taught at the Liceu, Zaragoza, and Ciutat de Palma conservatories. He is annually invited to the Tihms Academy and Festival in Bergen.