LUKA FAULISI
VIOLIN
LUKA FAULISI
VIOLIN
ABOUT
With ‘a million-dollar sound’ (Pinchas Zukerman), twenty-two-year-old Luka Faulisi is one of the most promising violinists of his generation. Having started to play the violin at the age of three, Luka was a student of Boris Belkin at the Conservatorium Maastricht in the Netherlands. Over the years, through personal mentoring, several distinguished artists have influenced Luka’s musical formation. Pavel Berman describes him as an ‘an incredibly gifted virtuoso violinist’. Flautist Emmanuel Pahud praises Luka as ‘an extremely talented young man with great instrumental abilities and a strong musical expression’ and according to Jean-Jacques Kantorow Luka possesses ‘incredible facilities.’
Recent European concerti highlights include Luka’s the British debut with the Liverpool Philharmonic at the Royal Albert Hall; Finnish debut with the Oulu Symphony; Polish debut with the Szczecin Philharmonic; French debut with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Italian debut with the Orchestra Filharmonica di Torino; Serbian debut with the Serbian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra at the Kolarac Hall in Belgrade; North Macedonian debut with FAME’S European Orchestral Performing Institute and Montenegrin debut with the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra. Luka’s Asian presence is also growing having collaborated recently with the Macao Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In summer 2024, Luka makes his Portuguese debut at Sintra Festival with Orquestra Municipal de Sintra (Mendelssohn Violin Concerto).
Recent recital highlights include debuts in Paris at the Salle Colonne and debut at the 30th anniversary of the “Festival du Salon de Provence” in summer 2023. In summer 2024, Luka makes debut at Radio France Montpellier Festival performing pieces by Bach, Brahms, Ysaÿe, Bartók, Ljubica Maric and Fazil Say.
Across the 24/25 season, Luka makes distinguished orchestral debuts including Parisian debut with the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France (Khachaturian Violin Concerto) at the Philharmonie de Paris and La Seine Musicale; Irish debut with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (Bruch Violin Concerto); Norwegian debut with Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (Khachaturian Violin Concerto) and Slovenian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra (RTV) debut in Ljubljana’s Cankar Hall (Chausson Poeme for violin and orchestra and Ravel Tzigane).
Luka’s debut recital album Aria, recorded with the pianist Itamar Golan, was released by Sony Classical International in Spring 2023. In Spring 2024, Sony Classical released Luka’s highly acclaimed recording of Vivaldi’s pioneering masterpiece, The Four Seasons.
During 2024/25 academic year Luka undertakes the ‘Advanced Diploma’ course at the Royal Academy of Music under the mentorship of Professor Robin Wilson. Luka is recipient of the highly distinguished Bicentenary Scholarship from the Academy.
RECENT PRAISE
CONCERTONET
SAMUEL WIGUTOW
“Vivaldi is the exceptional new recording of the much-loved Vivaldi “Four Seasons” by rising Italian-Serbian-French violinist Luka Faulisi, taking on the piece with his bright, youthful energy. […] The combination of Luka’s romantic sound, formed in French impressionistic repertoire, and the ensemble’s energetic and forceful take let the well-known masterpiece shine in a new light.”
BROADWAY WORLD
BLAIR INGENTHRON
“Vivaldi is the exceptional new recording of the much-loved Vivaldi “Four Seasons” by rising Italian-Serbian-French violinist Luka Faulisi, taking on the piece with his bright, youthful energy. […] The combination of Luka’s romantic sound, formed in French impressionistic repertoire, and the ensemble’s energetic and forceful take let the well-known masterpiece shine in a new light.”
L’OUEST FRANCE
“With The Four Seasons, the Franco-Italian-Serbian musician becomes a storyteller and magnificently depicts the composer’s states of mind in his painting of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.”
LIBERATION
ERIC DAHAN
“This recording combines the rhetorical accuracy and rustic petulance of Harnoncourt’s and Il Giardino Armonica’s engravings, with the full, warm sound of a violinist who is already sovereign in the Romantic repertoire.”
CLASICA
JÉRÉMIE BIGORIE
“We must bow to the violinist’s playing, his inventive ‘piqués-liés’, his accents of exquisite finesse, his way of spicing up his part with a thrill that carries emotion. We love his violin playing – acrobatic, such a tightrope walker, it being understood that virtuosity deserves our esteem as long as it is used to serve a certain sensitivity: the Largo of the “Winter”, ‘à fleur d’archet’, is moving to tears.”
