Myung-Whun Chung, a concert pianist and conductor, made his debut at age seven with the Seoul Orchestra and won second place in the 1974 Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Nielsen aimed for his Violin Concerto to be substantial, popular, and brilliant without becoming superficial, believing these contrasts must meet and form a higher unity.
Composition History
Carl Nielsen began his Violin Concerto in Edvard Grieg's composing hut, known as "Komposten," in Troldhaugen near Bergen.
Composer Biography
Carl Nielsen had played the violin since childhood and had considered composing a violin concerto almost every year for 25 years before the talent of violinist Peder Møller gave him the decisive impulse.
Composition History
Carl Nielsen composed significant parts of his Fifth Symphony in Gothenburg, Sweden, during his leisure moments between rehearsals and concerts with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
Composer Biography
Carl Nielsen died on the night of October 2, 1931, after listening to his Violin Concerto from a hospital bed, having been rushed there with a blood clot in his heart.
Notable Performances
The premiere of Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto took place on February 28, 1912, in Copenhagen, with Nielsen himself conducting the Royal Danish Orchestra and Peder Møller as the soloist.
