KJÆRBYE/MASCHMANN DUO

Kuno Kjærbye violin & Heiko Maschmann double bass

KJÆRBYE/MASCHMANN DUO has been giving concerts in Denmark and Germany since 2022.
They met at the Nordische Filmtage/Klangrauschen in Lübeck in 2019, where Kuno Kjærbye had a first performance as a composer and the idea of a musical duo collaboration arose.

Hanne Tofte Jespersen - Etruria Suite (2016 - revised 2020)

1. First passage

4. Sanctuary of Uni Astre

Bo Gunge - Prismer for violin & double bass (2017)

1. Drømmerdanser

Kuno Kjærbye - Duo for violin & double bass (1997-2022)

1. Largo

2. Allegretto

4. Andante

Knut Guettler - Variations on the tune “Greensleeves“ for double bass solo

Hanne Tofte Jespersen - FANTASIA under impressions of J.S.Bach for solo violin (2020)

Emiliano Turazzi - Second and Third for violin & double bass (2024)

Koncertkapellet, Roskilde 1. April 2025 – concert live recording, sound engineer Georg Stahl

MEDIA
Video of Kjærbye/Maschmann Duo performing Kuno Kjærbye’s Duo for Violin and Double Bass (17 min) Sept 2023.

KJÆRBYE/MASCHMANN DUO has recorded Hanne Tofte Jespersen’s ETRURIA – SUITE (15 min).
The album “Hanne Tofte Jespersen Works for Strings” features the whole Etruria Suite, plus solo and duo works with Kuno Kjærbye as a violinist:
https://on.soundcloud.com/VyfWh

Heiko Maschmann, member of Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra/Opera (Kiel, DE) since 1993.
Heiko plays an important within new-music in Germany – as a soloist, chamber music player and organiser. He has 1st performed a large number of music works, incl. by Karl Heniz Stockhausen.
https://www.heikomaschmann.com/

Kuno Kjærbye violinist and composer graduated as a soloist 1985 from the Royal Danish Academy of Music with Eyvind Sand Kjeldsen and Endre Wolf as his teachers.

Studies at New England Conservatory, Boston, US 1982-83.

Kjærbye has 1st performed many works by Danish as well other European composers and has performed in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Germany, France, UK a.o.
https://kunokjaerbye.dk

Repertoire – duo:

Kuno Kjærbye (1959) Duo

Hanne Tofte Jespersen (1956) Etruria Suite in 6 moments (2020) for vl & db

Emiliano Turazzi (1970):

Second and third / (2024)

First and fourth (2025)

Third and second (2025)

Fourth and first (2025)

Victoria Bond (1945) Black Wing (2024) for vl & db

Klaus Huber (1924-2017) “Ein Hauch von Unzeit”(1972)

Thomas Morley (1551-1602) 9 Fantasias (1595)

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) 12 Sonatas opus 5 – nr. 1 in D-major (1700)

Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) Bicinien

Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709) Sonatas opus 4 nr. 2 & 4

Solo:

Tom Räisänen Crossings – db solo

Kaija Saariaho Folia – db solo

Grillo Amber – db solo

Stockhausen Die 7 Lieder, db solo

Corner Four Travels kb solo

Sofia Gubaidulina Eight Studies for db solo (2009)

Bela Bartok Solosonate – violin solo

Bo Andersen Te Lucis Rhapsody (2022) – violin solo
Salvatore Sciarrino 6 caprices – violin solo

Lil Lacy – The end and the new beginning (2020) – violin solo

Hanne Tofte Jespersen FANTASIA under impressions of J.S.Bach for solo violin (2020)

Jessie Montgomery Rhapsody No. 1 (2014) for solo violin