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Volodja
Balžalorsky: Biography
- General Information
Latest News:
Volodja Balzalorsky won The Inland Empire Music Award 2008 - Best International Artists and The Ontario Independent Music Award - Best International Artist
Volodja Balzalorsky and Hinko Haas are winners of The Canary Islands International Contest 2007-Category: Interpretation-Instrumental
The Los Angeles Music Award Nominee - Best Classical Artist 2007
Other Highlights: ...
Betetto Music Award 2006 - the highest
Music Award in Slovenia....
Just Plain Folks Music Award 2006 Nomination for CD
Live in Belgrade - chamber music category
Latest Review: "New York Concert Review - Januar 2007" by
Edith Eisler
Amael Piano
Trio is a very
fine group. The stringplayer’s intonation in impeccable, their tone is
rich, beautiful and homogeneous and can vary from floating delicacy to
vibrant full bodied sonorousness….A large multi-national audience
rewarded the performers with warm
approval and prolonged ovations.
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| Volodja
Balžalorsky |
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Soloist
Recitalist
Chamber musician
Educator
History, Festivals, Concerts, Discography,
Broadcasting, Soloist with Orchestra, Chamber music, Teaching,
Specialties, Education...
”Volodja
Balžalorsky is passionately devoted to violin, inspired by the flame
which distinguishes the most refined and authentic violinists capable
of building the dramaturgy of musical works in the most natural and
persuasive manner. His interpretation calls for an exalted and
compassionate listener, which is the distinction of rare and
predestined musicians.”
Slobodan
Turlakov - "Večerne novosti"
With
this words defined artistic personality of Volodja Balžalorsky, the
esteemed critic in former Yogoslavia after his successful performance -
International concert series “Violin vituosos”, april 1988 in Belgrade.
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Violin
virtuoso, Volodja Balžalorsky, from Ljubljana, Slovenia, first has made
his reputation as one of the most distinguished violinists of the
former Yugoslavia.
He
performs internationally as a solo violinist, recitalist, and chamber
musician, for which he consistently receives outstanding acclaim.
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Numerous
highly praised concerts, broadcasts, CD and TV recordings in various
countries, have established his reputation as an artist with a
sensitive, intelligent, and intuitive gift of interpretation, a
polished technique, and a rich, full tone.
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| … a very subtle playing…intelligent and
sensitive interpretations… |
Jacques
Longchampt -“Le Monde”
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INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVALS AND CONCERT
SERIES
Volodja
Balžalorsky has been a guest artist at
international festivals and concert series in various countries such as:
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Universal
Affair-two performances at Carnegie Hall in the season 2005-6; Festival
Nei Suoni dei Luoghi, Italy; International chamber chamber music concert
series-Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal; Incontri
Musici and Pommerigi musicali, Venice, Italy; Festival Musica con…
Bologna, Italy; Ost-West Musikfestival, Krems, Austria; Midi Minimes
Summer Festival, Brussels, Belgium; Violin virtuosos, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia; Music Festival Aberystwyth, United Kingdom; Biennale
Zagreb, Croatia; Neuburger Barockkonzerte, Germany; International
Summer Festival Groblje, Slovenia; Festival of Contemporary Music
Radenci, Slovenia; Anuska Concerts, Prague; Lisinski subotom, Zagreb,
Croatia; Konzerte in Boesendofer Saal and in Tabakmuseum in Vienna;
Summer Festival Histria, Pula, Croatia; Neuesjahrkonzerte,
Freiburg,Germany; International Festival-Ohrid Summer, Macedonia;
International festival of contemporary music Forfest Kromeriz, Czech
Republic; Concerts of Interlochen Arts Centre, Michigan, USA; and, he
was a guest of the International Summer Festival in his home town
Ljubljana several times.
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| Chamber Music |
Mr.
Balžalorsky is
particularly active in
the field of chamber music.
He works with many ensembles, and for several years has successfully
performed in DUO with pianists Christoph Theiler and Hinko
Haas.
Critics
comment on the degree to which he is able to develop and maintain unity
with his musical partners in this milieu, presenting “…an
exceptional harmony of ease and authenticity of performance.”
He performs also in Duo with renowned
American-Russian pianist Vladislav Kovalsky. They performed very
successfuly together at Carnegie Hall in New York in September 2005.
He is a member of the Amael
Piano Trio, artistic director of Ensemble Ouverture
(contemporary music), member of Trio Ritratto dell' amore
(violin, flute - Cveto Kobal, harpsichord - Nedka Petkowa
and member of Trio Balžalorsky, Kobal, Saje
In 1999 and 2000, he was also and (violin, flute,
guitar).Soloist and Concert Master of the The
Freiburger Barock Solisten
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| … touch of exceptional beauty… |
Alberto Spano -“Alla
Ribalta”
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SOLOIST
WITH ORCHESTRA
As
a soloist, he performs with a variety of orchestras, including the
Slovenian Philharmonic, the Slovenian Symphony Orchestra, the
Moravian-Silesian Chamber Orchestra, the Gaudeamus Orchestra of Zagreb,
the Dubrovnik Chamber Orchestra, the “Freiburger barocksolisten” etc.
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| Specialty -
Repertoire for violin and
percussions |
One
of his specialties is the development of a repertoire for violin solo
and percussions, which recently connected him with renowned American
percussionist Amy Lynn Barber, with whom he performed in the Percussion
Plus Project in Prague and Venice and at the Interlochen Arts Centre in
the USA, with the Interlochen Percussion Ensemble
Balzalorsky’s
special interests include the promotion of contemporary music; several
known composers have written music specifically for him to perform.
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DISCOGRAPHY
Publishing
houses Eroica Classical recordings, Cantabel Productions, Helidon, RTV
Slovenia, The Spectrum society records, Orfej
records - Croatia and Bauer studio records-Germany, have issued his
recordings on CD,s and LP.
Volodja
Balžalorsky's LIVE collection is available on CD Baby
The live collection of Volodja Balzalorsky, is a unique presentation
featuring the violinist with his chamber music partners, from 1985 to
the present. The performances are taken from live national broadcasts,
international festivals and concert series, around the world.
BROADCASTING
Volodja
Balzalorsky has made extensive live
and archival radio and TV recordings throughout Europe as well as in
the USA.
He
recorded for the radio stations in Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia,
Croatia, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and in USA- Radio of Interlochen Arts
Centre, Michigan.
He
has also appeared on television in various countries: TV Slovenia
(several times), TV Croatia, National TV of Czech Republic, TV Sarajevo
(Bosnia and Herzegovina) TV Pristine and TV Novi Sad (Yugoslavia).
TEACHING
For
Volodja Balžalorsky teaching represents
an important complement to his artistic carrier.
He
has been a Professor of Violin at Music
Academy of the Ljubljana University.
He
regularly gives Master Classes in Great
Britain, Italy, Croatia, USA and Slovenia.
He
also teaches at the Ljubljana Middle School of Music. His pupils have
won many first prizes and awards, both nationally and internationally.
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| An extremely fine artist… A gifted
musician... |
Salvatore Grillo -
"Bassa Romagna"
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EDUCATION
He
studied first at the SGBS in Ljubljana - prof.
Ciril Veronek.
He
continued his studies with Igor Ozim at
the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne [graduation 1980], in Moscow
with Galina Barinova at the Tchaikowsky Conservatoire, with Josip
Klima in Zagreb, where he received his post graduate degree, and in
Vienna, with famous Czech violinist Josef
Suk. Additionally, he studied chamber music with the Amadeus
Quartet..
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