- “The violin playing of Airi Yoshioka must be heard to be believed. Her tone is gorgeous, her intonation impeccable, and her virtuosity, in both standard and extended violin techniques, proclaims her to be a most worthy successor of Paul Zukofsky.”
— Gramophone Magazine - “Mesmerizing.”
— The New York Times - “…played with great skill and sensitivity….”
— The Washington Post - “Ms. Yoshioka played her solo touchingly…”
— The New York Times - “Each work is a tour de force for the violinist, here the intrepid and brilliant Airi Yoshioka, who lifts every Smith idea from the page. She is as communicative on her own as she is collaborating with superb colleagues.”
— Fanfare Magazine - “Yoshioka has a stunning, rich, expressive, flexible tone and an astonishing ability to make this stuff sound easy.”
— American Record Guide - “performed with dazzling brilliance”
— Morning Star, UK
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Each work is a tour de force for the violinist, here the intrepid and brilliant Airi Yoshioka, who lifts every Smith idea from the page. She is as communicative on her own as she is collaborating with superb colleagues.
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Mesmerizing.
Ms. Yoshioka played her solo touchingly… -
…played with great skill and sensitivity….
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Yoshioka has a stunning, rich, expressive, flexible tone and an astonishing ability to make this stuff sound easy.
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The violin playing of Airi Yoshioka must be heard to be believed. Her tone is gorgeous, her intonation impeccable, and her virtuosity, in both standard and extended violin techniques, proclaims her to be a most worthy successor of Paul Zukofsky.
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performed with dazzling brilliance
at Festival de la Cité at the Cathédrale, Lausanne, Switzerland
13:02 to 20:01: Al Airi lepo Sviri by Milica Paranosic
20:33 to 26:20: Stolen Gold by Anna Rubin
27:20 to 39:14: magnificat 3: lament by Linda Dusman
39:52 to 48:14: Wave Mechanics by Karen Tanaka
48:55 to 54:42: Pulse by Becca Schack
Featured Album
Sueños Místicos: Contemporary Music by Latin American Composers
Sueños Místicos (Mystical Dreams) presents virtuoso violinist Airi Yoshioka performing works by Latin American composers whose contemporary music reflects their personal cultural experiences. By employing her interpretive intelligence and technical mastery, Yoshioka renders beautiful and highly introspective music that inhabits the imaginative and cultural spaces inspired by her childhood readings of Latin American novels. Of particular note are her flawless intonation and control of even the slightest timbral fluctuations, all of which are exquisitely captured by four-time Grammy award winning producer and engineer Judith Sherman. Recorded in the renowned auditorium at The American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City, the album sounds as though the listener is seated on stage with the performers during a live concert. Each work on Sueños Místicos reveals a dazzling tapestry of Latin melodic and harmonic elements that amplify the intense connection Yoshioka and her brilliant accompanist, John Novacek, achieve with the music. Extending the Latin American influence into an unexpected realm of sonic dialogue, the album also features a work for violin and interactive computer. Composers featured on the album are Roberto Sierra, Pablo Ortiz, Gabriela Lena Frank, Errollyn Wallen, Tania León, and Paul Desenne.
tracks from Sueños Místicosby Stuart Saunders Smith
March 30, 2017