Considered by the international press for her virtuosity (“Fiery virtuoso”, The Strad, “True violinist of the devil” Bayerische Rundfunk; “Superbement joué” Diapason) combined with an uncommon musicality (“honest and heartfelt music-making”, Gramophone; “the violinist of the soul ”Sankei Shinbun) and her energy on stage (“the small wonder, Lina Tur Bonet shines” San Diego Union Tribune), Lina Tur Bonet has developed a versatile and personal career as a violinist and conductor.
Her repertoire spans more than 400 years of music, always with the original instruments of each era.
From a very young age, she worked with many of the most recognised baroque, romantic and contemporary music groups (Les Musiciens du Louvre, Les Arts Florissants, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra Mozart Bologna under the direction of Abbado, Harding, Gardiner, Clemencic, Minkowski, Christie, Currentzis, Gatti …), performing at the Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, Bunkamura Hall, London Proms and Berliner Philharmonie. She was awarded prizes in several international competitions, such as the Bonporti Prize.
Currently, Lina travels the world performing as a soloist in halls such as Wigmore Hall London, Styriarte Graz, Musik Before 1800 New York, San Diego Early Music Festival, ORF Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musashino Hall Tokyo, Residenzwoche Munich, Early Music Saint Petersburg, Varna Festival, in Israel and at Yale University, and as a chamber musician at the Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.
She is invited as concertmaster of le Concert des Nations, Il Complesso Barocco, the Haydn Philarmonie, Liceo de Barcelona, the National Orchestra of Spain, Hofkapelle Munich, Bach Consort Wien, Clemencic Consort, Concerto Köln, Palau de les Arts and Orchestre d’Auvergne.
She is invited as conductor of the Montreal Festival Orchestra, the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, Vila Musica de Mainz, Oviedo Filarmonía, Seville Baroque Orchestra, Granada City Orchestra and the Vigo 430 Orchestra, among many others.
Her recordings as conductor and soloist (music by Vivaldi, Biber, Corelli, Jacquet de la Guerre, Bartok, Bach, Handel, Beethoven and Seicento music) have been widely acclaimed internationally, being chosen as the best version by the BBC, a reference for Gramophone, best version for Radio France Musique and for Scherzo, recommended by the German radio stations Bayerische Ründfunk, Kulturradio Berlin and Südwestfunk. She has obtained numerous awards from music magazines, including the prestigious Diapason d’Or. Her CD with Beethoven’s last Sonatas was awarded 5* by Berlin Radio, “Exceptional” by Scherzo and “Recommended” by Ritmo.
She records and performs unpublished music by Vivaldi, Pisendel, Matteis, Leonardo Leo, Boxberg, Boccherini, Reynaldi, Montali and Brunetti, as well as contemporary pieces written for her.
Chosen as a special artist at the Montreal Festival in 2017 to perform the complete solo violin works of J.S. Bach, she has played all of Biber’s Rosary Sonatas in Spain, Vienna and Tokyo, as well as concertos for violin and orchestra from Vivaldi to Bartok.
Both Lina Tur Bonet and her ensemble MUSIca ALcheMIca, are chosen as resident artists of the National Center for Musical Diffusion for the 2021-22 season.
Likewise, since the 2021 – 2022 academic year, she has been an associate professor of the historical interpretation program at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid.