MARUTA STARAVOITAVA (Belarus)

Maruta Staravoitava, flute

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Claude Debussy (1862‒1918), Syrinx

Marin Marais (1656‒1728), Les folies d’Espagne (arr. for solo flute)

André Jolivet  (1905‒1974), Ascèses (I, III, V), arr. for solo alto flute

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685‒1750), Toccata e fuga in RE minore BWV 565, elaborazione per flauto solo Salvatore Sciarrino (*1947)

Neznani avtor, Bogorodica (priredba za altovsko flavto solo)

Born in Belarus, flutist Maruta Staravoitava currently resides in Cologne. Her musical tastes range from Baroque to contemporary music, where she particularly enjoys working directly with living composers. Her numerous collaborations include famous conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Antonio Pappano, Beat Furrer and Jonathan Nott. She is a proud member of the Inverspace ensemble in Switzerland, as well as the EXPERIMENTAL Ensemble in Freiburg, Germany. She has also performed in numerous ensembles such as Contrechamps in Geneva, Ensemble Contempoarte in Florence and Ensemble Musikfabrik in Cologne.

In 2010, as a member of Lucerne Festival Academy, performed, among other works, Pierro Lunaire of Schoenberg under the direction of Pierre Boulez. In 2016 she participated in the production of the opera Prometeo by Luigi Nono at the Lucerne Theater under the direction of Clemens Heil. Maruta performs as a soloist and chamber musician frequently in festivals such as Wien Modern, Warsaw Autumn, Lucerne Festival, Davos Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Borealis Festival, Tage der neue Musik Graz, Salzburg Biennale and others.