Virtuoso Violinist Edvin Marton; “Prince of the Violin” Tour Coming to San Diego December 7

LA JOLLA, Calif. - Dec. 5, 2014 - PRLog -- Edvin Marton’s internationally acclaimed “Prince of the Violin” tour makes its U.S. debut in San Diego on Sunday, December 7at 6:30 p.m. at the Sherwood Auditorium, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.  The theatre is located at 700 Prospect Street, San Diego, 92037. Full event information is available at www.edvinmarton.com.

This premiere performance will feature a fusion of classical music and contemporary rhythms.   Accompanied by his all-girl pop rock band, Marton will play the greatest hits from his ’’Hollywood’’, ’’Virtuoso” and ’’Stradivarius’’ albums, including: The Godfather, Beethoven's 5th, Love Story, Romeo & Juliet, Bitter Sweet Symphony, Vivaldi's Storm, Hungarian Rhapsody, Paganini's Capriccio, Tosca's Fantasy, Clocks by Coldplay and many more.

For the first time, Marton will be performing on a 1699 Stradivarius violin, the ‘ex-Leopold Auer’.  This special violin had been previously been played on by French violin virtuoso and conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow and valued at 7 million dollars. The violin takes its name from Leopold Auer (1845-1930) who was one of the greatest and most influential violin pedagogues of all times.   “There are only few Stradivarius violins in the world in such exceptional condition,” Marton says.   “It is my wish to not only create beautiful music but play on an instrument that will be looked upon as a masterpiece in itself.”

Marton is a Hungarian musician born in the Ukraine. He was accepted into the Central Tchaikovsky Music School in Moscow at eight years old.   Marton performed with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra when he was 12 years old and five years later, he entered the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest.  He then was awarded a scholarship to study at Juilliard School of Music in New York City.

While in his 20’s, Marton entered a competition at the Orford Arts Center in Canada and won the opportunity to play Niccolò Paganini’s Stradivarius, which was on loan to him until just recently when it was sold.  It was one of eight Stradivarius violins in playable condition in the world.   These Stradivarius instruments, originating from Antonio Stradivari’s workshop, are known for their superior sound quality, rarity and are worth millions of U.S. dollars

At the XX 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Marton performed two original compositions,“Tosca Fantasy” and “Romeo and Juliet,” for Gold Medalist skaters Evgeni Plushenko, Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinian. That same year, Marton became the first Hungarian to receive an Emmy Award for Best Composition. He became close friends with Russian Olympic figure skater Plushenko. They worked together again during the internationally-televised 2008 Eurovison Song Contest as part of the performance of Russian singer Dima Bilan’s first place winning song, “Believe.” He has sold over five million albums worldwide and played over 1,000 concerts in such iconic venues as the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Vienna Concert Hall and the Shanghai International Festival.  He has performed for Seal and Supertramp and is a YouTube sensation.   Marton was dubbed the “Prince of the Violin” by author Victoria Rose in her biographical novel, Prince of the Violin: The Secret Life of Edvin Marton.  He is currently based in the San Fernando Valley where he is working on his new classical crossover album.

Tickets for his San Diego area concert start at $45.  Plenty of parking is available. To purchase tickets visit www.ticketsr.com or call (858) 454-3541.

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