
Stradivarius vs. Guarneri, the 12th duel, starting 3 June
Violinists Liviu Prunaru and Gabriel Croitoru in the Duel of Violins National Tour at venues around Romania and the Republic of Moldova
In June, violinists Liviu Prunaru on the Stradivarius 'Pachoud' and Gabriel Croitoru on the Guarneri del Gesù 'Cathedral', provided by courtesy of the Georges Enesco National Museum, will duel onstage in Deva (3 June), Sibiu (4 June), Bistrița (5 June), Botoșani (7 June), Chișinău (8 June), Jassy (11 June), and Caracal (12 June).
The same question as a decade ago: Stradivarius or Guarneri? The answer is the same as every year, since there is only ever one winner: audiences in the towns visited by the Duel of Violins National Tour, now in its twelfth edition.
In the first part of the concert, the violinists present to the audience two works of art in turn: the violin that each plays. In the second part, the two musicians appear onstage in tandem to create a performance in which, to the accompaniment of the piano, the individual sounds of the two violins spectacularly combine.
Liviu Prunaru, concertmaster of the Amsterdam Concertebouw for the last eighteen years, and Gabriel Croitoru, a professor at the National University of Music Bucharest and concert soloist with the Cluj and Ploiești Philharmonics, will present a programme of some of the most popular pieces ever composed for violin, including Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in d minor, a famous work that allows the Stradivarius and the Guarneri to be heard simultaneously.
For further details, visit: www.duelulviorilor.ro
Duel of Violins 2024 video
https://youtu.be/6X7SsDORz_k
Duelul viorilor 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gvLGySvX0A
Liviu Prunaru and the Stradivarius Pachoud violin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ZV5mD87nk
Gabriel Croitoru and the Guarneri del Gesu „The Cathedral” violin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw805Ey_95M
ITINERARY
3 June , 7 p.m.– Deva, Sala Pro Arte
4 June , 7 p.m.- Sibiu, Sala Thalia
5 June , 7 p.m.- Bistrița, Palatul Culturii
7 June , 7 p.m.- Botoșani, Sala Filarmonicii
8 June , 7 p.m.- Chișinău, Sala cu Orgă
11 June , 7 p.m.- Iași, Palatul Culturii
12 iunie, 7 p.m.– Caracal, Teatrul Naţional
MUSICAL PROGRAMME:
GABRIEL CROITORU –Guarneri del Gesu “Catedrala” violin
Fritz Kreisler - Recitativ și Scherzo, în re minor, op. 6
Fritz Kreisler - Tambourin Chinois, în si bemol major, op. 3
Fritz Kreisler / Serghei Rachmaninov - Preghiera
Fritz Kreisler / Ede Poldini - Poupée valsante
LIVIU PRUNARU – Stradivarius “Pachoud” violin
George Enescu – Lăutarul din Suita Impresii din copilărie, op. 28
Henri Vieuxtemps – Regrets din 3 Feuilles d'album, op. 40
Antonio Bazzini – Calabrese, op. 34, nr. 6
LIVIU PRUNARU
GABRIEL CROITORU
J.S. Bach - Dublu concert pentru două viori în re minor, BWV 1043
J. Halvorsen - Capriciu de concert pe teme norvegiene, în sol major, op.19
Producer: Pro Contemporania
Longstanding partner: JTI
Cultural partners: Georges Enesco National Museum, ICR
Partner: The Culture Club
Sponsors: Purcari, RBR Mobila, Grand Hotel Continental, Aqua Carpatica
Media partners: Radio România Actualităţi, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Muzical, Radio România Regional, Mediatrust, România TV, Liternet, Agenția de carte, Ziarul Metropolis, RFI România, Cronicari digitali, www.demilioane.ro
Republica Moldova partners: Ambasada României în Republica Moldova, Asociația Investitorilor din România în Republica Moldova
Cultural Partners and local organisers: Centrul Cultural Drăgan Muntean Deva, Primăria Municipiului Deva, Colegiul Național Decebal din Deva, Filarmonica de Stat din Sibiu, Centrul Cultural George Coşbuc din Bistriţa, Palatul Culturii din Bistriţa, Centrul Filarmonica George Enescu din Botoşani, Sala cu Orgă din Chişinău, Ateneul Naţional din Iaşi, Palatul Culturii din Iaşi, Teatrul Naţional Caracal.