The 22 March marks the highly anticipated release of Stephen Waarts’ third studio album, which delves into Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 B flat major K207, recorded alongside Howard Griffiths and Camerata Schweiz for the Alpha label, featuring cadenzas written by Waarts. He will also make his debut as part of the Vancouver Recital Society series on 27 […]
Stephen Waarts and Alexey Stadler perform Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello with the Noord Nederlands Orkest. Conducted by Tianyi Lu, the concert at Grote Zaal Oosterpoort on 20May will be broadcast on RTV Drenthe, Omrop Fryslân, and RTV Noord Two and available online afterwards. The concert on 21 May at TivoliVredenburg Utrecht will be […]
Stephen Waarts steps in at short notice this week taking over from Frank Peter Zimmermann to perform the Beethoven Violin concerto with the Antwerp Symphony under Elim Chan. Concerts take place on 14 December in the Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerp and on 15 December in the Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels.
On 23 November Stephen Waarts returns to Louvre Auditorium for the second time this year. He performs a solo recital featuring excerpts from Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin, Bach’s Sonata No.3 for Violin and Ysaye’s Sonata No.6 for Violin.
On 17 September Stephen Waarts makes his recital debut at Wigmore Hall collaborating with Italian pianist Gabriele Carcano following their critically acclaimed debut recital CD on Rubicon Classics. The programme features Fauré’s Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1, Szymanowski’s Mythes “Trois Poemes” and two pieces by Bartók – Sonata No.2 and Rhapsody No.2 for Violin and Piano.
Stephen Waarts is looking forward to releasing his debut album “Bartok & Schumann” on 30 November. Recorded in July this year for Rubicon with Italian pianist and recital partner Gabriele Carcano, the album will feature Three Romances by Schumann, Bartók’s Hungarian Dances as well as the first violin sonatas of both composers. Bartók and Schumann, although very different in music and […]
In three concerts conducted by Kevin John Edusei, American violinist Stephen Waarts makes his debut with Munich Symphony Orchestra. Performing Schumann’s Violin Concerto, he plays concerts in Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 20/21/22 April. This follows his recent debuts with Bremer Philharmoniker, hr-Sinfonieorchester and Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The decision at the third largest German classical festival has fallen: the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival have announced their award winners this year. The prize for the soloists, which is endowed with 5,000 euros, is given to the young Dutch-American violinist Stephen Waarts. Nordkurier, Germany