Lorenz Karls
(2001)
| Sweden
Mozarteum University, Salzburg
Professor | Benjamin Schmid
Accompanist | Simona Zajančauskaitė
Lorenz Karls was born in Vienna, into an Austrian Swedish family, and began playing the violin at age 4. To highlight some of his appearances as a soloist in the last seasons, it can be named that he has performed at the Mozartwoche Salzburg, the Great Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation, and played with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, WDR Funkhausorchester, Camerata Bern, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Symphony Orchestra of Milan. Lorenz has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, among which – seven highest prizes from the member competitions of the World Federation of Music Competitions (WFIMC), including the Mozart Competition in Salzburg and the Mozart Competition in Zhuhai, 2nd prize at the International Competition "Rome Classic Violin Olympus" in 2024, and thus he will participate at the "Dubai Classic Violin Olympus" grand finals in 2025. Lorenz plays on G.B. Guadagnini “ex-Bachmann”, kindly loaned to him by the Stephan and Viktoria Schmidheiny Foundation.
I ROUND
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Violin Sonata No. 1
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G minor
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BWV 1001
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III. Siciliana
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IV. Presto
Niccolò Paganini
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24 Caprices for Solo Violin · Op. 1: No. 24
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A minor
Algirdas Martinaitis
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"Su paukščio giesme" (With a Birdsong)
II ROUND
Henryk Wieniawski
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"Variations on an Original Theme"
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A major
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Op. 15
Isaac Albéniz — Jascha Heifetz
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Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47: III. "Sevilla - Sevillana" · transcription for Violin nd Piano
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G major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Violin Concerto No. 4
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D major
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KV 218
III ROUND
Jean Sibelius
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Violin Concerto
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D minor
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Op. 47
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I. Allegro moderato
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II. Adagio di molto
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III. Allegro ma non tanto