Lina tur Bonet

Considered by the international press for her virtuosity (“Fiery virtuoso”, The Strad, “True Devil Violinist” Bayerische Rundfunk, “Superbement joué, flamboyante Lina” Diapason) combined with exceptional musicality, (“honest and heartfelt music-making” Gramophone, ”the violinist of the soul" Sankei Shinbun) Lina Tur Bonet develops a career as a violinist and conductor that is as versatile as it is personal.
Her love for music and his inexhaustible curiosity allow her to perform and research a repertoire that covers more than 400 years of music, from Monteverdi to Kurtag, always with the original instruments.
After working from a very young age with many of the most recognized artists of baroque, romantic and contemporary music of the moment, and dedicating herself as a soloist to the interpretation and recording of both great composers and unpublished music, Lina Tur Bonet has already become a reference in the musical scenario, being invited all over the world as a soloist and to lead world-class groups.
She brings together the most important musical heritages, including the pioneers of historicism and also some of the most consecrated directors and performers of music of all time, thus becoming the repository of the great European tradition. Awarded, among a dozen national and international awards and scholarships, in the Bonporti Prize.
She performed at the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Sant Petersburg, Graz Styriarte, Potsdamer Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, Potsdamer Festspiele, Musashino Hall Tokyo, Israel, NYC, Washington, Yale University, Toronto, Montreal Baroque, Musikverein, Konzerthaus Vienna and in all South America and Australia.
She has made first versions and first world recordings of many scores: Trios by Boccherini op.34, music by Brunetti, Montali, Reynaldi, works for solo violin by Matteys, Boxberg, Wranitzki, Leo, and even two CDs with unknown music by Antonio Vivaldi himself, a Mendelssohn Prèmiere, as well as several contemporary pieces that have been dedicated to her.
Her recording of op. Corelli's V with her own ornamentations, rose as “recommended top-version” among all existing versions according to BBC Radio 3 in its Record Review program - “Building a library”, and her Biber Rosario Sonatas were described as “ referencial” by Gramophone, France Musique and Scherzo. Her recordings of unreleased Vivaldi concertos and sonatas have also been recommended by Bayerische Rundfunk, SWR, Radio Berlin, and on Spanish and Austrian radio. Crescendo Joker for “La Bellezza”. Two GEMA Awards for best recording of 2015 and 2018. 10/10 for Luister for her CD dedicated to Ravel. Two Diapason d'OR for her album “La Belleza” and for the CD “Biber Sonatas” 1681. Award for best album of the year 2022 in the chamber music category, in the considered Japanese “Grammy” of Record Geijutsu Magazine Magazine. CHOC from CLassica for the CD of Bach Violin Concertos.
She has performed all the Rosario Sonatas in Tokyo, Madrid, Granada and Vienna; has been concertmaster of more than a hundred Bach Cantatas and his Passions - including the St. Matthew Passion at the Konzertgebouw in Amsterdam with Concerto Köln. She has premiered solo violin works written for her by José Maria Sánchez Verdú, Mauricio Sotelo and Josep María Guix, and performed as a soloist with Orchestra in solo concerts and works by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel, Chausson, Mendelssohn, Bartok or Piazzolla with chamber and symphony orchestras. She was invited to the Montreal Festival to perform the entire work for solo violin by J.S. Bach. Both Lina Tur Bonet and her group MUSIca ALcheMIca were resident artists of the CNDM in its 2021-2022 season, and “Artist in Residence” of the Bach Biennale Weimar. She also represented Spain in Dubai 2022.
Lina Tur Bonet conducts orchestras from her Violin all over the world, such as Tafelmusik Toronto, Barokkanerne Oslo, Orchestre de Chambre Toulouse, Haydn Philharmonie Eisenstadt, Kaiserslautern Theaterorchestra, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, Montreal Festival Orchestra, Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, Camerata Villa Musica Mainz, Recreation Orchestre from Festival Styriarte, Graz.
She is currently professor of baroque violin and viola at the Musikhochschule “Franz Liszt” in Weimar, and concertmaster of Le Concert des Nations with Jordi Savall.