"Michael Dussek.. is a real find; an accompanist with all the skill and mastery of a confident soloist, but with the intelligence to match his playing to his partners' without imposing or losing his own personality."
Classical Music Magazine

 

Concert Diary 2012

 

 

January 14 The Hawth Theatre Crawley. Recital with LeoŠ Čepický, violin.
Sonatas by Mozart, Schumann, Franck

February 22, 23 Record works by Norman O’Neill with the Bridge String Quartet, Nimbus Studios, Monmouth.

March 6 Bishopsgate Institute. Endymion
Shostakovich Piano Quintet

March 14 St. John’s Smith Square. Adjudicate South-East Schools Chamber Music Competition Final

March 20 Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall) Recital with Ryu Goto, violin.
Works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Ravel

March 21-24 Record with Ryu Goto for Deutsche Grammophon, New York

March 25 Bognor Regis Music Club Celebrity Recital with Levon Chilingirian, violin.
Works by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven (Kreutzer Sonata)

April 14 West Wight Music Society. Dussek Piano Trio.
Works by Beethoven, Smetana, Brahms

May 2 Record works by Ibert with members of the Bridge String Quartet

May 12 Primavera.
Piano Quartets by Bridge, Schumann, Mahler, Faure

May 27 Lake District, Private Concert with Richard Deakin, violin, Garfield Jackson, viola, Emma Ferrand, cello. Piano Quartets by Brahms and Faure

June 6-9 Dillington House. Performances with LeoŠ Čepický, violin, Wihan String Quartet.

June 6 Dvorak Violin Sonata

June 7 Janacek Violin Sonata

June 8 Martinu Violin Sonata no.3

June 9 Smetana From My Homeland

June 22 Mandarin Oriental Hotel, London, Private Concert. Dussek Piano Trio.
Works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Kapustin (1st performance)

June 25-July 5 St Petersburg Festival-Competition Three Centuries of Classical Romance.
Jury member and recital with Alexandra Sherman, mezzo-soprano

July 8 Finchcocks. Primavera.
Works by Beethoven, Chausson, Dvorak

July 11 St Mary’s, Callington, with Dante String Quartet and Stephen Stirling, Horn.
Brahms Horn Trio, Schumann Piano Quintet

July 15 Wigmore Hall Coffee Concert. Endymion.
Brahms Clarinet Trio, Brahms Horn Trio

July 21- 27 CSSM Sherborne, Art of Accompaniment Course.

September 20 Recital with Levon Chilingirian, violin, as part of RCM Schubert Festival

October 1 Ashford Music Society. Primavera.
Piano Quartets by Bridge, Schumann, Mahler, Faure

October 21 Masterclass at Oxford Lieder Festival

October 23 Wigmore Hall Chamber Music Season.
Works by Dohnanyi, Vaughan-Williams, Philip Venables

October 28 Birley Centre, Eastbourne. Primavera.
Piano Quartets by Bridge, Schumann, Mahler, Faure

November 11 Cobham Hall. Primavera, Suk Elegy, Mendelssohn Trio in C minor, Schubert Trio in Bb

November 21-December 9 Japan Tour with violinist Ryu Goto.
Programme to include:
Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor op. 80
Beethoven Sonata No. 2 in A major op.12-2

November 21 Tedako Hall (Urasoe, Okinawa)

November 23 Fukuoka Symphony Hall (Fukuoka)

November 24 Shizuoka City Shimizu Cultural Hall “MARINART” (Shizuoka)

November 25 The Symphony Hall (Osaka)

November 27 The Gunma Music Center (Takasaki, Gunma)

November 28 The Denryoko Hall (Sendai, Miyagi)

November 30 Kawaguchi LILIA Main Hall (Kawaguchi, Saitama)

December 1 Hakodate Performing Arts Center (Hakodate, Hokkaido)

December 2 Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Sapporo, Hokkaido)

December 5 Suntory Hall (Tokyo)

December 8 Matsumoto Performing Arts Center (Matsumoto, Nagano)

December 9 Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall (Kanazawa, Ishikawa)

 

December 14 St Ronan's School, Hawkhurst. Primavera, Works by Schumann, Ravel, Beethoven, Faure