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About Viktoria

One of the world’s greatest violin virtuosos, Viktoria Mullova’s musical horizons continue to expand, journeying into jazz and world music, working with period ensembles as well as appearing each season with international orchestras and conductors.

Viktoria continues her collaboration with Alasdair Beatson playing Beethoven and Schubert on gut strings and fortepiano. During their three-year collaboration they have released their first Beethoven disc, recording and released during the pandemic lockdowns; a second album featuring Schubert appeared in April 2022 and further recordings of Beethoven sonatas will follow to complete the cycle.

With Mullova Ensemble, Viktoria has begun a new exploration of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht. Taking the central themes of Dehmel’s poem as the focal point, the Ensemble presents new compositions by Jasmine Morris featuring choreography from Joshua Junker, alongside works by Bach, Debussy and Strauss, set to a backdrop of lighting projection and natural soundscapes. The project premiered at London’s Barbican Centre in October 2023 before touring.

As well as her own projects, she has also commissioned works from composers such as Pascal Dusapin, Fraser Trainer, Thomas Larcher and Dai Fujikura.

Viktoria is based in London

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Melanie Moult

Melanie Moult

Associate Director

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Adam Brady

Adam Brady

Associate Artist Manager

Representation

General management with Askonas Holt Partner managers: France: Véronique Jourdain Artists Management Italy: Resia Artists Spain: Soler Music Management email Carmen Soler Japan: Pacific Concert Management email Hiromi Tanaka

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Season Highlights

Sep 2024
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
Recital with Alasdair Beatson (fortepiano) Beethoven Violin Sonata in A major, Op.12, No.2 Bach Chaconne Beethoven Violin Sonata in G major, Op.96 Schubert Rondo in B minor, D.895
Oct 2024
Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Filarmonica Transilvania Cristian Mandeal (conductor)
Jan 2025
Dzintari Concert Hall, Riga
Recital with Reinis Zarins (piano) Brahms Sonata No.3 in D minor Takemitsu Distance de fée Pärt Fratres Brahms Sonata No.1 in G major Schubert Rondo in B minor, D.895
Apr 2025
Wigmore Hall, London
Wigmore Hall Recital with Alasdair Beatson (fortepiano) Beethoven Sonata in A major Op.30, No.1 Schubert Rondo in B minor Beethoven Sonata in G major Op.30, No.3
May 2025
Opernhaus, Zurich
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante Philharmonia Zurich Evan Rogister (conductor) Nils Mönkemeyer (viola)
May 2025
White Hall, Residenz, Wurzburg
Trio Rectial with Nils Mönkemeyer (viola) & Willliam Youn (fortepiano) Mozart Violin Sonatas Mozart Duos Mozart Church Sonatas

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Projects

Mullova Ensemble: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

Viktoria Mullova and Matthew Barley lead a sextet of strings in a new presentation of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht. Joined by dancer Ching-Ying Chien performing choreography by Joshua Junker, they create a powerful procession of shorter pieces (Bach, Debussy, Strauss) interspersed with improvisations and commissions by Jasmine Morris.

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  • Projects

    Mullova Ensemble: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Viktoria Mullova and Matthew Barley lead a sextet of strings in a new presentation of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht. Joined by dancer Ching-Ying Chien performing choreography by Joshua Junker, they create a powerful procession of shorter pieces (Bach, Debussy, Strauss) interspersed with improvisations and commissions by Jasmine Morris.

    Learn about this project

Sample Programmes

  • Solo Bach

    Sonata No.1 in G minor BWV 1001 two partitas (75mins, without interval)

  • Solo programme

    Bach: Allamanda and Double from Partita no.1 in B minor BWV 1002 Fujikura: "line by line" for solo violin (2013) Bach: Largo and Allegro from Sonata no.3 in C BWV 1005 Benjamin: Three Miniatures for solo violin (2001) Mullov-Abbado: Brazil Bach: Siciliana and Presto from Sonata no. 1 in G minor BWV 1001 Prokofiev: Sonata for Solo violin in D minor Op.115 Bach: Ciaconna from Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004

  • with Misha Mullov-Abbado, bass/arranger/composer

    (75mins, without interval). This programme includes arrangements of classical works by Bach and Schumann, contemporary jazz, original compositions and arrangements of music from South America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Mullov-Abbado: Blue Deer Jobim: Por Toda Mullov-Abbado: Brazil Chanoch: Shir Lelo Shem Trad. Caico Bach: Allegro and Adagio from Sonata no. 1 in B minor BWV 1014 Prokofiev: Sonata for solo violin Jobim: Sabia Mullov-Abbado: Shanti Bell Lenine & Falcao: O Silencio Das Estrellas de Freitas: O Cabo Pitanga Schumann: Träumerei from Kinderszenen Abreu: Tico-Tico No Fuba

