Ysaye: Sonata for solo violin in D minor, Op. 27 No. 3 'Ballade'

Enjoy the intimacy and virtuosity of the debut recording by Russian violinist Stanislav (Stass) Pronin. This engaging new release of solo violin works truly exposes the world to this exciting new talent.

Pronin also exhibits his concentration and prowess by performing both parts on the Prokofiev Sonata for Two Violins.

Despite his young age, Stanislav Pronin has already established himself as one of the most brilliant violinists of his generation.

Born in Moscow, Mr. Pronin can trace his musical lineage to the great school of Odessa trained violinists. His first teacher was his grandfather, Veniamin Pronin, who was a professor of violin at the Odessa Conservatory and a pupil of the renowned pedagogue Pyotr Stoliarsky, teacher of David Oistrakh and Nathan Milstein. Among his grandfather’s close friends and colleagues were violinist Leonid Kogan, pianist Emil Gilels and the great Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich.

Mr. Pronin maintains a busy performance and recording schedule. His performances range from solos with orchestras to solo and chamber recitals worldwide. He has performed in many music festivals and concert venues, including Carnegie Hall and the Miller Theatre in New York City, Dekelboum Hall in Washington, D.C., the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada, Rathaussaal Forchheim in Nuremberg, Germany, the Perlman Theatre in Philadelphia and many others. He has frequently performed on television and radio in the United States, Canada, Europe and Israel, including live broadcasts of the Interlochen Public Radio Station and the WFMT Chicago Classical Radio station. He has performed under the baton of many eminent conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Ronald Zollman, Sigiswald Kuijken, John Adams and Leonard Slatkin. Mr. Pronin is also an avid chamber musician, and has engaged in chamber music with internationally-renowned musicians such as Jaime Laredo, James Campbell, Mark Kaplan, Orion String Quartet, Victor Danchenko, Anton Nel, Julian Milkis, Emille Naoumoff and Lera Auerbach.

Mr. Pronin is the recipient of multiple awards from the American String Teachers Association, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts and Classical Artists Development Foundation. He performs on a Nicola Bergonzi violin from 1785, and the ex-Ysaÿe, ex-Flesch Voirin bow, generously on loan from a private sponsor from Michigan.

Ilian Garnetz is Moldavian and, before his extraordinary performance at the Queen Elisabeth competition in 2009, was still unknown outside his own country. Alina Bercu is Romanian, just 20 years old, but has already been a finalist in the Clara Haskil competition. Together they constitute a talented duo, inventive and spontaneous. Therefore it is no surprise to see that the BNP Paribas Fortis bank has selected Garnetz for a series of concerts and this recording of Schubert-Ysaÿe-Brahms: three facets of a wonderful violinist, perfectly accompanied in Schubert and in Brahms.

‘Flying Solo’ is a dazzling solo debut by the prodigiously talented A ugustin Hadelich, a young violinist with a gripping and heroic personal story.

A child prodigy , Augustin Hadelich and was poised for a major international career. His rapid rise was, however, interrupted by an horrific accident in which he was burned over most of his body and not expected to survive. After repeated operations and months of rehab, not only has he lived to tell his tale, but has made an artistic comeback of astonishing proportions. Augustin moved to New York to resume his studies and went on to receive the Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School. In 2006, he was the Gold Medallist at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, and this year was awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant, a $25,000 cash prize that has previously been given to such artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell and Murray Perahia.

‘Flying Solo’ is, quite simply , a stunning recording. The focal point is Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin, a work Augustin first played when he was 12. Having performed it for Yehudi Menuhin and on his Carnegie Hall recital debut, it is now a central part of his repertoire. He contrasts the Bartók with three of his favourite Paganini Caprices, two sonatas by Ysaÿe, and the intense, Bartók-inspired Sonata by Bernd A lois Zimmerman. Throughout, Flying Solo perfectly demonstrates Augustin’s dazzling technique and poetic style

“Brilliant violinist” The New York Times

“A masterful musician” The Strad

A live recording from The Reims Festival in 2005 of the young Yugoslavian violinist Nemanja Radulovic. Currently under the mentorship of Salvatore Accardo and can also name Yehudi Menuhin, Joshua Epstein and Dejan Mihailovic amongst his teachers. Radulovic plays with phenomenal technical skill and is surely destined to be a star of the concert platform.