Rising starts Yuuki and Jun Bouterey-Ishido, of
Christchurch, enjoy being in Queenstown for the Queenstown
Violin Summer School Festival of Chamber Music this week.
Photo by Joanne Carroll.
Christchurch brothers Yuuki (16) and Jun (19)
Bouterey-Ishido are rising stars in the world of chamber music.
They are in Queenstown this week to play at the Queenstown
Violin Summer School (QVSS) Festival of Chamber Music.
The pair opened the Young Virtuosi concert at St Peter's
Anglican Church on Tuesday night, with Jun on the piano and
Yuuki on the cello, playing Beethoven's Sonata in C
major.
Jun is an award-winning alumni of the Queenstown Violin
Summer School and was asked to play at the Young Virtuosi
concert.
He agreed, on condition his brother could accompany him.
Jun also played violin for Stravinsky's Duo
Concertante in the concert.
Jun is studying piano for a masters degree under Peter Nagy
in Budapest and takes violin lessons from Prof Yair Kless in
Vienna.
He won a first prize of $10,000 at the Kerikeri National
Piano Competition, which helped pay for his overseas studies.
Yuuki is completing his studies in London at the Purcell
School of Music.
The QVSS festival continues on Saturday with NZTrio at St
Peter's, and on Sunday at Skyline with a film screening.
The International Festival Concert will take place at St
Peter's on January 18 and the Showcase Concert on January 21
at Queenstown Memorial Hall.
All four events start at 8pm.
The Grand Finale concert will feature the best from the
Queenstown Violin Summer School students.
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