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Kati Debretzeni (Violin) |
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Born: February 24, 1971 - Transylvania, Romania |
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The Romanian-born Israeli violinist, Kati Debretzeni, is a fourth generation musician. She began playing the violin with Sofia Szabó in Romania. She studied at Liceul de Muzica "Sigismund Toduta" in Cluj-Napoca (August 1982-May 1986). She immigrated to Israel at the age of 15, finishing her studies with Ora Shiran in Tel-Aviv. Her passion for historical performance took her to London, where she studied the Baroque violin with Catherine Mackintosh and Walter Reiter at the Royal College of Music.
Since 1997, Kati Debretzeni has played with and since 2000 led the English Baroque Soloists under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, with whom she has performed the world over. Her playing can be heard in the group’s recordings of J.S. Bach's cantatas (recorded live during the unforgettable Bach Cantata Pilgrimage 2000), the Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046-1051) and the more recent live recordings of the Mass in B Minor (BWV 232), the St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) and Monteverdi’s operas on the SDG label. She continues as a co-leader of the English Baroque Soloists, and has performed a reconstructed double concerto by W.A. Mozart with pianist Robert Levin at the Salzburger Festspiele of 2006.
Since 1997, Kati Debretzeni has played eith Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. In 2008, she was appointed as one of their leaders, has often appeared as soloist, and has collaborated with conductors such as Frans Brüggen, Simon Rattle, Adam and Iván Fischer, William Christie, Ottavio Dantone and Vladimir Jurowski, in performances in the UK, Europe and the USA. She has directed the group from the violinist’s chair in works ranging from Baroque repertoire to L.v. Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Berlioz. She has recorded Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (Signum) following performances in collaboration with the Henri Oguike Dance Company in 2013, and fused authentic performance with contemporary choreography. Also, she directed their concert with mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly from the violin in 2017, which was an unusual, challenging and rewarding feat.
Kati Debretzeni is in demand internationally as leader, soloist and director with groups such as The King's Consort (Director: Robert King), The English Concert (Director: Trevor Pinnock), Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Ensemble Zefiro (Italy), Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble (Director: Thomas Hengelbrock, Germany), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Germany), Barokkanerne (Norway), Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla (Spain), Amarillis (France), Arte dei Suonatori (Poland), Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra (Director: David Shemer, Israel), Tel Aviv Soloists (Israel), Victoria Baroque (Canada) and the Budapest Bach Consort (Hungary). In 1998-2003, she also participated as a member of Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in the complete recorded cycle of J.S. Bach's cantatas under the direction of Ton Koopman.
Kati Debretzeni can be heard on numerous award-winning recordings ranging from Biber to J.S. Bach and Haydn for Linn Records, Chanel Classics, Avie and SDG. Her first recording of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046-1051) with Trevor Pinnock's European Brandenburg Ensemble (Avie Records) has won a Gramophone Award in 2008, and her second with the English Baroque Soloists has been recently released (SDG) to critical acclaim.
A keen chamber musician, Kati Debretzeni and is a founding member of Ricordo, specialising in the “stylus phantasticus” of the 17th c. Their debut CD of the music of H. Biber was released to critical acclaim on the Linn label. Between 2001-2006 she was a member of Florilegium, performing world-wide and recording award-winning CD's for Chanel Classics. Their latest volume of Georg Philipp Telemann's Paris Quartets was nominated for this year’s Gramaphone award. In the last decade she is a member of Trio Goya. Their recording of L.v. Beethoven’s Op. 1 Piano Trios (Chandos) has recently been released to critical acclaim.
