Concert – Violin on fire
Wednesday 1st April, 8pm
Spanish violin music offers a rich tapestry of styles, blending folk and classical traditions while drawing influence from flamenco and popular music. Its expressive range even finds unexpected echoes in the works of non-Spanish composers like Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Bartók. At once virtuosic and emotionally resonant, this music is as complex as it is accessible.
Violin: Rezart Kapetani
Piano: José-Vicente Riquelme
Programme
Act One
Violin sonata by Cesar Franck
1. Allegretto ben moderato
2. Allegro
3. Recitativo-Fantasia: Ben moderato
4. Allegretto poco mosso
Act Two
Waltz-Scherzo Op. 34 by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Roumanian Dances by Béla Bartók
1. Dance with sticks
2. Waistband dance
3. Stamping dance
4. Hornpipe dance
5. Roumanian Polka
6. Quick dance
Triana by Isaac Albéniz (Solo Piano)
Sevilla by Isaac Albéniz (arr. Heifetz)
Introduction and y Rondo capriccioso Op 28 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Tickets: £18, Students £8
Running Time: 85 minutes, including interval
Age Rating: 12+
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José Vicente Riquelme studied at El Conservatorio Superior de Murcia under the tutelage of Pilar Valero. He has given recitals throughout Spain and Europe.
He has won numerous awards in competitions, including First Prize at the Villa de Molina Competition and the “Virginia Martínez” Prize, a scholarship from the Sansepolcro International Piano Competition (Italy, 2015), First Prize at the Villa de Cox National Competition (2017), the Best Spanish Pianist Award at the 3rd Clamomusic International Competition (2017), and Fourth Prize at the Mozart International Competition in Berlin. He has made numerous recordings, most notably his participation in the recording of the book-CD “El sombrero de tres picos” by Hernández-Valera (2018).”>He has won numerous awards, including First Prize at the Villa de Molina Competition and the “Virginia Martínez” Prize, a scholarship from the Sansepolcro International Piano Competition, First Prize at the Villa de Cox National Competition, Best Spanish Pianist Award at the 3rd Clamomusic International Competition, and Fourth Prize at the Mozart International Competition in Berlin.
Rezart Kapetani was born in Tirana and began his violin studies with Adem Beqiri, later continuing at the Jordan Misja Artistic Lyceum with Professor Zishan Kumbaro and subsequently at the Higher Conservatory with Roland Xhoxhi.
At the age of eleven, he won the second National Youth Prize of Albania and was then selected to participate in the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra in Aix-en-Provence. He later moved to Murcia, where he studied with Joaquín Palomares at El Conservatorio Superior.
He has performed as a soloist with the Valencian Baroque Orchestra, the Amicitia Chamber Orchestra, the Tomsk Symphony Orchestra (Russia), the Tirana Chamber Orchestra, the Aleksander Moisiu Chamber Orchestra of Durrës (Albania), and the Albanian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. Rezart has been a professor at the Lorca Professional Conservatory, he currently teaches violin at Murcia Higher Conservatory of music.
