Tabea Zimmermann and Javier Perianes do not form a permanent duo, yet each of their encounters on stage becomes a musical experience of rare intensity. What unites them is a profound artistic affinity, grounded in mutual listening, expressive freedom, and a shared pursuit of sound, achieving a natural balance between the rigour of the Central European tradition and the warmth of Mediterranean sensibility.
Following their recent performance at Carnegie Hall, critics wrote: “Perianes, with refined stylistic awareness, assumed the role of an ‘Andalusian knight’ in the service of the First Lady of the viola. Together, they shared a musical vision at once intense and generous, elevating one another: Perianes not in a subordinate position, but as a true co-creator of their shared discourse, ennobling with aristocratic discretion the instrumental voice of Tabea Zimmermann, an indispensable figure in the world of the viola today.”
The programme presented to the audience of Unione Musicale spans more than a century of music, from the Romantic world of Robert and Clara Schumann and Josef Joachim to the twentieth century, with the introspective intimacy of Britten’s Lachrymae and Shostakovich’s Sonata Op. 147, the Russian composer’s final and deeply moving masterpiece.
An evening of profound musical emotions awaits – join us and be part of it.
