Soloists
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Elizabeth Wallfisch |
Renowned violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch makes her Music of the Baroque début in these performances.
In demand world-wide as a soloist on both modern and period instruments, and as leader directing from her instrument, Ms. Wallfisch's playing has taken her from the Lincoln Center in New York, where she led the Orchestra of the Enlightenment in the opening concert of the 2003 Handel Festival, to Zimbabwe, where she appeared as soloist with the Harare Symphony Orchestra (and brass band from the local police department!) Brahms’ violin concerto. She has appeared with and directed Les Musiciens de Louvre, Tafelmusik, Apollo’s Fire, L’Orfeo Barokorchester, Hanover Band, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque and many other ensembles. Concertmaster of the prestigious Carmel Bach Festival in California for the past fifteen years, last January she was named Music Director of National Music Camp Australia.
Ms. Wallfisch’s long and impressive discography offers a window onto her expansive musical world. From the high Baroque Italian violinist-composers such as Vivaldi, Corelli, Veracini, Tartini, Geminiani and the classical and romantic greats from Mozart to Mendelssohn, she also embraces the music of their lesser-known contemporaries such as Mysliveček and Abel. She has explored the music of Paganini and Viotti, as well as that of Cima, Biber, Telemann, Bach and the French Baroque.
Ms. Wallfisch’s energy is greatly prized by her students at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Her treatise on fundamental aspects of baroque violin playing, The Art of Playing Chin-Off for the Brave and the Curious, is published by King’s Music.