Miura and Zukerman, joined by Bach in Barcelona

The Japanese Violinist Fumiaki Miura debuts this Friday with the OBC with an ambitious concert at the Auditori where he will perform with the OBC the ‘Double Violin Concerto ‘by Johann Sebastian Bach next to the legendary Israeli conductor and violinist Pinchas Zukerman. The program is completed with three works by Mendelssohn: the ‘Violin Concerto’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and the ‘Fourth Symphony’, also known as ‘Italian’.

Miura, a 28-year-old musician, has made good use of his stay in Barcelona, ​​where on Wednesday he gave another powerful concert at the Palau de la Música Catalana, alongside the acclaimed Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires.

“I am delighted to play with two living legends in the same week and in my favorite city,” Miura said at a press conference. He was full of energy and enthusiasm at his concerts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with Zukerman and the OBC. Both he and Pires, who has shared the stage with very few violinists, including Zukerman, praised the Japanese musician. “Beyond his great talent, he is a person capable of enjoying discovering music, which is communication and dialogue”, he pointed out. Zukerman, another admirer of Miura, explained that he did not hesitate when the promoter Josep Maria Prat, from lbercamera, proposed this concert with the violinist, who played for the first time in Barcelona in 2019 with Varvara.

Dos ‘cracks’

“I met Fumiaki when he was 16 years old. Talent was not lacking, but he was very young. It is known that hormones at that time go crazy. Some time later when I asked him: what have you done? He replied that he had won a competition in Hamburg. When we met again two years later, he explained to me that it was the worst thing he had ever done. I liked the way he thought. I think the music competition is not the beginning of anything, rather it is the end. music is a long way, “said Zukerman. He also started young, like Miura. Throughout his career he met figures such as the violinist Isaac Stern (1920-2001) and the cellist and conductor Pau Casals (1876-1973). Both were decisive in sending him from Israel to the United States to study at the Julliard School when he was 14 years old. “Casals, one of my mentors, used to say: look at the rainbow. I never thought there were so many colors in music. I spent an hour with him and we practiced two bars!” He recalled.

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At 73, Zukerman is also dedicated to transmitting and sharing his knowledge with new generations. “In music you never reach the end because you know that you can always do better. The day that one believes that he can no longer go further is over“And he adds:” The more you know, the more you want to know. Curiosity is necessary to keep learning. “

He and Fumiaki must connect to get out of Bach’s ‘Double Violin Concerto’ with the OBC. “Although it may seem complicated, actually everything is written in music. If you follow it, you can play anything you want. The important thing is to listen to the other. It’s the same thing I do when I conduct: I work so that all the musicians in the orchestra play together “.