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Lidia Baich
Lidia
Baich
violin
The Austrian who was born in St. Petersburg received her first violin lesson
from her grand- father when she was
just four years old. She then went on
to study with Prof. Boris Kuschnir in
Vienna. When she was eight she won
her first international competition, and
this was followed by many more first
prizes. At the age of sixteen, her outstanding musical performance earned
her first place in the 1998 Grand Prix
d‘Eurovision and the title „European
Musician of the year”.
Lidia Baich plays recitals as well as as
a soloist with orchestra, performing
in the world’s leading concert halls.
Concert-tours have taken her to Japan,
China, Russia, USA, Korea, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and Great Britain, where she played with the world’s
top orchestras under conductors such
as Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Fedoseyev,
Yuri Temirkanov, Jukka-Pekka Saraste,
Kristjan Järvi, Bertrand de Billy and Yakov Kreizberg, and orchestras such as
the New York Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic,
NHK Orchestra, Malaysia Philharmonic,
Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian
Radio Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Nationale de
France, Orchestra Arturo Toscanini or
Camerata Salzburg.
Lidia has performed at festivals including the Vienna Festival, Salzburg Festival, Dubrovnik Festival, Moritzburg
Festival and Mozart Festival in Johannesburg.
In 2002 Lorin Maazel invited the young
violinist to join star-tenor Andrea Bocelli on his world tour. The following
year, she took part in the ten-year anniversary of „Pavarotti and Friends” in
Modena.
In 2008 she released her first CD with
Violin-Concertos by Mendelssohn and
Prokofiev with Bertrand de Billy and the
RSO-Orchestra Vienna on the Deutsche
Grammophon label. In 2009 she was
the official ambassador of the Haydn
year. Lidia Baich also serves as a jury
member at prestigious violin competitions such as the Eurovision- or the
Menuhin-Competition.
In 2011 Lidia released her second CD/
DVD on the Deutsche Grammophon label together with pianist Fletzberger,
featuring their own arrangements of
symphonic ballet-music “Violin in Motion”.
Lidia plays a violin made by Joseph
Guarnerius del Gesú „ex Guilet” in
1732, made available to her by courtesy of the Austrian National Bank.
curriculum vitae
476676-5 DG
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
1 Allegro molto appassionato
Andante
2
3 Allegro molto vivace
13:14
09:03
05:51
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky
Souvenir d’un lieu cher op. 42 „Nr. 1 Meditation“
(Instrumentation: Alexander Glasunow)
4
Andante molto cantabile
09:49
Sergej Prokofieff
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19
Andantino
5
6 Scherzo (Vivacissimo)
Moderato
7
Lidia Baich, violin
Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
Recording: 04 / 2006, ORF Sendesaal Vienna
Recording Engineer: Anton Reininger
Producer: Florian Rosensteiner
Cutter: Fridolin Stolz
Executive Producer: Leszek Lukas Barwinski
09:22
03:48
08:36
4764638 DG
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakow
Sheherezade
1
2
3
4
5
The sea and Sindbads ship
The story of the Kalender-Prince
The young prince and the princess
Festival at Bagdad
The Sea. The Shipwreck
Modest Mussorgsky
6 A Night on the bare Mountain
13:14
05:21
06:08
04:42
04:01
07:37
Sergej Prokofieff
Suite from “Romeo & Juliet”
Introduction
7
Juliet
8
9 Dance of the knights
Balkony-Scene
10
11 Dance of the couples
Mercutio
12
13 Fight & Tybalts death
01:35
01:29
03:11
05:00
01:17
00:46
02:13
Aram Khatchaturian
Adagio, Variation & Bacchanal from „Spartacus“
Adagio
14
Variation & Bacchanal
15
02:32
02:32
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Lassan
16
Friska
17
03:06
04:17
Lidia Baich, violin
Matthias Fletzberger, piano
Arrangements by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger
© Universal-Edition (7-15) / Verlagshaus Hermann (1-6 & 16-17)
Recording: 07 / 2011, Casino Zögernitz Vienna
Recording Engineer: Niki Neuspiel
Executive Producer: Masoli Music
critical acclaim
„Baich generated an evenly beautiful
tone of rare dark timbre with a brilliant
bow technique. With a grand sense for
sound and perfectly adjusted to the pulse of the piano, she fascinated by color
and design with simple frugal musicality.“
(Tiroler Tageszeitung)
„The young and attractive virtuoso Lidia
Baich also turned out as an adornment of
her profession with an awkward, because
exceedingly known work: the violin-concerto of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Suitable to the Season and the finale of
the concert season the self-confident artist performed the piece as a fine summer night dream, technicaly brilliant and
inspired.“ (Badische Nachrichten)
„She is one of the most interesting young
Violinists on the edge of a world-wide carreer: Lidia Baich performed in the Konzerthaus Vienna with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jukka-Pekka
Saraste the 1st violin concerto by Sergei
Prokoffiev. A triumph of the violinist‘s bravado, a spirited interpretation. ‚The violin
is my voice‘, said Baich in the interview.
