About The Ingolfsson - Stoupel Duo
“So much vitality and virtuosity, combined with high spirits and joyful music-making, were audible that the audience could not help but respond with shouts of bravo, stomping of feet, and enthusiastic applause.”
~ Märkische Allgemeine (Germany)
"Violinist Judith Ingolfsson and pianist Vladimir Stoupel brought power and purpose to a varied duo program at the National Gallery on Sunday. When they played together, the sum of these two fine artists produced moments of great imagination." ~ The Washington Post
"The violinist Judith Ingolfsson performed in Frankfurt/Main at the highest level with her duo partner, pianist Vladimir Stoupel. They rendered with distinct agogic Beethoven’s Violin Sonata no. 10 in G Major, op. 96 – at once brilliant, nimble, tendentiously soft, discreet, and with thoughtfully chosen tempos. As a duo, they showed themselves to be most advantageously attuned to each other. Their sensitive communication made an impeccably refined impression." ~ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany)
Comprised of two internationally renowned virtuosi, violinist Judith Ingolfsson and pianist Vladimir Stoupel, The Ingolfsson - Stoupel Duo was founded in 2006, after several highly successful recital performances in distinguished venues in New York City, Germany and Italy.
The Ingolfsson-Stoupel Duo's appearances regularly take the artists to the world's most prestigious concert series and festivals - as soloists as well as a duo. Since the Duo's founding, its numerous joint appearances have included the Festival "Voix Etouffées" in Paris, Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte in Germany, "New Faces, New Music" Festival in Krakow, Poland, Associazione Culturale "Maestro Rodolfo Lipizer " Onlus in Gorizia, Italy and Konzerthaus Berlin. In the United States, the Duo has performed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Brooklyn's Barge Music series, Music in Corrales, NM, University of Colorado at Boulder and Denver's Englewood Cultural Arts Center.
Highlights of The Ingolfsson-Stoupel Duo's current season include the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, San Antonio's Tuesday Musical Club Artist Series and Connecticut's South Windsor Cultural Arts Series. In Germany, the Duo is heard at the State University for Music & Performing Arts Stuttgart, Internationales Theater Frankfurt and Villa Esche in Chemnitz. Upcoming performances during summer 2010 include the Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival in Germany, Donnerstag Konzerte in Grindelwald, Switzerland and the Keshet Eilon Festival in Israel.
Based on the belief that the best sonata performances are musical conversations between two equal partners, The Ingolfsson-Stoupel Duo offers unique and dynamic duo programs that include both important duo repertoire and unaccompanied repertoire on each instrument. Ms. Ingolfsson and Mr. Stoupel are recognized soloists in their own rights, who are passionate about presenting the classic duo and unaccompanied repertoire alongside unusual, rarely performed or new works in the intimate setting of a recital.
Judith Ingolfsson and Vladimir Stoupel serve as Artistic Directors of the festival "Aigues-Vives en Musiques" in southern France, founded in 2009. Their first joint CD, featuring the music of Simon Laks, will be released on the EDA Label in spring 2010.