Ulysses Arts introduces Cristian Grajner de Sa's debut recording of music by Kreisler and Sarasate on Friday 12 June, on ITunes, Apple Music, Spotify and all major digital service providers.
Cristian Grajner de Sa plays Fritz Kreisler's nostalgic Liebesleid and Marche Miniature Viennoise, with Marina Nadiradze, piano, and Pable de Saraste's virtuoso masterpiece Zigeunerweisen, accompanied by Mark Kinkaid. Cristian comments:
'Zigeunerweisen is a violin sensation: spectacular virtuoso music with heartfelt Romantic melodies and astonishing technical fireworks. These qualities first inspired me at a young age; after playing it many times, I am fascinated by its musical freedom that allows the violinist's interpretation to evolve spontaneously with every performance. It is hugely exciting for me to present Zigeunerweisen on my first album, alongside the suave nostalgia of Fritz Kreisler's Liedesleid and Marche Miniature Viennoise.'
'Zigeunerweisen is a violin sensation: spectacular virtuoso music with heartfelt Romantic melodies and astonishing technical fireworks. These qualities first inspired me at a young age; after playing it many times, I am fascinated by its musical freedom that allows the violinist's interpretation to evolve spontaneously with every performance. It is hugely exciting for me to present Zigeunerweisen on my first album, alongside the suave nostalgia of Fritz Kreisler's Liedesleid and Marche Miniature Viennoise.'
Cristian Grajner de Sa was born in 1994 to Italian and Portughese patents: attendıng The Purcell School for Young Musicians: he was awarded the Royal Academy of Music's Leverhulme Scholarship aged 13: he studied with Maurice Hasson and Tasmin Little, then at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Pierre Amoyal.
A recipient of the Gold Meda with High Distinction at the 2019 International Vienna Music Competition, where his performances were praised for 'huge musicality, a depth of understanding and technical virtuosity,', Cristian previously received the First Prize at the inaugural 'Global' International Violin Competition and was a string finalist at the BBC Young Musician. In 2017 he was honored and humbled to receive the distinguished J. and A. Beare Prize from the Royal Academy of Music, its most renowned award, gifted to the most outstanding violin graduate. In the same year. the Academy also invited him to perform chamber music alongside his mentor, Maxim Vengarov, in Vengerov's final performance as Menuhin professor.
A recipient of the Gold Meda with High Distinction at the 2019 International Vienna Music Competition, where his performances were praised for 'huge musicality, a depth of understanding and technical virtuosity,', Cristian previously received the First Prize at the inaugural 'Global' International Violin Competition and was a string finalist at the BBC Young Musician. In 2017 he was honored and humbled to receive the distinguished J. and A. Beare Prize from the Royal Academy of Music, its most renowned award, gifted to the most outstanding violin graduate. In the same year. the Academy also invited him to perform chamber music alongside his mentor, Maxim Vengarov, in Vengerov's final performance as Menuhin professor.
He has performed at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Salzburg Mozarteum, Bucharest Atheneum, the Wigmore Hall in London, Cheltenham Festival, Salle Paderewski Lausanne and Ateneo de Madrid, playing violin concertos by Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Glazunov, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Lale. He has been broadcast on BBC Television, BBC Radio 3 and TVR Romanian National Television. Cristian plays a Camillo Camilli violin from 1740, on generous loan from The Benslow Trust.
Marina Nadiradze, piano, was born in Georgia and studied at Tiblisis Stat eConservatoire and Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She won the first of her international awards aged nine in Vilnus, Lithuania, and subsequently Second Prize at the inaugural Tblisis International Piano Competition, LASMO Saffa Award First Prize in 2000, and Scottish Interntional Piano Competition Second Prize and Lawrence Glover Silver Medal in 2001. Supported by the Myra Hess Trust and Craxton Memorial Trust, Marina has performed in Argentina, Austrian, France, Georgia, Iceland, Russia, South Korea and Switzerland; Uk venues include Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and the Wigmore Hall in London. Marina has a substantial concerto repertoire, and has worked with conductors including Vakhtang Kakhidze, Takuo Yuasa, Alexander Lazarev, Min Kim and Tadaaki Otaka. She is also the pianist for Ken Loach's film 'Ae Fond Kiss'.
Mark Kinkaid, piano, was born in 1965 and started piano aged six He both performs with orchestra and as an accompanist at the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and BBC Symphony Orchestra. Mark has broadcast a duet recital with ClassicFM with Lisa Friend, and has performed with flautist James Dutton at London's Purcell Room as part of the Park Lane Group Recitals. Previous recordings include for Hyperion, 'Luminance' with Lisa Friend and Anna Stokes (Champs Hill Records, 2014) and 'Serenity' with violinists Nicole Crespo O'Donoghue (2019).
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Catalogue Number: UA000018
UPC 5054536078536
UPC 5054536078536
