Ilya Kaler, Violin
Performances by Ilya Kaler
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Richard Strauss | Sonata for Violin in E-flat Major, Op. 18 | 04/16/2009 |
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| Sergei Prokofiev | Five Melodies for violin & piano, Op. 35 bis | 04/16/2009 |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1 | 04/16/2009 |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven | Trio No. 5 in D Major “Ghost” for Violin, Cello and Piano Op. 70, No. 1 | 03/16/2009 |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke” | 03/18/2010 |
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| Paul Hindemith | Violin Sonata in E major | 04/16/2009 |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 11 for clarinet, cello & piano | 03/16/2009 |
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Ilya Kaler, Violin
Biography
Ilya Kaler is the only violinist ever to win Gold Medals at all three of the world's
most prestigious competitions, the Tchaikovsky, the Sibelius and the Paganini
competitions. He has been compared to the likes of Heifetz and Perlman. He has
performed with the Leningrad, Moscow, and Dresden Philharmonic Orchestras, the
Montreal Symphony, the Danish and Berlin Radio Orchestras, and the Moscow and
Zurich Chamber Orchestras, among others. He recorded more than twenty CDs for
the Naxos label. The Washington Post
unabashedly lauds him as, "a consummate musician, Kaler is in total
control at all times, with a peerless mastery of his violin." Kaler's
recordings of the Paganini Caprices have been deemed by American Record Guide
to be, "in a class by themselves" combining "the perfection,
passion, and phrase-sculpting of Michael Rabin with the energy, excitement, and
immediacy of Jascha Heifetz."