Over the last few years, Kati Debretzeni has been invited to direct various ensembles in Israel, Canada, Norway, Poland, Iceland and the UK. She is developing as an educator, currently teaches the Baroque and Classical violin at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag (Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague), Netherlands (since October 2004), and her former students make music the world over. She has given master-classes and courses in the UK, Germany, Italy, Norway, Canada, Israel, Hungary and the Czech Republic. She is also Artistic Adviser to the York Early Music Festival. |
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Sources:
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra Website (2019)
Other websites (see links below)
Photo 01: Eric Richmond
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (November 2019) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Steven Devine |
Violin |
Member of Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment:
[CV-1] (2021, Video): BWV 192 |
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John Eliot Gardiner |
Violin |
Member of English Baroque Soloists:
[C-5] (1998): BWV 16 [1st recording], BWV 98 [1st recording], BWV 139 [1st recording]
[C-6] (1999): BWV 6 [1st recording], BWV 66 [1st recording]
BCP [C-10] (2000): BWV 133
BCP [C-11] (2000): BWV 94, BWV 105, BWV 168
BCP [C-12] [D-1] (DVD) (2000): BWV 113, BWV 179, BWV 199
BCP Vol. 1 (2000): CD-1: BWV 167, BWV 7, BWV 30
BCP Vol. 5 (2000): CD-1: BWV 178, BWV 136, BWV 45; CD-2: BWV 46, BWV 101, BWV 102
BCP Vol. 6 (2000): CD-1: BWV 69a, BWV 35, BWV 137
BCP Vol. 9 (2000): CD-2: BWV 96, BWV 169, BWV 116, BWV 668
BCP Vol. 10 (2000): CD-1: BWV 48, BWV 5, BWV 90, BWV 56; CD-2: BWV 79, BWV 192, BWV 80
BCP Vol. 11 (2000): CD-1: BWV 162, BWV 49, BWV 180; CD-2: BWV 109, BWV 38, BWV 98 [2nd recording], BWV 188
BCP Vol. 12 (2000): CD-1: BWV 55, BWV 89, BWV 115, BWV 60
BCP Vol. 14 (2000): BWV 91, BWV 121, BWV 40, BWV 110
BCP Vol. 15 (2000): BWV 64 [2nd recording], BWV 151 [1st recording], BWV 57, BWV 133 [2nd recording]
BCP Vol. 16 (2000): BWV 152, BWV 122, BWV 28, BWV 190
BCP Vol. 17 (2000): CD-1: BWV 143, BWV 41, BWV 16 [2nd recording], BWV 171; CD-2: BWV 153, BWV 58
BCP Vol. 18 (2000): CD-1: BWV 63, BWV 191, BWV 65, BWV 123; CD-2: BWV 154, BWV 124, BWV 32
BCP Vol. 22 (2000): CD-1: BWV 4 [2nd recording], BWV 31, BWV 66 [2nd recording]; CD-2: BWV 6 [2nd recording], BWV 134, BWV 145
BCP Vol. 23 (2000): CD-1: BWV 150 [1st recording], BWV 67, BWV 42, BWV 158; CD-2: BWV 104, BWV 85, BWV 112
BCP Vol. 24 (2000): CD-1: BWV 12, BWV 103, BWV 146; CD-2: BWV 166, BWV 108, BWV 117
BCP Vol. 25 (2000): CD-1: BWV 86, BWV 87, BWV 97
BCP Vol. 26 (2000): CD-1: BWV 172, BWV 59, BWV 74, BWV 34 [2nd recording]; CD-2: BWV 173, BWV 68, BWV 174
BCP Vol. 27 (2000): CD-1: BWV 184, BWV 175, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048
BCP Vol. 28 (2012): BWV 43, BWV 37, BWV 128, BWV 11
[F-6] (2007, Video): BWV 198 [2nd recording
[F-2] (2013, Video): BWV 249 [2nd recording], BWV 11 [3rd recording]
[F-3] (2014): BWV 199 [2nd recording]
[F-7] (2016): BWV 233, BWV 151 [2nd recording], BWV 243a [2nd recording]
[F-8] (2018, Audio): BWV 70a, BWV 12, BWV 81, BWV 140
[V-13] (2013): BWV 232 [2nd recording]
[V-11] (2015): BWV 232 [4th recording]
[V-14] (2016, Video): BWV 244 [2nd recording]
[V-12] (2016): BWV 244 [3rd recording]
[V-4] (2003, DVD): BWV 245 [2nd recording]
[V-5] (2008: BWV 245 [3rd recording]
[V-8] (1999): BWV 247 [1st recording]
[L-1] (2005): BWV 1127 |
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Ton Koopman |
Violin |
Member of Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra:
Cantatas Vol. 8 (1998): CD-1: BWV 65, BWV 89, BWV 60, BWV 83, BWV 89a: Appendix; CD-2: BWV 40, BWV 46, BWV 64, BWV 167; CD-3: BWV 109, BWV 81, BWV 77, BWV 90
Vol. 11 (1999): CD-1: BWV 127, BWV 5, BWV 94; CD-2: BWV 41, BWV 7, BWV 139; CD-3: BWV 115, BWV 113, BWV 10
