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Mendelssohn - Schumann - Brahms - Chaminade - Caplet - Bonis<div> Fanny Mendelssohn - Lieder</div><div> Adagio for violin and piano (transposed to flute)</div><div> Clara Schumann - Lieder</div><div> Johannes Brahms - Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 No. 2</div><div> Cécile Chaminade - Serenade to the Stars, Op. 142</div><div> André Caplet - Reverie and Little Waltz</div><div> Mel Bonis - Sonata in C-sharp minor for flute and piano, Op. 64</div><div><br></div><div> Swiss flautist Eva Oertle performs throughout Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. She plays with internationally renowned orchestras such as Il Giardino Armonico and Al Ayre Español. She gives recitals in prestigious concert halls including the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and the Musikverein in Vienna. She has performed as a soloist with the Brandenburg String Orchestra, the Davos Festival Orchestra, and the Lucerne Festival Strings, and has undertaken concert tours in Germany, Italy, Spain, and South America.</div><div><br></div><div> "Undine" and "Lake Reflections," the CDs she released on the Sony Classical label, were highly praised by the music press. Eva Oertle studied modern flute at the Freiburg and Basel Music Schools with Janek Rosset, Felix Renggli, and Peter Lukas Graf. Her interest in historical performance practice then led her to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and later to London to study with Rachel Brown. Eva Oertle is also a moderator and music editor at Swiss Radio SRF2.</div><div><br></div><div> Pianist Vesselin Stanev, originally from Varna, Bulgaria, trained at the Sofia Academy of Music and later with Dmitri Bashkirov at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Alexis Weissenberg, and at the Paris Conservatory. He received further guidance from Peter Feuchtwanger in London. He is a prizewinner at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and the Marguerite Long – Jacques Thibaud Competition. He performs regularly in major European concert halls, such as Wigmore Hall in London, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, and the Salle Gaveau in Paris. He also tours the Nordic countries, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, and Japan. He is particularly drawn to chamber music, collaborating with artists such as violinist Ekaterina Frolova, flautist Eva Oertle, and cellist Zoltán Despond. He has recorded numerous CDs for RCA, Sony Classical and the Bulgarian label Gega New.</div>