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<p><strong>Ludwig van Beethoven</strong> - Sonata for cello and piano n°5 op. 102 n°2<br> <strong>Robert Schumann</strong> - Romances for oboe and piano, op. 94 (version for cello and piano)<br> <strong>Richard Strauss</strong> - Sonata for cello and piano in F major, Op. 6</p><p> Born in 1992, cellist <strong>Zoltan Despond</strong> studied with Pierre-Bernard Sudan in Fribourg and Marc Jaermann in Lausanne, then with Thomas Grossenbacher at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he earned a Master's degree in solo performance in 2018. At the Pavia Cello Academy, he benefited from the invaluable guidance of Enrico Dindo and participated in masterclasses with Antonio Meneses, Christophe Coin, and Giovanni Sollima. His concert tours take him throughout Europe. He enjoys performing with musicians such as Ilya Gringolts, Silvia Simionescu, Marko Milenkovic, and Anahit Kurtikyan. He is also a member of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra.</p><p> Pianist <strong>Vesselin Stanev</strong> , 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.</p> Beethoven - Schumann - Strauss