ECHO Rising Stars – Violin

The Swedish violinist Ava Bahari has been nominated by Konserthuset Stockholm, Cité de la Musique – Philharmonie de Paris and NOSPR in Katowice, Poland. She made her debut at the age of eight at Gothenburg Concert Hall and has since performed with leading orchestras such as the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Among her distinctions are top prizes at the Premio Paganini Competition and the Concours International Tibor Varga.

Ava Bahari performs works for solo violin. Both Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor and Eugène Ysaÿe’s virtuosic works for solo violin are cornerstones of the repertoire. The partita culminates in the famous Chaconne, and Ysaÿe, too, drew on Baroque forms – though with a Romantic and fiery expression. We also hear a newly composed work by the Swedish composer Anders Hillborg, as well as music for violin and electronics by Kaija Saariaho – one of the most prominent composers of our time.

ECHO Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 23 of Europe’s leading concert halls within ECHO – the European Concert Hall Organisation. Each year, a select group of young artists and ensembles from different countries is chosen and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and meet an international audience. Experience shows that those selected as Rising Stars go on to enjoy successful international careers.