ACO Up Close: Tognetti and Gringolts

 

Richard Tognetti and Ilya Gringolts have a thrilling chemistry – two violinists at the pinnacle of their professions, playing (in every sense of the word) with the music they love best.  

 

This concert promises a surprise program where the two artists will push the violin to its limits, to the awe and delight of the lucky 277 people who will be there to witness it. Gringolts has returned to the ACO again and again, drawn to the ensemble’s ingenuity and craft. But it’s the ongoing artistic dialogue he shares with Tognetti that makes this performance special – as they layer their unique interpretive lenses onto thrilling violin repertoire. Gringolts’ interpretive prowess and Richard’s emotional intensity have underpinned a fruitful relationship over the years. Now is your chance to see it on stage: brilliant virtuosity, blazing emotion, and unbridled joy.