"Koljonen is one of the biggest talents I've heard in years," wrote Stephen Wigler of The Baltimore Sun. Recognized as one of the most celebrated violinists of her generation, Elissa Lee Koljonen has thrilled audiences and critics in over a hundred cities throughout the world. Her playing has been lauded by the Helsingin Sanomat as "sparkling, sensual and personal."
Ms. Koljonen has performed with major orchestras of the world. As a recitalist, Koljonen has performed in many musical capitals. Also an avid chamber musician, Ms. Koljonen appears regularly at festivals throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Ms. Koljonen is a protégé of the great Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music. Through his influence, she continues the legacy and tradition of Leopold Auer and his legendary school of violin playing. Ms. Koljonen and her husband, Roberto Diaz, live in Philadelphia.(Source: Internet)
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Giacomo Puccini
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Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. Some of his arias, such as "O Mio Babbino Caro" from Gianni Schicchi, "Che gelida manina" from La Bohème, and "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot, have become part of popular culture.
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O mio babbino caro
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O mio babbino caro ("Oh my dear papa") is an aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1918) by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between Schicchi and his prospective in-laws have reached a breaking point that threatens to separate her from Rinuccio, the boy she loves. It provides a contrasting interlude expressing lyrical simplicity and single-hearted love in the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing and feuding in medieval Florence of Puccini's only comedy, and it provides the only set-piece in the through-composed conversational musical give-and-take.
"Koljonen is one of the biggest talents I've heard in years," wrote Stephen Wigler of The Baltimore Sun. Recognized as one of the most celebrated violinists of her generation, Elissa Lee Koljonen has thrilled audiences and critics in over a hundred cities throughout the world. Her playing has been lauded by the Helsingin Sanomat as "sparkling, sensual and personal."
Ms. Koljonen has performed with major orchestras of the world. As a recitalist, Koljonen has performed in many musical capitals. Also an avid chamber musician, Ms. Koljonen appears regularly at festivals throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Ms. Koljonen is a protégé of the great Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music. Through his influence, she continues the legacy and tradition of Leopold Auer and his legendary school of violin playing. Ms. Koljonen and her husband, Roberto Diaz, live in Philadelphia.(Source: Internet)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. Some of his arias, such as "O Mio Babbino Caro" from Gianni Schicchi, "Che gelida manina" from La Bohème, and "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot, have become part of popular culture.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
O mio babbino caro ("Oh my dear papa") is an aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi (1918) by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between Schicchi and his prospective in-laws have reached a breaking point that threatens to separate her from Rinuccio, the boy she loves. It provides a contrasting interlude expressing lyrical simplicity and single-hearted love in the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing and feuding in medieval Florence of Puccini's only comedy, and it provides the only set-piece in the through-composed conversational musical give-and-take.