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Ariadne Daskalakis

Ariadne Daskalakis

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The violin playing of Ariadne Daskalakis is characterised by its pure, warm sound, married to technical brilliance. She is a player that provokes a spine tingling reaction from the first stroke of her bow. The warmth of her playing is mirrored in her character, making her performance generous in a manner that draws the listener right into the soul of the music

 

Biography

Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) by Lundstrom-AM

...Striking athleticism, musical insight, expressive embellishment and elegiac lyricism.

The Strad

 

A unique violinist, Ariadne Daskalakis is a discerning musician with a profound understanding of musical language and a keen interest in its historical development. The flexibility and warmth of her tone are celebrated internationally by audiences and critics alike.

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Reviews

PERFORMANCES WITH ORCHESTRA:

Bernstein Serenade : Philharmonic Orchestra Hahen : Stadthalle Hagen

...Ariadne Daskalakis, youngest Violin Professor in Cologne since 2000, was brilliant as the soloist. It was wonderful how she expressed enraptured intimacy in her playing. In the last movement 'typical Bernstein' flared up: jazz-influenced passion with rhythmic percussion episodes.

Christoph Bingel, Westfälische Rundschau, February 12 2009

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Discography

Ariadne Daskalakis' latest CD is Handel's Complete Violin Sonatas with Ensemble Vintage Koln, released on the Naxos label.



- CD of the month in The Strad, January 2012:

"Daskalakis makes her violin sing eloquently in the slow movements...her athletic fingers zip through Handel's lively fast movements" - Robin Stowell, The Strad

 

 

 

-"[Daskalakis'] performance seems winningly energetic" - Robert Maxham, Fanfare, March 2012

 

-"Daskalakis takes their academic understanding of the scores and translate it into informed performances tahat glisten with vibrant, dynamic, effervescent playing" - Mike D. Brownell, allmusic.com, November 2011

 

-"Daskalakis' performances are far from bland...her left hand is very nimble, decoration added with such deft agility" - David Denton, October 2011

 


Ensemble Vintage Koln are Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Rainer Zipperling (viola de gamba/cello) Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord).


Recorded at Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 2009, released 2011.


CATALOGUE 8.572245

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Upcoming Events

Recent concerts

 

June 7th 2012

Ariadne Daskalakis will perform with Ensemble Vintage Koln at WDR radio station, with a programme including Bach violin sonatas, and a Goldberg trio-sonata.

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July 22nd - 29th 2012

Ariadne Daskalakis' will curate and direct her own small festival, the inaugural Music from Land's End festival at Wareham, Massachusetts, USA.

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July 30th - August 8th 2012

Daskalakis will perform at the Music from Salem festival in Cambridge, New York. Programme includes George Onslow's Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 20 and Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26 in Cambridge's Hubbard Hall.

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September 7th - 8th

Ariadne Daskalakis will perform as soloist with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin this winter in the project "4x4", featuring Vivaldi's Four Seasons. In a production where the whole orchestra is incorporated into the choreography of Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola.


Performance dates:

December 1 in Brügge (Belgium)
Concertgebouw Brugge
't Zand 34
B-8000 Brugge

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