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The complete violin sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach are the focus of the three concerts with Antje Weithaas and Mahan Esfahani on 2, 3 and 7 October at London's Wigmore Hall.
Spirited and finely honed: Antje Weithaas' opening CD of her recording of all the Beethoven violin sonatas is receiving rave reviews.
Congratulations to Antje Weithaas and Maximilian Hornung on winning the BBC Music Magazine Award!
Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023
Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 2 in A-Dur, BWV 1015
Georg Anton Benda, Sonata No. 6 in D major
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Sonata in C minor, Wq 78
Antje Weithaas, violin
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Sonata in H minor, Wq.
Georg Anton Benda, Sonata No. 3 in D minor
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017
Johann Sebastian Bach, Fuge G minor, BWV 1026
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1016
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata in G major, BWV 1021
Eugène Ysaye, Sonata for solo violin Op 27 No 5
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata V for Violin and Harpsichord in F Minor, BWV 1018
Darius Milhaud, Sonata for violin and harpsichord, Op. 257
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 6 G major, BWV 1019
Reinhold Glière, Eight Duets for violin and cello, Op. 39
Zoltán Kodály, Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
Johannes Brahms, Piano trio No. 2 C Major op. 87
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, violoncello
Martin Helmchen, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 D major, Op. 12
Igor Strawinsky, Suite italienne for Violoncello and Piano
Robert Schumann, Adagio und Allegro, Op. 70
Johannes Brahms, Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Piano trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Louis Spohr, Nonet in F major, Op. 31
Hanna Mangold, flute
Rainer Schick, oboe
Julius Kircher, clarinet
Antonia Zimmermann, bassoon
Andreas Becker, horn
Barbara Giepner, viola
Aki Kunz, double bass
Alban Berg, Violin Concerto 'Dem Andenken eines Engels'
Dmitri Schostakowitsch, Symphony No. 8 C minor op. 65
Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
Leo McFall, conductor
Claude Debussy, Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, L 135
Reinhold Glière, Eight Duets for violin and cello, Op. 39 (selection)
Josef Suk, Four pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17
Peter Tschaikowsky, Piano Trio A minor op. 50, “A la mémoire d'un grand artiste”
Julian Steckel, violoncello
Kiveli Dörken, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Coriolan Ouverture in C minor, Op. 62
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV 550
Antje Weithaas, Solistin und Leitung
Sede della Camerata strumentale «Città di Prato», orchestra
Steven Isserlis, violoncello
Dénes Várjon, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 'Kreutzer'
Igor Strawinsky, The Soldier's Tale
Mate Bekavac, clarinet
Antonin Dvorak, Terzetto in C major, Op. 74
Antonin Dvorak, String Quintet in G minor, Op. 77
Déborah Nemtanu, violin
Olivia Hughes, violin
Jossalyn Jensen, viola
Benoît Grenet, violoncello
Eckhard Rudolph, double bass
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 44 in E minor 'Trauer'
Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Concerto funebre for violin soloist and string orchestra
Johannes Brahms, Serenade no. 1 D major, Op. 11
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
Clara Schumann, Three romances for violin and piano, Op. 22
Robert Schumann, Sonata Op. 105 in A minor for Violin and Piano
György Kurtág, Tre Pezzi per violino e pianoforte, op. 14e
Antje Weithaas is one of the great violinists of our time. FonoForum
Brimful of energy, Antje Weithaas’ brings her compelling musical intelligence and technical mastery to every detail of the music. Her charisma and stage presence are captivating, but never overshadow the works themselves. She has a wide-ranging repertoire that includes the great concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann, new works such as Jörg Widmann’s Violin Concerto, modern classics by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Ligeti and Gubaidulina, and lesser performed concertos by Hartmann and Schoeck.
As a soloist, Antje Weithaas has worked with most of Germany’s leading orchestras, including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Bamberg Symphony and the major German radio orchestras, numerous major international orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra and the BBC Symphony, as well as and the leading orchestras of the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Asia. She has collaborated with the illustrious conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dmitri Kitayenko, Sir Neville Marriner, Marc Albrecht, Yakov Kreizberg, Sakari Oramo and Carlos Kalmar.
