Stravinsky, I.: Duo Concertante / Ravel, M.: Violin Sonata

Featuring

Jennifer Frautschi
Marta Aznavoorian
Igor Stravinsky
Maurice Ravel

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Composition History

Maurice Ravel was inspired to write his violin compositions, including Tzigane, by close relationships with specific performers like Hélène Jourdan-Morhange and Jelly d'Aranyi.

Composition History

Igor Stravinsky composed the Duo Concertante and Divertimento to fulfill a practical need: to perform on tour with violinist Samuel Dushkin.

Performer Biography

Violinist Jennifer Frautschi made her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age sixteen and has won multiple prestigious competitions, including the Washington International Competition.

Performer Biography

Pianist Marta Aznavoorian has been praised by the Boston Globe for her 'exceptionally finished technique and purity of musical impulse,' and has performed with the Chicago Symphony and at the Sydney Opera House.

Composition History

Stravinsky's collaboration with violinist Samuel Dushkin began after publisher Willy Strecker suggested Dushkin could help Stravinsky with technical violin details for a new work.

Composition History

Ravel's Tzigane was written specifically for the Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Aranyi after she played Hungarian gypsy tunes for him, replacing the Sonata for Violin and Piano in a London concert.