violin concerto Archive

Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto in March 1878 while staying amid the breathtaking mountains of Clarens, Switzerland on Lake Geneva. The work was spurred by a visit from the violinist Iosif Kotek, who had been …

The Sibelius Violin Concerto begins with a quiet, foggy soundscape of muted tremolo strings, over which the mysterious melody of the solo violin emerges, expressivity outlining the first themes of the movement. Sibelius conceived this …

Alexander Glazunov composed his Violin Concerto in A minor, Opus 82, in 1904–5 when he was at the height of his fame in Russia, partly in St Petersburg and partly at his summer home in …

The Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 82 by Alexander Glazunov is one of his most popular compositions. Written in 1904, the concerto was dedicated to violinist Leopold Auer, who gave the first performance at …

Christian Ferras was born at Le Touquet, France in 1933. He began studying the violin with his father. In 1948 Ferras won First Prize at the international Scheveningen Festival; Yehudi Menuhin was among the judges. …