Death of a noted concertmaster, 60
mainSerguei Azizian, professor of violin at the Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen, has suddenly died.
An Armenian who became concertmaster of the Leningrad Philharmonic from 1980 to 1993, he moved to the Copenhagen Philharmonic as concertmaster, retiring in 2011.
Serguei was an important figure in Danish musical life, winner of the 2009 Carl Nielsen and Anne-Marie Carl Nielsen Award.
I hesitate to post a negative comment about an obviously fine player who has been taken from us far too young, but I was quite shocked to hear the clip from the cadenza to the Britten Concerto. This is a fully written out cadenza by the composer so I fail to see the need to add anything extra. You wouldn’t add your own twists and turns to the Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky or Bartok no 2 cadenzas (all of which have written out cadenzas by the composer), so why here? Not good. I shall listen to Mr Friend’s recording forthwith to expunge the memory of this travesty!
And the rest of us can expunge the memory of your despicable comment. Forthwith.
Yea, verily. Forthwith, forsooth.
You didn’t hesitate long enough.
A fine musician RIP.
He was one of the finest violinists ever and its a great loss to the whole world. So terribly sad that a person of such talent and such a marvellous person and teacher could die so young .
Its an enormous loss !!
RIP.
Why beat up on someone who just died? Are you that much of an a-hole?
“Are you that much of an a-hole?”
I think he already answered that question.
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Serguei was a wonderful teacher and an amazing person. He had been ill for some months but kept teaching as much as he could until the much too early end. He will be sorely missed and long remembered.
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What a disgraceful comment,not to say more. Shame on you. Serguei was a wonderful person and a great violinist and teacher. RIP
Andrew Condon,
Just because a cadenza is written out in no way excludes additional embellishment. I am sure Britten, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and the like would have been very pleased to hear any of their cadenzas played in a new way, in the style of the great Baroque masters. As Liszt said, “We’ve heard that one before, let’s have something new”.
A phantastic musician a charming person with an enormous knowledge and musicality
Left us.
We will always remember him.