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Piano
Tamara Atschba
Tamara Atschba has been teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna since 1995 and also teaches at the Vienna Beethoven Conservatory. Tamara Atschba's approach to piano technique is based on the research she has done over years of teaching and performing.
Great devotion to piano and music, creativity and highly efficient methods for solving technical problems connected with the hands, wrists, back, etc. enable her to take away tension and help students play fluently and smoothly, fully enjoying the process of learning.
Her deep perception of the intellectual background of piano performance is a complex, multifaceted domain blending her profound understanding of music theory and structure, transformed into physical movement through years of training; enormous experience in cognitive science, mental shaping and motor control, historical interpretations and emotional expression.
Her strong musical personality, the high quality of her playing and the exceptional colours of her piano sound have been noticed by outstanding musicians such as Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta ("such a wonderful and powerful sound!"), Vladimir Ashkenazy ("an exquisite piano playing"), Vladimir Krainev, Liana Isakadze, Wolfgang Marschner, Ivry Gitlis ("she is an amazing musician!") and Yuri Bashmet.
Winner of several competitions including the Dmitri Kabalewski Piano Competition, the Caucasian Piano Competition for Young Artists, and piano competitions at the Philharmony of Tbilisi. She has performed in Austria, Italy, France, Holland, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Israel, USA, Japan, Korea and Mexico at numerous international festivals.
Violin
Louise Chisson
A "rare talent", a "great technical mastery" and "above all a deep and remarkable musical personality", says Dora Schwarzberg about the young violinist Louise Chisson who has become through the years an original and multifaceted artist, displaying her outstanding abilities in the classical and romantic repertory as in the modern and contemporary music.
Born in Bordeaux, Louise Chisson started to play the violin at the age of three with Robert Papavrami. She was noticed at eight years old by Isaac Stern and three years later, Tibor Varga said to be "very impressed by the certain gift she shows for the violin". At seventeen she entered the class of Dora Schwarzberg at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where she received her Master degree.
First Prize, all categories, of the Concours International des Jeunes Interprètes Lille-Wattrelos, winner of the Alfredo Zanella Violin Competition in Bologna, and prizewinner at the Henryk Szeryng Competition in Mexico. She has performed with numerous orchestras including the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, and the Deutsche Kammerakademie.
Louise Chisson teaches at the Franz Schubert Konservatorium in Vienna. In 2016 she founded with Tamara Atschba the Esperus Art Fund and Esperus Music Academy.
The Chisson–Atschba Duo
A partnership forged through years of musical collaboration and a shared passion for excellence.
Louise Chisson and Tamara Atschba have been performing as a duo for over a decade, building a reputation for their extraordinary musical communication and interpretive depth.
In January 2020, they launched their concert cycle at the historic Ehrbar Hall in Vienna — the Esperus Concerts. That same year they signed with label Hänssler Klassik.
Their album "20th Century Feminine", released in 2021 and dedicated to women composers, received the Diapason d'Or, a Grammy® nomination, and was listed for the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and OPUS KLASSIK.
Grammy® Nominated
2022
Diapason d'Or
2022
Fono Forum Star
2021
BBC Album of the Week
2021
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