Moszkowski: Works for Violin & Piano

Featuring

Nazrin Rashidova
Daniel Grimwood
Moritz Moszkowski

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Composer Biography

Moritz Moszkowski, the composer, was born in Breslau (now Wrocław) in 1854 to a wealthy Jewish family of Polish descent.

Historical Context

In 1919, a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall featuring fifteen prominent pianists, including Percy Grainger and Walter Damrosch, raised $20,000 for Moszkowski due to his financial hardship after World War I.

Critical Reception

Despite his current fame resting on one work, Moszkowski enjoyed a considerable international reputation as a composer and pianist during his lifetime.

Composer Biography

Moszkowski's career as a performer ended in the 1880s due to a nervous condition, leading him to focus on composition.

Composer Biography

Moszkowski taught at Theodore Kullak's Neue Akademie der Tonkunst in Berlin for over twenty-five years, starting at just seventeen years old.

Performer Biography

Nazrin Rashidova, the violinist, made her solo début at age three in Baku and was awarded a Gold Medal by the Cairo Opera House for a violin recital at age six.

Instruments

Nazrin Rashidova plays the 1737 'Turkish' violin by Guarneri del Gesù, loaned by Beare Violins Ltd., and a violin after G.B. Guadagnini, Milan, 1753 'Nazrin' by David Rattray.