Presented from the Royal Albert Hall , London, by Verity Sharp. Recently, Maxim Vengerov took a year-long sabbatical in which he studied jazz and improvisation on electric violin as well as learning to tango. Tonight Vengerov both plays and dances in Piazzolla's Tangazo and in a work by the Tajikistani composer and conductor
Benjamin Yusupov , a piece in which he also improvises in rock style on the viola.
Maxim Vengerov (viola/electric violin),
Christiane Palha (tango dancer), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Benjamin Yusupov Piazzolla Tangazo
Benjamin Yusupov Viola Tango Rock Concerto (first UK performance)