Egidius Streiff
violonist
Swiss violinist Egidius Streiff is an exhilarating performer of contemporary music who applies that same freshness and open approach to classical music. He has premiered many violin concerti dedicated to him, among them those by Wang Xiling (with the China NSO in the Forbidden city concert hall in Beijing, Lothar Voigtländer in Dresden, Harry Crowl (on Tour with the Orquestra de Parana) in Brasil, or in Fall 2019 a new concerto by Robert HP Platz in Sondershausen. His most recent recordings comprise works by Max Reger («DVD of the year 2018» by the BBC), a CD with works by Viktor Kalabis (streiffzug SC1702, 2019) a posthumous first performance and subsequent recording of the Sonata 1991 by Isang Yun for capriccio (february 2019).