On 28 September Stephen Waarts debuts with hr-Sinfonieorchester in a livestream performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto. Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Orchestra in a programme also featuring Elgar’s cello concerto. This follows his engagement with Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra on 22 September in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.4 under Christopher Seaman, and appearances at Prussia Cove and Plush festivals at the beginning […]
This month Stephen Waarts makes his debut at Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He performs concerts on 2, 3 and 4 August featuring chamber works by Brahms, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Schumann and Ysaÿe. This will be followed by a performance at Krzyżowa Music and concludes a busy and fruitful season in which Waarts played in the US and made debuts […]
“….Boca del Rio Philharmonic Orchestra, who, in the hands of the guest director Iván López Reynoso and the renowned violinist Stephen Waarts, achieved an incredible concert that stunned the audience.” Béla Bartók’s First Concerto for violin and orchestra, masterfully executed by the virtuoso international violinist Stephen Waarts, who was given a ovation by the audience […]
Violinist Stephen Waarts has been selected as Musical America’s June New Artist of the Month, which spotlights important emerging talent in music. “I often think how strange it is to play the violin,” said Waarts in a recent interview, “although I mostly view myself as incredibly lucky to be pursuing this path.” This comes shortly after Stephen’s performance […]
Mr. Waarts was commanding in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor. In the first movement, which begins with a melancholic solo theme for violin, Mr. Waarts tapped into tensions within the Neo-Classical veneer of Prokofiev’s music. He played that melody with warm, soothing sound, but also a hint of anxiety. That opening movement […]
…a performance of Prokofiev’s Concerto no.2 in G minor that boasted exceptionally sensitive and eloquent interaction with the orchestra. The music’s expressive power was always controlled and his beautiful tone enriched every note. He expertly judged the size and character of the room. A chamber-like but never miniaturised dialogue lent additional distinction to his account. […]
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“At Sunday’s concert, it (Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto) was played with passion, emotion, warmth, depth, maturity, and impeccable intonation and musicianship even in the hardest sections of playing very fast on more than one string at a time… This was a performance of rich satisfaction to listen to. For the first time ever at an ASO […]