Classics from the other side
We Invite you to our next concert in the Konzerthaus in 2025 for our Young Artists Showcase with Prizewinning artists Anton Gerzenberg and Belle Ting!
“Classics from the Other Side” was started with the inspiration of bringing together young musicians from Asia and Europe to connect our cultures through chamber music. Music has the ability to bridge cultural misconceptions and divides: The medium of chamber music is ideal, as it is an unique form of collaboration where every individual is equal. We aim to create a multi-national, cooperative network of performance opportunity connecting the younger generation of dedicated professional musicians with experienced mentors on stage, as well as to give young musicians a platform to showcase their artistic voices.
About Classics from the Other Side
Born in 1996 in Hamburg, Anton Gerzenberg began to play the piano at the age of four. His
teachers include Julia Suslin and Julia Botchkovskaia in Hamburg, Jan Jiracek von Arnim in
Vienna and currently Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Cologne. In 2019 he became one of the
founders of the New Music ensemble ÉRMA in Cologne, who played their first concert in close
collaboration with Unsuk Chin. Anton appeared in chamber music with such musicians as
Martha Argerich, Dora Schwarzberg and Alvise Vidolin as well as with various orchestras
including the Taipeh Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Symphoniker, Hamburger Camerata,
Musikkollegium Winterthur and Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich. He is also a frequent guest at
festivals including the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, the Klavierfestival Ruhr, the
Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Mozartfest Würzburg.
In June 2021 Anton won the First Prize at the 15th Concours Géza Anda in Zurich, Switzerland.
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“A lyrical and scintillating performance... Ting projected a rich tone in her lower register, and showed impressive agility in complex passages: Her stage presence was as charming as her violin playing."
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Taiwanese-Canadian violinist Belle Ting recently won a principal position at the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, becoming one of the youngest principal musicians of Asian descent.
As a soloist, she has collaborated with orchestras including the National Taiwan
Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Polish Baltic
Philharmonic Gdansk, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, and the Odense
Symphony Orchestra, under conductors that include Lan Shui, Eiji Oue, Jahja
Ling, and Gabor Kali.
Gaining acclaim by winning top prizes at the International Grumiaux
Competition, International Cooper Competition, International Brahms
Competition and the International Khachaturian Competition, she has since
performed at venues including the Wiener Musikverein and the Wiener
Konzerthaus, as well as at events that include the Verbier Festival and the
Progetto Martha Argerich (Lugano).
Belle's debut album, “Impressions”, focuses on the works of French
Impressionism: Her performances have also been broadcast on ORF, IDAGIO,
Classic FM and medici.tv.
She currently studies with Anne Shih (MMus, HfM Mainz) and Eckhard
Fischer (Konzertexamen, HfM Detmold), having previously studied at the
University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Johannes Meissl, Avedis
Kouyoumdjian, Stefan Mendl, Dora Schwarzberg).
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