Donaufahrt (Voyage down the Danube) Rie Koyama & Clemens Müller

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Sonata in F major for Horn (Bassoon) and Piano, Op. 17 (1800):
• 1 I. Allegro moderato 08:31
• 2 II. Poco adagio, quasi andante 01:23
• 3 III. Rondo: Allegro moderato 05:05
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826): Andante e Rondo ongarese, Op. 35 (1813):
• 4 Andante 04:18
• 5 Rondo 05:44
• Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801–1866): Morceau de Salon for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 230 (1859):
• 6 Morceau de Salon, Op. 230 08:49
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Sonata in G major for Violin (Bassoon) and Piano K. 379/373a (1781):
• 7 I. Adagio - II. Allegro 11:49
• 8 III. Theme and Variations: Andantino cantabile 10:08
• Franz Doppler (1821–1883): Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise for Flute (Bassoon) and Piano, Op. 26 (1870):
• 9 Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, Op. 26 10:34
• Total Runtime 01:06:21

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The subject here is not how many reeds grow next to the Danube. Not is it important whether or not the fabulous bassoonist Rie Koyama dampened her reed in Danube water for her second GENUIN CD after her much-acclaimed Primavera debut. The fact that the prize winner of the German Music Competition and the ARD Competition speaks the musical languages - perfectly - of the former K. and K. states along the blue river is documented by her inspired interpretations of works by Beethoven, Mozart and Doppler, amongst others. Austrian charm and Hungarian verve meet here splendidly. Who wouldn't want to travel with her?

Rie Koyama, bassoon
Clemens Müller, piano

Rie Koyama
born in 1991, comes from a Japanese family of musicians and grew up in Germany. By the age of 22 she had already won first prize as a bassoonist in 23 important national and international competitions, including The Muri Competition 2013, the 37th German Music Competition 2012, the 57th Competition German Music Conservatory Competition in 2009, the international Academic Oboe and Bassoon Competition in Lodz, Poland in 2008, as well as in the German national competition “Jugend musiziert” in 2006. Additionally, she received the DAAD-prize (prize of the German Academic Exchange Service). In September 2013 she was awarded second prize at the 62nd ARD International Music Competition (no first prize was awarded) and as awarded a special prize for the best interpretation of a commissioned work. Rie Koyama has received scholarships by the Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung, the Rohm Music Foundation. In Japan and a one year scholarship from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben in May 2012. She has already appeared as a soloist with leading orchestras, including the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the Brandenburg State Orchestra, the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Aargau Symphony Orchestra, the Korean Chamber Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Symphony Orchestra, the Osaka Symphony Orchestra, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic, the Szczecin Chamber Orchestra, the Szekerland Philharmony in Romania, as well as the Haydn String Orchestra in the Netherlands. Since 2004 she has been a bassoonist with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies and Michael Hofstetter. She has also been a bassoonist with the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim under the direction of Sebastian Tewinkel since 2008 and the Bach Collegium Stuttgart under the direction of Helmuth Rilling since 2010. Rie Koyama is studying at the Trossingen University of Music with Professor Akio Koyama.

Clemens Mueller
was born in Tuebingen. After graduating from school he studied piano at the Trossingen University of Music with Tomislav Nedelkovic-Baynov and in Saarbrucken with Thomas Duis. Parallel to this he completed a study in song interpretation and chamber music in Trossingen and Berlin. His most formative teachers include Wolfram Rieger, Irwin Gage and Peter Nelson. Clemens Muller could easily draw attention to himself as a laureate of numerous prestigious competitions. He has received awards from the 39th German Music Competition, the 59th Competition of German Music Schools, the Paula Lindberg-Salomon Competition “Das Lied” and the Concorsi Internazionali della Val Tidone. Most recently he received the Elsa-Neumann scholarship from the Land of Berlin. Moreover, he has received scholarships from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart), the Paula and Albert Salomon-Foundation (Amsterdam), the Justus Hermann Wetzel-Foundation (Berlin), the Hans and Eugenia Jütting-Foundation (Stendal) and the Richard Wagner Society Association (Saarbrücken) and was selected for the German Music Council’s 58th “Concerts of Young Artists.” His versatility as a soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist has taken Clemens Muller to festivals such as the Schwetzinger Festival, the Donaueschingen Festival, the Weingartner Music Days, the Bayreuth Easter Festival and the Liedforum in Berlin. In addition to his concert activities throughout Europe he has been invited to concert tours of Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Currently Clemens Müller teaches piano at the Trossingen University of Music.

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