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LORENZ KARLS

 

Lorenz Karls has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, among them six top prizes from member competitions of “World Federation of Music Competitions”. He made his debut with age 16 at the Mozartwoche Salzburg in the Great Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation followed by concerts with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, WDR Funkhausorchester, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra and Camerata Bern to name a few. Lorenz is performing on the G.B Guadagnini 1785 “ex-Bachmann” violin.

PROGRAM

 

First Round

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto N. 4 in D major K218 (Allegro)

Niccolò Paganini: Caprices for Violin op. 1 N. 7; 22; 24

Eugène Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata N. 3 op. 27

Second Round

Gabriel Fauré: Sonata N. 2 in E minor op. 108

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata n. 2 in D major op. 94a

Niccolò Paganini:  Introduction and variations for solo violin on the theme “Nel cor più non mi sento”

Semifinal

Alfred Schnittke: Sonata for violin and piano N. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano N. 7 in C minor, op. 30 N. 2

Henri Wieniawski: Originalthema mit Variationen op. 15

Final with orchestra

Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor op. 64