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Anna Ovsyanikova is a classical violinist regularly performing as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician.

As a recitalist and chamber musicians she has performed in venues including Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Purcell Room, Embassy of Russia in the UK, Birmingham Symphony and Birmingham Town Hall.

Anna has led orchestras conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, Andris Nelson and Martyn Brabbins amongst others. She has co-led under Semyon Bychkov, Leif Segerstam and accompanied instrumental soloists including Mitsuko Uchida, Martha Argerich and Natalia Gutman.

As a member of London Contemporary Orchestra she recorded tracks and performed with artists including Thom Yorke, Beck, Frank Ocean, Goldfrapp, Donovan, Jimmy Page and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead.

Originally from Russia, at the age of 16 Anna Ovsyanikova made her international debut in Germany and went on to study in the UK, completing her studies at the Royal Academy of Music for Masters where she graduated from the Masters programme with distinction and DipRAM - the highest possible award. She is also an alumna of Birmingham Conservatoire and Rimsky-Korsakov Pre Conservatory of Music in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Anna has established a reputation as a soloist, having won several concerto competitions and performing concertos with Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the City, Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra, Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic in Romania amongst many others. Dedicated orchestral leader, she has led all Birmingham Conservatoire and Royal Academy Symphony orchestras as well as CBSO Youth, Cheltenham Festival Orchestra, YMSO and Bombay Chamber Orchestra (India). She has had a year with LPO as their Foyle Future Firsts violinist. Presently she appears as a freelance player with different London orchestras including the orchestra of the Royal Opera House. At the Royal Opera House she had to privilege to work with such opera singers as Jonas Kaufmann, Elina Garanča, Bryn Terfel, Ludovic Tézier amongst others.

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19’40’’ is a subscription-based recording series created by Sebastiano De Gennaro, Enrico Gabrielli and Francesco Fusaro.

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Sebastiano de Gennaro nasce nel 1979. Si diploma in percussioni presso il Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Milano ed approfondisce gli studi con i percussionisti olandesi del Royal Concertgebouw presso il conservatorio di Amsterdam. Negli anni ha sviluppato un personale stile come polistrumentista grazie al quale ha lavorato a fianco di alcuni importanti artisti del cantautorato italiano e della scena indipendente quali Pacifico, Le Luci Della Centrale Elettrica, Edda, Der Maurer e con l’Istituto Barlumen. Ha inciso con l’Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai e suonato con il Naqqara Ensemble. Nel 2010, per la Rai, ha partecipato al Prix Italia.  Ha inciso per BMG Ricordi, Sony, Stradivarius, Ponderosa music, Universal, Mescal.

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The Song and Music Association of Győr – predecessor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Győr – was founded by Antal Richter, father of the world famous conductor, János Richter.

The Ensemble became the Orchestra of the Municipality of Győr in 1894 The year 1968 is a milestone in the career of the orchestra–that is when the semi-professional art institution was transformed into a professional concert orchestra. The orchestra plays a major role int he cultural and musical life in the city and region of Győr. The Philharmonic Orchestra of Győr have produced more than 15 CD’s in the past few years in addition to numerous concerts in Hungary and abroad. They performed in almost all countries of Europe, as well as Morocco, China, South-Korea and Taiwan.


The Orchestra has been conducted by famous Hungarian and international maestros over the past decades including Angelo Epfrikian, Lamberto Gardelli, Arvid Jansons, Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro, Zoltán Kocsis, Ludovit Rajter, Yuri Simonov, Gilbert Varga, Carlo Zecchi.


The list of soloists who have worked with the Orchestra includes Alexandru Agache, Kristóf Baráti, Gergely Bogányi, Gábor Boldoczki, Jörg Demus, Annie Fischer, Endre Gertler, Ida Haendel, Jenő Jandó, Zoltán Kocsis, Aga Mikolai, Jevgenyij Nyesztyerenko, György Pauk, Miklós Perényi, Dezső Ránki, István Ruha, Vilmos Szabadi, Balázs Szokolay, István Várdai, Bernadett Wiedemann.
In addition to keeping the standard classical pieces on its repertoire, the Orchestra has been active in performing works of contemporary Hungarian composer, including several world premieres.
The Orchestra went on tour to the Far East and Europe with the legendary Italan film music composer and conductor, the Oscar winner Ennio Morriconein the spring of 2009.

The Director of the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra has been Mr. Géza Fűke since July 2008.

The Art Director of the Orchestra has been Mr. Kálmán Berkes, Liszt Award holder clarinet player and conductor.

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