Carolin Widmann
Contact
For availability & general enquiries:
Adam Brady
Terry Shew
For contracts, logistics & press:
Maya Feldman
For availability & general enquiries (Germany, Austria & Switzerland)
Alexander Hollensteiner
Representation
Worldwide General Management with Askonas Holt (excl. Italy & Spain)
Italy: Studio Longardi
Spain: I-Musica:
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About Carolin
A wonderfully versatile musician, Carolin Widmann’s activities span the great classical concerti, new commissions, solo recitals, a wide variety of chamber music and, increasingly, period instrument performances, including play/direction from the violin. Recent successes have included engagements with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, WDR Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Cologne and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Musikverein.
Carolin will debut with an extensive number of orchestras over the 2024/25 season, including with the Danish National Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Further highlights will include the Robert Gerhard concerto with Orquestra Sinfònica de Barcelona, a Kurt Weill inspired play-direct programme with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris featuring Ute Lemper, a tribute to Kaaja Saariaho with SWR Symphonieorchester and the UK premiere of Jorg Widmann's Violin Concerto No. 2, a piece written for and dedicated to her, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She will also be the Fondazione Arturo Toscanini's artist-in-residence for the 24/25 season.
Chamber music projects include two recitals at the Pierre Boulez Saal; a quartet programme with Nils Monkemyer, Julian Steckel and William Youn, as well a solo project for violin and electronics; and a return to the Alte Oper Frankfurt.
Representation
Worldwide General Management with Askonas Holt (excl. Italy & Spain)
Italy: Studio Longardi
Spain: I-Musica:
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Season Highlights
Video
Britten: Violin Concerto
Carolin Widmann performs the Britten Violin Concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hugh Wolff. Recorded February 2023 Credit: Frankfurt Radio Symphony
PlayingWidmann: 2. Violinkonzert ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Carolin Widmann ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Carolin Widmann performs the Jorg Widmann Violin Concerto No 2 with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada Recorded December 2018 Credit: Frankfurt Radio Symphony
PlayingCarolin Widmann performs Bach Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Carolin Widmann performs Bach Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003 in the Konserthaus Berlin Credit: Konzerthaus Berlin
PlayingYsaÿe: 1. Violinsonate (IV. Finale) ∙ Carolin Widmann
Carolin Widmann performs the 4th movement of Eugène Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 1 in G Minor Credit: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
PlayingZimmermann: Violin Concerto / Widmann · Roth · Berliner Philharmoniker
Carolin Widmann performs the Bernd Alois Zimmermann Violin Concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by François-Xavier Roth Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, 15 September 2018 Credit: The Berliner Philharmoniker
PlayingCarolin Widmann & The Chamber Orchestra of Europe – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Robert Schumann
Carolin Widmann discusses the Violin Concertos of Mendelsohn and Schumann. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Credit: The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
PlayingCarolin Widmann – "L'aurore" (EPK) | ECM Records
Carolin Widmann shares the stories behind the pieces that she recorded for her new album "L'aurore" – from Hildegard von Bingen’s antiphon Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita to Three Miniatures by George Benjamin. En route, Widmann’s “little encyclopaedia” embraces compositions by Eugène Ysaÿe and George Enescu, pieces that brought new expressive possibilities to violin literature. Credit: ECM Records
Playing
Audio
- SCHUMANN Violin Concerto WoO 23, In kraeftigem, nicht zu schnellem Tempo
- Mendelssohn's Concerto for violin & orchestra, op.64
Photos
Selected Repertoire
Abrahamsen | Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra |
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Adès: | Concentric Paths |
Anderson | In lieblicher Bläue |
Bach | Violin concerto E major • Violin concert A minor • Double concerto for two violins • Double concerto for oboe and violin |
Bartók | Violin concerto No. 2 |
Beethoven | Violin Concerto in D Major |
Berg | Violin concerto ‘Im Andenken eines Engels’ |
Brahms | Violin concerto • Double concerto for violin and cello |
Bruch | Violin concerto No. 1 |
Dusapin | Aufgang |
Dvorak | Violin concerto |
Feldman | Violin and Orchestra(recorded for ECM Records) |
Haydn | Violin Concerto in G Major • Violin Concerto in C Major |
Hillborg | Violin Concerto |
Korngold | Violin concerto |
Ligeti | Violin Concerto |
Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto in E Minor |
Mozart | Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major • Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major • Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major |
Prokofiev | Violin Concerto No. 1 • Violin Concerto No. 2 |
R.Strauss | Violin Concerto |
Rebecca Saunders | Still |
Rihm | ‘Coll’Arco’ • Triple Concerto (Fremdes Licht for soprano, clarinet, violin) |
Schumann | Violin concerto |
News
Press
Halle Orchestra: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterApr 2024This was a very special performance where the spotlight remained on the soloist. Rustioni ensured that the orchestra gave her the necessary support, and never overwhelmed her. For her part Widmann did not try to impose a personal interpretation. Her cadenza in the first movement was dazzling but was never virtuosity for its own sake. Everything was at the service of the music. There was nothing adversarial between orchestra and soloist; rather they came together as co-operators.
- Bachtrack
- 25 April 2024