Tosca Opdam & Alexander Ullman
Format Details:
Release Date: 25 March 2022
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 608917289329
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
The debut recital by Dutch violinist Tosca Opdam on Challenge Classics includes the world premiere recording of Robin de Raaff's Sonatas for Violin adn Piano No 2 'North Atlantic Light', Carnegie Hall Version.
The leit motiv of this release is 'soundscape', the capacity of music to evoke landscapes.
"A violinist whose musical intelligence and expressive clarity make for a distinctive and gorgeous artistry" (Theaterscene)
Praised for her "enchanting musical personality" (De Volkskrant), Dutch violinist Tosca Opdam has captivated audiences and critics alike with her luminously elegant performances, musical intelligence and a gift for storytelling that surpasses mere virtuosity.
Tosca won First Prize in the 2011 Oskar Back Violin Competition. She subsequently performed at the Royal Concertgebouw and returned for a sold-out debut recital — lauded by The Huffington Post as "at times bold and regal, other times poignant and tender; at all times rendered gorgeously" - and a performance in honor of the re-opening of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. Her 2015 performance as part of the Liberation Day Concert on the Amstel River, with King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima in attendance, was broadcast live on Dutch national television. Other live broadcast performances include broadcasts on NPO Radio 4, WQXR (New York), Podium Witteman (Netherlands).
Tosca Opdam made her recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in June 2018 performing a program that included the World Premiere of Robin de Raaff's North Atlantic Light, dedicated to Ms. Opdam and inspired by the Willem de Kooning painting of the same name. In May 2019 she premiered the work's orchestral version with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Concertgebouw, led by Marc Albrecht.
Recent and upcoming highlights include a performance of Bartok's violin concerto no. 2 with the Sudwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz under the baton of Annedore Neufeld, recitals at the main hall of De Doelen, Rotterdam, Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, the Hong Kong Generation Next Music Festival, as well as the lead role in a program dedicated to Mendelssohn year 2022, including his concerto for violin, piano and strings orchestra alongside his Octet.
"The album is a very engaging program of a bit of the new
and a bit of the well-established, all in superb sound quality from recording engineer Bert van der Wolf." - Paul Rushton
"ravishing poetic playing" "performed with captivating sensitivity" – BBC Music Magazine 4 STARS/ 4 STARS
Tracklisting
Aseo Friesacher
Theo Plath, Armand Djikoloum, Olivier Stankiewicz, Sakoto Doi, Jordi Carrasco Hjelm
Philippe Thuriot
Pietro Battistoni, Rosso Verona Baroque Ensemble
Narratio Quartet
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens
Matteo Cicchitti, Musica Elegentia
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull, Sollazzo Ensemble
Theo Plath, Armand Djikoloum, Olivier Stankiewicz, Sakoto Doi, Jordi Carrasco Hjelm
Novi Piano Duo
Pietro Battistoni, Rosso Verona Baroque Ensemble
Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti
Stephane Tetreault; Olivier Hebert-Bouchard
Torleif Thedee & Marianna Shirinyan
Magnus Boye Hansen, Mathias Halvorsen
Rafael Catala, Musica Iberica
