(in alphabetical order, by last name)
Katja Beisch: Recorder
313 West Main Street
Durham NC 27701-3215
USA
Richard Fuller was born in Washington State (USA), studied piano and musicology at Central Washington University and the University of Oregon, He studied harpsichord and fortepiano in San Francisco and Vienna. The emphasis of his artistic work lies in the interpretation of the piano, chamber music and the Lied repertoire of the Viennese Classical and early Romantic periods, performed on the fortepiano.
Providing a decisive impulse to the fortepiano movement in Germany and Austria, Richard Fuller is one of the few who has sought to address himself exclusively to the interpretive potential of the fortepiano - the sensitivity and delicacy of an earlier keyboard culture - and who succeeds in convincingly projecting these qualities to the listener.
Since 1982, his concert work has led him to the musical centers of North America and Europe where he appears as soloist, accompanist and member of numerous chamber music ensembles devoted primarily to the performance of 18th century music on authentic instruments. In addition he has collaborated with such artists as James Levine (with the Vienna Philharmonic), Emma Kirkby, Andrew Manze, Klaus Mertens, Claus Ocker, the Festetics String Quartet (Budapest), Vienna Academy Orchestra, Musica Aeterna Bratislava, and performs regularly with the Vienna Ensemble The Instrumentisten. Live concerts in radio and television, film music, broadcast productions for German Radio (Cologne), North German Radio (Hamburg), Austrian National Radio, BBC and the Hungarian National Radio as well as numerous CD recordings in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Slovakia document Richard Fuller’s versatile artistic achievements.
Monica Huggett: Violin
His numerous concerts as a soloist or in recital (with piano or basso continuo) led him to the most beautiful halls of Europe and Asia, as a guest of prestigious festivals : Halle, Solingen, Salamanca, Vézelay, Risør (where he appeared with Catherine Bott, Leonidas Kavakos, Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr, Leif Ove Andsnes, Ole Edvard Antonsen).
Alexis' huge orchestral experience is attested by his appearances with modern orchestras (Philharmonie der Nationen with which he gave over 350 concerts as first solo flautist and recorded Carl Nielsen flute concerto, the Ensemble Orchestral de Basse Normandie, the Orchestre de Bretagne), romantic orchestras (Anima Eterna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique) and baroque ensembles (Utrechts Barock Consort, Capriccio Stravagante, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Arte dei Suonatori, Le Concert d'Astrée, Arcadia). He played and recorded under the direction of Justus Frantz, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Valery Gergiev, John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Skip Sempé, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Martin Gester, Jos van Immerseel, Eduardo Lopez Banzo, Emmanuelle Haïm and Fabio Biondi. In 1997, his interpretations of Quantz and Vivaldi concertos with the European Union Baroque Orchestra conducted by Ton Koopman and Roy Goodman (more than 20 concerts in Europe) always prompted an astonishing ovation.
Alexis Kossenko is also an appreciated chamber music partner. Founder of La Bergamasca, in collaboration with Ole Bækhøj, he gave with this ensemble concerts in whole Europe, invited by important festivals. He also plays in duet with Sébastien d'Hérin (harpsichord and fortepiano) and Rémy Cardinale (piano and fortepiano)
Andreas Kröper: Traverso
Dan Laurin: Recorder
Hannes Maczey: Baroque Trumpet
Andrew Manze: Violin
Petri Tapio Mattson: Violin
Hille Perl: Viola da gamba
Isabel Schau: Violin
Hopkinson Smith: Lute
Marieke Spaans: Harpsichord, Organ, Fortepiano, Clavichord
Anton Steck: Violin
Maurice Steger: Recorder
Last updated: 17 November 2007
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