Dunja Lavrova

Reviews

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No praise can be too high [...] for the Russian violinist Dunja Lavrova ...

Lavrova opened with a much-played Brahms movement whose Romanticism demands power and control - the very qualities she brought to it.

... she proved herself on a level with the great fiddlers of the past.

Michael Church
27 March, 2008
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Lavrova coped gamely with the gymnastics of Ernst's transcription of Schubert's macabre ballad Erlkönig. Ernst turned the masterpiece into a showy party-piece, which showcased her formidable technique.

César Franck's meditative A major sonata, is justly regarded as one of the glories of the repertoire. The Pedrazzini breathed into life. Lavrova displayed a warmth of tone. There was energy and fire in the restless, searching allegro that follows, and Lavrova maintained a firm sense of direction through the long, arching line of the recitative that introduces the third-movement fantasia.

Chris Schuler
2 March 2006
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The evening’s second violinist Dunja Lavrova (b. 1985, Russia) revealed a very different tone and technique [...] being much brighter and indeed rather ‘in yer face’. Far from being off-putting though this proved an exciting experience and true to form for Russian violinists. The Brahms was richly nuanced, showing that beneath the blaze of singing lines there were sub-layers of texture and shading to be revealed. By contrast the Ysaye sonata was the embodiment of bravura playing with a core of steel in the tone.  Greatly impressive, in short.

Dunja Lavrova [...] simply headed an extremely strong field.

Evan Dickerson
2 October 2005
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