Antje Weithaas begins the 2023/24 season with concerts at Marie-Elisabeth Hecker’s and Martin Helmchen’s new Fliessen Festival and at the Schubertiade. She continues her musical partnership with harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani in three concerts at the Wigmore Hall and at the Lammermuir Festival. Other highlights include concerts with Ensemble Resonanz, Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Camerata Bern and Kammerakademie Potsdam. With the Duisburger Philharmoniker under Axel Kober, she will premiere the new version of Manfred Trojahn’s Violin Concerto. She will make her debut in the Pierre Boulez Saal in a duo recital with Dénes Várjon. In trio concerts with Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and Martin Helmchen, she will also appear at the Oberstdorfer Musiksommer and the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele.
Through her infectious zest for communication, Antje Weithaas‘ reputation for inspiring play-lead concerts with international renowned chamber orchestras is rapidly growing. Having been the Camerata Bern’s artistic director for almost ten years, she was responsible for the ensemble’s musical profile, leading large works such as Beethoven’s symphonies, and recording music by Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. Her concerts as artiste associé of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in the 2021/22 season led to several new projects including their play-conduct academy.
Antje Weithaas began playing the violin at the age of four and later studied at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” Berlin with Professor Werner Scholz. She won the Kreisler Competition in Graz in 1987 and the Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1988, as well as the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hanover in 1991. Together with Oliver Wille, she has taken over the artistic leadership of the renowned Joachim competition in 2019. After teaching at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Antje Weithaas became a professor of violin at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in 2004. She plays on a 2001 Peter Greiner violin.
2023/2024 season
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Duo with Dénes Várjon (piano)L. v. Beethoven:Violinsonate G-Dur op. 96 „Frühlingssonate"Violinsonate D-Dur op. 12 Nr. 1Violinsonate A-Dur op. 30 Nr. 1Auch als kompletter Sonaten-Zyklus verfügbar.
Duo with Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
All BachJ. S. BACH All 6 Sonatas (BWV 1014-1019)
Bach/Milhaud/PistonJ. S. Bach: Sonata in E minor BWV 1023; D. Milhaud: Sonata; J. S. Bach: Sonata No. 3 E major BWV 1016C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in B minor; J. S. Bach: Sonate in F minor BWV 1018W. Piston: Sonatina for Violine and HarpsichordTrio with Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano)F. Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 B-flat major, Op. 99 D 898 P. Tschaikowsky: Piano Trio A minor, Op. 50
(for the season of 2024/25)
“Antje Weithaas and Dénes Várjon deliver a spirited result above all through their inspiring musicality and their playing of absolute precision and great concentration.”
Radio France, Emilie Munera/Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier, 18/5/2023 (Beethoven sonatas Vol. I: record of the day)
"The wonderful Antje Weithaas is able to develop the enormously demanding but not actually virtuoso solo part out of the line with such precious as well as unpretentious clarity - and raise the question why this magnificent piece has not made it into the repertoire."
Leipziger Volkszeitung, Peter Korfmacher, 8/11/2022 - on Szymanowski's Violin Concerto with the MDR Symphony Orchestra
"The violinist Antje Weithaas is simply prodigious in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, thanks to her playing which avoids all flashiness, internalizing Beethoven's sublime work to the maximum."
On-Mag, Michel Jakubowicz, 24/04/2022
"Antje Weithaas caresses and revels [in Schumann's Violin Concerto] with a devoted spontaneity and radian flair that brings this exclusive score fully to life in a way unmatched on disk."
The Strad, Julian Haylock, April 2020
Violinistas compositores. Ysaÿe neobarroco | Antje Weithaas
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Concerto D minor for Violin and Strings with Kammerakademie Potsdam
Antje Weithaas, Dénes Várjon
CAvi-music, 2023, 8553512
Antje Weithaas, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Daniel Raiskincpo, 2019, 555 0932
Antje Weithaas, Maximilian Hornung, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manzecpo, 2019, 555 172-2
Antje Weithaas, Camerata BernCAvi-music, 2018, 8553393
Antje WeithaasCAvi-music, 8553381, 2017