Mozart - Beethoven Liya Petrova, Sinfonia Varsovia & Jean-Jacques Kantorow

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61:
• 1 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo 26:03
• 2 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto 09:52
• 3 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro 10:10
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 271a/K. 271i:
• 4 Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 271a/K. 271i: I. Allegro maestoso 12:39
• 5 Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 271a/K. 271i: II. Andante 08:46
• 6 Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 271a/K. 271i: III. Rondo. Allegro 11:04
• Total Runtime 01:18:34

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Liya Petrova burst onto the international scene in when she took First Prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition in Denmark, chaired by Nikolaj SzepsZnaider. Here she joins Sinfonia Varsovia and conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow to present Beethoven and Mozart's violin concertos in D.

Liya Petrova burst onto the international scene in 2016 when she took First Prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition in Denmark, chaired by Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.

Two years later, she recorded the Nielsen Concerto and Prokofiev’s Concerto no.1 with the Odense Philharmonic and Kristiina Poska, which earned her international acclaim from the press: “gorgeous sound - ripe and silvery, phrasing with majestic breadth” - The Sunday Times and “exceptional tonal variety… a marvellous disc” (Gramophone)

Liya Petrova, violin
Sinfonia Varsovia
Jean-Jaques Kantorow, direction

Liya Petrova
Petrova’s combination of fortitude and sensitivity has brought her competition victories in Germany, Switzerland, Croatia and Denmark. She was awarded First Prize at the 2016 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition where she was praised by The Strad for the ‘iron will’ she brought to Nielsen’s concerto and the ‘command’ which she displayed in Tchaikovsky’s.

As a soloist, Liya has performed with the Luxembourg, Antwerp, Monte-Carlo and Kansai Philharmonic Orchestras, the Munich and Lausanne Chamber Orchestras, the Orchestre National de Montpellier, the Staatskapelle Weimar and the KlassikPhilharmonie Hamburg.

In 2016 Liya was invited to appear at the concert series Martha Argerich and Friends for the second time. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with Argerich and with Yuri Bashmet, Mischa Maisky, Renaud Capuçon, James Ehnes, Nicholas Angelich, Yuja Wang, Antoine Tamestit and others. She has made extensive festival appearances in Germany and France.

Liya was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Rostock with Petru Munteanu, with Augustin Dumay at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Brussels, with Antje Weithaas at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin and with Renaud Capuçon at the Haute École Musique in Lausanne. She is a laureate of the Tibor Varga and Louis Spohr Competitions and has been admitted as a soloist of the Deutscher Musikrat.

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