Wednesday, January 22, 2003
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Wednesday, January 22, 2003 |
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World renown violinist comes to Spivey Hall Vadim Repin, the Russian violinist described by Yehudi Menuhin as "Simply the best, most perfect violinist I have heard," makes his Atlanta debut in recital at Spivey Hall on Friday, Jan. 24 at 8:15 p.m. At Spivey, Repin, along with pianist Boris Berezovsky, will play Guiseppe Tartini's Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 6 ("Devil's Trill"), Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80, Edvard Grieg's Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13, Ernest Chausson's Poème, Op. 25, and Maurice Ravel's Tzigane: rapsodie de concert. Born in Siberia (in the same town that produced that other great, young Russian violinist, Maxim Vengerov), Repin shot to stardom when, at age 17, he won the Reine Elisabeth Concours, the most demanding and prestigious violin competition in the world. He has since performed with the world's great orchestras and conductors, earning lavish praise at nearly every stop. The Berlin Tagesspiegel dubbed him "The greatest living violinist," for instance, while The Chicago Tribune was bit more restrained, merely praising his "magisterial technique and finely nuanced palette." The Miami Herald characterized one concert as a "boldly sculptured, scrupulously clean, perfectly proportioned performance played with piercingly beautiful tone, bull's-eye intonation and an easy dexterity." A strong advocate of new music, Repin has received accolades for his recent performances of John Adams' Violin Concerto with the Chicago and San Francisco Symphonies. An avid chamber musician, as well, Mr. Repin collaborates with such performers as Boris Berezovsky, Alexander Melnikov, Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, Mischa Maisky, and Mikhail Pletnev. He will undertake major chamber music projects in London, Paris, Brussels, Vienna, and Tokyo this season. He performs on the Stradivarius "Ruby" 1708, by kind permission of the Stradivarius Society of Chicago. Vadim Repin performs at Clayton State's Spivey Hall on Friday, Jan. 24, 2003 at 8:15 p.m. Tickets for this performance are $25. To purchase tickets, phone the Spivey Hall Ticket Office at 770-961-3683. |
