Ingmar Lazar Mastery, Simplicity and Beauty…

Some masterly playing from Ingmar Lazar with simplicity and remarkable musicianship he allowed the music to speak for itself with a luminosity of sound and technical mastery that was never allowed to intrude on the architectural music line.I was reminded of the same sound of Gelber many years ago when […]

Pavel Sporcl’s « Paganiniana » in « theartsdesk »

… the Caprice No. 24, performed with a lightness of touch, Šporcl’s flexibility of tempo making the piece sound as if it’s being improvised. To read more click here Read Pavel Šporcl’a First Person for theartsdesk on Paganini and the Czech tradition

Ingmar Lazar & Giuseppe Gibboni in Italy

On February 9th, 2022 in Ferrara Ingmar Lazar and Giuseppe Gibboni will play their first concert together in Italy. Johannes BrahmsSonata no. 3 in d minor op. 108 Niccolò PaganiniCaprices op. 1 no. 1, 5 and 24 Henryk WieniawskiThème original varié op. 15 Alfred SchnittkeA Paganini Niccolò PaganiniLa Campanella For […]

Ingmar Lazar’s first concert in 2022 in Brucknerhaus Linz

Ingmar’s first concert this year will take place on January 17th at the Brucknerhaus Linz in an original program with works by Joseph Joachim and his circle of friends: Clara and Robert Schumann, Brahms, and Dietrich. Looking much forward to this duo recital with violinist Benjamin Herzl! https://www.brucknerhaus.at/…/benjamin-herzl-ingmar…

Mavroudes Troullos

Mavroudes Troullo’s first CD

We are happy to share the release of Mavroudes Troullos’s first album with music by Luigi Concone for bassoon and harp with the harpist Rachel Talitman on the label Harp & Co.The program is a world premier. It is great that an Italian composer and harpist from the first half of the […]

Akhtamar Quartet invited to Zinderling Festival on december 12th

The program features work that Judith Adler de Oliveira has composed especially for the Akhtamar Quartet, as well as their signature pieces: Miniatures by the legendary Armenian composer Komitas. Zinderende Stilte would be unthinkable without Leoš Janáček’s First String Quartet as well. It is based on Leo Tolstoy’s book The […]

Vincent Larderet signe avec AVIE Records!

Vincent Larderet signe en septembre 2021 avec le célèbre label d’UK AVIE Records!  A paraître un album Scriabin en septembre/octobre 2022 pour le 150ème Anniversaire de la naissance du compositeur, suivi par l’intégrale de l’Œuvre pour piano de Ravel. En septembre 2021, Vincent Larderet a signé avec le célèbre label d’UK AVIE […]

Vladimir Kulenovic back in Germany

Vladimir Kulenovic is back in Germany conducting Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, on December 6th For more information Würtenbergische Philharmonie Reutlingen (with Sabine Meyer, cl)

Pavel Šporcl’s new album « Paganiniana »

« Mount Everest of Violin Repertoire »Works for Solo Violin – Paganini, Ernst, Schnittke, Milstein, Schnittke… During Paganini´s lifetime (1782–1840), there were rumors that Paganini had sold his soul to the Devil. His violin technique was so astonishing, his performance style so exuberant and his appearance so, well, demonic that there could […]