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Nikolaj Znaider - Violin, Conductor

Wigmore Hall, 1-May-2024 / 19:30

Royal Festival Hall, 10-Feb-2023 / 19:30

Unfortunately, his concert scheduled for the 21st of May 2020 at the Barbican Hall was cancelled due to the pandemic.

His performance with Sir Mark Elder scheduled for the 29th of March 2020 at the Barbican Hall was also cancelled.

LSO St. Luke's, 12th and 13th of October 2019

  • Mozart:
    • Horn Concerto No 4
    • Clarinet Concerto
    • Oboe Concerto
    • Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major
  • Nikolaz Szeps-Znaider - Conductor
  • Olivier Stankiewicz - Oboe
  • Andrew Marriner - Clarinet, Timothy Jones - Horn
  • LSO Chamber Orchestra

Mr. Znaider took the position of Music Director of the Orchestre national de Lyon in September 2020.

He is also principal guest conductor with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra.

Mr. Znaider performed:

  • > Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12 No. 1, Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78, Shostakovich's Preludes (trans. Dmitri Tsyganov) in C sharp minor Op. 34 No. 10, D flat Op. 34 No. 15, B flat minor Op. 34 No. 16 and D minor Op. 34 No. 24, Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 94bis and Brahms' Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op. 105 No. 1 (arr. Jascha Heifetz) and Hungarian Dance WoO. 1 (arr. Heifetz) from Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op. 105 No. 1 with pianist Robert Kulek on the 13th of February 2019 at the Wigmore Hall.
  • > Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder on the 11th of February 2018 and with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Stéphane Denève at the Cadogan Hall on the 8th of November 2017.

Mr. Znaider plays a Guarneri “del Gesu” violin, built in 1742 (nicknamed "Ex-Kreisler"), which is loaned to him by The Royal Danish Theater.

Barbican Hall, 7-Dec-2017 / 19:30

  • Mozart, Violin Concertos:
    • No 2
    • No 3
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 (Pathétique)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Nikolaj Znaider - Conductor, violin

Barbican Hall, 14-May-2017 / 19:00

Wigmore Hall, 2-Apr-2017 / 19:30

Recital with pianist Piotr Anderszewski

Mr. Znaider performed Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major with the Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Christian Thielemann at the Royal Albert Hall on the 8th of September 2016.

Barbican Hall, 29-May-2016 / 19:00

Wigmore Hall, 26-Nov-2015 / 19:30

Robert Kulek - Piano

In 1997 he won 1st prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.

He won first prize at the 4th Carl Nielsen International Music Competition in June 1992, and three years later 3rd prize at International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition

Mr. Znaider performed:

  • > Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi at the Royal Albert Hall on the 20th of August 2015.
  • > Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev at the Barbican Hall on the 12th of May 2015.

Mr. Znaider was born in Copenhagen in July 1975 as Szeps-Znaider, the Szeps removed for some time, but reclaimed in 2018.

He attended Juilliard School of Music, after starting his violin studies in Denmark.

Barbican Hall, 5-Dec-2013 / 19:30

  • Beethoven: Violin Concerto
  • Dvořák: Symphony No 7
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Nikolaj Znaider - Violin, Conductor

Royal Albert Hall, 1-Sep-2012 / 19:30

  • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
  • Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly - Conductor

Royal Albert Hall, 1-Sep-2008 / 19:30

  • Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
  • Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Sir Colin Davis - Conductor

Royal Albert Hall, 25-Aug-2006 / 19:30

  • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra

Mr. Znaider made his BBC Proms debut on the 30th of July 2002 in a performance of Nielsen's Violin Concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Dausgaard.