The ladies of Arosa Trio first got together for a joint musical adventure on invitation by the Dutch Orchestra and Ensemble Academy in summer 2009. Dutch violinist Frederieke Saeijs was Artist in Residence during this Academy. She was supported by the Academy in making her dream come true of playing and performing together with two dear musical friends: Georgian pianist Nino Gvetadze and Serbian cellist Maja Bogdanovic. Despite their different cultural backgrounds, the three ladies experienced a magical click right away during their first meeting, and decided to stay and grow together as a musical team.
In the years to come the trio toured The Netherlands several times, and had their concerts in De Vereeniging in Nijmegen and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam broadcast (live) on Dutch Classical Radio4. They also appeared live in the radio show Opium.
Another highlight was their debut in Germany, performing the Triple Concerto by Beethoven with the Bergische Symphoniker under Stephan Tetzlaff. Future engagements include, next to various concerts in The Netherlands, a performance in the Tonhalle Düsseldorf.
Arosa Trio has been a regular guest at the chamber music series in Veere (The Netherlands), where the idea was born to start a chamber music festival Arosa Trio and Friends in the near future. Though the trio is focusing on a broad range of repertoire, the name Arosa Trio is inspired by Gustave Arosa, who was a well-respected French art collector and a brother of Claude Debussy’s godfather.
Nino Gvetadze, piano
“… a sensation […] ! ” German Hannoverische Allgemeine
Born and raised in Tbilisi, Nino Gvetadze studied with Veronika Tumanishvili, Nodar Gabunia and Nana Khubutia. After her graduation Nino moved to the Netherlands to study with Paul Komen and Jan Wijn.
Nino received various awards. The most important were the Second Prize, Press Prize and Audience Award at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition 2008. She received the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2010.
Nino Gvetadze has performed with many outstanding conductors such as Michel Plasson, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Michel Tabachnik, John Axelrod and Jaap van Zweden and with the Rotterdam, The Hague, Brussels, Seoul and Netherlands Philharmonic, Bergische and the Rheinische Philharmonie amongst others. She went on tour with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, . Kammerakademie Potsdam and Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
Nino has given various recitals all over the world, among those in Hannover (PRO MUSICA Preisträger am Klavier-Zyklus), Bayreuth, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet at the Spoleto Festival, Lucerne Piano Festival, Bunka-kaikan Hall Tokyo and twice at the Festival Piano aux Jacobins (Toulouse).
Nino recorded 4 solo CDs: Piano works by Mussorgsky (Brilliant Classics), Rachmaninoff Preludes op 23 and op 32 (Etcetera), “Widmung” with Liszt piano works (Orchid Classics) and "Debussy" (Orchid Classics). Her recordings and interviews are often broadcasted on European radio and TV Stations.
Nino plays on a Steinway Grand Piano, kindly lent to her by the Dutch National Music Instrument Foundation.
Frederieke Saeijs , violin
“…The Dutch violinist impressed not only with her flawless technique and intensity of tone, but also with her mastery of a broad palette of expressive means…” Rheinische Post
Dutch violinist Frederieke Saeijs drew international attention by winning the 2005 Long-Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris. After taking away the First Grand Prize as well as several special distinctions, she received concert invitations from all over the world.
Saeijs’s engagements as a soloist have included those with prestigious orchestras such as the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Dortmund Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Residentie Orchestra The Hague, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, and the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
She worked with such inspiring conductors as Jonathan Darlington, Antony Hermus, Neëme Järvi, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Friedemann Layer, Aleksandar Markovic, Christoph Poppen, Vassily Sinaiski, Vladimir Spivakov and Jaap van Zweden.
Ms Saeijs plays the ‘Ex-Reine-Elisabeth’ violin by Pietro Guarneri (Venice, 1725), kindly lent to her by the Dutch National Foundation for Musical Instruments.
Maja Bogdanovic, cello
Hailed by The Strad after her Carnegie Hall recital for “an outstanding performance of exceptional tonal beauty, great maturity of interpretation, and technical excellence”, Maja Bogdanovic continues to reward audiences worldwide as one of the leading cellists of today.
Laureate of leading international competitions, Maja Bogdanović won the First Prize at the Aldo Parisot Cello Competition, received the Second Prize and the Special Audience Award at the Gaspar Cassado International Competition, was awarded the special prize at the Concours Rostropovich in Paris and, in the same year, she also became a multiple laureate of the International Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Belgrade, as the recipient of the Third and two special awards. In 2008, the Safran Foundation for Music presented her the prize for achievements, and was the winner of the UMUS Artist of the Year Award in 2011.
Among her recent collaborations are performances with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Münchenner Kammerorchester, Serbian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Korean Wonju Philharmonic Orchestra, Salta Symphony Orchestra, Morelia Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Bartholomew Orchestra London, Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre des Laureats du Conservatoire de Paris, Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle Europe as well as chamber orchestras Dušan Skovran, St. George Strings and the Sejong Soloists. The quality of her recital and chamber music interpretations continues to be applauded at many of the world’s leading venues.
Maja Bogdanović plays a violoncello custom made for her by the French violin and cello maker Frank Ravatin
In the years to come the trio toured The Netherlands several times, and had their concerts in De Vereeniging in Nijmegen and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam broadcast (live) on Dutch Classical Radio4. They also appeared live in the radio show Opium.
Another highlight was their debut in Germany, performing the Triple Concerto by Beethoven with the Bergische Symphoniker under Stephan Tetzlaff. Future engagements include, next to various concerts in The Netherlands, a performance in the Tonhalle Düsseldorf.
Arosa Trio has been a regular guest at the chamber music series in Veere (The Netherlands), where the idea was born to start a chamber music festival Arosa Trio and Friends in the near future. Though the trio is focusing on a broad range of repertoire, the name Arosa Trio is inspired by Gustave Arosa, who was a well-respected French art collector and a brother of Claude Debussy’s godfather.
Nino Gvetadze, piano
“… a sensation […] ! ” German Hannoverische Allgemeine
Born and raised in Tbilisi, Nino Gvetadze studied with Veronika Tumanishvili, Nodar Gabunia and Nana Khubutia. After her graduation Nino moved to the Netherlands to study with Paul Komen and Jan Wijn.
Nino received various awards. The most important were the Second Prize, Press Prize and Audience Award at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition 2008. She received the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2010.
Nino Gvetadze has performed with many outstanding conductors such as Michel Plasson, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Michel Tabachnik, John Axelrod and Jaap van Zweden and with the Rotterdam, The Hague, Brussels, Seoul and Netherlands Philharmonic, Bergische and the Rheinische Philharmonie amongst others. She went on tour with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, . Kammerakademie Potsdam and Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
Nino has given various recitals all over the world, among those in Hannover (PRO MUSICA Preisträger am Klavier-Zyklus), Bayreuth, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet at the Spoleto Festival, Lucerne Piano Festival, Bunka-kaikan Hall Tokyo and twice at the Festival Piano aux Jacobins (Toulouse).
Nino recorded 4 solo CDs: Piano works by Mussorgsky (Brilliant Classics), Rachmaninoff Preludes op 23 and op 32 (Etcetera), “Widmung” with Liszt piano works (Orchid Classics) and "Debussy" (Orchid Classics). Her recordings and interviews are often broadcasted on European radio and TV Stations.
Nino plays on a Steinway Grand Piano, kindly lent to her by the Dutch National Music Instrument Foundation.
Frederieke Saeijs , violin
“…The Dutch violinist impressed not only with her flawless technique and intensity of tone, but also with her mastery of a broad palette of expressive means…” Rheinische Post
Dutch violinist Frederieke Saeijs drew international attention by winning the 2005 Long-Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris. After taking away the First Grand Prize as well as several special distinctions, she received concert invitations from all over the world.
Saeijs’s engagements as a soloist have included those with prestigious orchestras such as the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Dortmund Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Residentie Orchestra The Hague, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, and the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
She worked with such inspiring conductors as Jonathan Darlington, Antony Hermus, Neëme Järvi, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Friedemann Layer, Aleksandar Markovic, Christoph Poppen, Vassily Sinaiski, Vladimir Spivakov and Jaap van Zweden.
Ms Saeijs plays the ‘Ex-Reine-Elisabeth’ violin by Pietro Guarneri (Venice, 1725), kindly lent to her by the Dutch National Foundation for Musical Instruments.
Maja Bogdanovic, cello
Hailed by The Strad after her Carnegie Hall recital for “an outstanding performance of exceptional tonal beauty, great maturity of interpretation, and technical excellence”, Maja Bogdanovic continues to reward audiences worldwide as one of the leading cellists of today.
Laureate of leading international competitions, Maja Bogdanović won the First Prize at the Aldo Parisot Cello Competition, received the Second Prize and the Special Audience Award at the Gaspar Cassado International Competition, was awarded the special prize at the Concours Rostropovich in Paris and, in the same year, she also became a multiple laureate of the International Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Belgrade, as the recipient of the Third and two special awards. In 2008, the Safran Foundation for Music presented her the prize for achievements, and was the winner of the UMUS Artist of the Year Award in 2011.
Among her recent collaborations are performances with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Münchenner Kammerorchester, Serbian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Korean Wonju Philharmonic Orchestra, Salta Symphony Orchestra, Morelia Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Bartholomew Orchestra London, Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre des Laureats du Conservatoire de Paris, Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle Europe as well as chamber orchestras Dušan Skovran, St. George Strings and the Sejong Soloists. The quality of her recital and chamber music interpretations continues to be applauded at many of the world’s leading venues.
Maja Bogdanović plays a violoncello custom made for her by the French violin and cello maker Frank Ravatin