The Seasons from Two Continents

Join us for a rare but brilliant combination of two sets of The Seasons in one concert: The Seasons, Op. 37, a set of twelve short character pieces for solo piano, by the most distinguished Russian composer of 19th century Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, by the world's foremost composer of tango music, 20th Century's Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla.

Rudolf Bado, Violin

Enrien Lamcellari, Cello

Anna Kiselyova, Piano

Rudolf Bado was born in Slovakia and started playing violin from a very early age. Growing up in a family of professional musicians, he took his first violin lesson at the tender age of five.

Having graduated from the National Conservatory of Music in Slovakia, where he studied classical music, he continued his education with master classes and courses from some of the world's best known violinists to polish and refine his playing and musical knowledge.

Rudolf started his musical career as an orchestra player in The Symphony Orchestra of Kosice in Slovakia for two seasons before deciding to move on and travel the world, meeting new people and working with a huge variety of musicians.

Soon he realized that classical music was not the only musical style, so he began to learn Jazz, which was always one of his favorite styles of music. He established himself as a well known jazz violinist in Slovakia and in other countries as he appeared on some international jazz festivals in Europe and also in North and South America. These experiences have contributed to his unique playing style, being a blend of classical and jazz violin.

In 2005, Rudolf moved to Ireland and met with countless top quality world and European musicians. Two of which are the renowned Vladimir and Anton Jablokov, along with live performances and recordings with the BBC Orchestra in prestigious venues such as the National Concert Hall in Dublin and many other major venues in the UK.

Hailing from Albania, Enrien Lamcellari began learning cello at the age of four and went on to receive an honours degree in music, majoring in Cello Performance, from the University of Arts in Tirana, Albania. He went on to do postgraduate study, focusing on chamber music, at the renowned Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, one of the oldest music institutions in the world (founded in 1585), and he has studied and participated in masterclasses in several other European countries.

Enrien has been both performing and teaching cello in Ireland for over two decades. His performance highlights include Antonín Dvořák’s great Cello Concerto in B minor with the National Symphony Orchestra; Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra with the National Symphony Orchestra; and with his son, Jayden Lamcellari, George Frideric Handel’s Sonata for Two Cellos and Piano in G minor in Carnegie Hall, New York. He is also a regular guest cellist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

In addition, Enrien has played bass for most of his life and performed with a wide range of rock and metal bands in Albania, Greece and Ireland – as well as coaching rock bands.

Anna Kiselyova is a classical pianist, piano teacher, accompanist, researcher, also interested in various non-academic styles and modern music.

Anna frequently performs as a soloist, with vocalists, instrumentalists, chamber groups and orchestras. She had appeared with concerts at the National Concert Hall, Hugh Lane Gallery, St.Anns’ Church, St.Brigid’s Church of Castleknock, Farmleigh, Carlingford Heritage Centre, Norman Gallery, Townley Hall, Gleeson Theatre (Ireland), Haus Blankenheim (Germany), Theatre "Academy of Avvaloranti" (Italy), St. James Cavalier Centre, and Temi Zammit Hall (Malta); and at various venues in Ukraine. She had performed with DIT Symphony Orchestra and with many acclaimed musicians: Lynda O’Connor (violin), Ailbhe McDonagh (cello), Elizabeth Cooney (violin), Gerald Peregrine (cello), Julian Milkis (clarinet), Sylvia O’Brien (soprano), Lance Coburn (piano), Grainne Hope (cello), Vourneen Ryan (flute), Lisa McGuinness (soprano), Oleg Ponomarev (violin), Drazen Derek (guitar), Deirdre Duffy (soprano), and others.

Anna collaborated with Kids Classics in their programme of live concerts presented in children’s hospitals and libraries around Ireland. She also has been presenting lectures-recitals about composers in the National Library, Dublin.

Anna has an international educational background, having obtained Bachelor Degree in Music from Zaporizhzhya National College of Music (Ukraine), LTCL Diploma from Trinity College London and Master’s Degree from DIT conservatory. In addition, she had attended several courses, workshops, masterclasses and seminars for music educators and performers in Leipzig, Saarbrucken, Aachen (Germany), Valletta (Malta) and Moscow (Russia).