Internationally acclaimed mother and daughter duo to perform here
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Natasha Tadson and Hadar Rimon
A treat awaits classical music lovers this April as works for piano and violin by Bach, Strauss, Beethoven, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens and Zisapel will be performed by Israeli violinist Hadar Rimon and her mother, pianist Natasha Tadson. As part of the Dr Earle de Fonseka Chamber Music Concert Series, the Lionel Wendt will play host to the two performers on April 3, while they will join the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka at Virtuosi in Concert on April 7 at the Ladies’ College Hall under the baton of Dushyanthi Perera.
Hadar will be performing some of the most important sonatas written for the violin. They include the most unusual and progressive of J.S. Bach’s six sonatas for violin and harpsichord in C Minor BWV 1017, the sublimely tender G Major Sonata by Beethoven, his tenth and final violin sonata and Richard Strauss’ highly demanding yet brilliantly evocative Violin Sonata in E Flat Major which was his swansong in chamber music prior to turning to symphonic poems. The two performers add two shorter works into the programme; one by Israeli composer Yehuda Zisapel’s Song Without Words 13 and Saint-Saens’ popular concert showpiece, Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, an infectiously energetic display of violin prowess, originally written for renowned violinist Pablo de Sarasate.
The award-winning Hadar Rimon who has performed to critical acclaim at recitals and chamber music concerts in her home country, India and extensively in Europe, holds double Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music of Tel-Aviv University and Zurich University of the Arts. A Concertmaster with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra and teaching violin at the KfarSaba Music Conservatory, Hadar will perform the challenging composition of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major Opus 35, a favourite of the violin concerti repertoire at Virtuosi in Concert, on April 7.
The concert will also feature a composition by France’s most famed composer Camille Saint-Saens’ Bacchanale from his 1877 opera Samson et Delila and a brief but meaningful composition by Sri Lankan Kalum Nishyantha, who composed, Happy Birthday SOSL to commemorate the SOSL’s 60th anniversary.
Russian born Natasha, a graduate from the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow has seen her pianistic achievements garner accolades from all over the world and perform at some of the most hallowed concert halls including Carnegie Hall. As a soloist she has performed with celebrated orchestras – Santa-Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra and Stuttgart Radio Orchestra to name a few.
Tickets priced at Rs. 3,000, Rs. 2500, Rs. 2,000 and Rs. 1,500 (reserved) and Rs. 750 (balcony) are now available at the Lionel Wendt Theatre.