Elias David Moncado, the violinist on this album, is a 21-year-old German-Spanish-Malaysian musician who has won numerous international competitions, including the 2021 International Valsesia Musica and Vladimir Spivakov competitions.
Performer Biography
Pianist Hansjacob Staemmler's most recent chamber music CD, "Composing Beethoven," was nominated for the German Record Critics' Prize.
Album & Artwork
This album features violin sonatas by Hindemith, Poulenc, and Bartók, all composed in the early 20th century.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album's program was chosen because the composers Hindemith, Bartók, and Poulenc all dealt with psychological stress and anxiety in their lives, often related to totalitarian regimes, persecution, resistance, or exile.
Performer Biography
Hansjacob Staemmler, the pianist, is a professor of Chamber Music and Piano Accompaniment at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.
Instruments
Elias David Moncado plays a violin made by Giambattista Rogeri of Brescia around 1700, on loan from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Hamburg.
Interpretation
Violinist Elias David Moncado feels greater artistic freedom when interpreting 20th-century works compared to those from the 18th or 19th centuries, due to fewer established "benchmark recordings."
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