Foyle-Štšura Duo wishes all friends and followers a Happy New Year! We are humbled that the third and final volume of our Beethoven cycle, released in November on Challenge Classics, has received this wonderful five-star review in the January issue of the BBC Music Magazine. Julian Haylock praises the “remarkably detailed” responses, “chamber-scale intimacy”, and […]
Foyle-Štšura Duo is delighted to let you know that the last installment of our Beethoven project was released today, on Friday 11 November 2022 by Challenge Records International. This CD marks the end of an extraordinary journey that started in July 2020 in the middle of a worldwide lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. We were […]
This week we were delighted to bring to fruition the project that has been close to our hearts and minds for a few years. During three evening recitals we performed Beethoven’s ten piano and violin sonatas, from memory and in chronological order. We are grateful to our friends and supporters and the amazing team at […]
We are delighted that Challenge Classics has released the first volume of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas performed by the Foyle-Stsura Duo. Exploring these Sonatas in 2020 took on a deeper significance beyond the anniversary celebrations. Recording all ten in Mechelen, Belgium, the home of Beethoven’s paternal ancestors, with much of the world’s population in […]
Foyle-Stsura Duo are excited to announce the release of the first instalment from the complete cycle of Beethoven’s Piano and Violin Sonatas, recorded in July 2020 for the Challenge Classics label. This was a special project, recorded in the middle of the international lockdown in Mechelen, Belgium, the home of Beethoven’s ancestors. Beethoven’s ‘struggle to […]
Dear friends and supporters, Foyle-Štšura Duo hopes hopes that you are well and safe during these months of great sadness and uncertainty while the Covid-19 pandemic shakes our society. Of course, most of our live performances have been cancelled or postponed, but we are working on some large-scale projects so stay tuned for more news. […]
Malcolm Hayes reviewed the The Great War Centenary (Challenge Classics, released 11 November 2018) in the February 2019 issue of the BBC Music Magazine: ‘Foyle’s playing is remarkable in its accuracy, tonal focus and impressive range of musical options: the violin’s opening phrase in Debussy’s Sonata sound unusually clipped at first hearing, but that’s how […]
On 11 November 2018, to mark the Centenary Anniversary of the Armistice Day, Foyle-Štšura Duo release their album ‘The Great War Centenary’ for Challenge Records, featuring wartime sonatas by Debussy, Janáček and Respighi and a new commission by Kenneth Hesketh. The special launch concert at Tindalvilla Bussum in Holland will be followed by events in […]
Foyle-Štšura Duo are excited to have recorded their debut CDs which are being released during the 2018-19 season. The Great War Centenary recital for Challenge Records features sonatas by Debussy, Janáček, Respighi and ‘Inscrizione (derivata) (A lie to the Dying)’ by Kenneth Hesketh, specially commissioned for this project and generously sponsored by Peter and Veronica […]
We have just returned from Mexico, a tour that was drenched in sun, colour, warmth, laughter, generous people, wonderful food and, of course, our favourite music. The tour, so wonderfully coordinated by CMF and Anglo Arts, centred around the magnificent Cervantino Festival, the largest arts festival in Latin America which this year took place in the […]
