[TR24][OF] Joseph Haydn - Sinfonia Concertante In B Flat Major - Symphony No. 100, "Military"Gordan Nikolic, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra - 2007 (Classical)

Gordan Nikolić, Serbian violinist, born 1968.
Nikolić studied violin with Jean Jacques Kantorow in Basel and took further musical education with Witold Lutosławski and György Kurtág. As a violinist, he participated and was awarded in many competitional occasions, The Tibor Varga competition, Paganini competition at Genoa, Italy, Brescia and Hummel competition in Zagreb. In 1989, he became artistic director of Orchestre d'Auvergne. In 1996, he became a concertmaster of Lausanne chamber orchestra, at this time (2008), he is concertmaster London Symphony Orchestra, professor at Royal college of Music in London and Guildhall School of Music, as well as artistic director of Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, and Serbian chamber orchestra St.George Strings from Belgrade. He performs with well-known orchestras and musicians, such as André Previn, Bernard Haitink, Maria João Pires, Mikhail Pletnyov or Emanuel Ax. Gordan Nikolić plays Lorenzo Storioni's violin from 1794.
The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra (NKO; Dutch, Nederlands Kamer Orkest) is a chamber orchestra based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The NKO is part of the Stichting Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest (Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation), along with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NPO). The core of the NKO is a group of at least 20 string instrumentalists. The orchestra does not have wind, percussion and harp players as permanent orchestra members, but instead utilises such instrumentalists from the NPO. The orchestra is headquartered and rehearses at the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam.
The NKO was established in 1955, and gave its first concert that year at the Holland Festival. In 1985, the NKO was merged with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra to form the Stichting Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. The NKO still continues to give concerts under its own name, including a 50th anniversary commemorative concert in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
The first chief conductor and leader of the orchestra was Szymon Goldberg, from 1955 to 1979. During Goldberg's tenure, David Zinman served as the orchestras "second conductor (tweede dirigent). From 1979 to 1986, Antoni Ros-Marbà was chief conductor of the NKO. From 1986 to 2002, the first period of the merger of the NKO into the NPO Foundation, Hartmut Haenchen was chief conductor of both the NKO and the NPO. Philippe Entremont has served as principal guest conductor of the NKO. Yakov Kreizberg became chief conductor of the NKO and NPO in 2003. Since 2004, Gordan Nikolić has served as NKO concertmaster.
In Amsterdam, the NKO gives around 15 concerts per season at the Concertgebouw. The NKO also performs as one of several orchestras in productions at De Nederlandse Opera.

℗ © 2007 PentaTone
This album from PentaTone Classics features Gordan Nikolic as both solist and conductor with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. The recording opens with the overture "L'isola disabitata," which Nikolic conducts from the harpsichord. The Sinfonia Concertante features Nikolic on violin, Herre-Jan Stegenga on cello, Toon Durville on oboe, and Margreet Bongers on bassoon. The performances are bright and brisk, and the recording quality is top-notch.