About Barbara Lüneburg's CD "The Refined Ear" with works by Sciarrino, Stahnke and Haas for viola and violin solo:
Tempo Magazine , January 2007, Evan Johnson
"These disparate creations are held together by Barbara Lüneburg's forceful approach to her instrument, an aggressive passion that seethes beneath lyrical surfaces, waiting to emerge with teeth bared."
"Lüneburg manages [...aus freier Lust... verbunden...] magnificently; each expressive fade or frustrated swell engenders the following pause as a necessary corrective, and the piece is continually saved from disintegration."
"[de terrae fine] is one of the best pieces for violin of the new century, and Lüneburg's gripping performance is reason enough to recommend this disc on its own."
"The classic here is Sciarrino's 1976 Sei capricci for violin. Lüneburg takes a ferocious approach to these studies in stifled lyricism, emphasizing the disjunction between the physical effort these pieces require and the elusive results. The vicious athleticism of this performance makes palpable a tension in Sciarrino's work that recordings usually fail to capture."
"After this evocation of manic imaginary folk music concludes the disc, though, it is the faultless drama of de terrae fine that sticks in the mind, and Lüneburg's biting, passionate performance that makes it stay there."
Barbara Lüneburg performing on the violin and the viola has made herself a name as both an interpreter of classical and contemporary music.
She won various violin competitions, including the "Prize for the Best Interpretation of Contemporary Music", awarded at the 4th International Music Competition for Young Culture in Düsseldorf, which displays her special interest in the new music field. Barbara Lüneburg has premiered numerous solo- and chamber music works throughout her career.
In addition to being a member of various chamber music and contemporary music ensembles, she regularly performs as a soloist of classical and new music in Germany and abroad. Barbara Lüneburg records for radio broadcast, CD- and TV- productions and plays at various international music festivals such as Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, Bodensee Festival, Bregenzer Festspiele (Austria), Gaudeamus Festival, the Munich Biannual and the Tongyeong International Music Festival (Korea).
As a recipient of grants and scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Scholarship of the German People she studied a/o. at the Tshaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with Zorija Schichmurzaeva and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London) with David Takeno.
Barbara Lüneburg is a member of Bakin Zub/Netherlands and founding member/artistic director of ensemble Intégrales, the ensemble for unconducted contemporary chamber music (Hamburg/Germany).
Liebe Barbara, ich habe gerade zum zweiten Male alle Deine Tracks hier gehört, - mit so großem Genuß - dass der Mund trocken wird... Ich bin sehr gespannt auf die opera stabile oder das westwerk.... Großen Respekt Udo
Dear Barbara, Thank you for frindship, your website is very nice, congratulations for your really expressives interpretations! Best wishes. Claudio Gabriele
it was a wonderful concert in the essl museum last week! i enjoyed it a lot - you were just great! such a density, i will remember it for a long time..
Hi, I'd mostly appreciated listen to "stubnitz" impro, I's a good approach to an electro acoustic experience, in this case it is for my mind a very interresting profile player, all is equilibrated at the best ! cheers Hervé
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Thanks for your comment, much appreciated. If you could also pass on my regards to Ashley H if you see him - I haven't heard from him for a while....it would be good to catch up.
