Concert Nikolaj Znaider recital (violin). Robert Kulek (piano) World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
Schedule for Nikolaj Znaider recital (violin). Robert Kulek (piano) 2022
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich Composer: Robert Schumann Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven Composer: Johannes Brahms Violin soloist: Nikolai Znaider Piano: Robert Kulek
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
PERFORMERS: Nikolaj Znaider (violin) Robert Kulek
(piano)
PROGRAMME: Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata
No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
Robert Schumann Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
Dmitry Shostakovich From 24 preludes for piano, Op. 34 (arrangement for
violin and piano): No. 10 in C-sharp minor No. 15 in D-flat major
No. 16 in B-flat minor No. 24 in D minor
Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
In addition to his successful international career as a
violinist, the Dane Nikolaj Znaider has appeared over several seasons as a
conductor, receiving engagements from the world’s leading orchestras.
He studied the violin at the Danish Royal Academy of Music under
Milan Vitek. In 1992 he won 1st prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition in
Copenhagen, becoming the youngest ever winner in the history of that
competition. He perfected his skills at the Julliard School in New York under
the tutelage of renowned teacher Ivan Galamian’s pupil Dorothy DeLay, whose
other pupils have included Itzhak Perlman, Shlomo Mintz and Gil Shaham. From
1994 he took lessons in Vienna under Boris Kuschnir. The start of Znaider’s
international career came with his victory at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in
Brussels (1997). In recent years he has performed with orchestras under the
batons of Daniel Barenboim, Mstislav Rostropovich, Mariss Jansons and other
conductors. Nikolaj Znaider has longstanding connections with St Petersburg; as
far back as 1998 and 2000 he took part in the Musical Olympus festival, while
since 2007 he has been a regular guest at the Stars of the White Nights
festival.
In 1998 Nikolaj Znaider founded the Northern Academy of Music –
an annual summer school the aim of which is to give young performers first-class
musical education. Znaider was Director of the academy for ten years.
The musician’s discography includes violin concerti by Elgar
(with the Dresdner Staatskappelle under Sir Colin Davis, 2010), Brahms and
Korngold (with the Wiener Philharmoniker under Valery Gergiev, 2009), Beethoven
and Mendelssohn (with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta,
2005), Prokofiev and Glazunov (with the Bayerische Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester
under Mariss Jansons, 2002) and Nielsen and Bruch (with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra under Lawrence Foster, 2001). Together with Yefim Bronfman he recorded
all of Johannes Brahms’ works for violin and piano.
In 2012 Nikolaj Znaider became the first performer of the violin
concerto Sacrocanto by Austrian composer Herbert Willi, which is dedicated to
him.
The musician plays a violin crafted by Giuseppe Guarnieri in
1741 from a collection once owned by Fritz Kreisler.
As a guest conductor and soloist, Nikolaj Znaider collaborates
with the Münchner Philharmoniker, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the
Pittsburgh Symphony, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Hallé
Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra (where he held the post of Principal
Guest Conductor) and many other ensembles. Each season Znaider gives several
recitals with the London Symphony Orchestra. Since 2010 Nikolaj Znaider has been
Principal Guest Conductor of the Mariinsky Orchestra. In the 2015–2016 season at
the Mariinsky Theatre he will be conducting the operas Così fan tutte, Don
Giovanni and Lohengrin as well as symphony music concerts. A subscription series
of concerts with Znaider is also planned.
Schedule for Nikolaj Znaider recital (violin). Robert Kulek (piano) 2022
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