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Voices of the Violin in Leiden
October 5 @ 8:15 pm - 9:30 pm
It is a process that every musician has to deal with at least once in his or her career: the search for a new instrument. Violinist Joseph Puglia had to search for a “new” instrument in 2021, in the midst of the crown crisis. He tried more than 80 violins, each with its own character and sound world. Coronavirus-related restrictions made it difficult to play together with other musicians, and this inspired him to delve into solo violin repertoire: only 1 solo violin. Puglia, who as a concert violinist is very familiar with contemporary repertoire, had various composers compose music specifically for this project. Together with the composers, he pushed the limits of his violin technique and experimented with the variety of sounds a violin can produce. The result of these experiments: playing a violin with Chinese sticks or holding the violin on his knees.
Casual or not, Puglia’s search for a new instrument led to a colorful collection of new works for solo violin, which he performs along with Bach’s masterful Second Partita under the title Voices of a Violin . During this concert, Puglia will appropriately play his ‘new’ violin: an Italian instrument built by Anselmo Bellosio in 1773.
Programma & Musici
o.a. Bach Partita no.2 in d BWV 1004 | Padding 26 Seconds | Borzelli presto continuo | Moore E is for Elijah | de Raaff Encore II | Malossi Bottignole Hummingbird Pulse | Chrem Comfort, for Joe
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Joseph Puglia
American violinist Joseph Puglia studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. In 2009 he made his solo debut in the main hall of the Concertgebouw, where he performed John Adams’ Violin Concerto with Asko|Schönberg conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. Puglia gives concerts at home and abroad and can be regularly heard as first violinist with Asko|Schönberg , the Ensemble Intercontemporain and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra.