Prof. Lina Tur Bonet

Prof. Lina  Tur Bonet
Photo: Guido Werner

Professor of Baroque Violin and Baroque Viola

Fürstenhaus

catalina.tur.bonet(at)hfm-weimar.de

www.linaturbonet.com

  • Studied violin with Ana Chumachenco and Günter Pichler in Freiburg and Vienna. Master classes with Tibor Varga, Franco Gulli, Shmuel Askenasi, Augustin Dumay, Joseph Silverstein, Maria Joao Pires, Rainer Kussmaul. Magistra Artis of the University of Music Vienna, there also studies in viola
  • Studies in baroque violin with Hiro Kurosaki, Erich Höbarth and in consort playing with José Vázquez as well as with Fabio Biondi, Reinhard Goebel, Roy Goodman and Paul Goodwin
  • Research on "Rhetoric, Symbolism and the Bach Ciaccona" and on rhetorical and symbolic aspects of music
  • "Wardwell Scholarship" of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, scholarship of the Villa Musica, prizes at the international competitions "Premio Bonporti" and "Premio Ramon Llull
  • International concert activity in Europe, Israel, Japan and the USA
  • Soloist in violin concertos by, among others by Vivaldi, Bach, Pisendel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel with orchestras such as European Union Baroque Orchestra, Hofkapelle München, Varna Festival Orchestra, Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra of the Poznan Baroque Festival, Capilla Real, Orquesta Barocca di Bologna, Orquesta Sinfónica de Murcia, Sinfónica de Baleares, Orquesta de Elche, Orquesta barroca de Menorca und La Ritirata 
  • Concertmaster of Le Concert des Nations (Jordi Savall) and invitations from, among others from Il Complesso Barocco, Clemencic Consort, Hofkapelle München, Concerto Köln, Münchner Barock Solisten, United Continuo Ensemble, Bach Consort Wien, Orchestra d'Auvergne, Orquesta Nacional de España or Orquesta del Liceo de Barcelona as well as conducting orchestras such as Camerata Villa Musica, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orchestra of the Montreal Festival, Filarmonía de Oviedo, Orchestra of the Brünneck Festival, Orquesta Vigo 430, Orquesta Sinfónica de Baleares
  • member of Les Musiciens du Louvre, Les Arts Florissants, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for several years
  • CD releases with unpublished music by Vivaldi, Pisendel, Matteis, Brunetti, Boccherini, Leonardo Leo and Boxberg as well as works by Joaquín García, Oliver y Astorga, Plá, the Rosary Sonatas and Sonatas of 1681 by Biber, Sonatas op. V by Corelli (with his own ornaments), Bach, Handel and Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Beethoven's Kreutzer and last Violin Sonata (on original instruments) and Bartók's Duos for the labels Pan Classics, Aparté, Passacaille and Glossa
  • Awards and CD prizes including "Best Rosary Sonatas" for France Classique and Scherzo, reference recording for Grammophone, "recommended top version" for Corelli op. V by BBC Radio 3 in the program "Record Review", three nominations for "Il Grosso Mogul" by Opus Klassik, Diapason d'Or for the CD "La Bellezza", several times 5*Diapason, 5* at Amadeus, GEMA Prize, 5* at BBC Music Magazine and Presto Classical Collector's Choice
  • Founder and director of the ensemble MUSIca ALcheMIca with a focus on multidisciplinary projects with music of all periods 
  • Teaching at the Conservatory of Music in Zaragoza, at the Escuela Reina Sofía Madrid and the ESMUC Barcelona as well as at master classes at the University of Mainz, the University of Augsburg, in Brüneck and at the Villa Musica, among others
  • Since 2022 professor for baroque violin and baroque viola at the Department of Early Music of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar

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