36th Macao International Music Festival – Leonidas Kavakos and the ApollΩn Ensemble
Having played Bach as a youngster, violinist Leonidas Kavakos stopped performing the composer’s music in public, seeking to re-examine his relationship with the immortal genius, recalibrating his baroque technique. Upon this reflective hiatus, he returned to Bach in 2022, to our great delight, with the release of Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. This time, Kavakos turns to the composer’s violin concertos from the early 18th century, which he intends to perform with possibly the smallest group…