Violin Concerto No.1 in A Minor (+DVD)

Violin Part annotated by Zakhar Bron

The renowned violin virtuoso Zakhar Bron, who has been honoured with numerous awards and whose pupils (including Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Erik Schumann, and Mayuko Kamino) are also frequent winners of famous competitions, shows his exceptional talent as a violin teacher in the “Student Concert, taught by Zakhar Bron” series.

Each instalment comprises a DVD with a recording of a lesson in the White Hall in the Sheremetev Palace in St. Petersburg, and a piano and violin arrangement prepared by Zakhar Bron based on the appropriate technical level for the violin.

Like Charles Bériot and Henri Vieuxtemps before him, the Belgian violinist and composer Jean-Baptiste Accolay taught at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels from 1860. His most famous work, Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, dates from 1868 and has only one movement. It is primarily a concerto for students that is still taught in violin lessons today, yet it has been played by many famous violinists. It is fascinating just how expressive this piece is, even though it is technically very simple.