  • With Alasdair Beatson, fortepiano/modern piano

    Beethoven Violin Sonata No.1 in D major, Op.12, No.1 Bach Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (solo violin) Interval Schubert Violin Sonata in A major, D.574 ('Grand Duo') Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op.30, No.1 Or: First half on gut strings (violin) and fortepiano: Beethoven Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor, Op.23 Beethoven Violin Sonata No.7 in C minor, Op.30, No.2 Interval Second half on modern strings (violin) and modern piano: Takemitsu Distance de fée for violin and piano Part Fratres Schubert Rondo in B minor, D.895 Or: BEETHOVEN Cycle of complete Violin Sonatas - over one period of a week / two weeks or in three recitals in one season or over several seasons.

  • With Reinis Zarins, piano

    Brahms Sonata No.1 in G major Takemitsu Distance de fée Pärt Fratres Interval Brahms Sonata No.3 in D minor Schubert Rondo in B minor, D.895

  • Strad in Rio

    Viktoria Mullova, violin Matthew Barley, cello João Luís Nogueira Pinto, guitar Paul Clarvis, percussion Toada Segue teu destino Chovendo na Roseira Falando do Amor Vilarejo Dindi Luz do Sol Tico Tico Maninha Brazil Beatriz Linda Flor Por toda minha vida Balada de um Louco Dancape Brasileirinho

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Press

  • Beethoven Sonatas

    Recording
    May 2024

    • What stands out is the balance and ease of interplay between the two musicians. Their sunny performance of Op.30 No.1 has effortless push and pull between moments of repose and passages of high energy. The central movement of Op 12 No 1 shifts convincingly through variations of quiet intimacy and fiery turbulence...the sense of rustic abandon they create in this work is infectiously gleeful.

  • Schubert: Duos

    recording
    May 2022

    • ...the shimmering opening of the Fantasy is as beguiling as it ever should be...Blazing commitment and consummate musicianship on display from both players

  • Beethoven sonatas

    Recording
    May 2021

    • The C minor of Op. 30 No. 2 inspires the most impassioned playing, Mullova using an exquisitely subtle range of vibrato, from a gloriously pure senza to gentle inflections that both soothe and insinuate. Beatson articulates Beethoven’s occasionally menacing bass lines with relish and a palpable sense of opening the fortepiano’s expressive horizons.

    • ...Mullova's playing, its strength and power resting on many years' association with Beethoven and his music, strikes off not only her piano support but also the sonic purity of her surroundings and the constant, still-challenging invention of each score... Her spectrum of tones, from the merest whisper to full-throated songfulness in lyrical passages, and range of nuance compel the attention throughout. Among recent recordings of such extremely familiar repertoire, this one must surely rank among the finest.

  • Philharmonia Orchestra

    Royal Festival Hall
    May 2019

    • Viktoria Mullova gave a truly imperious account of Sibelius's Violin Concerto...The cadenzas were magnificent, dramatic and dark...her playing spoke of passion and fire.

  • Seattle Symphony Orchestra Dusapin: At Swim-Two Birds

    Benaroya Hall
    Nov 2018

    • Mullova led the way in establishing atmosphere, Barley joining in and further embellishing their duologues. Even in the most overtly virtuosic passage—a frenzied outburst of perpetual motion on the violin—Mullova projected a gripping emotional honesty that was echoed by Barley’s passionate phrasing on cello.

      • Musical America
      • 13 November 2018

  • Pärt

    Recording
    Oct 2018

    • Viktoria Mullova brilliantly manages to tease out these dichotomies...Lighter feather-bedding is applied in the fourth variation's rapid triadic ostinatos, creating an almost symphonic effect.

      • Gramophone
      • 07 October 2018

  • London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich

    Barbican Centre, London
    May 2016

    • The opening ‘Nocturne’ brooded, expressed urgently by Mullova in terms of intensity, the LSO dark in support, she becoming even more remote when her instrument was muted. Savage strokes of the bow informed the ‘Scherzo’, an apoplectic dance, woodwinds (not least bass clarinet and contrabassoon) as spectres, abrupt changes of tempo well-judged. The painful emotions of the ‘Passacaglia’ were fully brought out, reaching heights of distressed ecstasy, Mullova really inside the anxiety expressed (as she has been for many years). And then the withdrawing from the world into the extensive cadenza, which retains musical integrity with the movements either side of it, the final ‘Burlesque’ high-spirited, yes, but in this account more about breaking a stranglehold rather than seeking an ovation, which was earned anyway. Mullova’s response was some slow unaccompanied Bach, very expressive, subtly decorated, and a sublime contrast with what had gone before.

      • Classical Source
      • 19 May 2016

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