Danusha Waskiewicz / Andrea Rebaudengo SONGS FOR VIOLA AND PIANO

Born in Würzburg (Germany) in 1973, Danusha Waskiewicz began to study the violin at the age of 6 and the viola at the age of 10.
From 1992 to 1994 she was the pupil of the violinist Walter Forchert, concertmaster of the Bamberger Sinfoniker, at the University of Frankfurt, while from 1994 to 1999 she studied with the violist Tabea Zimmermann.

During her carrier she has won numerous competitions such as the Competition Lenzewski and the Deutsche Violagesellschaft. Internationally she affirmed herself in the 2000 ARD competition in Munich, receiving also the Brüder Busch Gesellschaft and Wilhelm Weichsler special prizes.

Danusha Waskiewicz began her orchestral experience with Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, going on to become first viola in various orchestras including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Bern, the Orchestra della Scala of Milan, the Münchener Philharmoniker and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

At only 25 years of age she became a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and after two years she won the qualifying competition for the leadership of the viola section.
Since 2004, at the invitation of Claudio Abbado, she is the first viola of the Orchestra Mozart of Bologna. With them she recorded the Sinfonia Concertante by Mozart in 2007 for “Deutsche Grammophon” and later Bach’s Brandenburg concertos for the “Euro Arts” label.
Since 2010 she is also a member of the Luzern Festival Orchestra. 

Andrea Rebaudengo was born in Pesaro, Italy, in 1972. He is the winner of the International Piano Competition in Pescara (1998) and he was tributed the third prize at the Robert Schumann International Piano Competition in Zwickau in 2000. He took part into several Italian music seasons such as Serate Musicali in Milan, Unione Musicale in Turin; Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, Amici della Musica in Verona, Amici della Musica in Ancona. As a soloist, he was invited by the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Philharmonic Orchestra in Zwickau, Philarmonic Orchestra in Pescara, Symphony Orchestra “G. Verdi” in Milan and Accademia Filarmonica Urbinate. He performed in Germany, U.S.A., Spain, England, Ireland, Poland, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Serbia, Emirates. He performs regularly with the ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi in contemporary music festivals and seasons (Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome; Settembre Musica, Turin; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; Biennale Musica, Venice; Skif Festival, St. Petersburg; Illkhom Festival, Tashkent). In duo with Cristina Zavalloni they performed in Rome, Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla, West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Aterforum Festival in Ferrara, Cheltenham Festival, Music Garden Festival in Warsaw and more. He graduated in Milan at the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” with Paolo Bordoni. He then attended master- classes in Salzburg with Andrzej Jasinski and Lazar Berman at the Accademia pianistica in Imola, Italy. He has just released a cd on piano solo, published by Bottega Discantica, with music by Stravinsky, Bartòk, Milhaud, De Falla.