A special event awaits the Lithuanian audience - one of the brightest stars of the classical scene in the world, the famous violinist Christian Tetzlaff, will perform in Vilnius. The violinist, who performs with the world's most famous orchestras, agreed to accept the invitation of "Vilnius Festivals" and on November 4. to play in a concert at the National Philharmonic with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Modesto Pitrėnas. Christian Tetzlaff will play a violin concerto in Vilnius commissioned by the prestigious Berlin Festival and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Violin virtuoso Christian Tetzlaff, who organizes over 100 concerts every year, manages to turn each of his performances into an exceptional artistic experience for the audience. The classical masterpieces he interprets sound new every time, but the violin's fame is not limited to the usual repertoire - he is happy to take on today's music as well. The violinist's career began in 1988. concerts with the famous Cleveland and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, after which he gave his debut solo recital in New York, and today he performs all over the world with the most famous orchestras and conductors: the Vienna and New York Philharmonic, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the famous London orchestras, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and many German orchestras. Tetzlaff has worked under the direction of Sergi Celibidache, Bernard Haitink, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Christoph von Dohnány, and has a particularly close collaboration with conductors Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Karina Canellakis, Daniel Harding, Paavo Järvi, Andrius Nelson, Barbara Hannigan, Kent Nagano and other trampoline masters.

Christian Tetzlaff's interpretations are distinguished by the fact that he "speaks" with the violin as he strums. His wide arsenal of means of expression allows each opus to be revealed as a personal experience of the composer. According to the artist, it is not uncommon for the author to write a work inspired by intense feelings - great happiness or deep crises: in many works, no more and no less than the question of life and death is decided. So the goal of the violinist is to convey these existential experiences to the listeners. The dialogue between the soloist and the orchestra becomes especially important in this case. Therefore, Christian Tetzlaff is often invited for long-term cooperation as a resident soloist with orchestras and concert organizations - Berlin, Seoul, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestras, London Symphony Orchestra and Wigmore Hall. Paradoxically, although Tetzlaff tries to emphasize his ego as little as possible while performing his works, as if he melts into the music he performs, this makes his interpretations extremely vivid.

A few days ago, Christian Tetzlaff played Edward Elgar's violin concerto in the impressive Hamburg Elbe Philharmonic Hall together with the London Philharmonia Orchestra and the famous Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali. The violin virtuoso received the kind of ovation from the audience that only happens at rock concerts. The audience did not let him go for long and called him back to the stage six times before he played a wonderful solo encore.

Christian has also formed a trio with his sister Tanja (cello) and pianist Lars Vogt, in 2016. nominated for a Grammy Award. He also founded a string quartet with Tanja, which in 2015 won the prestigious "Diapason d'Or" prize. The violinist has won the German Critics Prize for Record of the Year and the Midem Classical Award. in 2017 Christian Tetzlaff's album of works by J. S. Bach was praised by The Strad magazine. In Vilnius, the violin star will play the Concerto for violin and orchestra by one of the most famous British composers of today, Thomas Adès, commissioned by the prestigious Berlin Festival and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. By the way, the author of the piece is well known to the Lithuanian audience as well: a few years ago, Thomas Adès conducted his works in a packed hall of the Vilnius Congress Palace and received the highest ratings and an enthusiastic reaction from the audience.