14/10 (Sunday); 8pm
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
Tickets: MOP 450, 350, 250, 150
Vadim Repin, Violin
Itamar Golan, Piano
Programme:
L. Janáček: Sonata for Violin and Piano
J. Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108
E. Grieg: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G major, op. 13
M. Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major (1923-27)
Born in 1971 in Novosibirsk, Vadim Repin began playing the violin at the age of five and, after only six months, made his first public appearance. He studied in his hometown with Zakhar Bron. At the age of seven he gave his first performance with orchestra, at eleven, his St. Petersburg recital debut. His international breakthrough came in 1985, at the early age of fourteen, and in 1989 Repin became the youngest-ever winner of the world’s most prestigious and demanding violin competition, the "Queen Elisabeth" in Brussels. Since then, Vadim Repin has appeared with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors and at the leading international festivals. His chamber music partners have included Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, Evgeny Kissin, Nikolai Lugansky, Mischa Maisky and Mikhail Pletnev. The violinist has won numerous prizes including an Echo Award as “Instrumentalist of the Year 1999”, the Diapason d’Or, the Prix Caecilia and the Edison Award.
Vadim Repin lives in Vienna and plays the 1743 'Bonjour' violin made by Guarneri del Gesù.
“The solemnity of Vadim Repin’s stance on the platform belies the warmly communicative, profoundly expressive interpretations that have become a trademark of one of today’s most compelling musicians.”
The Daily Telegraph
Duration: approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including one interval
