Jonian Ilias Kadesha
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies Studies with Antje Weithaas funded by the v. Metzler/Leber patronage
Chamber Music Connects the World, junior
Kronberg Festival, workshop
Kronberg Festival, concert
Violin Masterclasses, participant
Mit Musik - Miteinander, tutor
“To regard him simply as a huge talent is not enough ; there is an element of pure genius in this young man.” - Harald Eggebrecht, Süddeutsche Zeitung / 21.7.2017
Jonian Ilias Kadesha is a Renaissance musician in the diversity and creativity of his intellectual interests and music-making. His studies in philosophy and rhetoric influence the stylistic accuracy of his interpretations, whether of early or contemporary music, and his rich imagination is clear both in the sound worlds he creates and the projects he curates as soloist, player–director and chamber musician.
As a soloist he has performed throughout Europe, including with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Sir András Schiff, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic with Jonathan Bloxham, Tapiola Sinfonietta and Ryan Bancroft and Slovenian Philharmonic conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov. He has given recitals in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Louvre, Berlin Philharmonie and Salle Moliere Lyon.
Kadesha is a committed chamber musician, collaborating with renowned musicians such as Martha Argerich, Steven Isserlis, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Nicolas Altstaedt and Antje Weithaas. He is co-founder of the award-winning Trio Gaspard, which regularly appears at festivals and venues around the world. He is also a member of the Kelemen Quartet.
He is increasingly in demand with leading chamber orchestras as play/director and has worked with the Netherlands, Irish and Scottish Chamber Orchestras, Aurora Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and London Mozart Players. His approach to the classical orchestral canon is informed by his chamber music playing and he often improvises his own cadenzas and ornamentation.
Kadesha’s curiosity for repertoire is wide-ranging as demonstrated by recordings he has made for Linn Records to which he signed in 2021. His debut solo album featured Bach’s Partita in D minor alongside the premiere commercial recording of Helena Winkelman’s Ciaccona and works by Biber, Schnittke, Kurtág and Auerbach. His follow-up recording will be released in 2024 and includes the premiere recording of Giovanni Sollima’s violin concerto TYCHE with CHAARTS Chamber Artists. With pianist Nicholas Rimmer he recorded works by Enescu, Ravel and Skalkottas for Cavi Music and with cellist Vashti Hunter he recorded a disc of violin and cello repertoire in collaboration with Deutschland Radio.
In 2017 Kadesha founded and assumed the role of Artistic Director of the Caerus Chamber Ensemble, a flexible chamber ensemble made up of outstanding instrumentalists from the young generation of European musicians.
Born in Athens of Albanian and Greek heritage in 1992, Kadesha studied from a young age at Musikhochschule Würzburg. He has studied with Salvatore Accardo, Grigori Zhislin and Ulf Wallin. He studied chamber music with Hatto Beyerle in Hannover and has taken part in masterclasses with Ferenc Rados, Steven Isserlis, Ivry Gitlis, Leonidas Kavakos and Eberhard Feltz.
Kadesha plays on the ''ex-Moser'' Guarneri de Gesu of 1743, kindly on loan by the private ''Princess Collection''. He is an exclusive Pirastro artist.
From 2017 to 2020 he has been studying at Kronberg Academy with Antje Weithaas. These studies were funded by the v. Metzler/Leber Scholarship.
Public rehearsals:
May 13
Participants
- Hana Chang violin
- Stella Chen violin
- William Hagen violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
- Christel Lee violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Brannon Cho cello
- Hayoung Choi cello
- Maciej Kułakowski cello
- Edgar Moreau cello
- Martina Consonni piano
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
Programme
9.30 - 11.30, Carl Bechstein Saal
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major op. 99 D 898
William Hagen, Edgar Moreau, Mishka Rushdie Momen
11.45 - 13.45, Kleiner Vorspielraum
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet No. 30 in G minor op. 74 No. 3 Hob III:74 “Rider Quartet”
Christel Lee, Hana Chang, Noga Shaham, Maciej Kułakowski
11.45 - 13.45, Carl Bechstein Saal
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84
Jonian Ilias Kadesha, Soojin Han, Matthew Lipman, Hayoung Choi, Martina Consonni
15.00 - 17.00, Carl Bechstein Saal
Andreia Pinto Correia (*1971)
Streichtrio (UA)
Stella Chen, Matthew Lipman, Brannon Cho
Subject to change.
