VIKTORIA MULLOVA, violin, and ALASDAIR BEATSON, fortepiano

One of the world’s greatest violin virtuosos, Viktoria Mullova continues her collaboration with Alasdair Beatson, together playing Beethoven and Schubert on gut strings and fortepiano. 

During their three-year collaboration they have released a first duo disc of Schubert, followed by a Beethoven disc of Sonatas 6, 1 and 8 in 2024, and more recently their third duo album of Beethoven Sonatas 2 and 10. The combination of fortepiano and gut string violin are what Beethoven’s music craves, giving a rich texture and distinct colours between the registers.

This evening they perform Beethoven's 2nd, 3rd and 9th Sonatas. The fortepiano has been hired from Wigmore Hall, and Viktoria plays either her ‘Jules Falk’ 1723 Stradivarius or her Guadagnini violin.