{"id":118676,"date":"2025-10-17T15:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=118676"},"modified":"2025-10-17T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:31:19","slug":"interview-spanish-violinist-lina-tur-bonet-talks-return-toronto-perform-tafelmusik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/10\/17\/interview-spanish-violinist-lina-tur-bonet-talks-return-toronto-perform-tafelmusik\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW | Spanish Violinist Lina Tur Bonet Talks About Her Return To Toronto To Perform With Tafelmusik"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_118683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118683\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-2025-10-17T152749.753.jpg\" alt=\"Violinist Lina Tur Bonet with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Photo: Dahlia Katz)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-2025-10-17T152749.753.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-2025-10-17T152749.753-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-2025-10-17T152749.753-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-2025-10-17T152749.753-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violinist Lina Tur Bonet with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Photo: Dahlia Katz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vivaldi\u2019s World is title of the next concert in the season for Toronto\u2019s Tafelmusik. Along with a focus on the Italian Baroque composer, it marks the return of Spanish violinist Lina Tur Bonet to lead the orchestra through the program.<\/p>\n<p>Lina Tur Bonet made her debut with Tafelmusik iin 2024 and quickly became an audience favourite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLina\u2019s charismatic brilliance was a great match for Tafelmusik\u2019s virtuosity during her first visit in 2024,\u201d says Cristina Zacharias, Artistic Co-Director in a statement. \u201cVivaldi\u2019s World promises more fireworks and more passion, all delivered with the joyful inventiveness that each performer brings to the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118681\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-118681 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/TafelDahliaKatz.jpg\" alt=\"Violinist Lina Tur Bonet with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Photo: Dahlia Katz)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/TafelDahliaKatz.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/TafelDahliaKatz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/TafelDahliaKatz-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/TafelDahliaKatz-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violinist Lina Tur Bonet with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Photo: Dahlia Katz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Concert<\/h2>\n<p>The concert series takes places from October 23 to 26 in Tafelmusik\u2019s home venue at Jeanne Lamon Hall, with the addition of a new Thursday evening performance to the regular weekend schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The program focuses on Vivaldi as a storyteller. Along with Vivaldi\u2019s music, the program showcases the theatrical side of Baroque music. In the concert finale piece, Geminiani\u2019s Concerto \u201cLa Follia\u201d incorporates what is arguably the most famous ground bass line from the 18th century, one that can be heard in music by Brittney Spears and the Succession soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>Oboist <strong>Daniel Ram\u00edrez Escudero<\/strong> is a newcomer to Tafelmusik this season, and he takes the spotlight for the first time, paired with fellow oboist <strong>Marco Cera<\/strong>, in Vivaldi\u2019s Concerto for 2 oboes.<\/p>\n<p>Several Tafelmusik musicians will shine as soloists in Jan Dismas Zelenka\u2019s rarely performed Sinfonia in A Minor.<\/p>\n<p>The program in full includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vivaldi Concerto \u201cIl Grosso Mogul\u201d (Lina Tur Bonet, violin soloist)<\/li>\n<li>Vivaldi Concerto for 2 oboes in D Minor<\/li>\n<li>Zelenka Sinfonia \u00e0 8 in A Minor<\/li>\n<li>Albicastro Concerto \u00e0 4 in C Minor, op. 7, no. 4<\/li>\n<li>Geminiani Concerto 12 after Corelli, \u201cLa Folia\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After its Toronto run, Tafelmusik and Tur Bonet take the program east to the National Arts Centre for a performance on October 27.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/St5Bc5HevOw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Violinist Lina Tur Bonet<\/h2>\n<p>Lina Tur Bonet has a unique career as a soloist and Baroque specialist. She has appeared as a guest director with a range of ensembles from Spain to Norway, and now Toronto. She founded the ensemble MUSIca ALcheMIca, which has toured in Europe, North and South America, and in Japan, and collaborated with a range of artists.<\/p>\n<p>Lina has premiered newly rediscovered music by Vivaldi, Boccherini, and Mendelssohn, as well as compositions written for her. Along with the music of the Baroque period, she performs work by Bartok, Piazzolla, and other composers.<\/p>\n<p>Tur Bonet is also a dedicated educator, and teaches at Madrid\u2019s Reina Sof\u00eda School of Music, as well as at the MHS Franz Liszt University in Weimer as Professor of Baroque Violin and Viola.<\/p>\n<p>LV spoke to the Spanish violinist about the upcoming performances.<\/p>\n<h3>Lina Tur Bonet: The Interview<\/h3>\n<p>When Tur Bonet first performed with Tafelmusik back in 2024, the positive vibes were definitely flowing from both sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell I have to say I had a feeling of two friends who know each other at the beginning of a nice friendship,\u201d Tur Bonet says. She enjoyed performing for Tafelmusik\u2019s appreciative audience. \u201cIt was such a beautiful atmosphere, and a beautiful feeling of sharing music. As they say in Casa Blanca, it&#8217;s the beginning of a beautiful relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like many, she\u2019s found the music of the Baroque period a virtually endless source of inspiration \u2014 even new (to us) music. Varying programs with the well known and the little known is important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is very important,\u201d she says. \u201cI think it&#8217;s so beautiful to find a new thing.