Zenith Cello Duo

Talia Erdal e Irene Kok se encontraron cuando estudiaban en el conservatorio de Amsterdam. Compartían el gusto por la música antigua, por la improvisación y por los sonido de lugares lejanos. Su primera actuación a dúo fue en la Bienal de Cello de Amsterdam en 2014. Desde entonces siguieron acuando juntas con programas que iban desde obras barrocas, hasta música tradicional judía, pasando por canciones propias. Han actuado por Alemania y Holanda, tanto en conciertos como en festivales. Sus proyectos más recientes incluyen conciertos en Holanda, una gira por Israel, su colaboración con la banda de jazz alemana Der Weise Panda y su participarciónen el VI Festival de Piantón.

Talia Erdal and Irene Kok met during their studies in the Amsterdam conservatory. They shared a love for early music, improvisation, and sounds of far-away places. Their debut performance as a duo was at the Amsterdam Cello Biennale 2014, and soon after they started to perform regularly together with programs that include baroque and classical pieces, original songs and traditional Jewish music. They have performed in concerts and festivals throughout the Netherlands and Germany.

Upcoming projects include concerts in the Netherlands, a tour in Israel, participation in the Pianton festival in Spain, and collaboration with the German jazz band Der Weise Panda.

Talia Erdal nació en Jerusalem, donde inició sus estudios de cello a los cinco años con Sabina Frankenberg y los terminó en la Academia de Música y Danza de la misma ciudad con Zvi Plesser. Continuó su formación en la Escuela de

Música Buchman-Metha con Hilel Zori y posteriormente con Felix Nemirovsky. En 2013 comenzó a estudiar cello moderno en el Conservatorio de Amsterdam con Monique Bartels y cello barroco con Viola de Hoog, graduándose en 2015 con las más altas calificaciones.

En 2009 ganó el primer premio del concurso nacional de cello y en 2015, en el concurso Aviv, el premio especial por la interpretación de la obra “Channels”, que le dedicó el compositor israelí Oleg Bogod

Talia toca tanto el cello como con la viola da gamba. A menudo trabaja improvisación orientada a proyectos de música rock y pop y es una apasionada de la música contemporánea. Ha trabajado con muchos compositores que han escrito varias piezas específicamente para ella. Ha grabado para la radio alemana, para la BBC y para la cadena israelí de radio clásica “Kol HaMusica”.

Israeli cellist Talia Erdal was born in Jerusalem in 1991 and began studying the cello at age 5 with Sabina Frankenberg at HaSsadna conservatory Jerusalem. She continued her studies at the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance with Zvi Plesser and at the Buchman-Mehta School of Music with Hilel Zori. Between 2011-2013 she studied with Felix Nemirovsky, and in 2013 she began her studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory, studying modern cello with Monique Bartels and baroque cello with Viola de Hoog. In 2015 she graduated with distinction.

First prize winner of the national cello competition 2009. In 2015 she won a special prize in the Aviv Competitions for performing the piece “Channels” dedicated to her by the Israeli composer Oleg Bogod.

Talia is active as a baroque cello and viola da gamba player. She works often in improvisation oriented projects and in rock, pop and world music performances and recordings. She is a passionate contemporary music performer, and worked closely with composers, having several pieces written for her.

Her playing was broadcasted in the German television, in the BBC radio, and can often be heard at the Israeli classical radio station “Kol HaMusika”.

Irene Kok es holandesa, nacida en Zwolle. Comenzó sus estudios de cello en el ArtEZ Conservatory con Jeroen Reuling

Desde 2010 estudia en el Conservatorio de Amsterdam, cello con Jeroen den Herder y cello barroco con Viola de Hoog.

Ha trabajado con músicos muy concidos como son Gary Hoffman, David Geringas, Anner Bijlsma, Paul Katz, Uzi Wiesel y Vladimir Perlin. Ha ganado numeros concursos en Holanda incluyendo el Concurso Pricesa Cristina y el Euroconcurso, así como el concurso Bacewicz de Polonia. Ha sido primer cello en la joven Orquesta Nacional Holandesa y, ya sea como solista o como parte de grupos de cámara, ha actuado en las salas más importantes de Holanda, así como en otras del extranjero (Megaron en Atenas o la Filarmónica de Minsk).

Irene toca con un cello Capicchioni, cedido por la Fundación Holandesa de Instrumentos de Música.

Irene Kok (Zwolle, 1990) received her first cello lessons at the age of 10 and soon after was enrolled into the class of young talented musicians of the ArtEZ Conservatory with Jeroen Reuling. Since 2010 she has been stuyding at the Conservatory in Amsterdam with Jeroen den Herder and baroque cello with Viola de Hoog. Irene has worked with many renowned musicians such as Gary Hoffman, David Geringas, Anner Bijlsma, Paul Katz, Uzi Wiesel and Vladimir Perlin. Irene has won numerous national competitions, including the Prinses Christina Concours and the Euroconcours and the Bacewicz competition in Poland. She played as principal cello in the Dutch National Youth Orchestra for several years. Not only in the orchestra, but both as a soloist and with chamber music groups, Irene has been performing in major halls around the Netherlands and abroad. Including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Megaron in Athens and in the Filharmony of Minsk. For the season 2014/2015 she has been selected to play in the Master Academy of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. Irene plays on a Capicchioni cello which is kindly lent to her by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation.

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