One must think of that as she allows her
Guarneri to sing Prokoffievs cantilenas,
impresses with great scales and finds
a nice balance between noble tone and
dramatic outbreaks. Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the very well allotted Orchestra
enjoyed the dialogue with Baich.“
(Kronen-Zeitung Vienna)
„Festive Easter entertainment with the
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Lorin Maazel … This time
the yearly discovery came from St. Petersburg (over Vienna): the violinist Lidia
Baich, excellent and secure with the wellknown Introduction and Rondo capriccioso from Saint-Saëns.“
(Munich Merkur)
„Dancing with the violin. Actually, she
wanted to be a prima ballerina. Lidia
Baich captures the dance and motion in
the arrangements of her favorite music.
Excellent arrangements, a colorful and
richly nuanced, rhythmic violin-playing,
which leaves no wishes unfulfilled, and
finally a crystal-clear sound for a culinary
program at the highest standard.“
(Mirjam Jessa, ORF )
„What is presented here by Lidia Baich
and Matthias Fletzberger comes from the
grand tradition of violin transcriptions.
Their own transcriptions set a focus on
romantic repertoire in a broad sense.
A main emphasis on ballet adds even
more attraction to this. The interpretation could not be more floating, elegant,
virtuosic, and serious at the same time
in instrumental prowess and mastery of
material.“
(Heinz Sichrowsky, NEWS )
„A dream has been fulfilled for the violinist Lidia Baich whem she arranged and
performed symphonic works and ballets
by Russian composers in an ingenious
way. The result is an in the greatest playful mood acting artist, the arrangements
are transparent and perfectly designed. “
(Sieghardt Kronbichler, Volksblatt)
„Lidia is a brilliant virtuoso of sounds.
What she could induce with pieces by
Liszt via Grieg and Saint-Saëns was simply amazing. Again and again she conjured musical enjoyment, which one can
listen to only attentively, as she drew
sounds of all kinds from her violin. All
compositions require a ultimate degree
of virtuosity and Baich has brought this
in all facets to sound. Through her ​​sensitive playing in finely differentiated and
mysterious atmosphere she brought the
sound-timbre to the brightest light. Simply thrilling.“
(Niederösterreichische Nachrichten)
INSTRUMENT
Lidia plays a violin made by Joseph
Guarnerius del Gesú „ex Guilet” in
1732, made available to her by courtesy of the Austrian National Bank.
1
1. Allegro molto appassionato
13:14
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski
2 Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op.42/1
Lidia
Baich
violin
Sergej Prokofieff
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19
3
4
2. Scherzo (Vivacissimo)
3. Moderato
03:48
08:36
Ludwig van Beethoven (Live Recording)
Violinsonata No.9 in A, Op.47 - “Kreutzer
5
1. Adagio sostenuto - Presto 11:24
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
6
7
1. Lassan 2. Friska
03:06
04:16
BONUS VIDEO CONTENT (mp4-Files)
1. Aram Khatchaturian
Adagio & Bacchanal from “Spartacus”
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
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