Violinist Christian Tetzlaff will make his area debut during the 36th International Festival of Chamber Music series Friday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. He will be joined by pianist Alexander Lonquich.
The all-Beethoven performance includes Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, “Spring;” Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1; Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2; and Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3.
Christian Tetzlaff was born in 1966 into a minister’s family in Hamburg. He began playing the violin and piano at age six and by age 14 undertook an intensive study of the violin after his concert debut playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto.
Tetzlaff was named “Instrumentalist of the Year” in 2005 by Musical America. He has performed with the orchestras of Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco and Toronto in addition to numerous festivals throughout North America and Europe.
His recordings have earned him the prestigious Diapason d'Or award as well as a Grammy nomination. His recording of the Brahms and Joachim violin concertos with the Danish Radio Orchestra/Dausgaard for Virgin will be released in January.
Born in Trier, Germany, Alexander Lonquich launched his career by winning the International Piano Competition Antonio Casagrande in Terni, Italy at age 16.
Lonquich performs in Japan, the United States and Australia as well as at the most important European music centres and prestigious international festivals including Salzburg, Edinburgh and the Beethoven Festival in Bonn and Warsaw. As soloist, he’s performed with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and the Düsseldorf Symphonic Orchestra.
His recordings with oeuvres of Mozart and Schubert for EMI received solid reviews and were awarded such prizes as the Diapason d’Or in France, Premio Abbiati in Italy and Premio Edison in Holland.
The concert is free for the Union College community; $25 for general admission and $10 for area students. For tickets, call (518) 388-6080; for more information on the Series, call (518) 372-3651 or visit http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries.