WHRB: Lisa Batiashvili’s Szymanowski Violin Concerto: “Romantic, Beautiful, Sensual”
The highlight of last Thursday’s Boston Symphony Orchestra concert was definitely Lisa Batiashvili’s performance Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto
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PressThe highlight of last Thursday’s Boston Symphony Orchestra concert was definitely Lisa Batiashvili’s performance Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto
WHRB
Karol Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1, which featured soloist Lisa Batiashvili, provided the highlight of the evening.
Boston Classical Review
A supergroup to savour
The Arts Desk
Mendelssohn’s C minor Piano Trio took a little while to settle, with the opening movement sounding slightly breathless. But the slow-movement duet between the two strings was ardent indeed. Batiashvili then set up a tremendous pace at the start of the airborne scherzo, her colleagues reacting with glee, culminating in a fantastically insouciant sign-off.
The Financial Times
Lisa Batiashvili ist hauptsächlich solistisch unterwegs, nun spielt sie seit langem einmal wieder im Trio. Doch Kammermusik stellt ganz andere Anforderungen an die Musiker. Ob die Mitstreiter eigentlich merken, wenn man eine Stelle besonders spielen will? Diese und andere Fragen haben die Geigerin vorab beschäftigt
BR-Klassik
Wir fragen, Prominente antworten mit Musik! Heute erzählt die Geigerin Lisa Batiashvili, was sie an ihrer Heimat Georgien vermisst und wie sie ihren täglichen Spagat zwischen Kindern und Beruf meistert.
PlayerFM
She played it as if it were the most important piece in the world...
The Inquirer
Her wistful, cantabile tones never cloyed, while she attacked the cadenza with a thrilling, edge-of-the-seat sense of theatre...
The Arts Desk
Die Sonntagsserie: Unsere Reporter treffen Menschen, die etwas bewegen. Heute: Ein Spaziergang mit Violinistin Lisa Batiashvili.
Morgenpost
“… the concerto does make a fine showcase for Batiashvili’s fearless playing, which is so tonally rich and technically immaculate.”
The Guardian