Credits:

Maria Duenas,Vienna Symphony Orchestra,Manfred Honeck

Description:

DG debut album by Maria Dueñas, rising star violinist and first prize winner of the 2021 Menuhin International Competition! Maria Dueñas is a 20-year-old violinist from Spain who has won many world-class competitions, including the 2018 Vladimir Spivakov International Violin Competition, the 2021 Getting to Carnegie Competition, and the 2021 Victor Tretyakov International Violin Competition. In 2021, he attracted attention when he won the first prize and the audience prize at the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, which is considered a gateway to success for young violinists. Since then, she has been active on the world stage as a soloist with top orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra led by Gustavo Dudamel. Dueñas announced that he has signed an exclusive contract with the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon (DG) in October 2022. This is his debut album with DG and features a live recording at the Musikverein with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Manfred Honeck.Beethoven: Violin Concerto featuring a cadenza written by Dueñas, as well as showpieces for violin and orchestra by Kreisler, Saint-Saens, Spohr, Wieniawski, and Ysaÿe, and Beethoven: Cadenza from the first movement of the Violin Concerto is also included. Universal Music