Classical Recital Project

• Vienna Nicolai String Quartet Wilfried Kazuki Hedenborg (1st violin) – Benjamin Morrison (2nd violin) – Gerhard Marschner (viola) – Bernhard Naoki. Hedenborg (violoncello) The members of the Vienna based string quartet have been playing together for years, until the "Vienna Nicolai String Quartet" was finally founded. A classical string quartet, the supreme discipline of chamber music. They mainly focus on the First Viennese School and early Viennese Romantic period without neglecting other quartet music. Each individual’s experience as soloists, chamber musicians as well as orchestra musicians of no less than the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra has enormously enriched the very intense work. Having performed in festivals and music centers throughout Europe and Asia, the ensemble has established itself as a highly recognized rising string quartet. Their appearance in the Vienna Philharmonic Chamber Music Series in the Vienna State Opera as well as their recent tour through China, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts Beijing and the Oriental Art Center Shanghai, were highly celebrated.

• Hedenborg Trio From one of the finest orchestra in the world, "Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra", there are Violonist Wilfried Kazuki Hedenborg (oldest son), with the cellist Bernhard Naoki Hedenborg (2nd son). Then, with the pianist Julian Yo Hedenborg (3rd son), they are the Hedenborg Trio, a special trio of brothers. Their father is a Swedish violonist and their mother is a Japanese pianist, a family of musicians. While growing up in Salzburg, their home was filled with music everyday. Then both Kazuki and Naoki have become group members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and now take an active role in the Viennese tradition as musicians. When they are together, they speak Japanese and the more they discover Japanese culture and customs, the more they like it. They can speak in Japanese during their MCs. Please enjoy their unique abyss of chamber music.

• Daniel GAEDE, Violin Daniel Gaede was born in Hamburg in 1966. Between 1994 and 2001 he was concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He studied with Brandis in Berlin, Max Rostal in Switzerland and Joseph Gingold in the United States. He was awarded prizes at the Carl Flesch Competition in London and the Artist International Competition in New York. In 1989, he was awarded the Joseph Joachim Prize by the Berlin Academy of Arts. He gave a recital at the Carnegie Hall in New York in 1992. Gaede gave performances as soloist with Philharmonia Orchestra London, City of London Sinfonietta and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas and Richardo Muti. Many recordings with labels Largo, Tacet, Deutsche Grammophon, and SONY. In 2000, he was appointed Professor at the new Nuremberg University of Music.