All Ysaÿe articles
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Concert review: Hilary Hahn (violin) Amaryn Olmeda (violin) Seth Parker Woods (cello) Conor Hanick (piano) Tiler Peck (choreographer, ballerina) India Bradley, Roman Mejia (dancers)
Leah Hollingsworth watches an innovative balletic performance with music by Max Richter, Jessie Montgomery, Carlos Simon, Ysaÿe and Bach at the Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York, on 27 February 2025
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Concert review: Vilde Frang (violin) Lawrence Power (viola) Valery Sokolov (violin)
Tim Homfray visits London’s Wigmore Hall for the recital of Ysaÿe, Bach, Brustad and Kodály on 20 February 2025
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Alfred Dubois: Eck, Handel, Kreisler, Vieuxtemps, Ysaÿe
A wide-ranging reissue does justice to an important Ysaÿe pupil
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The Strad Recommends: Daniil Bulayev: Bloch, Enescu, Ysaÿe
A striking debut from a 20-year-old Latvian violinist
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Thomas Kaufmann, Camerata Bern: Exile
The concept may be questionable, but the performances carry the day
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‘Ysaÿe’s pictures are tone paintings’ - From the archive: February 1905
US correspondent Edith L. Winn describes a stateside performance by Eugène Ysaÿe in prose so effusive that even the virtuoso would blush
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Karl Stobbe: Bach, Paganini, Ysaÿe
An artist compels in the Romantics but falls short in Bach
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Sinfonia of London: Bacewicz, Enescu, Ysaÿe
A typically classy offering from this crack ensemble
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Philippe Graffin: Rêves
World-premiere recordings of newly discovered works are given with panache
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Ysaÿe’s Poème concertant: shining a light on a long-forgotten piece
Violinist Philippe Graffin has recorded a work for violin and orchestra by Eugène Ysaÿe that had lain undiscovered for more than a century. He speaks to Jessica Duchen about the love affair that inspired the piece, and what can be learnt from its discovery
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Maria Dueñas: Beethoven and Beyond
An attention-grabbing debut from serial competition winner Maria Dueñas
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Efrem Zimbalist: The Auer Legacy
Stellar playing from a violin legend leaves a reviewer wanting more
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Carolin Widmann: L’Aurore
Eloquence proves the linking theme through this adventurous recital
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Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux: Ostinata: Works for Solo Violin
An impressively assured recording debut from a violinist to watch
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Joo Yeon Sir: Solitude
A lockdown project combining solo violin music both mainstream and rare
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Concert review: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Doric Quartet
Harriet Smith ventures to London’s Wigmore Hall on 30 March 2022 for a feast of Ysaÿe, Lekeu and Debussy
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Lea Birringer: Transformation
Transformative Bach-inspired collection highlights the architecture of the music
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Concert review: Nicola Benedetti (violin)
Edward Bhesania hears the solo recital at London’s Barbican on 23 September 2021