Deborah Nemtanu

VIOLIN

Sarah & Deborah Nemtanu

Program proposal

PROKOFIEV
onata for 2 violins, op. 56

SPOHR
Duo n °1, op. 9

BARTOK
Excerpt from 44 duos

VIOTTI
Duo n°1, op. 29

MOZART
Excerpts from operas The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro
Turkish Sonata, KV anh 152/153

VIVALDI
Sonata, RV 70

LECLAIR
Sonata n°2

YSAYE
Sonata for 2 violins, posthumous op.

HAYDN
Duos for 2 violins

KAUFMANN
8 duos

SCHNITTKE
Prelude in memoriam Shostakowitch

BERIOT
Duo concertant, op. 57 n ° 3

Each:

BACH Partita extract

TELEMANN Fantasy

Discography

44 Duos

Deborah & Sarah Nemtanu violins

Decca, 2015

“The Nemtanus know no fear. Sister love? It starts here.” Norman Lebrecht

Romanian-born sisters Sarah and Deborah Nemtanu form a violin-playing dynasty: Sarah has been leader of the Orchestre National de France since 2001 and Deborah leads the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. Both began violin studies with their father Vladimir who led the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.
The Nemtanu Sisters’ Romanian blood makes them the perfect, idiomatic interpreters of Bartok’s 44 Duos: all the songs and dances are based on folk music from many Eastern Europe countries. The harmonic and rhythmic freedom demanded by the music is second nature to them, as demonstrated in the notable track: [38] Forgatós: ‘Romanian Whirling Song’.