The beautiful voice of fate

by Petar PLAMENOV

15 April (Friday),2011
 
Schlomo Mintz [violin]
Classic FM M-Tel Orchestra
In the program: Ludwig Van Beethoven - Concerto for violin and orchestra;
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1
Bulgaria Hall
Grand Hall, 19:30
Address:
Sofia, 1 Aksakov Str.
Working time: mon-sun 09:00–18:30
Phone: 02 987 76 56 

Schlomo Mintz is in my opinion one of the most versatile and interesting violinists ever. He's got a beautiful, warm tone and plays like his really telling something through the music. His playing is technically brilliant, shiny, flexible and soft emotionally. It's just beautiful, and every note is carried out so carefully as if it were the last drop of water on earth or something. But without a violin no violinist, so what gem of an instrument does Mr Mintz play? The highly regarded violin virtuoso Shlomo Mintz with his instrument, a Guarnieri del Gesù, almost as famous as himself.

Mintz regularly appears with the most celebrated orchestras and conductors on the international scene and is heard in recitals and chamber music concerts all around the world. He also frequently performs as a violist with leading chamber ensembles as well as in recitals. He is the recipient of several prestigious music prizes including the Premio Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the Diapason D’Or, the Grand Prix du Disque, the Gramophone Award and the Edison Award. Since 2004 he is recording for AVIE Records, London.

 

Born in Moscow in 1957, he emigrated with his family two years later to Israel, where he studied with the renowned Ilona Feher. At age eleven, he made his concerto debut with the Israel Philharmonic. He made his Carnegie Hall debut at age sixteen in a concert with the Pittsburgh Symphony, and subsequently began his studies with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School of Music. At age eighteen, Shlomo Mintz added the role of conductor to his artistic endeavours; since then he has conducted acclaimed orchestras worldwide, and became Music Advisor of the Israel Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Advisor and Principal Guest Conductor of the Maastricht Symphony. Shlomo Mintz has been appointed as Principal Guest Conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. He will take this role beside his busy soloist schedule from the season 2008/2009 on for 4 years. Shlomo Mintz is patron and one of the founders of the Keshet Eilon International Violin Mastercourse in Israel, and gives master classes worldwide.

Shlomo Mintz maintains an active recording schedule as both soloist and conductor. He recorded for labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Erato, RCA Victor, Avie Records and Challenge Records. Most of Mr. Mintz’s recordings with Deutsche Grammophon were re-released, such as his first recording (Bruch/Mendelssohn), which was re-released in DG’s ‘Grand Prix’ Series, (“The world’s finest recordings”), in April 2007.

 He has been a jury member of several important international competitions including the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels. He was President of the Jury of the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznan, Poland, and is since 2002 President of the Jury of the Sion Valais International Violin Competition in Switzerland.

 

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