\u201d She likens it to a kid with a new toy. \u201cLook how beautiful it is!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also believes that recovering the true history of the period, which includes many more composers than the scant few that immediately come to mind for most, is a vital part of music practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is also part of the responsibility of us as musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Baroque Period<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cYou can give the audience what they know already [&#8230;] but I think it&#8217;s also beautiful to put into it something new.\u201d Audiences will hear the contrasting approaches of each composer. \u201cThe thing is, with music, the Baroque time, it was a very long period,\u201d she points out. \u201cMany things happened in that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since composers and musicians depended on a large part on the upper classes, the prosperity of the period provided fertile ground for the development of culture. \u201cEvery king wanted to have the best musicians. It&#8217;s a very, very inspiring moment in the history of arts,\u201d she explains. \u201cThat&#8217;s why we have so many composers that are known \u2014 Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn \u2014 but also many that are not so well known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The length and broad reach of Baroque culture through Europe allowed for regional variations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough Europe, every country had a very specific way of making art. But, at that time, there were some musicians who were touring a lot, and bringing influences form one place to the next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It created a fascinating environment for music. \u201cItaly was influencing everything in Europe, but everyone had their own character.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118682\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Photo-credit-Dahlia-Katz.jpg\" alt=\"Violinist Lina Tur Bonet with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Photo: Dahlia Katz)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Photo-credit-Dahlia-Katz.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Photo-credit-Dahlia-Katz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Photo-credit-Dahlia-Katz-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Photo-credit-Dahlia-Katz-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violinist Lina Tur Bonet with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Photo: Dahlia Katz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The Music<\/h3>\n<p>Vivaldi remains a favourite composer of the period. \u201cIt&#8217;s really great music and I play it often. He was like a pop star, a rock star of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She opens the concert as soloist in Vivaldi\u2019s Concerto \u201cIl Grosso Mogul\u201d, a virtuosic piece that illustrates her point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are going to play is the original version,\u201d she says. She notes the long third movement. \u201cEveryone, when they listen to it, it seems to be Paganini,\u201d Lina says. \u201cIt was really beautiful to see how Vivaldi made the original version of this piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program includes lesser known composers like Albicastro and his Concerto \u00e0 4 in C Minor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s really amazing music, it has an amazing energy,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s an amazing piece, not very well known at all,\u201d she adds. \u201cI&#8217;m sure that people are going to love this piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gemiania was a student of Corelli, and his Concerto 12 was inspired by the older composer. \u201cI think it&#8217;s a great piece to end such a concert,\u201d she says, noting that, in the history European music, Arcangelo Corelli played a crucial role in developing Baroque forms like the sonata and concerto. \u201cHe made a frame for everything that happened after him,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Bohemian\/Czech composer Zelenka\u2019s Sinfonia \u00e0 8 in A Minor is also on the program. \u201cIt&#8217;s very dark music. It&#8217;s very interesting,\u201d she says. \u201cEveryone had their own sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She contrasts it with the sparkling energy of Vivaldi. \u201cVivaldi \u2014 he was a priest, he couldn&#8217;t keep the mass because he was ill, but you listen to the music, and you think \u2014 this was an ill man?\u201d she wonders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not true what Stravinsky said about him, that he wrote the same concerto 400 times,\u201d she adds. \u201cHe&#8217;s a very, very, important composer.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>On Tour With Tafelmusik<\/h3>\n<p>This year\u2019s Canadian visit includes a trip east to Ottawa and the National Arts Centre. She\u2019s looking forward to it, as well as to working with the musicians of Tafelmusik again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s a really nice combination of amazing musicians with a strong [practice] of doing things together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Working with different musician\/conductors has created an ensemble with a flexible approach. 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