Moncado & Pagin

A recital of sonatas for violin and piano by the compositional giants Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms.

Elias David Moncado, a 21-year-old German-Spanish-Malaysian violinist, is the youngest winner of the 1st Grand Prize at the International Karol Lipinski Competition in Poland. In 2021, within two weeks, he won 1st Prize at the International Valsesia Musica Competition in Italy and 1st Prize at the International Vladimir Spivakov Competition in Russia. Moncado has performed as a soloist with renowned orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, and regularly appears at major and prestigious music festivals.

Aimo Pagin was born in 1983 in Strasbourg. He began his first lessons at age 7. In 2001, he completed his solo studies at the Conservatoire Supérieur de musique de Genève and subsequently became a master student of the legendary pianist Leon Fleisher in the USA. He has received further inspiration from Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, András Schiff, and David Zinman.

Cast
Elias David Moncado, violin
Aimo Pagin, piano

Programme
L.v. Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 10 in G Major Op. 96
J. Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major Op. 78
L.v. Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 9 in A Major Op. 47, "Kreutzer Sonata"

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