Contemporary violin concerts
Every violinist learns the great violin concertos from Johannes Brahms, Jean Sibelius, Pjotr Ilytsch Tschaikowsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart etc. - but far not all musicians also study contemporary works. Daniel Auner has played the following three concerts regularly - and in some cases also worked on them together with the composers:
Kurt Schwertsik:
Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 81
Albayzin and Sacromonte
Two movements and a tango interlude for violin and orchestra
Under the southern sky
Bird calls at dawn
Olive trees in fragrant heat
the wild colors of dusk
At night the abyss of space
through the star curtain
... I almost forgot the palm trees
Kurt Schwertsik
World premiere: 09/20/2000
Klangspuren Festival, Schwaz
Christian Altenburger, violin / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Dennis Russell Davies
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German premiere: August 5, 2021
Young Euro Classics festival at Konzerthaus Berlin
Daniel Auner, violin / Wiener Jeunesse Orchestra / Herbert Böck, conductor
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"A Viennese in Granada"
Young Euro Classic. The podcast
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With the Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 81 Albayzin and Sacromonte by Kurt Schwertsik, the Vienna Jeunesse Orchestra not only has a German premiere in its luggage, but also a sought-after soloist by its side. Daniel Auner about Kurt Schwertsik's roses and his encounter with the Austrian composer, about the evening in Granada that inspired Schwertsik to write this work, about "d'Elia" - and why he particularly appreciates this violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. The interview is conducted by Michael Horst.
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Virtuosity? Child's play
Daniel Auner's animated, also glowing violin whisks you away to the highest registers, he too is a master of balance and effortlessness. Virtuosity? Child's play. At the cadence he interrupts himself with short pizzicati, at the end of the final movement he escapes again skywards...
Der Tagesspiegel on August 7, 2021 - full article here
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Michael McLean
"Elements" violin concerto
Latin American premiere: December 8, 2015
Cidade das Artes, Rio de Janeiro
Daniel Auner, violin / Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira / Lee Mills, conductor
Alban Berg
Violin Concerto "In Memory of an Angel"
Daniel Auner, violin / Tonkünstler Orchestra Lower Austria / Josep Caballé-Domenech, conductor
Finale of the KlassikPreis Austria, Ö1 recording