ERIKA RAUM
VIOLIN
“Violinist Erika Raum… had me hanging on to her every note.”
- THE STRAD
BIOGRAPHY
Known for her "lively temperament, energetic individuality and warm and communicative tone" (Muzsika, Budapest), violinist Erika Raum has a distinct musicality and tone. 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.
At home, Ms. Raum performs throughout Canada, having appeared with orchestras in cities such as Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Victoria, Halifax, Laval and Edmonton. Both a recitalist and chamber musician, some of her international highlights include the Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, the BargeMusic Festival in New York, and the Seattle Chamber Music Festival and most recently, the Festival Pablo Casals de Prades, France and the Clandeboye Festival, Ireland. 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 heard on an array of radio networks like CBC across Canada and the NPR in the USA.
Ms. Raum has been a member of the ARC Ensemble since its conception. ARC is 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 four CDs on the RCA Red Seal label, two of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. The Strad Magazine even gave her special mention for her performance noting that she had them “hanging on to her every note”. Her other recordings include a partnership with internationally renowned pianist Anton Kuerti for a 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.
Ms. Raum 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 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.
January 2023
REVIEWS
“Violinist Erika Raum… had me hanging on to her every note.”
- THE STRAD
“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 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
"...Raum delivered an often gripping performance that earned cheers from the crowd..."
- THE TORONTO STAR
"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 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
"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
PREFERRED CONCERTO LIST
2020–23
Bach
Concerto BWV 1042
Double Violin Concerto
Double Concerto (Violin & Oboe)
Barber
Concerto
Bartók
Concerto No. 2
Rhapsody No. 1 & No. 2
Beethoven
Concerto
Romances No. 1 & No. 2
Brahms
Concerto
Double Concerto
Bruch
Concerto No. 1
Scottish Fantasy
John Corigliano
Violin Concerto “Red Violin”
Chausson
Poem
Dvořák
Concerto
Romance
Kabalevsky
Concerto
Zymut Krauze
Concerto
Mendelssohn
Concerto
Mozart
Concerto No. 3, No. 4, No. 5
Prokofiev
Concerto No. 1 & No. 2
Elizabeth Raum*
Violin Concerto
Concerto for Violin and Viola
“Persephone and Demeter”
Ravel
Tzigane
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Carmen Fantasy
Saint-Saëns
Havanaise
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Sibelius
Concerto
Tchaikovsky
Concerto
Henri Vieuxtemps
Concerto No. 4
Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
various Concerti
Henryk Wieniawski
Concerto for Violin
*Denotes Canadian composer
Recital repertoire available upon request
Master classes and workshops available
Other concerti available upon request
DISCOGRAPHY
Myth Legend, Romance: Concertos of Elizabeth Raum
Centrediscs 20615
From The Heartland
(w/ Moroz)
CMCCD 15410
Works by Carl Czerny
(w/ Kuerti)
CBC-MVCD 1150
UPCOMING RELEASE
Violin and Piano works by Kryzstof Penderecki
WITH THE ARC ENSEMBLE
Music in Exile: Chamber Works by Paul Ben-Haim
(2013)
Chandos 10769
On the Threshold of Hope: Mieczysaw Weinberg Chamber Music
(2011)
RCA Red Seal 87769
Right Through the Bone
(2007)
RCA Red Seal 88697
RECORDINGS FEATURING ERIKA
Music from Banff
Marquis 81229
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