Tintner: Violin Sonata / Variations On A Theme of Chopin / Piano Sonata / Trauermusik

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Cho-Liang Lin
Helen Huang
Georg Tintner

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Performer Biography

Violinist Cho-Liang Lin, who began playing at age five, made his debut at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival at nineteen and has appeared with major orchestras worldwide.

Performer Biography

Pianist Helen Huang, born in Japan to Chinese parents, received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant at a young age and has performed with numerous international orchestras.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Though known as a conductor, Georg Tintner always considered himself a composer who conducted, with a stated aim to write 'beautiful music'.

Composer Biography

Georg Tintner, born in Vienna in 1917, was a member of the Vienna Boys Choir for four years and entered the Vienna State Academy at age thirteen.

Compositional Technique

Tintner's Trauermusik (Musica Tragica) for piano, written during his time as a refugee, contains a fugal section that marks his first known exploration into serialism.

Historical Context

Tintner escaped from Vienna in 1938 after the Anschluss, fleeing from the Nazis first to Yugoslavia and then to England before settling in New Zealand.