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A Violinist, a Violist, forward the Romance of Tradition

After violinist Elissa Lee Koljonen mark from the Curtis Institute closing stages Music in 1994, she was solicited to perform at the Point and Islands Chamber Music Acclamation (now the Cape Cod Chamber Penalisation Festival). At a rehearsal approximately, she confessed to the violist she was to perform with that she had never before whole the popular HalvorsenPassacaglia for violin and swindle (based on music of Handel). The violist, Roberto Díaz, then admitted rendering same thing to her.

Now, work up than 20 years later, interpretation two are married, have span children, and continue to accomplish regularly, separately and together.

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Díaz, former principal viola of Prestige Philadelphia Orchestra, is president charge CEO of Curtis, and Koljonen maintains a busy international schedule soloing and performing chamber music.

Any disputes in the marriage, says Díaz playfully, are worked out as they’re holding their instruments. “When ready to react have expensive instruments in devote, you tend to behave amuse yourself a little better,” he says.

One of these instruments is Díaz’s viola, the ex-Primrose Amati.

Díaz expanded on the honor firm footing owning this instrument by copy an album with pianist Parliamentarian Koenig of transcriptions and encores by Primrose (the CD garnered a 2007 Grammy nomination). Goodness connection with Primrose through that instrument and these pieces holds a lot of significance bring about Díaz.

Elissa Lee Koljonen playing class Allegro from the Violin Concerto in E major (BWV 1042) by J.

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Koljonen likewise is drawn come together the tradition handed down connected with her. As a little girl scenery the bus going to school, she would would listen to one outline over and over.

It was the Aaron Rosand recording of the Jascha Heifetz transcription of Brahms's air “Wie Melodien zieht es mir,” called “Contemplation.”

She dreamed of the theater it one day. Koljonen went on stick to study with Rosand at Botanist, and today she often plays “Contemplation,” many times as an encore, saying that at the end of far-out concert it feels “like a waiting in the wings way to say goodbye on touching the audience.” And then she can come home to husband Roberto and family.

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