Michi Wiancko, the violinist on this album, made her recital debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall after winning the 2002 Concert Artists Guild International Competition.
Composer Biography
Émile Sauret was married to Venezuelan pianist Teresa Carreño, but their marriage lasted only two years.
Composer Biography
Émile Sauret studied with the famous Belgian violinists and teachers Charles de Bériot and Henri Vieuxtemps, dedicating part of his pedagogical work, Gradus ad Parnassum du violoniste, to Vieuxtemps.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Critics compared Émile Sauret's extraordinary violin skill to that of the legendary Paganini, describing his playing as having a 'demoniacal' quality.
Performer Biography
Dina Vainshtein, the pianist on this album, received a Special Prize for Best Collaboration at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1998.
Composer Biography
Émile Sauret, a child prodigy, was performing at public concerts in Vienna, London, and Paris by the age of eight, frequently at the court of Napoleon III.
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