LUKA FAULISI - Aria | CD

"Aria" marks the unconventional and refreshing Sony Classical debut of the Italian, Serbian-French violinist Luka Faulisi. Elevating operatic melodies with violinistic fireworks, the recording features arias and scenes arranged for violin and piano by some of the great violinist-composers of the past, and includes an arrangement by Faulisi himself. Luka Faulisi shared a poignant and insightful story of his first collaboration with Itamar Golan for this recording, which was made in 2020 in Paris, where Golan works as a professor of chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris: "My mother would listen to Maxim Vengerov and Itamar Golan's recitals when she was pregnant with me. Eighteen years later, and for my first recording, no less, I have the opportunity to collaborate with Itamar, who is a remarkable and unique artist. I learned so much playing with him and I hope I will have the opportunity to continue this wonderful musical partnership." Luka Faulisi is one of the most promising violinists of the younger generation. Growing up in a family of musicians – his father is a renowned flautist and flute maker – he began playing the violin at the age of three and was a student of Boris Belkin at the Maastricht Conservatory in the Netherlands. He is currently studying at the Lorenzo Perosi Academy in Biella, Italy, with Professor Pavel Berman, who describes Faulisi as "... an incredibly gifted virtuoso violinist." Renowned flautist Emmanuel Pahud has spoken of Faulisi's "...great instrumental abilities and strong musical expression."