It's all about the classical music composers and their works from the last 400 years and much more about music. Hier erfahren Sie alles über die klassischen Komponisten und ihre Meisterwerke der letzten vierhundert Jahre und vieles mehr über Klassische Musik.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 | Margarita Höhenrieder, Staatskapelle Dresden
Pablo de Sarasate - his music and his life
Pablo de Sarasate (born March 10, 1844, Pamplona, Spain—died Sept. 20, 1908, Biarritz, France) celebrated Spanish violin virtuoso and composer.
Beginning his violin studies at the age of five, Sarasate gave his first performance at age eight and later studied at the Paris Conservatory. In 1859 he began the concert tours that made him famous throughout the world. His playing was particularly admired for sweetness and purity of tone, perfect intonation, and a flawless technique that appeared effortless. Many prominent composers, including Camille Saint-Saëns, Max Bruch, Édouard Lalo, and Antonín Dvořák, wrote pieces for him. Sarasate is also known as a composer of virtuoso violin music, his most popular work being Zigeunerweisen (1878), a fantasy in gypsy style for violin and orchestra.