LORENZO VIOTTI SERGEY KHACHATRYAN CAMERATA SALZBURG BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR SCHUMANN SYMPHONY NO. 3 “RHENISH” LORENZO VIOTTI SERGEY KHACHATRYAN CAMERATA SALZBURG LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 ROBERT SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 “Rhenish” Hailed as one of the most talented conductors of his generation, – Encore – Lorenzo Viotti returns to the Salzburg Festival, which proved to be a stepping stone for the young Swiss: After he won the festival’s „Young VARTAPET KOMITAS Conductors Award“, leading the renowned Camerata Salzburg, Tsirani tsar (The Apricot Tree) he took the classical world by storm. Reunited with the Camerata, Armenian Folk Song Viotti is joined by Sergey Khachatryan in the picturesque Großer Saal of the Stiftung Mozarteum. Another rising star, the Armenian Violin Sergey Khachatryan violinist has been collecting numerous prizes during his ascent: apart Orchestra Camerata Salzburg from being a former scholarship holder of the Anne-Sophie-Mutter Conductor Lorenzo Viotti Foundation, Khachatryan was crowned the youngest ever winner of the International Jean Sibelius Competition in Helsinki and won the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Video Director Elisabeth Malzer In their “debut of the young and wild” (ARD), Viotti, Khachatryan and Length: 91' the Camerata Salzburg rise to the challenge that is Beethoven’s Violin Shot in HDTV 1080/50i Concerto: After all, Beethoven’s work – one of the most important Cat. no. A 045 50082 0000 pieces of concert literature for violin – was deemed too difficult whilst not being virtuosic enough when it premiered in 1806. Under Available bonus material: the gifted Viotti, the “darling of the public” (Salzburger Nachrichten), Interview with Lorenzo Viotti Khachatryan demonstrates his extensive skills, producing “celestially Length: 7' delicate sounds” (drehpunktkultur.at). Viotti’s treatment of the “Renish”, Robert Schumann’s Third Symphony, is “youthful and brisk” A co-production of BR, ARTE and UNITEL (Kronenzeitung) – a joyful second half of the Festspiel-concert. in cooperation with Salzburg Festival World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © Roman Zach-Kiesling · Flyer: luebbeke.com Flyer: · Zach-Kiesling contractual Roman Different Photos: © territories credits · not rights · All reserved · Tel. +49.30.30306464 [email protected] Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitel.de.