Mozart, Concertone in C major for two Violins and Orchestra, K.190 (Mozartwoche 2001)

Mozart's Concertone for two violins and orchestra K. 190, an unusual work in the style of a "symphonie concertante", showcases the talent of solo violinists Markus Tomasi and Frank Stadler. Markus Tomasi was born in Vienna in 1960. He studied in Salzburg with Paul Roczek and Josef Suk, and attended master classes given by Max Rostal, Norbert Brainin, Gerhard Schulz, Jens Ellermann and Dorothy Delay. Since 1983 he has been first concertmaster of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and guests as soloist and chamber musician in Europe, Japan and the U.S. Frank Stadler comes from Bavaria and studied at the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg. He is concertmaster and artistic director of the Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik, at whose center is the Stadler Quartet, which he founded. He has been the concertmaster of the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg since 1999. Frans Brüggen was born in Amsterdam in 1934. After pursuing a great career as a recorder virtuoso, he began to devote himself almost exclusively to conducting. In 1981 he founded the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, with which he has gone on tours around the world. He has also led many of the leading orchestras in Europe. The Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg goes back to the "Dom-Musik-Verein und Mozarteum" founded in 1841. Since 1938 it has been an independent institution with professional musicians. It has been the orchestra of the city and the Land of Salzburg since 1958 and, in addition to its activity as opera and concert orchestra, it also performs regularly at the Salzburg Festival and the Mozartwoche.