Erato Quintet

This is the website of the Erato quintet. The quintet started to play together in September of 2005 where they met through a chamber music course in the Codarts Rotterdam Conservatory. Since their establishment, they have been taught by several teachers like Sander Sittig (pianist), Robert Moeling (pianist) and Christiaan Bor (violinist). The quintet has been performing on several locations inside and outside the Rotterdam Conservatory. Places like the Tobbe Theatre in Voorburg would lik to see them back after their concert. The Erato quintet has been building a good reputation last year and will continue this next year trying to get concerts in and outside the Netherlands. You will hear more from us! ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Marite Sainz Palacios (1st violin) - Marite started playing the violin at the age of 13, with the teacher Belen Vallejo. She finished her bachelor diploma in Vitoria (Basque Country) with the coaching of Isabel Vila and Victor Parra. She was member of diverse chamber music groups and joined the Spanish Youth Orchestra (J.O.N.D.E.) for three years. Since 2000 she continued her studies at Rotterdam Conservatorium (Codarts) with Benzion Shamir, Jean-Jacques Kantorow and Gordan Nikòlic, obtaining her First Phase Diploma in June 2005. At the moment she studies Second Phase in the same school and eventually colaborates with the Basque Symphony Orchestra(Spain)............................................ ..................Pauline Koning (2nd violin) - Pauline is from the Netherlands and started to play the violin at the age of 5. She was taught for ten years by Nico Dezaire. She studied at the conservatorium Tilburg during the last years of highschool(VWO) with Chris Duindam. When she graduated from highschool, Pauline left the Netherlands to do a one year music course at Chichester College, England. There she was taught by Michael Sullivan. Now Pauline is a 3rd year student at the Rotterdam Conservatorium and studying with Christiaan Bor. ............................................................ ..................Marta Gonzalez Pisonero (viola) - Marta started to study music in Sirinx music school (Salamanca, Spain) with Victor Moro. At the age of 14 went to the conservatory of the same city finishing the diploma with teacher Thuan Do Minh. She moved to Madrid for two years to study with Jose Manual Roman. After these two years she came to Rotterdam Conservatory with Anne Huser..Marta has been playing in several youth orchestras from Spain like Canarias youth orchestra, Galicia youth orchestra, orquesta de los virtuosos de Madrid. At the moment she studies with Jullia Dinerstein and colaborate with the conservatory for chamber music and with the Galicia chamber orchestra................................................... .......Anastasia Christidou (cello) - Anastasia started to play the cello at the age of 12,she received her degree diploma from Hellenic Conservatory in Athens where she studied with Dana Hadjigeorgiou. She continue her studies for 2 years in Prague Conservatory with Vaclav Jirovec. While in Athens, she played in Trio da Camera [flute,cello,piano] with which they premiered many compositions. She collaborated frequently for many years with the National Opera of Greece,the FeminArte Orchestra and other orchestras and chamber music ensembles. Since 2002 she continues her studies in Rotterdam Conservatorium with Herre-Jan Stegenga and Ad van Dongen. She is a member of "the Orchestra of Colours" in Athens [Greece] and collaborates with Continuo Orchestra in Rotterdam................................................... ..........Alla Milchtein (piano) -Alla started to play the piano from seven years old. She was taught by her mother professor Larissa Milchtein. When she was eight she got accepted into the Special School for Talented Children in Ekaterinburg in Russia. She studied there for six years. In 1992 the family moved to Mexico where Alla studied till 1997 at the Guadalajara University School of Music with professor Leonor Montijo. In 2000 Alla Milchton won the 2nd price in the 4th International Student Piano Concours, Utrecht. Since the year 2001 Alla studies at the Rotterdam Conservatorium with Mila Baslawskaja, she got her 1st phase degree in 2004 and is now doing 2nd phase. Alla Milchtein regularly performs as a soloist in the Netherlands and other European countries as France, Belgium.