Violin Concertos of the 21st Century

In this section, one cannot yet speak of a distinction between known and unknown violin concertos, either by nature or for reasons of contemporaneity. It may be that, from the perspective of the 22nd century, the following concertos will already belong to the well-known violin concertos.

Unsuk Chin (*1961): Violin Concerto (2001)


Oliver Knussen (1952-2018): Violin Concerto op. 30 (2002)


Yevhen Stankovych (*1942): Concerto no. 2 for violin and symphony orchestra (2006)


Jörg Widmann (*1973): Violin Concerto (2007)

 

Esteban Benzecry (*1970): Concerto para Violino (2006 - 2008)


Thierry Escaich (*1965):Concerto pour violon et orchestre (2009)


Rebecca Saunders (*1967): Still, for violin and orchestra (2011)

 

Anatolijus Šenderovas (1945 – 2019): Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2007 / 2013)


Dieter Ammann (*1962): unbalanced instability, concerto movement for violin and chamber orchestra (2011-13)


Francisco Coll (* 1985): Four Iberian Miniatures for violin and chamber orchestra (2014)

 

Iris ter Schiphorst (b. 1956): AUS LIEBE II (2015) for solo violin and string orchestra, freely adapted from Aria No. 49 from J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion (2015)

 

Andrew Waggoner (* 1960): Violin Concerto (2015)

 

Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953): Second Violin Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2016)

 

Andrea Tarrodi (*1981): Acanthes, concerto for two violins and string orchestra (2017)


Isidora Žebeljan (1967 - 2020): Three Curious Loves (Tri cudne ljubavi), concerto for violin and chamber orchestra (2017)

 

Schnelzer, Albert (born 1972): Violin Concerto No. 2, “Nocturnal Songs” (2018) 


Jörg Widmann (*1973): Violin Concerto No. 2 (2018)


Beat Furrer (*1954): Concerto for violin and orchestra (2019/20)

 

Steve Elcock (*1957): Violin Concerto op. 13 (ca.1996 - 2003; rev. Oct. 2020)

Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933–2022): Double Concerto for Violin, Shamisen and Orchestra (2021)


Missy Mazzoli (*1980): Violin Concerto (Procession) 2021

Apolline Jesupret (*1995): Ardeurs intimes, concerto for violin and string orchestra (2023)

Sauli Zinovjev(*1988): World Bearer. Violin Concerto No 2 (2025)