Christoph Koncz

Chiyan Wong, London Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Koncz – Swing!: Tsfasman x Ravel (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · June 13, 2023 · Comments off

Professional soloists had the rare luxury of straying from their demanding routines when the coronavirus pandemic hit, and pianist Chiyan Wong found himself signing up for online jazz lessons during one particular lull.

His February 2022 concerts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic had just been cancelled and the Berlin-based soloist was looking for something to do.

But a mild flirtation has since become a serious pursuit, the 34-year-old says. And now, back in Hong Kong for the rescheduled concerts, he is also announcing the launch of a new record that has a finger-busting stride.

At the launch event on April 25 at the Hong Kong Fringe Club – which incidentally is trying to revive its long association with the city’s jazz scene – Wong was effusive with the thrill of discovery in spite of suffering with a heavy cold, and performed samples from the album, called Swing!, which is an exuberant pairing of two works for piano and orchestra throbbing with the syncopated vernacular of jazz.

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Christoph Koncz – Mozart’s Violin – The Complete Violin Concertos (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 19, 2022 · Comments off

It was an awakening experience when Christoph Koncz, principal violinist of the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor, first held Mozarts original concert violin in his hands. This was the violin on which Mozart had played as concertmaster in the Salzburg Hofkapelle: a Baroque violin that was carefully preserved after Mozarts death and treated almost as a holy relic. The idea of recording Mozarts five violin concertos for the first time on the composers own concert violin was one that Christoph Koncz found irresistibly fascinating. Theres a close connection between these concertos and this instrument, and Mozarts own experience of this violin undoubtedly inspired him greatly. In his violin concertos he was fond of using the instruments upper tessitura and coloratura register, which is where his violin sounds particularly beautiful. Christoph Koncz

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