By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.![Brendon Elliott]()
Violinist Brendon Elliott in Bill Barclays concert-play 'The Chevalier.' Photo by Mike Fitelson, United Palace of Cultural Arts.Brendon Elliott performed Joseph Bolognes music with the Harlem Chamber Players in Bill Barclays concert-play The Chevalier.Kevin Zhu performed Shostakovichs First Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 99 with Singapore's Orchestra of the Music Makers.Ilya Gringolts performed Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
Violinist Brendon Elliott in Bill Barclays concert-play 'The Chevalier.' Photo by Mike Fitelson, United Palace of Cultural Arts.
- New York Classical Review: "The Chevaliers concertos boil over with batteries and bariolages, brilliantly executed on Sunday by violinist Brendon Elliott, who split the role of Bologne with actor RJ Foster. Elliotts sweet, mournful rendering of the Adagio from Bolognes Concerto in D major, Op. 3, no. 1, set the scene admirably for Mozarts grief at the loss of his mother when both were visiting Paris in 1778."
- New York Times: "Elliott lends his silvery tone, superb phrasing and a commanding technique to the Chevaliers solos. I look forward to seeing him perform in more traditional concert settings."
- Washington Classical Review: "Shaham commanded attention from the start with his dark tone colors and virtuoso swagger. Yet he also brought out the sweetness in Dvoráks melodiescrucial in a work that, even more than most by this composer, depends on charm for its appeal."
- My Scena: "From the very first notes of Szymanowskys violin concerto, Dutch soloist Simone Lamsma asserted her commanding and absorbing stage presence. Her expressive playing captured the stylistically complex writing of the Polish master."
- The Straits Times: "The searing intensity of his violin tone and pinpoint intonation made this an enthralling journey, one that also scaled the heights of parody, dripping with acid wit and sarcasm."
- In Daily: "Anthony Marwood, the British violinist who approaches everything with rare intelligence, had the courage of his artistry to play it like the concerto Korngold intended it to be....It was like hearing the work for the first time."
- In Daily: "The Violin Concerto No.1 in D, Op. 19, proved absolutely scintillating in his hands: by turns mercurial, flighty and sublime. Brought to whole new dimensions of artistry, and with a technical accomplishment that is staggering, this work seems to have found its biggest champion in the 41-year-old musician."
- South Florida Classical Review: "The groups corporate string sonority was warm and well-integrated with Fiterstein. "
- The Week in Reviews, Op. 432: Hilary Hahn, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Chloe Hanslip
- The Week in Reviews, Op. 431: Francesca Dego, Augustin Hadelich, Balourdet Quartet
- The Week in Reviews, Op. 430: Benjamin Beilman, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Akiko Suwanai
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