All Leonidas Kavakos articles
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ReviewConcert review: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/John Wilson
Charlotte Gardner hears the pereformance at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 27 February 2020
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Feature
Sentimental Work: Leonidas Kavakos
For the Greek violinist, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto stands apart from the rest of the repertoire – and requires a very special method of interpretation
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Review
Concert review: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Munich Philharmonic/Valery Gergiev
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance at Carnegie Hall, New York, on 26 October 2019
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Video
Leonidas Kavakos plays Beethoven at Tanglewood
Leonidas Kavakos joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as conductor and violinist this past August, for a programme including Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7. This video features an excerpt from his Beethoven performance.
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News
The Strad August 2019 issue is out now
South African-born double bassist Leon Bosch on commissioning, conducting, his favourite basses, diversity in classical music, and much more
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Strings at the BBC Proms: our pick of the 2019 programme
What does the biggest classical music festival in the world offer in terms of string concertos and other highlights for Strad readers?
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Focus
Fire and ice: the best recordings of the Sibelius violin concerto
Originally published in 2007 for the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death, this critical appraisal by Richard S. Ginell looks for the recordings that do justice to one of the best-loved works in the repertoire
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Masterclass: Leonidas Kavakos on the Sibelius Violin Concerto
The Finnish composer put all his knowledge as symphonic writer and frustrated violinist into this great, elemental work. First published in The Strad’s January 2008 issue, Leonidas Kavakos’s masterclass explains how to do it justice
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In focus: the 1734 'Willemotte' Stradivarius violin
Florian Leonhard of London and New York dealership Florian Leonhard Fine Violins discusses the instrument now played by Leonidas Kavakos
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Video
The Violinist Leonidas Kavakos - excerpt from Deutsche Welle documentary
In this clip from the 2015 documentary The Violinist Leonidas Kavakos broadcast on Deutsche Welle, he makes a visit to Florian Leonhard Fine Violins to try out some instruments. Both Kavako’s previous Stradivari, the 1724 ’Abergavenny’, and his current 1734 ’Willemotte’ acquired earlier this year , have come via ...
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News
Leonidas Kavakos withdraws from forthcoming performances
The musician was set to perform at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival and Verbier Festival this month
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Article
Leonidas Kavakos acquires 1734 ‘Willemotte’ Stradivarius violin
The violinist first encountered the instrument in 1994 and was reunited with it more than 20 years later through Florian Leonhard Fine Violins
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Article
Leonidas Kavakos performs Brahms's Violin Concerto in 2017
Leonidas Kavakos performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi in celebration of his Léonie Sonning Music Prize win . The recording was made for Danmarks Radio in January 2017. Worth €100,000, the award is Denmark’s highest musical honour and ...
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News
BBC Proms 2017 season revealed - including a feast of violin concertos
The 123rd Proms season takes place in London’s Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall over eight weeks from Friday 14 July to Saturday 9 September
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Review
Virtuoso. Works for violin and piano by Britten, Dohnányi, Dvorák, Elgar, Falla, Paganini, Sarasate, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tárrega, Tchaikovsky and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Kavakos displays his technical prowess in a programme of encore pieces Musicians: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Enrico Pace (piano) Composer: Britten, Dohnányi, Dvorák, Elgar, Falla, Paganini, Sarasate, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tárrega, Tchaikovsky, ...
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Article
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos performs Tárrega encore
Leonidas Kavakos performs Ruggiero Ricci's arrangement of Francisco Tárrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra as an encore. The violinist contributes to The Strad's Encores feature, published in the April 2016 issue - download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.
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News
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos wins Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2017
Founded in 1959, the award is Denmark’s highest musical honour
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‘I’m exhausted by the time I reach the Sibelius third movement,’ says violinist Leonidas Kavakos
25 years after his pioneering recording, the Greek musician speaks about his relationship with the concerto in The Strad’s January 2016 issue
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Leonidas Kavakos performs Sibelius Violin Concerto
Leonidas Kavakos performs the third movement of Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in February 2015. Kavakos talks about his ever-deepening relationship with the Sibelius Concerto in The Strad's January 2016 issue - out Friday. Read: Leonidas Kavakos on ...
