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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - November 9, 2005 - Elfenworks (www.elfenworks.com), today announced that its concert recital film, Aaron Rosand Live at Mills College, has been selected by the Davey Awards for their top honor, a Gold Award, for outstanding creative achievement in the category of Entertainment. The film also garnered a Silver award in a separate category.
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Featuring internationally acclaimed virtuoso violinist Aaron Rosand in his first DVD, with piano accompanist Robert Koenig, Aaron Rosand Live at Mills College brings back the traditional recital program in the style of virtuoso violinists of the Golden Era. This film features works by Leclair, Franck, Bach, Sarasate, Brahms, and transcriptions by Rachmaninoff, Kreisler, Heifetz and Milstein. A tribute to Rosand’s artistry as well as the violin traditions of the 19th century. With Robert Koenig, piano. 78 minutes, Color, Stereo. Please visit www.elfenworks.com for more.
Among the world's outstanding violinists is Aaron Rosand, whose masterful playing has captivated audiences and critics throughout the world. A true violinist's violinist, Rosand has been lauded by the New York Times as "one of the great living exponents of Romantic violin music," A prolific recording and performing artist whose career has spanned more than six decades, and his newly release of vintage recordings "Aaron Rosand in Norway" is The Strad Magazine's October 2005 Concerto Selection. So what has compelled this classical artist, at the age of 78, to reach audiences through the new DVD medium? One of best reasons is the preservation of his traditional romantic violin style learned from the old masters that needs to be studied and shared with generations of violinists to come. To see Rosand perform is to appreciate his technique.
Director/Producer Lauren Speeth, herself a violinist, is the founder of elfenworks.com which provides website, film, print, recording and liaison services to selected musical artists and groups. Cinematographer Dan Coplan is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild and a long-time member of the elfenworks team. Coplan and Speeth also co-directed the DVD Jeremy Cohen ViolinJazz & Friends Celebrate Joe Venuti: 100 Years and are working together on the forthcoming Tammy Hall DVD Reflections, which is planned for release in February 2006.
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