BACH'S "ERBARME DICH" PERFORMED BY XAVER VARNUS (ORGAN) WITH DOMONKOS HARTMANN & MATE TOMASZ (CELLO)

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Xaver Varnus' first piano tutor was Emma Németh, a pupil of Debussy. He has played virtually every important organ in the world, including those in Bach's Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Berliner Dom, Notre-Dame, Saint-Sulpice and Saint-Eustache in Paris, National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, and Canterbury Cathedral, as well as the world's largest existing instrument, the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia. His Quadruple Platinum Disc winning album "From Ravel to Vangelis" (SONY, 2007), is the best-selling organ CD ever. As a Canadian citizen, Xaver Varnus resides in Berlin, and in Nova Scotia, where he opened Varnus Hall in a 19th century historic church. "He is one of the most influential figure in organ music in the early 21st century." (Mark Wigmore, The New Classical FM, Canada). "Varnus is a monster talent, every bit as stimulating and individual as the late Glenn Gould." (The Globe & Mail, Canada's National Newspaper).

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Violoncellist Domonkos Hartmann was born in Veszprém, Hungary. He started his career at the Antal Csermák Music School in Veszprém, where he studied with dr. Tamásné Nagy, and continued his studies with Krisztina Kardosné Kemény in Budapest at the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music. After passing his finishing exams, he applied to the Vienna Music Academy, and was accepted to the class of cellist István Várdai in 2018. In 2014 he received the Csermák Prize in his hometown, which is awarded to one outstanding student every year. Among his achievements during the years of the conservatory, he was awarded first place in the János Starker National Cello Competition and also received the grand prize of the competition, the Éva Czakó Memorial Medal. This was followed by several international prizes, among others, firstst prize and the Grand Prix of the competition at the Jan Vychytil (pronounced: Vihitil) International Cello Competition in the Czech Republic, first prize at the Talents for Europe International Cello Competition in Slovakia and absolute first prize at the Danubia Talents International Music Competition in Vác. He has participated in several national and international courses with Camille Thomas, Henry Demarquette, Ditta Rohmann, István Varga, László Fenyő, István Várdai, Stephan Koncz and the Kelemen Quartet. He played with pianist José Gallardo, violists Yuri Zhislin and Lars Ander Tomter. In late January 2019, he made his first public appearance at the Music Academy, where he performed Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor to a packed house with the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra. He has also performed with the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra of Veszprém, and next season he will perform Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall at the Palace of Arts in Budapest.

Máté Tomasz was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1997. Between 2015 and 2019 he was a student at the Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest in the classes of Miklós Perényi, Márta Gulyás, Rita Wagner, János Rolla. He later attended the classes of Gustav Rivinius in Saarbrücken, Germany. He is a prize-winner of various international cello competitions such as the 1st prize at Antal Friss National Cello Competition in Szolnok (2008), 2nd prize at the International Cello Competition in Liezen (2010), 1st prize at the Talents for Europe International Cello Competition in Dolny Kubín (2012), 1st, Main and Special prizes at János Starker National Cello Competition in Kecskemét (2014),1st and Special prizes at David Popper International Cello Competition in Várpalota (2017), 2nd prize with Kökény String Quartet at National Leó Weiner Chamber Music Competition in Budapest (2019). He has participated in masterclasses by Natalia Gutman, Gustav Rivinius, Wen-Sinn Yang, Reinhard Latzko, and Miklós Perényi. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Zugló Philharmonics, and the Eger Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also been awarded the Junior Prima Prize (2018) and the Annie Fischer Scholarship.

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