Nemanja Radulović

Violin

Biography

Winner of “Best Violin Newcomer of the Year” at the 2015 Echo Klassik Awards, Serbian-French violinist Nemanja Radulović has taken the classical music world by storm in recent years through his combination of thrilling virtuosity, depth of expression, and adventurous programming, both in the recording studio and on the concert stage. An exclusive recording artist to Deutsche Grammophon, Nemanja’s most recent album features his long-awaited interpretations of the Tchaikovsky Concerto as well as a new arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Rococco Variations played on viola.

As an artist who seeks to broaden the boundaries of classical music, Nemanja champions the power of music to bring people together with his unique energy and candour. Nemanja has quickly amassed a legion of loyal fans around the world and has performed with some of the world’s finest orchestras to date, including the Munich Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony in Tokyo, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orquesta Nacional de Espana, Helsinki Philharmonic, Salzburg Camerata, NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover, WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI in Turin, Orchestra della Toscana, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Geneva Camerata, Macao Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic, and the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa.

Nemanja shares an equal love for the intimacy of chamber music and is an increasingly active recitalist on the international circuit, having already performed at such celebrated venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonie, both the Salle Pleyel and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Athens Megaron, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and the Melbourne Recital Centre in Australia. His many recital partners include Marielle Nordmann, Laure Favre-Kahn, and Susan Manoff, the latter with whom he has also recorded a disc of Beethoven Sonatas released on the Decca/Universal Music label.

Following an exciting 2016/17 season as artist-in-residence with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Nemanja starts his 2017/18 season with his orchestral debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. He will also open the Jeunesse Musicale series at the Vienna Konzerthaus with his ensemble Double Sens, and play/directs the Munich Chamber Orchestra in a performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Other recent and forthcoming highlights include include performances at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Hong Kong’s City Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Stockholm Konserthuset, Dusseldorf Tonhalle, Gstaad Festival, and invitations from the Tampere Philharmonic, Gavle Symphony, Orchestra della Toscana, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Opéra de Marseille, Wroclaw Philharmonic, Dortmund Philharmonic.

Nemanja also regularly takes up a play/direct role with his ensemble ‘The Devils’ Trills’, which is increasingly in demand across concert halls in Europe and Asia, and noted for their virtuosic, engaging musicality. His other ensemble, ‘Double Sens’ has been celebrated for their recent recording ‘5 Seasons’ – which combines Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with a new composition – ‘Spring in Japan’ – by Aleksandar Sedlar and dedicated to tsunami victims in Japan in 2011. Other recent recordings include ‘Paganini Fantasy’ (2013), “Journey East” (2014) and BACH (2016).

Nemanja’s previous recognition for his work in classical music include ‘International Revelation of the Year’ by the Victoires de la musique classique in 2005, an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Arts in Niš, Serbia, and an ELLE Style Award for Musician of the Year in 2015. He is the recipient of several international violin competitions, such as Joseph Joachim in Hannover, George Enescu in Bucharest and Stradivarius in Cremona.

Born in Serbia in 1985, Nemanja Radulović studied at the Faculty of Arts and Music in Belgrade, the Saarlandes Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Saarbrücken, the Stauffer Academy in Cremona with Salvatore Accardo and the world-renowned Conservatoire de Paris with Patrice Fontanarosa.

Nemanja Radulović – Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto and Rococo Variations OUT NOW

Oct 5, 2017

The latest recording by violin virtuoso Nemanja Radulović, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto and Rococo Variations, has been released on Deutsche Grammophon. The album features Tchaikovsky's seminal Violin Concerto with the Borusan Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by...

Reviews

“[The Tchaikovsky] concerto is brimming with typical Russian tunes, and the third movement is a breathtaking finale comprising fiery violin gymnastics that require speed-of-lightning vigour and skill from the soloist, which Radulovic undoubtedly possesses.”

Denise Azzopardi

Times of Malta

“The [Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra] has an incredible track record in attracting true stars to [the position of Artist in Residence], but Radulovic, who looks as much rock star as classical musician, is surely one of the brightest ever”.

Andy Martin

Bournemouth Echo

“With his rock star looks, Nemanja Radulovic knows how to distil rare emotion and candour of anything from Barber to Fauré. His striking technique is merely the mechanism through which he deploys his phrasing with freedom and intelligence.”

Suzanne Lay

Bachtrack.com