The Cambridge Camerata Academy is absolutely thrilled to present two towering masterpieces of the piano trio repertoire: Schubert’s deeply poignant hommage to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky’s quintessentially Russian masterpiece that inspired an entire new generation of composers. Performed by internationally acclaimed muicians violinist Barbara Dziewięcka-Data, cellist Peter Adams and pianist Vitaly Pisarenko.
- Schubert Piano Trio no 2 in E flat major D929
- Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor op 50
Barbara Dziewięcka-Data
Barbara Dziewięcka-Data is a violinist who plays with a rare warmth and elegance that always leaves her audience intrinsically satisfied. A truly versatile musician, she is equally at home in a classical concert hall as in a jazz improvisation session, just as long as her personal warmth and graceful spirit are free to shine.
A passionate chamber musician, she takes great pleasure collaborating with fellow musicians, performing regularly in London as well as Cambridge Camerata Academy concerts, but also all around the world including such countries as the United States, Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Colombia, Cuba, Azerbaijan among others.
Barbara pursues an active orchestral career, playing regularly with such orchestras as the Oxford Philharmonic – where she is Principal First Violin – as well as with BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Academy of St. Martin’s in the Fields and London Concert Orchestra.
But Barbara is also passionate about other music genres, and has performed with artists such as Quincy Jones, Hugh Jackman, Joss Stone, Pete Tong, Jonas Blue and others. She has enjoyed playing jazz in venues like the Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express in Soho in London, Bestival in the Isle of White and the London O2 Arena. Since 2010, Barbara has performed regularly with Nigel Kennedy as a member and co-leader of his “Orchestra of Life”, including in the Gala Concert at the Royal Albert Hall with Jean-Luc Ponty and the Led Zeppelin’s star Robert Plant.
Another of her great loves is playing Latin music. She regularly plays with various tango ensembles in London and has co-founded her own project, The Ultimate Tango. She has also recorded an album with Astor Piazzolla’s Tangos in original new arrangements. More recently, she began performing as solo violinist with the London based tango group The Viazzani Ensemble. She is also the violinist of the celebrated Latin ensemble Classico Latino which regularly takes her to South America, performing in such venues as Teatro Colon, Teatro Mayor Julio Santo Domingo and Teatro Libre in Bogota, Colombia as well as various Colombian TV and Radio stations.
Barbara is a much sought after teacher, holding posts at Junior Guildhall, Kings College School, North London Conservatoire, Paddington Academy, St. Martin in the Fields School for Girls and the North Bridge House Senior School in Hampstead. She is also a founding member of the Cambridge Chamber Academy where she regularly coaches chamber music, gives masterclasses and participates in its Summer Festival.
Peter Adams
Peter Adams’ career can truly be described as meteoric. When most musicians are still at school, the sixteen year old Peter was playing in the orchestra of London Festival Ballet. By the time he was 21 he had become principal cellist of both the London String Orchestra and the London City Ballet. Perhaps even more remarkably he became in the same year Professor of viola da gamba and baroque cello at the Royal Academy of Music – the youngest ever professor in the Academy’s history.
Peter began his musical studies whilst at school with Dennis Nesbitt and Maurice Zimbler. At the age of 16 he joined the orchestra of London Festival Ballet and in 1984 was made principal cellist with the London String Orchestra and London City Ballet. In the same year he was appointed professor of viola da gamba and baroque cello at the Royal Academy of Music where, at 21, he was the youngest ever professor at the RAM.
In 1988 Peter left England to study for two years at Indiana University, USA, where he took lessons and masterclasses with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Janos Starker, Paul Tortelier and Rostislav Dubinsky. Upon returning to England He undertook a period of study with William Pleeth. He was a founder member of the Rogeri Trio and is currently a member of the Bochmann String Quartet, both with a large list of recordings and broadcasts. Peter appears as guest principal cellist with a variety of orchestras all over Britain and is the principal cellist of the English String Orchestra, Brighton Philharmonic, Oxford Philomusica and the City of Oxford Orchestra. Peter’s interest in the viola continues with solo appearances on viola da gamba and as the director of the Elizabethan Consort of Violas.
He is greatly sought after as a teacher both of the cello and as a chamber music coach giving masterclasses, adjudicating and judging a wide variety of students and young professionals across the country.
He is currently teaching cello for Oxford University and for Oundle School.
Vitaly Pisarenko
First Prize winner of the 8th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht
Third Prize winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, 2015
“…Immensely gifted pianist…with prodigious technique, myriad shadings and scrupulous accuracy…” New York Times
After winning the First Prize at the 8th F. Liszt International Piano Competition in Utrecht and the Third Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition London-based Ukrainian-Russian pianist Vitaly Pisarenko has been steadily gaining worldwide recognition. Vitaly’s packed tour schedule commenced straight away the morning after the Finals with an appearance at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
Vitaly regularly performs across the globe as a recitalist and a chamber musician. Past concerts include appearances at the Wigmore Hall, Musikverein in Vienna, Bozar in Brussels, National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing, Shanghai Concert Hall, Mozarteum in Salzburg, de Singel in Antwerp, Toyota Concert Hall in Japan, Hong Kong City Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris and Palace of Arts in Budapest.
As a soloist Vitaly collaborated with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Noord Nederlands Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra on tour in Japan, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Het Gelders Orchestra, the YMSO and others performing at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Cadogan Hall in London, Big Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, Tokyo Opera City, Seoul Arts Center, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Sala San Paulo in Brazil and De Doelen in Rotterdam among others.
The Association of Music Critics of Argentina recently presented Vitaly with the ‘2018 Revelation Award’.
Recently Vitaly has been performing intensively in the UK, including performances at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cadogan Hall, St Martin in the Fields, Champs Hill, Chopin Society UK, BMS York and others.
Vitaly started his musical education in his native Kiev, Ukraine with Natalia Romenskaya and in Kharkiv with Garri Gelfgat. Later on, he commenced his studies in Moscow with Professor Yuri Slesarev at the Central Music School and State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. From 2005 to 2008 Vitaly studied with Aquiles delle Vigne at the Codarts, Rotterdam and from 2009 to 2012 he was a student of Oxana Yablonskaya in Italy. Since September 2012 Vitaly has been a student at the Royal College of Music in London, where he studies with Professor Dmitri Alexeev. Vitaly completed his Master’s degree with distinction in 2014 and Artist Diploma degree in 2015 and is currently a Doctoral course student as an Emma Rose Memorial Scholar and a Bob and Sarah Wigley and Helmut Schuster Scholar. Starting from 2012 Vitaly has been also studying with Professor Boris Petrushansky at the ‘Incontri col Maestro’ Academy in Imola, Italy.
Since January 2020 Vitaly is a principal study teacher at the Purcell School for young musicians.
In September 2021 he has been appointed an Assistant Professor of piano at the Royal College of Music, London.