{"id":2978,"date":"2011-04-17T21:52:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T21:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meeseeks:5080\/blog\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2022-01-18T16:33:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:33:17","slug":"classical-violinists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vukutu.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/classical-violinists\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical Violinists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hearing a <a href=\"http:\/\/meeseeks:5080\/blog\/2011\/04\/firebird-in-bologna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concert<\/a> by Vadim Repin, the second time I have heard him play, I thought to list all the classical solo violinists I have heard perform live (in alpha order, with the music where recalled):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alena Baeva &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/meeseeks:5080\/blog\/2011\/12\/moscow-soloists-in-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mendelssohn&#8217;s D minor Concerto<\/a> (Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble, London 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Bell &#8211; Mendelssohn&#8217;s E minor Concerto (London), Mozart Concertos (Manchester), and the Concerto of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behzadranjbaran.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Behzad Ranjbaran<\/a> (world premiere, Liverpool)<\/li>\n<li>James Ehnes (Manchester)<\/li>\n<li>Konrad Elias-Trostmann -Mendelssohn&#8217;s E minor Concerto (Sinfonia d&#8217;Amici, London, April 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Gould &#8211; e-Violin Concerto of Nico Muhly (world premiere, London)<\/li>\n<li>Giovanni Guzzo &#8211; Mendelssohn&#8217;s E minor Concerto (L&#8217;Orchestre du Monde, under Janusz Piotrowicz,&nbsp; Cadogan Hall, London, May 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Simon Hewitt Jones (Liverpool)<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Hope &#8211; Mendelssohn&#8217;s E minor Concerto (both the standard and the original versions, London)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/meeseeks:5080\/blog\/2012\/06\/canopis-in-egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alina Ibragimova<\/a> &#8211; Mendelssohn&#8217;s E minor Concerto, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (London, 2012);&nbsp; Schumann&#8217;s Concerto, with the London Symphony Orchestra (London, 2014).&nbsp; Schumann wrote his concerto for Joachim (pictured), who never performed it publicly, and tried to keep it out of print for a long time.&nbsp;&nbsp; Pity that Joachim did not succeed.<\/li>\n<li>Cameron Jamieson &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/meeseeks:5080\/blog\/2011\/06\/concert-concat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mozart&#8217;s 5th Violin Concerto<\/a> (Brisbane 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Sergey Khachatryan (Manchester)<\/li>\n<li>So Ock Kim &#8211; Mendelssohn&#8217;s E minor Concerto (London)<\/li>\n<li>Gidon Kremer (Copenhagen)<\/li>\n<li>Pekka Kuusisto &#8211; Concerto for Violin by Thomas Ades (Britten Sinfonia, London, 2012); Vivaldi&#8217;s The Four Seasons (RCM Chamber Orchestra and Sacconi Quartet, Folkestone, May 2014); Bach&#8217;s D Minor Partita (Improvisation with Teemu Korpipaa, Folkestone, May 2014).<\/li>\n<li>Tasmin Little &#8211;&nbsp;Mendelssohn&#8217;s E minor Concerto (Liverpool 2003),&nbsp; and (Manchester)<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Morton &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/meeseeks:5080\/blog\/2011\/10\/mendelssohn-in-wigmore-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mendelssohn&#8217;s Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings in D Minor<\/a> (London 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Rachel Podger &#8211; Bach Double in D min (Manchester)<\/li>\n<li>Vadim Repin &#8211; Sibelius&#8217; Concerto (Barcelona) and <a href=\"http:\/\/meeseeks:5080\/blog\/2011\/04\/firebird-in-bologna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prokofiev&#8217;s Concerto #1<\/a> (Bologna 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Linus Roth (Liverpool)<\/li>\n<li>Baiba Skride &#8211; Mozart and Mendelssohn Sonatas (London 2011)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emiclassics.com\/artistbiography.php?aid=105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valeriy Sokolov<\/a> &#8211; Sibelius&#8217; Concerto (Manchester)<\/li>\n<li>Christian Tetzlaff &#8211; Bach Partita #2 in Dm &amp; Sonata #3 in C, and Beethoven Concerto (London 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Tognetti (Sydney, Brisbane 2009)<\/li>\n<li>Nikolaj Znaider &#8211; Tchaikovsky Concerto (London 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The drawing is Adoph Menzel&#8217;s 1853 drawing of Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), famously a pupil of Mendelssohn and a cousin of Ludwig Wittgenstein&#8217;s grandmother.&nbsp;&nbsp; Joachim taught Jeno Hubay (1858-1937), who taught Leo Birsen (1902-1992), with <a href=\"http:\/\/meeseeks:5080\/blog\/2012\/05\/genealogies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whom I had some lessons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearing a concert by Vadim Repin, the second time I have heard him play, I thought to list all the classical solo violinists I have heard perform live (in alpha order, with the music where recalled): Alena Baeva &#8211;&nbsp;Mendelssohn&#8217;s D minor Concerto (Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble, London 2011) Joshua Bell &#8211; 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