Sarah & Deborah Nemtanu
VIOLIN DUET
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
Press
La République du Centre, Juin 2019
Les deux violonistes de style de niveau international ont interprété avec brio et musicalité un répertoire d'oeuvres de style baroque, classique et contemporain parfaitement adapté à l'acoustique du lieu.
Discography
44 Duos
Deborah & Sarah Nemtanu violins
“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’.