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Suyeon Kang, Stephen De Pledge – Bloch & Bartók: Works for Violin & Piano (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:09 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Atoll
This recording is an element of the First Prize of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, won by Suyeon Kang in 2015. The competition aims to recognise and encourage musical excellence and artistry, and to expand performance opportunities for young violinists from all over the world.
Suyeon Kang particularly admires the two composers on this CD, Bartok and Bloch, specifically valuing how they pursued their own paths in music, mixing folk qualities into their compositions and producing repertoire for violin and piano that she describes as “powerful and daring, searching and rebellious.”
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Nikki Chooi & Stephen De Pledge – Gershwin, Ravel & Prokofiev Works for Violin & Piano (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:49 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Atoll
Nikki Chooi was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and began his studies at age 9 at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of Sydney Humphreys. He is a graduate of the Mount Royal Conservatory, received his undergraduate degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, and completed further studies at the Juilliard School with Ida Kavafian and Donald Weilerstein.
As First Prize Winner of the 2013 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Nikki completed an extensive recital tour with Chamber Music New Zealand, performed as concerto soloist with Giordano Bellincampi and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and gave a recital as part of Australia’s Musica Viva Series.
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