ARTISTS


ERIKA RAUM
VIOLIN

GALLERY | BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | CONCERTO | DISCOGRAPHY | LINKS


GALLERY



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BIOGRAPHY

Known for her "engaging sensitivity and a gorgeously full tone," [THE STRAD], violinist Erika Raum continues developing a following here in her native country and internationally. Playing professionally since the age of twelve, Ms. Raum quickly rose through the ranks by taking first place at the 1992 Joseph Szigeti International Violin Competition in Budapest as well as the award for best interpretation of a Mozart concerto. She has returned on many occasions to perform in Hungary, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Germany, England, Italy and France. She has appeared as guest artist with orchestras including the Budapest Radio Orchestra, the Szombathely Symphony Orchestra, the Austro-Hungarian Orchestra, and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.

A distinguished musician abroad, Erika also performs frequently throughout her homeland with orchestral appearances in cities such as Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Victoria, Halifax, Laval and Edmonton. Both a recitalist and chamber musician, some of her recent international highlights include the Festival Pablo Casals in Prades France, Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, the BargeMusic Festival in New York, and the Seattle Chamber Music Festival. Past invitations include the Budapest Spring Festival, Szombathely Festival in Hungary, Carnegie Hall as well as the Caramoor and Prussia Cove festivals. Her performances are often heard on an array of radio networks like CBC across Canada and the NPR in the USA. In the 2011.12 season, Erika will continue to perform in recital and in concerto. Highlights include a performance with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra as part of their the New Music Festival as well as concerto performances throughout Ontario with orchestras including the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, the Niagara Symphony Orchestra and the Deep River Symphony Orchestra among others.

Erika is a member of the ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory), a chamber group specializing in the rediscovery of great 20th century composers and their music, with an emphasis on those whose lives were interrupted or even lost during the Holocaust. So far, they have released two CDs on the RCA Red Seal label, both of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. The Strad Magazine even gave Erika special mention for her performance noting that she had them “hanging on to her every note”. Further recordings include a partnership with internationally renowned pianist Anton Kuerti which produced a critically acclaimed world premiere recording of Carl Czerny's piano and violin works on the CBC Musica Viva label. She also recorded the Brahms Horn Trio and premiered Pantheon, a piece by esteemed composer (and mother!), Elizabeth Raum, on the Arktos label. Erika is currently completing a disc of the complete violin and piano works of Krystof Penderecki with pianist Lydia Wong.

Erika is a graduate of the University of Toronto where she studied with the late Professor Lorand Fenyves and was awarded the prestigious Eaton Scholarship upon her graduation. She is also a recipient of The Canada Council for the Arts - Career Development Grant. Ms. Raum is currently on the faculties of The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory and the University of Toronto. She lives in Toronto with her husband, distinguished Canadian composer, Omar Daniel, their daughter Roslein, and triplets Eero, Oskar, and Roxanne.

(as of September 2011)

REVIEWS

“Such playing is rare. Not since Ginette de Neveu a half century ago, have I heard this kind of freshness, richness of colour, and natural music-making in a concert violinist”

- THE HERALD, Halifax

"...Raum delivered an often gripping performance that earned cheers from the crowd..."

- THE TORONTO STAR

"A recital of major sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, Enesco and Ysaye confirmed Erika Raum’s reputation as a young violinist of exceptional individuality, refinement and honesty."

- THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Toronto

"Raum possesses a lively temperament, energetic individuality, warm and communicative tone matched with an already perceptive confidence and a supreme self determined musical resolve."

- MUZSIKA, Budapest

"Her projection of the phrases was seamlessly natural, and with her rhythmic precision and total mastery of the technique the concerto requires, she gave us a Beethoven so tender and sweet that even the orchestra was tamed by it."

- THE HERALD, Halifax

"Raum gave a spectacularly virtuosic account of the solo part, alternately tenderly lyrical and fierily dramatic, with plenty of rubato and a deal of tasteful portamento.”

[Tchaikovsky Concerto] - TIMES - COLONIST, Victoria

"Raum is a self-assured and accomplished player. She displayed admirable control of the varying dynamics and could make her instrument brusque or mellow as called for."

- THE NEWS & OBSERVER, Raleigh

PREFERRED CONCERTO LIST
2011-2013

Bach   Concerto BWV 1042, Double Violin Concerto,
Bach   Double Concerto for Violin & Oboe
Barber   Concerto
Bartok   Concerto No. 2, Rhapsody Nos. 1 & 2
Beethoven   Concerto, Romances Nos. 1 & 2
Brahms   Concerto & Double Concerto
Bruch   Concerto No. 1 & Scottish Fantasy
John Corigliano   Violin Concert “Red Violin”
Chausson   Poem
Dvorak   Concerto & Romance
Kabalevsky   Concerto
Zymut Krauze   Concerto
Mendelssohn   Concerto
Mozart   Concerto Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Prokofiev   Concerto Nos. 1 & 2
Elizabeth Raum   Violin Concerto & Concerto for Violin and Viola
Elizabeth Raum   “Persephone and Demeter”
Ravel   Tzigane
Saraste   Carmen Fantasy
Saint-Saens   Havanaise & Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Sibelius   Concerto
Tchaikovsky   Concerto
Vieuxtemps   Concerto No. 4
Vivaldi   Four Seasons & various Concerti
Wieniawski   Concerto for Violin

Recital repertoire available upon request
Master classes and workshops available
Other concerti available upon request


DISCOGRAPHY

Works by Carl Czerny (w/ Kuerti)   CBC-MVCD 1150
Upcoming Release   Violin and Piano works by Kryzstof Penderecki


LINKS

Live Concert
www.cbc.ca/radio2


ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

Royal Conservatory of Music
www.rcmusic.ca

Banff Centre for the Arts
www.banffcentre.ca/faculty