October 19th Izhar Elias will perform Mauro Giuliani’s 2nd concerto (opus 36) together with award winning string quartet PuraCorda (first prize Van Wassenaer Competition, Eemerging ensemble ’23), in de Edesche Concertzaal in Ede.
The other part of the program consists of a historical chamber music version of Beethoven’s 7th symphony, played by PuraCorda plus violist Femke Huizinga.
It is a concert about the relation between Beethoven and Giuliani. Giuliani played the cello during the première of Beethoven’s 7th symphony in Vienna in 1813. One year earlier Giuliani had premiered his duzzling 2nd concerto.
Izhar will play on 2 original early 19th century guitars:
an original Carlo Guadagnini guitar from the time of Giuliani’s 2nd concerto premiere (1812)
and a Georg Stauffer guitar from Vienna, the same kind Giuliani could have been played.

Beethoven/Giuliani in Edesche Concertzaal

Website PuraCorda

From June 29th until July 6th guitarists Izhar Elias and Fernando Riscado Cordas will be giving a summer course in the picturesque Bel Any in the village of Any-Martin-Rieux (France).