Artist description VIOLIN SOLOIST, RECITALIST, CHAMBER MUSICIAN; Member of: Amael Piano Trio, Duo Balzalorsky - Haas, Duo Balzalorsky - Theiler, Trio Ritratto dell amore, artistic director of Ensemble Ouverture, violin professor at Academy of Music of Ljubljana University (Slovenia).

Music Style from classical to contemporary

Artist History VOLODJA BALZALORSKY - concert violinist, is considered to be one of the most prominent representatives of Slovene artists-musicians. He performs internationally as a solo violinist, recitalist, and chamber musician, for which he consistently receives outstanding acclaim. He has made numerous highly praised live appearances in concert and on broadcasts and recordings in various countries and has been a regular guest at international festivals throughout Europe, including Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, G. Britain, Croatia and Slovenia. Publishing houses of Helidon, RTV Slovenia, The Spectrum society records, Orfej records- Croatia and Bauer studio records-Germany have issued his recordings on CD,s. An active chamber musician, Mr. Balzalorsky recently founded the Amael Trio. Since 1999, he has also been the solo violinist of the Freiburger Barocksolisten in Germany. He has been a violin professor at the Music Academy of Ljubljana University. He regularly gives master classes in Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Britain and USA. After graduating from professor Igor Ozim's class at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, Germany, he continued his studies in Moscow, and then with Czech violinist Josef Suk at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna. FOR COMPLETE ARTIST INFO. PLEASE VISIT: http://balzalorsky.net

Press Reviews   A very subtle playing,intelligent and sensitive interpretations. Jacques Longchampt , Le Monde;   Touch of exceptional beauty.   Alberto Spano, Alla Ribalta [special Italian music magazine];   Outstanding violinist Volodja Balzalorsky scores a splendid success! A brilliant, powerful and inspired interpreter.   Vecernje Novosti, Belgrade;   An extremely fine artist, remarkable technique and strength of sound, an eloquent sensitivity and an interpretative character of great force, makes him one of his countrys best known violinist. A gifted musician, but blind to the temptations of star-like behaviour.   Salvatore Grillo, Bassa Romagna;   Volodja Balzalorsky performed Crux (L. Fiser) from memory, thus bringing to the performance an impulse of experienced, virtuoso immediacy-every thing that he attempts is entirely concentrated in the moment.   Wanda Dobrovska, Mlada fronta Prague;   The brilliant violinist Volodja Balzalorsky focused the audience attention on his stunning interpretation of Brahms, Bloch and Lipovsek. Oko, Zagreb; An important artistic event ! Throughout the evening, we enjoyed the masterly interpretation, an exceptional harmony of ease and authenticity of performance. Dnevnik, Ljubljana;   The incomparable and crystalline purity of tone, refined musical phrasing, sensitivity of expression and technical mastery, enabled Volodja Balzalorsky to attain an exceptional performance in the art of musical interpretation.   International Festival The Music Scene of Pristine, Jedinstvo;   Volodja Balzalorsky and Hinko Haas demonstrated an extraordinary mastery in the interpretation of the program.   International Festival of Ohrid, Nova Makedonija;   Subtlety of Imagination! For musical Zagreb the concert given by violinist Volodja Balzalorsky and pianist Christopher Theiler was almost a revelation.   International cycle Lisinski subotom, Vjesnik, Zagreb; Volodja Balzalorsky and Christoph Theiler came across as ideal duo! They confirmed their artistic unity and fascinated the audience with extraordinary mastery of  performance. Fränkischer Tag;   Volodja Balzalorsky is an artist endowed with powerful, although controlled emotions: his experience and interpretation of the musical work is rationally sublimated to technical bravura resulting in an outstanding quality of sound.   Politika, Belgrade;   Exceptional musical phrasing, exuberant, impulsive emotionality and technical mastery. These were the chief distinctions of the violinist V. Balzalorsky and the pianist H. Haas. Music Panorama, Radio of Slovenia;   Slovene violin virtuoso Volodja Balzalorsky fascinated the audience with his expressional cantilena. Die Presse, Vienna;   The playing of Volodja Balzalorsky, the internationally renowned Slovene violinist and Christoph Theiler, the excellent German pianist, was very refined. In a perfect collaboration, Balzalorsky and Theiler articulated a tastefully measured dynamic with the emphasis on perfect piano work, its cultured solo entrances perfectly clear. Everything sounded harmonious and peaceful under Balzalorskys and Theilers fingers. The concert was very well received and was rewarded with sincere applause from the large Zagreb crowd at the end.   International cycle Lisinski subotom, Vecernji List, Zagreb

Location Ljubljana, Slovenia - Slovenia

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