Carlos Maria Solare
Carlos Maria Solare is a regular contributor to The Strad.
ReviewFestival review: Hitzacker Summer Music Days
Carlos Maria Solare reports from the festival in the northern German town, primarily taking place at the Verdo Concert Hall from 30 July to 7 August 2022
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Misha Galaganov: Charm, Passion and Acrobatics
A trunk of viola rarities yields a musical treasure-trove
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Basil Vendryes: Juon Chamber Music for Viola
Ardent readings put Juon’s viola music in the spotlight
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Concert review: Mandelring Quartet, Roland Glassl (viola) Isang Enders (cello)
Carlos Maria Solare attends a series of perofrmances at the Reiss-Engelhorn Museum, Mannheim, on 6–7 May 2022
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Konstantin Manaev: Love Stories; The Songs of Our Neighbours
A review of two CDs: exuberant explorations of Eastern European and contemporary music
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Concert review: Antoine Tamestit (viola) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Carlos María Solare hears a performance of Handel, Telemann and Bach at the Konzerthaus Berlin on 28 April 2022
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Concert 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
