Violinsonaten: Bach, Hindemith, Zimmermann Rebekka Hartmann

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Partita II in D Minor, BWV 1004:
• 1 Bach: Partita II in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemanda 04:05
• 2 Bach: Partita II in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente 02:28
• 3 Bach: Partita II in D Minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabanda 03:37
• 4 Bach: Partita II in D Minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga 04:12
• 5 Bach: Partita II in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona 14:24
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963): Sonata for Violin solo, op. 11 No 6:
• 6 Hindemith: Sonata for Violin solo, op. 11 No 6: I. Mäßig schnell 03:18
• 7 Hindemith: Sonata for Violin solo, op. 11 No 6: II. Siziliano, Mäßig bewegt 05:21
• 8 Hindemith: Sonata for Violin solo, op. 11 No 6: III. Finale, Lebhaft 05:01
• Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1895 - 1963): Sonata for Violin Solo:
• 9 Zimmermann: Sonata for Violin Solo: I. Präludium 03:12
• 10 Zimmermann: Sonata for Violin Solo: II. Rhapsodie 02:19
• 11 Zimmermann: Sonata for Violin Solo: III. Toccata 04:27
• Total Runtime 52:24

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Rebekka Hartmann was born in Munich in 1981. At the age of 5 she started playing the violin with the Suzuki-pedagogue Helge Thelen. She studied in Munich with Prof. Andreas Reiner and in Los Angeles with Prof. Alice Schoenfeld. Rebekka Hartmann is the winner of several national and international awards, for example the International Henri Marteau Violin Competition in Lichtenberg (2005), the international music contest „Pacem in Terris“, Bayreuth (2004) and the „Jascha Heifetz Scholarship“, USA (2002). Her international concert activities brought her together with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz, Salvador Mas Conde, Esa Pekka Salonen, Jukka Pekka Saraste and Enoch zu Guttenberg.

Her solo performances take place in diverse countries and continents such as Switzerland, Great Britain, Austria, Asia and the US. She also plays at renowned festivals like the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Weilburger Schlosskonzerte. The violinist enchants her audience and musical publications with her performances with famous orchestras like the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Aachen Symphony Orchestra, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn and the German Chamber Orchestra.

Her debut CD from 2006 contains solo works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Hindemith and Bernd Alois Zimmermann.

In 2012 Rebekka Hartmann was awarded the ECHO Classic-Prize for her CD „Birth of the Violin“(2011, Solo Musica). The Baroque works of German, Italian and French composers are, except for a few tracks, world premier recordings.

For many years Rebekka Hartmann has shared a profound chamber music friendship with the pianist Margarita Oganesjan. The duo Hartmann-Oganesjan plays concerts all over the world. In April 2015 the label FARAO classics released the CD „Views from Ararat“, where the two musicians combine the works of Armenian and Turkish composers. Their artistic concept has resulted in an album that makes a strong musical statement about the frozen political conflict at the foot of the biblical mountain.

Rebekka Hartmann performs on an Antonio Stradivarius violin from 1675.

Rebekka Hartmann, violin

Rebekka Hartmann
begins playing the violin at the age of five with Suzuki teacher Helge Thelen. She studies in Munich with Prof. Andreas Reiner and in Los Angeles with Prof. Alice Schoenfeld. Furthermore she receives valuable inspiration from international master classes.

Rebekka Hartmann has won prizes in numerous national and international competitions, including the International Henri Marteau Violin Competition, Lichtenberg (2005), the “Pacem in Terris” competition, Bayreuth (2004) and the “Jascha Heifetz Scholarship”, USA (2002).

Her international concert activities bring her together with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Enoch zu Guttenberg and Kent Nagano. Appearances as a soloist take her throughout Europe, Asia and the USA as well as important festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the “Weilburger Schlosskonzerte”, and the Herrenchiemsee International Music Festival.

Her repertoire covers the entire spectrum of violin literature from the early baroque to new music. Numerous CD recordings have been released, including on the Munich label FARAO classics with solo works by Bach, Hindemith and B.A. Zimmermann. For her CD “Birth of the Violin” she receives the 2012 ECHO KLASSIK Prize for “Best Solo Recording of the Year”. In 2015, the CD “Views from Ararat” with works by Armenian and Turkish composers with her piano duo partner Margarita Oganesjan was released under the FARAO classics label. “Silhouettes”, the complete chamber music work by the Russian composer Paul Juon, also follows on Musiques Suisses together with Swiss Radio. In September 2018 “Out of the Shadow” with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists under the direction of Lavard Skou Larsen at Solo Musica.

Rebekka Hartmann is, among other things, Founder of the concert series “Musik in den Häusern auf dem Land” (Music across the countryside).

Rebekka Hartmann plays a violin by Antonio Stradivari from 1675, which was named “Hartmann Stradivari”.

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