Edin Karamazov is a rock star.
No, really, the classically trained Bosnian lutist has an album credit with Brit-rocker Sting. He also has a film credit that sprang out of that Sting album project.
But itβs his longtime collaboration with world-renowned German countertenor Andreas Scholl thatβs bringing Karamazov to our corner of the universe.
He and Scholl, a multiple Grammy nominee, are performing a recital Sunday, March 10, with the Arizona Early Music Society.
The pair, who have worked regularly together since Karamazov appeared on Schollβs 2001 album βWayfaring Stranger,β are performing a program of lute works by composers including Dowland, Campion, Johnson, the music of Handel and a sampler of English folk songs. The concert, dubbed βAirs and Fancies,β begins at 3 p.m. at Grace St. Paulβs Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St. Admission is $25 at the door; $5 if you are 28 and younger.
The German Consulate in Los Angeles is hosting a brief reception with the artists after the concert.
The Arizona Early Music Society closes out its 2018-19 season with βViva Virtuoso,β a Handel + Haydn Society recital featuring violinists Aisslinn Nosky and Susanna Ogata, cellist Guy Fishman and harpsichordist Ian Watson, on April 7 at Grace.
The societyβs 2019-20 season opens Oct. 13 with Terra Marianaβs βHeinavanker.β Also set to come here:
- Iestyn Davies βSilent Noon,β Nov. 2.
- Quicksilver βFantasticus,β Dec. 8.
- Reginald Mobley and Agave Baroque, Jan. 19.
- Violinist Rachel Barton Pine with her Trio Settecento, March 22, 2020.
- Ensemble Caprice, April 19, 2020.
Season tickets β $120 for all six events, $25 single tickets β go on sale in May at azearlymusic.org.
