Carlos Maria Solare
Carlos Maria Solare is a regular contributor to The Strad.
ReviewConcert review: Michael Barenboim (violin, viola) Nathalia Milstein (piano)
Carlos Maria Solare attends the performance at Berlin’s Boulezsaal on 31 March 2022 to hear Vieuxtemps’s Viola Sonata and Franck’s Violin Sonata
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Sarah-Jane Bradley: English Music for Viola and Piano
Mid-century rarities brought vividly to life by a winning duo
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Katharina Kang Litton: Kornauth, Fuchs, Trad
Luxuriant sound world in this recital is like a warm embrace
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Adrien La Marca: Chanson Bohème
Glorious, wide-ranging recital of 20th-century violin miniatures
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Philip Dukes: Brahms, Schumann
An uncommonly strong partnership shines in core works for viola and piano
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Johanna Martzy & Michael Mann: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings
Two short but stellar careers feature in a finely remastered reissue
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Tatjana Masurenko: White Nights – Viola Music from Saint Petersburg
Final instalment of Russian viola music collection has been well worth the wait
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Concert review: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Berlin Philharmonic/Kirill Petrenko
Carlos Maria Solare attends the performance at the Berlin Philharmonie on 17 September 2021, kicking off the Moldovan violinist’s tenure as the orchestra’s artist-in-residence
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Augusta and Georgina McKay Lodge: Chamber Music from the Court of Frederick the Great
Exuberant playing of virtuoso works fit for a music-loving king
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Timothy Ridout: A Poet’s Love
Song transcriptions that delightfully channel the viola’s inner poet
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Live-streamed concert review: Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Christoph Sietzen (percussion) Ensemble Resonanz/Emilio Pomàrico
Carlos Maria Solare hears the performance where the violist received the 2021 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, from the Prinzregententheater Munich on 15 June 2021
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Book review: Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire
Carlos Maria Solare reviews David M. Bynog’s latest book, the latest in the Notes for Performers series
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Emma Wernig: The Viennese Viola
Debut album of Viennese delights demonstrates poise and promise
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Haydn: Valencia Baryton Project
The baryton enjoys star billing in delightfully inventive Haydn
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Mikhail Pochekin, Ivan Pochekin: Mozart
Refreshing and spontaneous approach by brothers on the same wavelength
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Hiyoli Togawa: Songs of Solitude
Intriguing commissions on a contemplation of lockdown solitude
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Nils Mönkemeyer: Vivaldi, Rolla, Tartini, Paganini, Sciarrino
Inventive viola arrangements the Red Priest would surely have enjoyed
