On the great violinist's birthday today, we share this video of him performing a transcription of Debussy's La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) with pianist Frida Bauer in 1972, displaying his lauded warmth of tone.
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The Bulgarian violinist, who enjoyed success at the Carl Flesch and Queen Elisabeth competitions, died on 29 September 2024, aged 79
Pikayzen was a former student of David Oistrakh and a laureate of numerous international competitions
The cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
Philharmonia musicians perform one of Finland’s most popular Christmas carols, Jean Sibelius’s Julvisa
Double bassist Théotime Voisin and pianist Maurice van Schoonhoven perform an arrangement of the popular opera overture in a tribute to the bel canto tradition
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