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Great encores: Leonidas Kavakos plays Tarrega

2013-11-20T00:00:00Z

The Greek violinist performs Ruggiero Ricci's intricate transcription of Tarrega's guitar piece Recuerdos de la AlhambraFind out more about Ruggiero Ricci and Leonidas Kavakos in our special Violin Heroes bookazine.

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Leonidas Kavakos on modern violin making: 'This is an art that I want to support'

2013-11-18T00:00:00Z

The Greek violinist offers an enlightened view of modern instruments that might inspire other players, as Ariane Todes reports

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Julia Fischer, Leonidas Kavakos, Sigiswald Kuijken to perform in Southbank Centre's 2013–14 season

2013-01-17T00:00:00Z

Southbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly today launched the London venue’s 2013–14 season, sounding alarm about developments in England’s cultural landscape. Referring to the government’s proposed English Baccalaureate qualifications, which leave music off the core areas of school study, she said: ‘We should be concerned that classical music may not ...

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Leonidas Kavakos Masterclass

2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

The Greek virtuoso shared his wisdom with Guildhall students. Ariane Todes reports back

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Violinist Leonidas Kavakos will launch new Decca contract with Beethoven sonatas recording

2012-04-25T00:00:00Z

Leonidas Kavakos has signed an exclusive recording deal with Decca Classics. The Greek violinist's first release on the label will be a set of the complete Beethoven sonatas, timed to coincide with his performance of the cycle at this summer's Salzburg Festival.The pianist on the new recording will be Enrico ...

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Leonidas Kavakos's premiere of Golijov violin concerto is shiftedto November

2012-03-27T00:00:00Z

Anyone waiting to hear Osvaldo Golijov's already delayed Violin Concerto will have to wait another nine months. The concerto was originally due to be given its world premiere by Leonidas Kavakos and the Los Angeles Philharmonic last May. But when the Argentine composer didn't finish the piece on time, the ...

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Violinists Leonidas Kavakos and Alina Ibragimova up for UK music awards

2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

Violinists Leonidas Kavakos and Alina Ibragimova feature on the shortlist for this year's Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, which are given for outstanding live classical music making in the UK. Kavakos and Ibragimova join pianist Stephen Hough in the instrumental category while the Schubert Ensemble and the Takács Quartet head ...

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Editor's blog: a Kavakos double whammy weekend

2008-10-14T00:00:00Z

At the weekend I had a Leonidas Kavakos double whammy: two hours in his company on Saturday interviewing him for the January issue of The Strad and then hearing him on Sunday playing Prokofiev’s First Concerto with Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra.In person he’s extremely charming, ...