Violinist Fabio Biondi, the celebrated founder and director of Europa Galante, makes his Kings Place Master Series debut presenting his interpretation of one of the major peaks of the solo violin repertoire: Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas.

For years Biondi was intimidated by Bach’s writing for solo violin: so intimate, yet so universal – and so technically demanding. Having performed many of the works individually during his career, Fabio Biondi has now at the age of sixty recorded the complete set for the very first time: the culmination of long and patient study, and of a journey of personal development.

All the well-known landmarks are here in this abridged selection in concert – from the famous Bourrée of the First Partita to the challenging Chaconne of the Second. Biondi makes this collection of dances intensely present in his infinitely nuanced interpretation, casting a radiant light on each piece, fully honouring its dance-like character. Without any superfluous embellishment, at a single breath his masterful playing sets ablaze the full spectrum of forms, textures and tempi, giving life to the music.