Concert Reviews

... In their recital for the International Mozarteum Foundation, the violinist Eva Steinschaden and the pianist Alexander Vavtar were on their home ground in the Wiener Saal of the Salzburg Mozarteum.
The programme had interlinking themes: Mozart and Schubert, Webern and Bresgen, with Ravel and Kurtág in between.
The works were shown to advantage by the duo's spirit of musical partnership, with no jostling for the limelight. Their sound technique enabled them to give a decisive but not insensitive rendering of the Ravel sonata.
Their commitment to 20th-century music was well worth while in György Kurtág's "tre pezzi" op 14e, as well as in Anton Webern's "Four pieces" op 7, which they played with a fine sense of tonal nuance.
The programme also included a welcome tribute to Cesar Bresgen, with his "Romanian Suite".
(Salzburger Volkszeitung/Austria, April 2002)

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