An exciting second half of 2024

The second half of 2024 includes many exciting concerts with orchestra for Elias.
In August 2024, he performed Vivaldi‘s Four Seasons both as a soloist and conductor with the Penang Philharmonic Orchestra. In September 2024, he performed the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Sopot at the season opening as well as the Bruch Violin Concerto with the Toruń Symphony Orchestra, as part of the inauguration of the 6th Int. Karol Lipinski Competition and Festival.
In October 2024, on a less than 24-hour notice, Elias jumped in as a soloist with Beethoven‘s violin concerto and the Kammerphilharmonie Bad Nauheim.
November 2024 will include two orchestra concert highlights: The Bottesini Gran Duo Concertante in the Grand Hall of Casals Forum Kronberg with the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn together with double bassist Dominik Wagner on November 9th, as well as the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e minor at the Grand Hall of Berlin Philharmonic with the Berliner Symphoniker on November 10th.

2023/2024 Season Highlights

The 2023/2024 season saw many exciting highlights for Elias. Since 2023 he has been named scholarship holder of the Anne-Sophie-Mutter foundation, since 2024 he is a prize winner of the Gauthier Capuçon Foundation.

Out of his busy concert performances, highlights include his debut at the Tonhalle Zürich with the Zürcher Symphoniker with Mozart´s Violin Concerto in A major in January 2024, his Morocco concert tour in October 2023 with Tschaikowski ´s Violin Concerto and Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc, as well as his concert tour as a soloist with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in November 2023 under the baton of Sascha Goetzel and Nayden Todorov in Bulgaria, Austria and Germany, where he gave his debuts at the Großer Saal of Wiener Konzerthaus (Recording by Medici TV, Preview here), Beethovensaal at Liederhalle Stuttgart and Kurhaus Wiesbaden (Rheingau Musikfestival), amongst others.

In 2023, three tours with Anne-Sophie Mutter and „Mutter´s Virtuosi“ took him to Iceland, USA, Canada and throughout Europe, where he also performed as a soloist next to Mutter at venues like Golden Hall of Musikverein Wien, Berliner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Philharmonie Luxemburg, Roy Thomson Hall Toronto, Knight Concert Hall Miami, Kravis Center West Palm Beach, Palacio de Festivales Santander as well as Lucerne Festival.

The Vienna Musikverein concert in which Elias is also featured in the Vivaldi Concerto for Three Violins, The third Bach Brandenburg Concerto as well as André Previn ´s Nonet, has been featured on Ms Mutter´s CD with Deutsche Grammophon, commemorating her 60th anniversary. deutschegrammophon.com

Ms Mutter has described Elias as the following: “The pronunciation of his name stands for that, what he is: A gift.”

1st prize at the International Valsesia Musica Violin Competition Italien

Elias won the 1st prize at the Int. Valsesia Musica Violin Competition in Italy. In the final, he played Tschaikowski ´s Violin Concerto with the Antonio Vivaldi Orchestra and conductor Lorenzo Passerini.

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1st prize at the Int. Vladimir Spivakov Violin Competition Russia

Elias won the 1st prize at the 3rd International Vladimir Spivakov Violin Competition in Ufa, Russia, only 2 weeks after winning the Int. Valsesia Musica Competition in Italy.
In the final he played the Tschaikowski Violin Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Bashkortostan and conductor Mikhail Gerts. At the Gala concert he played the Tschaikowski Violin Concerto again under the baton of Maestro Vladimir Spivakov himself.

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Interview on MAV Budapest Symphony Orchestra Blog December 2020

A few days before Elias premiered Beethoven’s concerto in C Major, WoO 5 in Hungary and performed Beethoven two romances together with Maestro István Dénes and the MAV Budapest Symphony Orchestra, he gave an interview on the orchestra‘s blog:

Interview Elias David Moncado MAV Budapest Symphony Orchestra Blog December 2020

Interview on The Violin Channel

Elias recently gave an interview about his 1st grand prize at the Int. Karol Lipinski Competition on The Violin Channel:

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