It's out!

Hummel's Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin/Viola, op. 5 (c.1798) has just been released world-wide by Toronto's Marquis Classics CD!

Please click on the above player to hear an excert, and go to the BLOG page for more information!!

Paul Luchkow is a versatile violinist and violist whose activities cover the range of music from the 17th century to the present day on modern and period instruments. A regular feature of Vancouver's Early Music scene, Paul is a long-time member of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, appears frequently in concerts for Early Music Vancouver, and Festival Vancouver, and was a founding member of the Burney Ensemble and of Vancouver's 17th century string band "La Cetra".

He has performed with the CBC Radio Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony, the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and in studio ensembles, recording for popular music groups, film, television, and theatre. After graduating with a M.Mus. degree from the University of British Columbia, Paul moved to Holland where he became a member of the chamber orchestra "Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam". In addition to Sinfonietta tours through Holland, France, and South Africa, he played with the Netherlands Radio Symphony and the Baroque Orchestra of the Netherlands Bach Society. Since his return to Vancouver, Paul continues to travel, touring with local ensembles and playing regularly with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, the Trinity Consort (Portland), and Baroque Northwest in Seattle Washington.

An active performer of contemporary music on modern violin and newly written music for period instruments, Paul has performed, often in premiers, music of Jean Coulthard, Michael Osterle, Peter Hannan, Bradshaw Pack, Jocelyn Morlock, Linda Catlin Smith, John Abram, Martin Arnold and Ray Zhuo (to name a few!). Paul has participated in recordings for the BIS, Koch, Spool, ATMA Classique, CBC Records, and Artifact Music labels and his concert performances are frequently broadcast on the CBC (radio and television) and NPR networks.