Carion Wind Quintet

Biography

Dóra Seres, flute

Egils Upatnieks, oboe

Egīls Šēfers, clarinet

David M.A.P. Palmquist, horn

Niels Anders Vedsten Larsen, bassoon

CARION’S fresh approach to chamber music has brought acclaimed performances in Europe’s most prestigious festivals like Rheingau Festival, Kissinger Sommer, Beethovenfest Bonn, Bergen Festival, Tonhalle MAAG as well as has earned standing ovations from audiences of the USA, South America and the the Far East. CARION has released 6 highly critically acclaimed CDs – including stellar reviews from Gramophone and BBC magazine, awards from Danish radio and best classical album of 2015 on iTunes. But nothing compares to their trend setting music videos on Youtube that continue generating views counted in millions, the landmark performance of Ligeti’s Six Bagatelles being used as an example and a reference recording to music students worldwide.

Carion presents a varied and interesting repertoire. The ensemble is well founded in the established wind quintet works, but has received most favourable critique for their interpretation of Carl Nielsen, Jacques Ibert, Paul Hindemith, Pēteris Vasks and especially the Six Bagatelles by György Ligeti. Carion has worked with contemporary composers like Jeppe Just, Renāte Stivriņa, Andris Dzenītis, Britta Byström and Anders Nordentoft. One of the most notable and well received projects of late has been Carion Tryptich – a concerto for Carion and symphony orchestra that saw a world premiere with Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and Odense Symphony Orchestra. The innovative and colorful programming of the ensemble is made possible by the tallent for arranging music for this wind quintet by CARION’s own horn player, David M.A.P. Palmquist.

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