Highly gifted young soloists between the ages of 12 and 23 have gathered to form this unique string ensemble. Together they have won over 80 first prizes in national and international music competitions. The project was launched in the summer of 2013 by Alexander Gilman and LGT Private Banking. Their first CD Italian Journey was released in 2015 by RCA Red Seal (Sony) and was nominated for the International Classical Music Award (ICMA). The LGT Young Soloists captivate audiences around the globe with their enjoyment of playing, spontaneity and passion for music.
BBC Proms 2016 – Gergiev, Abduraimov and Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev and his Munich Philharmonic Orchestra open with Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and close with a suite from Richard Strauss’s waltz-filled opera Der Rosenkavalier. In between, Galina Ustvolskaya’s Symphony No. 3 pleads for redemption on raw brass and winds. Composed in 1983 it is based on the texts of the 11th-century German monk and musician Hermanus Contractus and includes solo recitatives performed by Alexei Petrenko. Young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov is the soloist in Rachmaninov’s soaring Piano Concerto No. 3. “Abduraimov ist phenomenal!“ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). “He should be on any must-hear list.” (The New York Times).