Kareem Roustom honors victims of racial violence with new violin concerto
Led by principal guest conductor Gemma New, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra will premiere the work on Thursday, with its principal second violinist, Angela Fuller Heyde.
Kareem Roustom, a Syrian-born American composer, completed his Second Violin Concerto last summer. In a phone interview, he said, 'It was impossible not to be aware of what was going on … and not feel this profound grief and frustration.'(John Robson)
“In memory of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and far too many others.”
That’s the postscript on the last page of Kareem Roustom’s Second Violin Concerto. Subtitled “with might and main,” the new work will be premiered Thursday by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, with its principal second violinist, Angela Fuller Heyde. Principal guest conductor Gemma New will lead the program, also including Mendelssohn’s