Carlos Maria Solare
Carlos Maria Solare is a regular contributor to The Strad.
ReviewPaul V. Miller: The Undiscovered Viola d’Amore
Newly discovered manuscripts prompt virtuoso performances
ReviewConcert review: Dorothee Oberlinger (recorders) Nils Mönkemeyer (viola)
Carlos Maria Solare ventures out to the Orangerie at Potsdam’s Sanssouci Palace on 21 June 2023 for a performance of Hildegard von Bingen, Konstantia Gourzi, Bach and Matteis
ReviewThe Strad Recommends: violinist Antje Weithaas: Beethoven
Two master musicians set off on a Beethoven journey of great promise
ReviewConcert review: Isabelle Faust (violin) Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Carlos Maria Solare visits Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal for a concert of Mozart, Sainte-Colombe, Kurtág and Martinů on 1 March 2023
ReviewBook review: A Notebook for Viola Players
Carlos María Solare reviews a new edition of Ivo-Jan van der Werff’s classic handbook of tips and hints for violists
ReviewConcert review: Nobuko Imai (viola) Martijn Willers (piano) et al
Carlos María Solare attends the birthday performance at the Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, on 19 March 2023
ReviewRoland Glassl: viola and piano works by Johanna Senfter
Compelling accounts put an overlooked composer back on the map
ReviewFestival review: Heidelberg String Quartet Festival
Carlos María Solare reports from the German city, held at the Alte Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg from 19 to 22 January 2023
ReviewBojan Čičić, Illyria Consort: Walther
Stimulating performances of a man once described as the Paganini of his age
ReviewConcert review: Borodin Quartet
Carlos María Solare hears the performance of Beethoven and Shostakovich at Berlin’s Konzerthaus on 27 September 2022
ReviewConcert review: Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin) Andrei Gridchuk (viola) David Geringas (cello)
Carlos Maria Solare attends Blackmore’s in Berlin on 13 August 2022 for the performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations