In 2004, Tianwa Yang was awarded the prize for the Best Young Violinist in China by conductor Seiji Ozawa.
Compositional Technique
Sarasate's compositions are categorized into five groups, including works in the folk idiom, opera fantasies, original compositions, transcriptions, and cadenzas for violin concertos.
Composer Biography
Sarasate launched his concert career by age fifteen, touring extensively across Europe, North and South America, and had works written for him by composers like Saint-Saëns and Bruch.
Instruments
Tianwa Yang performs on a violin made in 1749 by Michel Angelo Bergonzi, generously loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Rin Kei Mei.
Performer Biography
Tianwa Yang, the violinist on this recording, began studying violin at age four and by age ten was accepted by renowned teacher Lin Yaoji at the Central Conservatory of Music.
Composer Biography
Pablo Sarasate, the composer of the Spanish Dances, was a great Spanish violinist who entered the Paris Conservatoire at age twelve with a scholarship from Queen Isabella.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sarasate refused to play Brahms's Violin Concerto, claiming its only proper melody was given to the oboe.
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