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Published: 24 April 2009
Leonidas Kavakos's most recent recording with the Camerata Salzburg of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was released on the Sony label in mainland Europe earlier in 2009. This month, Kavakos will perform the Mendelssohn concerto with the Camerata Salzburg in the Orchestra's own 'Begegnung' festival. The festival is a well established part of the Salzburg season but for the first time, Kavakos will also take the three wide-ranging programmes he has...
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Published: 10 March 2009
Following the international release of their latest recording for Sony, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Leonidas Kavakos and the Camerata Salzburg go on tour in Italy this month for concerts in Rome, Udine and Vicenza. Kavakos both plays and directs in a programme of Bach Violin Concerto BWV 1052, Janacek Suite for String Orchestra and Schubert/Mahler's Der Tod und das Mädchen. Kavakos will also both play and direct La Scala Filharmonica...
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Published: 15 February 2009
Leonidas Kavakos ended the month of January with concerts in Philadelphia with Christoph Eschenbach in preparation for their European tour together. This month he will play the Sibelius Concerto and Bartók Concerto No.2 across the major halls of Europe, including Vienna, Madrid, Budapest, Luxembourg and Lisbon.Kavakos will take his own orchestra, the Camerata Salzburg, abroad for concerts in Barcelona and Oviedo as both soloist and director in...
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Published: 20 January 2009
Leonidas Kavakos returns to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as soloist with Alan Gilbert in January, playing the Brahms Concerto. He then travels to the US for concerts with the Houston Symphony and Hans Graf with the Tchaikovsky Concerto, and joins the Philadelphia Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach for concerts in Philadelphia prior to their European tour in February and on which Kavakos will play Bartók Concerto No.2 and the Sibelius...
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Published: 24 December 2008
In December, Leonidas Kavakos will give a series of recitals with pianist Peter Nagy with a programme of Schubert, Janacek and Bartók, appearing in London at the Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and in Milan for Serate Musicale . Kavakos will also give a recital of Brahms Sonatas at the Vienna Konzerthaus with pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja.As soloist, he will play the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa...
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Published: 29 November 2008
Leonidas Kavakos comes to the end of an American tour this month, which has included concerts with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Robertson. He will appear with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, playing the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major in a series of performances conducted by Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos. Later in the month, he will return to Tel Aviv and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel,...
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Published: 24 October 2008
At the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival, Leonidas Kavakos played both Prokofiev violin concerti with Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra as part of Gergiev's Prokofiev series. In October, he plays the 1st concerto with the LSO and Gergiev at the Barbican in London, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and De Doelen in Rotterdam. Later in the month, he returns to the Concertgebouw after his immensely...
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Published: 20 September 2008
Leonidas Kavakos will conduct and play with the Camerata Salzburg in the opening Abonnement concerts in this, his second season as Artistic Director with a programme of Haydn Symphony No.84 La Poule, Ravel Tzigane, Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte, Fauré Pavane and Haydn Symphony No.82 L'Ours. The inclusion of the first two of Haydn's 'Paris' symphonies will be mirrored in the programme for Kavakos's final concerts of the season in June...
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Published: 25 August 2008
Leonidas Kavakos returns to the Edinburgh International Festival in August, playing both Prokofiev concerti with the London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev. He will also play a recital at the Queens's Hall together with Enrico Pace in a programme of Schnittke Suite im alten Stil, Shostakovich Sonata Op.134 and Strauss Sonata Op.18. A week later, again with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gergiev, strengthening their ever-closer ties,...
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Published: 28 July 2008
Leonidas Kavakos returns to the Verbier Festival this month, where he is a regular guest. This year, he appears as soloist with the UBS Chamber Orchestra and Manfred Honeck playing the Sibelius Violin Concerto, as well as playing duo and chamber recitals with friends and colleagues.Kavakos will also play two concerts with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Ivan Fischer with the Dvorak Concerto, first at the Rheingau Festival in Wiesbaden and...
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