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Natalia Lomeiko with Olga Sitkovetsky
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Natalia Lomeiko
Russian-born but now a New Zealand citizen, Natalia has won a myriad of national
and international awards, including the 2000 New Zealand Young Musician of the
Year, the 2000 Paganini International Violin Competition, and of course the
2003 Michael Hill International Violin Competition.
Born into a family of musicians in Novosibirsk, Russa, Natalia began her musical
training at the age of five and made her first public appearance two years
later, performing a Vivaldi violin concerto with the Novosibirsk Symphony
Orchestra.
In 1992, Natalia was invited to study at the Menuhin School in England, and has
performed under the baton of Lord Menuhin on several occasions. Further studies
followed at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music. Though
still only in her early twenties, Natalia has already toured extensively in
many parts of the world.
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Olga Sitkovetsky
Moscow-born Olga Sitkovetsky studied at the Moscow and Leningrad
Conservatories. Much in demand as an accompanist and teacher, she has
accompanied many noted musicians including Yehudi Menuhin, Zvi Zeitlin, and
Robert Masters. Olga has worked as an accompanist at the Menuhin School and
also at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College, and Guildhall of Music
and Drama in London.
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Programme
Beethoven: Sonata no1 in D for violin and piano
Among the works Beethoven dedicated to Salieri were his three violin
sonatas Opus 12, written 1797-98 and published in 1799. These sonatas seem
uncontroversial to listeners today, but they were strongly criticised at the
time of publication as a “mass of clever material with no system”, and for
displaying “an aversion to the conventional key relationships, a piling up of
difficulty upon difficulty”.
Martinu: Sonata for violin and piano
By 1926, when he composed the Sonata in D minor, Martinu was living in
Paris and his mature style was beginning to form. The outer movements show the
influence of jazz, a feature of much of his music at that time.
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Franck: Sonata in A for violin and piano
Franck's sonata was composed in 1886, and first performed that year by its
dedicatee Eugčne Ysa˙e. Franck had, in fact, presented the score of the sonata
to the legendary Belgian violinist as a wedding gift, and Ysa˙e's championing
of the work ensured its widespread popularity.
Although most commonly performed as a violin sonata, Franck originally conceived
the work as for either violin or cello. The first edition specifies that the
sonata may be played on either instrument, although only the violin version was
printed.
Friday May 28 8pm
Rotorua Convention Centre
Bookings via Ticketek
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