“White light containing all colours”

By Zoltán Szabó, 13 September 2016

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“what Tognetti cannot play on the violin may not even be worth playing”

Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 12 September 2016

Pärt, Fratres

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 5 in F major "Fruhling (Spring)", Op.24

Sculthorpe, Irkanda I for solo violin

Brahms, Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, Op.108

Richard Tognetti, Violin

Polina Leschenko, Piano

Young Romantic masters played by the ACO and Polina Leschenko

Zoltán Szabó, 11th November

A terrific collaboration between Russian pianist Polina Leschenko and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in music by Chopin and Mendelssohn.

****1

A quest for fresh interpretations

Edward Sava-Segal, 28th March

There is a very strong bond between two interpreters that approach music with the same unbridled passion

*****

Potency and mischief at Wigmore Hall

Mark Thomas, 27th March

An absorbing programme of violin and piano duos from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Polina Leschenko saw captivating performances of Webern, Bartók and Ravel with an interesting edge in Schumann.

****1

Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne: Gershwin, Shostakovich

Sandra Bowdler, 10th August

Two works by Shostakovich sandwiching Rhapsody in Blue made for an exhilerating concert from the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Melbourne

****1

Bach sheds light in an impressively dark outing from the ACO

Nick Boston, 21st March

Energetic commitment from the ACO at the Barbican, with precision and edge from Alexander Melnikov and Jeroen Berwaerts in an evening of darkness and light.

****1

Mesmerising, but relentless Brahms and Beethoven from the ACO

Zoltán Szabó, 11th February

Awe-inspiring performances of much loved classics in Sydney, yet the musical eyebrows have reasons to go (and stay) up.

****1

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

“White light containing all colours”: Tognetti and Leschenko in recital