November 30, 2008
ECM New Series 2047 (001221902)
( Phoenix, AZ ) Sterling Beeaff reviews Schumann's violin sonatas from a recording by German soloist and professor Carolin Widmann.
Carolin Widmann and Dénes Várjon play Schumann's violin sonatas
A native of Munich, Carolin Widmann studied with Igor Ozim in Cologne, Michčle Auclair in Boston and David Takeno in London. She has won prizes at several important competitions, including the City of Munich’s Kulturförderpreis, the International Georg Kulenkampff Violin Competition in Cologne (1999) and the International Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Belgrade (2001). In 1998 Yehudi Menuhin presented her with the Prix du President at the Concours International Yehudi Menuhin in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. She has also been awarded the Belmont Prize by the Forberg-Schneider Foundation in recognition of her dedication to New Music.
Her debut CD ‘Reflections I’ was named the Critics' Choice for 2006 by the German Record Critics’ Award. Carolin Widmann has been a professor for violin on the faculty of the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Musikhochschule in Leipzig since October of 2006.
About violinist Carolin Widmann
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