Public rehearsals:
May 14
Participants
- Marc Bouchkov violin
- Hana Chang violin
- Stella Chen violin
- Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
- Christel Lee violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Brannon Cho cello
- Ivan Karizna cello
- Maciej Kułakowski cello
- Aleksey Shadrin cello
- Itamar Carmeli piano
- Julia Hamos piano
Programme
9.30 - 11.30, Carl Bechstein Saal
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet No. 30 in G minor op. 74 No. 3 Hob III:74 “Rider Quartet”
Christel Lee, Hana Chang, Noga Shaham, Maciej Kułakowski
11.45 - 13.45, Kleiner Vorspielraum
Andreia Pinto Correia (*1971)
Streichtrio (UA)
Stella Chen, Matthew Lipman, Brannon Cho
11.45 - 13.45, Carl Bechstein Saal
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
String Quintet in C major op. 30 no. 6 G 324 “La Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid”
Jonian Ilias Kadesha, Marc Bouchkov, Noga Shaham, Ivan Karizna, Aleksey Shadrin
15.00 - 17.00, Carl Bechstein Saal
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Rhapsodie espagnole M 54
Julia Hamos, Itamar Carmeli
Subject to change.
NORTHWEST. FOKUS ENGLAND
Participants
- Benjamin Hulett tenor
- Hana Chang violin
- William Hagen violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
- Christel Lee violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Samuel Rosenthal viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Hayoung Choi cello
- Maciej Kułakowski cello
- Edgar Moreau cello
- Martina Consonni piano
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet No. 30 in G minor op. 74 No. 3 Hob III:74 “Rider Quartet”
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
On Wenlock Edge
intermission
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84
Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Chloë Herteleer.
Subject to change.
Public rehearsals:
May 15
Participants
- Thorsten Johanns clarinet
- Marc Bouchkov violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
- Dami Kim violin
- Karolina Errera viola
- Brannon Cho cello
- Ivan Karizna cello
- Julius Asal piano
- Julia Hamos piano
- Itai Navon piano
Programme
9.30 - 11.30, Carl Bechstein Saal
César Franck (1822–1890)
Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84
Dami Kim, Jonian Ilias Kadesha, Karolina Errera, Ivan Karizna, Julia Hamos
11.45 - 13.45, Carl Bechstein Saal
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
La muse et le poète op. 132
Marc Bouchkov, Brannon Cho, Julius Asal
15.00 - 17.00, Carl Bechstein Saal
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Suite for clarinet, violin and piano op. 157b
Thorsten Johanns, Soojin Han, Itai Navon
Subject to change.
SOUTHWEST. FOKUS SPANIEN/PORTUGAL
Participants
- Cláudia Ribas mezzo soprano
- Marc Bouchkov violin
- Stella Chen violin
- Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Santiago Cañón Valencia cello
- Brannon Cho cello
- Ivan Karizna cello
- Aleksey Shadrin cello
- Julius Asal piano
- Martina Consonni piano
- Julia Hamos piano
- Itamar Carmeli piano
Programme
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Rhapsodie espagnole M 54
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
String Quintet in C major op. 30 no. 6 G 324 “La Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid”
intermission
Andreia Pinto Correia (*1971)
Streichtrio (UA)
Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Siete canciones populares españolas
Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Chloë Herteleer.
Subject to change.
Public rehearsals:
May 16
Participants
- Stella Chen violin
- Leonard Fu violin
- Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
- Dami Kim violin
- Karolina Errera viola
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Andreas Brantelid cello
- Ivan Karizna cello
- Aleksey Shadrin cello
- Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
- Julia Hamos piano
Programme
9.30 - 11.30, Carl Bechstein Saal
César Franck (1822–1890)
Piano Quintet in F minor
Dami Kim, Jonian Ilias Kadesha, Karolina Errera, Ivan Karizna, Julia Hamos
11.45 - 13.45, Carl Bechstein Saal
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
String Quartet in E minor
Dami Kim, Stella Chen, Karolina Errera, Aleksey Shadrin
17.15 - 19.15, Carl Bechstein Saal
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A major op. 81
Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, Stella Chen, Leonard Fu, Matthew Lipman, Andreas Brantelid
Subject to change.
WEST. FOKUS FRANKREICH
Participants
- Marc Bouchkov violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Jonian Ilias Kadesha violin
- Dami Kim violin
- Karolina Errera viola
- Brannon Cho cello
- Ivan Karizna cello
- Julius Asal piano
- Julia Hamos piano
- Itai Navon piano
- Thorsten Johanns clarinet
Programme
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
La muse et le poète op. 132
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Suite for clarinet, violin and piano op. 157b
intermission
César Franck (1822–1890)
Piano Quintet in F minor
Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Prof. Dr. Friedemann Eichhorn.
Subject to change.