Klassisk musik v. violinist Jacob Fabuel og pianist David Khrikuli
Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 7:30 PM
On November 6, Remisen in Brande will host two young classical musicians – a Spanish violinist and a Georgian pianist.
Violinist Jacob Christensen Fabuel, 24, and pianist David Khrikuli, 23, met at the Reina Sofia Conservatory in Madrid, Spain, where they were both offered residencies, and since then they have performed together regularly.
Despite their young age, they boast an extensive concert career.
Last year, Jacob Christensen performed with the opera orchestra from Teatro Real in Madrid at Carnegie Hall in New York, in celebration of the orchestra being considered the world’s best opera orchestra in 2022. In 2023, the same orchestra was invited to the New York Opera House, and later, with the symphony orchestra from Reina Sofia in Madrid, he visited five major European cities, including the Wiener Musikverein, a venue that Danes know well from the traditional New Year's concerts.
For those with good memory, the Spanish soprano Gloria Fabuel has performed in Ikast, and Jacob Christensen Fabuel is the son of her and Ole Riis Christensen from Skive, so his Danish roots are strong, well-watered, and well-maintained!
In addition to performing in the USA and Austria, his concert performances also include China, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, and Portugal, where he has played some of the most significant violin concertos by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Beethoven, and Sibelius.
David has been to Denmark before, as he won the Aarhus International Piano Competition 11 years ago. Since winning his first international competition in the Netherlands at just 11 years old, he has won numerous other international competitions and received awards in Georgia, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, the USA, and the United Arab Emirates. Khrikuli performs in solo recitals and collaborates with chamber music groups and symphony orchestras in several countries, where he has performed with the Georgian Philharmonic and Moscow Philharmonic, among others.