Sara Ferrández
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies Studies with Nobuko Imai funded by the Dorothea Neuhaus patronage
Mit Musik – Miteinander, participant
Chamber Music Connects the World, participant
Kronberg Festival, concert
Sara Ferrández was born into a family of musicians in Madrid in 1995, and began playing the viola at the age of three. She was admitted to Madrid’s Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía when she was 13 years old. After completing her studies there, she was granted a Juventudes Musicales scholarship to study abroad and also received a Hezekiah Wardwell Scholarship sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation. She subsequently continued her studies in Berlin with Tabea Zimmermann at the Hanns Eisler School of Music.
Aged just seven years, Ferrández began performing in Spain’s most renowned concert halls, including the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, the Auditorio Príncipe Felipe in Oviedo and L'Auditori in Barcelona. Since then, she has developed her international career with concerts in venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Elbphilharmonie, Victoria Hall in Geneva and Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus. In 2013 she was a soloist with the Sony Orchestra directed by Frans Helmerson, and 2014 saw her return for a performance at Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional de Música.
A passionate chamber musician, Ferrández is often invited to play at prestigious festivals, such as the Verbier Festival, Festival Musika-Música, the Zagreb Chamber Music Festival and the Rolandseck Festival. She has also been a guest of Anne-Sophie Mutter in her ensemble “MutterVirtuosi”. 2023 saw the release of Sara’s first EP: “En La Intimidad”, where she explores one of Bach’s greatest works, the Suite No.1 in G major.
Sara Ferrández is a member of the West Eastern Divan Orchestra directed by Maestro Daniel Barenboim and, from 2019 to 2022 has been a member of the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker.
Sara plays on a David Tecchler viola (1730) and a bow from Nicolas Léonard Tourte - both generously loaned by Stephan Jansen on behalf and as a member of the Stretton Society. From 2021 to 2023, she has studied at Kronberg Academy with Nobuko Imai. Her studies were funded by the Dorothea Neuhaus patronage.
ÖFFENTLICHE PROBEN
Participants
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Sara Ferrández viola
- Oliver Herbert cello
- Workshop participants
Programme
The programme and times will be announced at a later date.
Admission free. No reservation required.
Subject to change.
WERKSTATTKONZERT
Participants
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Sara Ferrández viola
- Oliver Herbert cello
- Workshop participants
Programme
The programme will be announced at a later date.
Free admission for pupils and students up to the age of 27.
*Price without discount
UNGARN
Participants
- Geneva Lewis violin
- Jonathan Roozeman Cello
- Martina Consonni piano
- Thorsten Johanns clarinet
- Marc Bouchkov violin
- Julia Hamos piano
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
- Christel Lee violin
- Sara Ferrández viola
- Jérémie Moreau piano
Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25 (“Gypsy Rondo”) – approx. 12'
I. Andante
II. Poco adagio, cantabile
III. Rondo all’Ongarese: Presto
Geneva Lewis, violin
Jonathan Roozeman, cello
Martina Consonni, piano
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
• Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano, Sz. 111 (BB 116) – approx. 18'
I. Verbunkos
II. Pihenő
III. Sebes
Thorsten Johanns, clarinet
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Jeremie Moreau, piano
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
• Hungarian Rhapsody (for piano four hands) – approx. 10'
Julia Hamos, piano
Mishka Momen, piano
INTERVAL
György Kurtág (*1926)
• Selections from “Játékok” for solo piano – approx. 3'
Julia Hamos, piano
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
• Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 – approx. 40'
I. Allegro
II. Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo – Trio: Animato
III. Andante con moto
IV. Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto
Christel Lee, violin
Sara Ferrandez, viola
Jonathan Roozeman, cello
Julia Hamos, piano
Program subject to change
ITALIEN
Participants
- Christel Lee violin
- Marc Bouchkov violin
- Alexander Sitkovetsky violin
- Geneva Lewis violin
- Sara Ferrández viola
- Jonathan Roozeman Cello
- Petrit Çeku Gitarre
- Kian Soltani Cello
- Sào Soulez Larivière viola
- Matthew Lipman viola
Programme
Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
• Duos (Duetti) for 2 Violins – approx. 6'
Christel Lee, violin
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
• Italian Serenade for String Quartet in G major – approx. 8'
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin
Geneva Lewis, violin
Sara Ferrandez, viola
Jonathan Roozeman, cello
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
• Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major (“Fandango”), G. 448 – approx. 20'
I. Pastorale
II. Allegro maestoso
III. Grave assai
IV. Fandango
Petrit Ceku, guitar
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin
Christel Lee, violin
Sara Ferrandez, viola
Kian Soltani, cello
INTERMISSION
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence” – approx. 40'
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
III. Allegretto moderato
IV. Allegro vivace
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Geneva Lewis, violin
Sao Soulez-Larivière, viola
Matthew Lipman, viola
Kian Soltani, cello
Benedict Kloeckner, cello
Programme subject to change