After two productions with chamber music, Stefan Tarara now presents his debut album as a soloist on Ars Produktion. The young Heidelberg violinist interprets Eugène Ysaÿe's Six Sonatas Op.27 for violin solo on a Stradivari from 1721. Each of these pieces is dedicated to a certain famous violinist, e.g. George Enescu, Fritz Kreisler or Joseph Szigeti, and is composed in a corresponding style. Stefan Tarara was born into a musical family in Heidelberg, Germany in 1986 and made his stage debut at the age of four. After earning his baccalaureate in Heidelberg in 2006, Tarara completed his Diploma (2010), an MA in Specialized Music Performance (2012) and an MA in Pedagogy (2015) in the class of Zakhar Bron at the University of Arts in Zurich, Switzerland. Due to his successes at international music competitions, Tarara was named Musician of the Year in 2008 and 2010 by the German music journal Neue Musikzeitung. Tarara has a keen interest in contemporary music. In addition to performing numerous premieres, Tarara won the Interpretation Prize for his performance of Massimo Lauricella’s work “Kairos” at the International Premio Paganini Competition in 2010.