GRAMOPHONE
CHARLOTTE GARDNER
“Italian-Serbian-French violinist Luka Faulisi records his own swift-tempo’d Four Seasons as the follow-up to his 2022 recital debut on Sony Classical, ‘Aria’, partnered by Itamar Golan. […] These are genuinely enjoyable readings – individual and showman-like, and immensely musical with it, to cracking ensemble support from Polish baroque ensemble {OH!} Orkiestra Historyczna under Martyna Pastuszka. Summer’s storm is top stuff – full of poetic drama, punch and freedom, with everyone varying their articulation and shading to fantastic effect. Between the concertos Faulisi then slips three cleverly complementary Romantic pieces arranged for violin and orchestra by Matthew Spindler: the traditional Catalan ‘Song of the Birds’, Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne and Tchaikovsky’s ‘Autumn Song’. His huskily polished, weightless flair across ‘Autumn Song’ is particularly grabbing. So, the album undoubtedly both underlines the personality introduced to us on ‘Aria’ and stands up to repeat listens.”
STEREO PLAY
ATTILA CSAMPAI
Luka Faulisi, who is only 20 years old, is blessed with all the gifts of a magician and an artist of the highest level.
DIAPASON
A first disc under the sign of virtuosity and opera. …A young artist certainly to be followed.
LE FIGARO
Thierry Hillériteau
Luka Faulisi does not sing on stage, but makes his violin sing.
RUCH MUZYCZNY
MICHAL BAJER
Luka Faulisi’s interpretation of Saint-Saen’s Third Violin Concerto, Op. 61 was an original one. This is a great achievement in the case of such popular work. It proves the intellectual potential of a young musician. Faulisi rids the piece of histrionic pretentiousness. He offers a focused, nuanced reading. Bravo for imagination!
DIVERTIR
MAXIME LOPEZ
A million dollar sound’ – this is how Pinchas Zukerman characterizes the timbre of the violin of Luka Faulisi, whose early twenties in no way diminishes the expression of an already strong and singular personality.
NEWS
Luka Faulisi’s Sophomore Album, “Vivaldi: The Four Seasons” – Available 26 April 2024
On his second album for Sony Classical, set to be released on 26 April, violinist Luka Faulisi presents a highly individual interpretation of Vivaldi’s pioneering masterpiece, The Four Seasons. Listen to the album here. Violinists from every generation have responded to Vivaldi’s set of four violin concertos, whose descriptions of
Violinist Luka Faulisi Makes Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra Debut on 29 March
Violinist Luka Faulisi makes his Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra debut on 29 March at Podgorica’s Muzičkog centra Crne Gore. He will perform Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto in D minor under the direction of conductor Srboljub Dinić. Luka earned acclaim for his performances of the concerto with the Serbian Radio Symphony Orchestra in
LUKA FAULISI & MILOŠ PERFORM AT CLASSIC FM LIVE AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL ON 16 OCTOBER
Violinist Luka Faulisi and guitarist MILOŠ will dazzle the audience at Classic FM Live on 16 October at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Hosted by Alexander Armstrong and Myleene Klass, the concert celebrates the Classic FM Hall of Fame – the popular annual classical music chart chosen by listeners. MILOŠ will
Luka Faulisi Wins Acclaim Following The Release Of His Debut Album ‘Aria’
Violinist Luka Faulisi has received high praise following the release of his debut album Aria by Sony Classical in March 2023. Attila Csampai from Rondo Magazine wrote, “The Italian-Serbian-French virtuoso Luka Faulisi, who was only 20 years old (at the time of the recordings), transports us back to times when these showpieces were part of the repertoire
Sony Classical Releases Luka Faulisi’s Debut Album ‘Aria’
Violinist Luka Faulisi’s debut album Aria is available now on Sony Classical. Enhancing operatic melodies with violinistic fireworks, the recording presents arias and scenes arranged for violin and piano by some of the great violinist-composers of the past, and includes an arrangement by Faulisi himself. Among the operatic jewels included are Franz Waxman’s Carmen Fantasy, Henryk
Luka Faulisi Makes His Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse Debut
Tonight, Luka Faulisi makes his debut with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Wilson Ng, performing Ernest Chausson’s Poème for violin and orchestra, Op.25. The programme also features Debussy’s Danse and Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55. Faulisi’s recent highlights include performing with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta playing Prokofiev Violin Concert No. 1, as
IMG Artists Welcomes Violinist Luka Faulisi to its Roster for General Management
IMG Artists is delighted to welcome violinist Luka Faulisi to its roster for General Management. He will be represented by Elena Kostova and Juliette Vix from the London office. Luka Faulisi is one of the most promising violinists of the young generation. Growing up in a musical family – his father a
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ELENA KOSTOVA
GENERAL MANAGER
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MARIE KEDROFF
SENIOR ASSISTANT ARTIST MANAGER
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