Music for Violin & Piano

Lydia Mordkovitch was born in Russia and studied at the Odessa Conservatory, then at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow where she was assistant to David Oistrakh. She emigrated to Israel in 1974 and has lived in Britain since 1980. She appears regularly with the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hallé Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic and the English Chamber Orchestra, under such conductors as Vassily Sinaisky, Neeme Järvi and Richard Hickox. An impressive discography of more than forty-five recordings reflects Lydia Mordkovitch's very wide repertoire, and encompasses music from the complete works for solo violin by Bach to the concertos of Shostakovich, her recording of which for Chandos won a Gramophone Award and a Diapason d'Or. Her work has twice been nominated for a Gramophone Award and has received seven Critics' Choices; recent recordings have won major nominations or prizes across Europe. Lydia Mordkovitch has several times been named 'Woman of the Year' by the American Biographical Institute, and also 'Outstanding Woman of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries'.