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2021-06-29 02:32:45
Australian-Chinese violinist and VC Rising Star Christian Li will release his debut CD with Decca Classics and members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on August 20. The album will feature Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" — and also include Antonio Bazzini’s "La Ronde des Lutins" and the traditional folk tune "Fisherman's Harvest Song" adapted by Li […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2021-03-17 10:55:17
Pure joy: Linus Roth and Jose Gallardo in virtuoso dance music for violin and piano from Bartok and Stravinsky to Piazzolla and Wienawski
[…] their time. So a disc of virtuoso music in dance form for violin and piano was born. The repertoire is engagingly eclectic with some rather surprising names, so there are Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances, Stravinsky's The Fairy's Kiss in a version by Samuel Dushkin, Astor Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango in an arrangement by no less a figure than Sofia Gubaidulina, Brahms' Hungarian Dances arranged by violinists Fritz Kreisler and Joseph Joachim, Wienawski's Polonaise de Concert, Bazzini's La Rondes de Lutins and Szymanowski's Notturno et Tarantella. In the CD booklet, Roth talks about how the programme was intended to combine pieces that were both of a virtuoso character and were dances. As he says, 'What better way to lift the spirits than with dance music?'. Roth was supposed to be performing in May 2020 at the Music Festival ‘Schwäbischer Frühling’ of which he is Music Director. This takes place the […]
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2020-03-27 12:26:00
Australian-Chinese violinist Christian Li becomes youngest ever Decca Classics signing
Photo by Jess Brohier The Strad — March 20, 2020The 12-year-old is also the youngest ever winner at the Menuhin CompetitionDecca Classics has announced its youngest ever signing, to 12-year-old Australian-Chinese violinist Christian Li. The first release on his debut recording is "La Ronde des Lutins" (Dance of the Goblins) by Antonio Bazzini, for violin and piano, and further tracks will be released throughout 2020.Li came to international attention in 2018 when he became the youngest-ever winner at the Menuhin Competition, jointly winning (with Singaporean violinist Chloe Chua) the Junior first prize in Geneva when he was aged ten. Last year he made debuts with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. This year he is scheduled to perform at the 2020 Australian Festival of Chamber Music with British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason in August.Speaking about his debut recording, […]
2020-03-11 14:01:50
Italian violinist and composer Antonio Bazzini was born on this day in 1818. Remembered as one of the celebrated violin virtuosi of the 19th Century, Bazzini’s compositions include an opera, several concert overtures, symphonic poems and chamber music scores – and the violin bravura works: La Ronde des Lutins, Le Carillon d’Arras and Calabrese. […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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