the stolen violin concerto

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Maybe the one or other here remember the name Tristan Foison. This guy - born 1961 - was active as a composer in the Atlanta (USA) area in the late 20th century. He became most infamous for copying the Requiem by Alfred Desenclos and pretending the works as his own. The Requiem was "premiered" in 2001 and immediately discovered as a fraud. Tristan Foison than vanished immediately into thin air and it is unknown where he lives today.

I came across his name at first due to the fact that his work list also included a violin concerto. I always was fascinated by the story, which shows how far one can get in the classical music scene just by a self-confident illusion. So I tried to find information about the Foison violin concerto and after several years I finally found the solution - the violin concerto is stolen as well!

The complete story can be found on the blog of my website:

www.tobias-broeker.de/blog

Give it a try and share!

Best,
Tobias

[listener]

good work!  fascinating story.

[Scion7]

Thief!     There will be a special corner in Hell just for him.

I listend to your recommendation - "Yervand Yerkanian-Violin Con. #1" but I honestly don't hear much to it.

[violinconcerto]

I listend to your recommendation - "Yervand Yerkanian-Violin Con. #1" but I honestly don't hear much to it.

Thanks for taking the time to listen to the Yerkanian concerto! I am just happy about that. And like all recommendations this is just a cue to good music, but no guarantee that it will storm your list of favourites.

Best,
Tobias

[Xenophanes]

I kind of like the first two movements, which are atmospheric music. The final movement is a nice virtuoso piece.

If I can't listen to the Raymond Gallois-Montbrun Violin Concerto, I am going to go home mad!