Julian Rachlin: Double Challenge with the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields

Julian Rachlin is about to embark on a tour through Germany and Austria together with the musicians of the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. This 7-date tour is remarkable for the fact alone that Julian Rachlin will simultaneously be performing the duties of soloist and conductor. While many consider this one of the more difficult tightrope acts of the business, Julian Rachlin has previously shown his abilities to cope with this double challenge during the “Mozartwochen” (Mozart Weeks) of 2006 – both with the Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and of course the Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields. The “Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” tour will commence in Rosenheim, lead up to Vienna and then head up to Germany for gigs in Berlin and Nuremberg among others. Next to the Piazzolla piece mentioned in the tour’s title, Julian Rachlin will also be performing Heitor Villa-Lobos, Mozart*s Violin Concert No 5 as well as dances by Carulli.

Interestingly, Julian Rachlin will not be performing any pieces from his most recent CD which focussed on Showstakovich. For the album, Rachlin made a transition from Warner Classics to Onyx, a decidedly more contemporary outfit, founded by Chris Craker and Paul Mosely (who now runs the label on his own after Craker was appointed head of  Sony BMG masterworks). That disc featured an allstar lineup of some of Julian Rachlin’s friends, including violin colleagues Janine Jansen and Yuri Bashmet as well as Mischa Maisky (cello) and Itamar Golan (piano).

The full schedule for the tour of Julian Rachlin and the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields is thus:

Thursday 17th January        Rosenheim
Friday 18th January             Bruneck
Sunday 20th January           Vienna
Monday 21st January           Berlin
Tuesday 22nd January         Hannover
Wednesday 23rd January     Nuremberg
Thursday 24th January         Karlsruhe

Homepage: Julian Rachlin
Homepage. Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields
By Tobias Fischer, published 2008-01-04

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