Brahms: Violin Concerto - Suk: Fantasy Liza Ferschtman, Brussels Philharmonic & Elias Grandy

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1893): Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77:
• 1 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo 23:46
• 2 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio 09:08
• 3 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace 08:14
• Josef Suk (1874 - 1935): Fantasy in G Minor for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 24:
• 4 Suk: Fantasy in G Minor for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 24 22:46
• Total Runtime 01:03:54

Info for Brahms: Violin Concerto - Suk: Fantasy

Award winning Dutch violinist Liza Feschtman brings a passionate program of Johannes Brahms & Josef Suk. Brahms’ Violin Concerto was first premiered by Joseph Joachim whom the work was dedicated and performed by. Joachim was both a supporter of the young man’s musical career and a constructive and often blunt critic, he continued to perform the concerto for many years after its original debut.

Josef Suk was one of the leading composers of the early 1900s, writing his Fantasy in 1902-3, a piece brimming with melancholy and owed its compositional roots to Brahms and Dvořák.

Liza Ferschtman, violin
Brussels Philharmonic
Elias Grandy, conductor

Liza Ferschtman
Born in Hilversum in 1979, Dutch violinist Liza Ferschtman grew up in a family of musicians and received her first violin lessons from Philip Hirschhorn. She then studied with Herman Krebbers at the Amsterdam Conservatory, with Ida Kavafian at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and with David Takeno in London.

Since winning the Dutch National Violin Competition at the age of 17, Liza Ferschtman has performed with internationally renowned orchestras such as the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the London Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Brussels Philharmonic. She has worked with Jaap van Zweden, Iván Fischer, Stéphane Denève, Jacek Kaspszyk, Jun Märkl, Frans Brüggen, Neeme Järvi, Otto Tausk, Dmitry Sitkovetsky and other conductors.

The violinist is a welcome guest at music festivals and concerts. Since 2007 she has been Artistic Director of the Delft Chamber Music Festival. Her chamber music partners include Elisabeth Leonskaja, Jonathan Biss, Alisa Weilerstein, Christian Poltera, Julius Drake, Martin Roscoe, Nobuko Imai, Lars Anders Tomter, Marie Luise Neunecker, Sharon Kam and Amihai Grosz.

Liza Ferschtmans works as artistic director and curator in a variety of international projects. Due to her love of dance, she has worked with the modern dance company LeineRoebana and the National Ballet of the Netherlands. In addition to her busy life on stage, Liza Ferschtman is now also a sought-after teacher.

In 2021 she was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, a royal recognition for her contribution to the Dutch cultural scene.

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