Di Tanti Palpiti Lea Birringer & Esther Birringer

• Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880):
• 1 Polonaise de concert, Op. 4 (Arr. For Violin & Piano) 05:21
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908):
• 2 Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (Arr. For Violin & Piano) 07:48
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921):
• 3 Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (Arr. For Violin & Piano) 09:23
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937):
• 4 Tzigane, M. 76 (Arr. For Violin & Piano) 09:47
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975):
• 5 The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance (Arr. For Violin & Piano) 02:38
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968):
• 6 Concert-Rhapsodie on Rossini's 'Largo al factotum' from The Barber of Seville "Figaro" (Arr. For Violin & Piano) 05:26
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840):
• 7 I palpiti, Op. 13 (Arr. For Violin & Piano) 09:59
• Franz Waxman (1906 - 1967):
• 8 Carmen Fantasie (Arr. For Violin & Piano) 10:49
• Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904):
• 9 Humoresque No. 7, Op. 101 (Arr. For Violin & Piano) 03:29
• Total Runtime 01:04:40

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On her new solo album Di tanti palpiti violinist Lea Birringer launches a fireworks display.

Her ‘playing carried by the highest precision’ (SWR2) is one of the many reasons why Lea Birringer has long been regarded as ‘one of the outstanding violinists of the young generation’ (NDR Kultur).

Having recently made a name for herself with two duo recordings in collaboration with her sister, pianist Esther Birringer, the British label Rubicon Classics is now releasing Lea Birringer's solo debut album Di tanti palpiti, which features virtuoso bravura pieces. Lea Birringer's deep affinity and artistic conviction inspired her to select this highly virtuosic repertoire, which includes some of her absolute favourites among the violin literature.

Waxman's ‘Carmen Fantasie’ is on the programme, as well as Sarasate's ‘Gipsy Airs’ and Paganini's ‘I Palpiti’ Variations. The German violinist brings her unmistakable qualities to this recording: Verve, passion and ‘full-blooded commitment’ (Gramophone) are the characteristics which Lea Birringer is most often associated with. Plenty of attention to detail coupled with high conceptual standards characterise the violinist's playing, while she 'seemingly casually unleashes fireworks on the violin' (O-Ton).

Lea Birringer on her violin is at the centre of this production, but she is not on her own: the collaboration with her sister Esther Birringer, which has been successful for years, works brilliantly again. The pianist inspires with her accompaniment through sensitive and equally captivating playing, while she elicits melodies from her instrument ‘full of intimate lyricism and sparkling fluency’ (Voralberger Nachrichten). She excellently rounds off the overall impression.

Lea Birringer, violin
Esther Birringer, Piano

Lea Birringer
Verve, passion and full-blooded commitment are the characteristics which the German violinist Lea Birringer is most often associated with. Plenty of attention to detail coupled with high conceptual standards characterise the violinist's playing, while she 'seemingly casually unleashes fireworks on the violin' (O-Ton).

The young violinist, who completed her musical education with Igor Ozim at the Salzburg Mozarteum and with Pavel Vernikov in Vienna, 'knows what she wants to convey. Her performance is much more that of a musician than just a violinist' (DrehPunktKultur). This musicality is also reflected in her numerous awards and prizes, among others at the international violin competitions Johannes Brahms, Kloster Schöntal, Premio Rodolfo Lipizer, Louis Spohr and Abram Yampolsky. For those extraordinary accomplishments, she was honored by her hometown Saarbrücken with the Cultural Award.

Her debut with the Berliner Symphoniker was followed by invitations to festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, the MDR Music Summer, the Usedom Music Festival, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Davos Festival, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Crescendo Winter Music Festival in Florida, as well as appearances in major European music centres, including the Philharmonie Berlin, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Gasteig in Munich, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Maggio Musicale in Florence and the Louvre in Paris.

An enthusiastic chamber musician, Lea Birringer collaborated with artists like Igor Levit, Pavel Vernikov, Atar Arad, Barbara Bonney, Eszter Haffner and Wen-Sinn Yang.

In 2011 Lea Birringer had a big chamber music breakthrough in collaboration with her sister and permanent Duo partner Esther Birringer (Piano). The siblings caused a furor by winning two prestigious international chamber music competitions consecutively, Premio Vittorio Gui and Concorso Internazionale di Musica da Camera Città di Pinerolo. Since then the Duo has received numerous invitations from chamber music festivals and concert series, and has impressed audiences with their stylistic and original interpretations of works from both the standard and modern repertoire.

After their debut recording, which was released by Avi-music in 2014 with sonatas by Hindemith, Szymanowski and Respighi, the sister’s second album 'Lifelines' followed in 2018 on the British label Rubicon Classics with works by Grieg, Liszt and Franck: 'This musical adventure is an absolute must for any chamber music aficionado' (Pizzicato). In 2019 Rubicon Classics will release Lea Birringer's first solo album with virtuoso works by Sarasate, Paganini, Ravel and Waxman.

After graduating the University Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Music and Arts University of Vienna, Lea was teaching as assistant of Pavel Vernikov at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne, Site de Sion and had a teaching position at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar. Additionally, she gave masterclasses in Europe, Latin America and the US and has been invited to be member of the jury at the German violin competition 'Jugend musiziert'. At present, she is guest teacher at the Accademia d’Archi Arrigoni in Italy.

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