Leila Josefowicz stuns with Stravinsky at Milton Court

By Katy Wright, 28 March 2014

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Reviewed at Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Milton Court Concert Hall, London on 27 March 2014

Schubert, Violin sonata in A major, D.574

Stravinsky, Duo concertant

Stravinsky, Chanson Russe

Kurtág, Tre pezzi, Op.14e

Schubert, Rondo Brilliante for piano and violin in B minor, D.895

Leila Josefowicz, Violin

John Novacek, Piano

Blazing recital from Leila Josefowicz at Wigmore Hall

Chris Garlick, 1st October

Leila Josefowicz ticked all the boxes in this stunning recital: highly imaginative curation; musicality in every note; and a winning ability to communicate to the Wigmore Hall audience.

*****

Dalia Stasevska makes a radiant Pittsburgh Symphony debut

Sam Jacobson, 17th October

Familiar and unfamiliar Sibelius, a coruscating violin concerto and a recent score by Caroline Shaw are the elements of Dalia Stasevska’s noteworthy debut.

****1

A big night for Polish music with David Robertson and the NY Phil

Susan Stempleski, 27th September

Stepping in for an indisposed Marta Gardolińska, the guest conductor leads a virtuosic performance of Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra paired with Leila Josefowičz playing Szymanowski’s Second Violin Concerto.

****1

Han-Na Chang scores with three Viennese “Bs” in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 1st August

Leila Josefowicz’s clear and incisive tones sears through thickets of dissonance in Alban Berg's Violin Concerto, “To the Memory of an Angel”.

****1

A night of bold strokes: Orozco-Estrada and Josefowicz in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 22nd May

By the close of the performance, one sensed that the audience’s exhilaration stemmed less from polished execution and more from a shared immersion in the music’s dramatic arc—elements that lingered as the defining memory of this eventful evening.

****1

Made in America: Mälkki, Josefowicz and the LSO in a fine showcase

Roy Westbrook, 18th May

Julia Perry and two Europeans exiled to America feature in Susanna Mälkki's London Symphony Orchestra programme, featuring Leila Josefowicz as soloist in Stravinsky's Violin Concerto.

****1

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Katy Wright

As News Editor at Rhinegold, Katy contributes news pieces and longer features to publications including Classical Music, Music Teacher and International Piano (both digital and print editions). She writes on a freelance basis for publications including Sinfini Music and TEMPO.