Cantatas Vol. 12 (2000): CD-1: BWV 135, BWV 124, BWV 121, BWV 111; CD-2: BWV 99, BWV 78, BWV 114; CD-3: BWV 91, BWV 107, BWV 116, BWV 8, BWV 8: Appendix
Cantatas Vol. 13 (2000): CD-1: BWV 1, BWV 62, BWV 96, BWV 62: Appendix; CD-2: BWV 38, BWV 93, BWV 33; CD-3: BWV 133, BWV 122, BWV 92
Cantatas Vol. 14 (2000-2001): CD-1: BWV 68, BWV 6, BWV 74, BWV 126; CD-2: BWV 26, BWV 125, BWV 178, BWV 1045; CD-3: BWV 103, BWV 42, BWV 123, BWV 103: Appendix, BWV 42: Appendix
Cantatas Vol. 15 (2001-2002): CD-1: BWV 28; CD-2: BWV 87; CD-3: BWV 108, BWV 85, BWV 128, BWV 183
Cantatas Vol. 16 (2001-2003): CD-1: BWV 82, BWV 82: Appendix; CD-2: BWV 102; CD-3: BWV 49
Cantatas Vol. 17 (2001-2003): CD-1: BWV 169; CD-2: BWV 19, BWV 56; CD-3: BWV 35, BWV 17, BWV 57
Cantatas Vol. 18 (2001-2003): CD-1: BWV 55, BWV 157; CD-2: BWV 52, BWV 187; CD-3: BWV 36
Cantatas Vol. 19 (2001-2003): CD-1: BWV 159; CD-2: BWV 171, BWV 51, BWV 188
Cantatas Vol. 20 (2001-2003): CD-1: BWV 120a; CD-2: BWV 192; CD-3: BWV 120, BWV 9
Cantatas Vol. 21 (2001-2003): CD-2: BWV 140; CD-3: BWV 97
Cantatas Vol. 22 (2002): CD-3: BWV 30a |
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Stephen Layton |
Violin |
Member of Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment:
[V-6] (2017): BWV 232 [2nd recording]
[V-1] (2012): BWV 245 |
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Andrew Parrott |
Violin |
Member of Taverner Players:
[C-7] (2010): BWV 244a |
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Ashley Solomon |
Violin |
Member of Florilegium:
[C-1] (2005): BWV 82a, BWV 199, Sinfonia BWV 146/1, Orchestral Suite No. 2 BWV 1067 |
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Philipp von Steinaecker |
Violin |
Member of Musica Saeculorum:
(2011) BWV 82, BWV 199 |
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Recordings of Bach’s Instrumental Works |
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John Eliot Gardiner |
Violin |
Soloist: [O-6]: Violin Concertos: BWV 1041, BWV 1053R, BWV 1042, BWV 1052R |
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John Eliot Gardiner |
Violin |
Member of English Baroque Soloists:
[O-4] (2009):Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 |
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Tevor Pinnock |
Violin |
Member of European Brandenburg Ensemble
[O-11] (2007-2008): Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [2nd complete recording] |
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Recordings of Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's Works |
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Conductor |
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Robert King |
Violin |
Member of The King's Consort:
[T-2] (2023, CD/MP3): Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6 BWV 525-530, arranged by Robert King [2nd recording] |
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Ton Koopman |
Violin |
Member of Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra:
[O-2] (1998): BWV 167/5, BWV 244/39, BWV 147/10, BWV 22/5, BWV 639, BWV 650, BWV 163/3, BWV 136/6, BWV 1068/3 - arranged for cello & chamber ensembles by Ton Koopman |
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Links to other Sites |
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Kati Debretzeni (Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra)
Kati Debretzeni (America-Israel Cultural Foundation)
Kati Debretzeni (Victoria Baroque)
Kati Debretzeni (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment)
Kati Debretzeni (violin) - Artist (Hyperion Records)
Kati Debretzeni (Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag)
NCEM - The National Centre for Early Music: Kati Debretzeni
Kati Debretzeni - Biography (European Brandenburg Ensenmle)
Kati Debretzeni on Facebook |
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