GROUPS
SARASA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Maggie is one of the key musicians who form part of the Sarasa Chamber Ensemble based in Cambridge, Mass. USA. With them she performs a wide range of repertoire on harpsichord, fortepiano and modern piano. Programmes have included over the past few years, Bach harpsichord concerti and cantatas, 17th century instrumental and vocal music, Haydn and Schubert trios, and works by Ravel, Martinu and Pärt.
Sarasa's guiding mission is to enrich the lives of the broadest possible community, especially those who do not have easy access to live chamber music. Every public concert is linked with an outreach concert in facilities such as homeless shelters, prisons, hospitals, and mental health centers.
Sarasa has received critical acclaim for its musical interpretations and is hailed for its "great clarity" and "irresistible energy". Drawing on a pool of more than forty world-class musicians from the United States, Europe, and Canada, the ensemble varies according to the particular program of each of its concerts.
The non-profit ensemble has toured throughout New England and in Cuba, Ireland, and India, and produces The Sarasa Chamber Music Series (in Cambridge and Concord, Massachusetts).
TRIO GOYA
Trio Goya was formed by Maggie in 2001 in response to her particular love of the Classical trio repertoire and a desire to explore this with equally devoted players. She is joined by Kati Debretzeni, violin and Sebastian Comberti, cello. Their performances of Mozart, Haydn, Storace and Beethoven have been met with joyful acclaim by audiences.
Born in Transilvania, Kati Debretzeni immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. She finished her studies at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music under Ora Shiran, and studied the Baroque violin with Catherine Mackintosh and Walter Reiter in London. Since living in the UK, Kati has played with most of Britain's leading period instrument orchestras and ensembles. In the year 2000 she was one of the leaders of the English Baroque Soloists throughout Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. As violinist and leader of Florilegium she performs regularly throughout Europe, the USA and South America and records for Chanel Classics. She is also founding member of Ricordo , whose first CD of music by Biber for Linn Records has recently been released to great critical acclaim. Kati is teaching regularly at the annual Jerusalem Early Music Workshop, and is on the faculty of Birmingham University.
Born in London, Sebastian Comberti studied in Italy with Amedeo Baldovino and later with Derek Simpson and Sidney Griller at the Royal Academy of Music, from where he graduated in 1977. In 1976 he became a founder member of the Bochmann Quartet giving concerts throughout the British Isles and in Europe. In 1983 he was appointed principal cello with the London Mozart Players, since when he has appeared on numerous occasions as soloist, as well as being an active member of the LMP Chamber Ensemble. As a member of several chamber groups he has recorded for CPO, CRD, EMI, Harmonia Mundi, Hyperion, Meridian, Phoenix and RCA. A keen interest in historically informed performance has resulted in participation with a great many of Londonšs period instrument groups, frequently appearing as principal cello with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and soloist with the Hanover Band. Research into early cello repertoire has led to several recitals being recorded by the BBC. In April 2001 Sebastian Comberti founded Cello Classics, a label devoted to recordings of rare repertoire and artists, for which he has released CDs of hitherto unknown sonatas by Boccherini, works for cello and harp, quartets for 4 cellos, and with Maggie Cole, early 19th Century sonatas with fortepiano.
HANDS AND FEET ACROSS THE WATER
Rebecca Nordstrom, dancer
Billbob Brown, dancer
Maggie Cole, harpsichord and piano
Miranda Fulleylove, violin
Timothy Merton, cello
An exciting dance/live music collaboration, this group draws its' performers from the USA and UK and has performed widely in both countries. Pieces such as "One Perfect Rose", "Dark Matter", "Sweet Inspiration" are danced to music by Ravel, Kreisler, Scarlatti and Martinu and Haydn.
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