Many new violin concertos are premiered this season, including Bernhard Lang’s Beethoven-adventure for Ilya Gringolts and Benjamin Attahir’s
“Al Maghrib” for Renaud Capuçon, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin.
Adam Schoenberg: Orchard in Fog (NP)
Anne Akiko Meyers (violin); “Mihail Jora” Philharmonic Orchestra from Bacău; Jayce Ogren (cond.)
Bucharest; 07.09.2019
Enno Poppe: Schnur (WP)
Carolin Widmann (violin); NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Alan Gilbert (cond.)
Bonn; 24.09.2019
Blai Soler: Concerto for violin and ensemble (WP)
Jagdish Mistry (violin); Ensemble Modern; Franck Ollu (cond.)
Cologne; 06.01.2020
Pascal Dusapin: Aufgang (NP)
Renaud Capuçon (violin); Belgian National Orchestra; Hugh Wolff (cond.)
Brussels; 14.02.2020
Yan Maresz: Tendences (WP)
Hae-Sun Kang (violin); Les Folies Françoises; Patrick Cohën-Akenine (cond.)
Monaco; 18.03.2020
Bernhard Lang: Monadologie XXXIX (WP)
Ilya Gringolts (violin); Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Brad Lubman (cond.)
Munich; 27.03.2020
Benjamin Attahir: Al Maghrib (WP)
Renaud Capuçon (violin); Staatskapelle Berlin; Daniel Barenboim (cond.);
Berlin; 03.05.2020
Photos: Simon Fowler (Capuçon), Lennard Ruehle (Widmann), David Zentz (Akiko Meyers),
Franck Ferville (Hae-Sun Kang), Tomasz Trzebiatowski (Gringolts)