The pandemic hit while the orchestra was in the middle of a search to find a new music director to succeed Anu Tali, who stepped down in 2018 after six years. Several of the seven conductors set to lead Masterworks concerts, the organization’s centerpiece programs, are returning from past seasons, including Marcelo Lehninger, who opens the season, JoAnn Falletta and Bramwell Tovey.
Others, like Teddy Abrams, music director of the Louisville Orchestra, and Stephen Mulligan, associate conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, were booked for last season but didn’t get to appear.
“It’s going to be a further exploration and getting-to-know-you process,” said Concertmaster Daniel Jordan.
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The Olympics of the violin will finally be coming to Richmond this May. However, it will be in a virtual format. (Photo: Andrew Logan for VPM)
It’s known as the “Olympics for the violin.” And, like the real Olympics, the Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021, has had to make some adjustments in this case, moving to an all virtual format.
Forty four of the world’s best young violinists, including one from Virginia, will participate in the event named after Yehudi Menuhin. Competition events will be hosted by the Richmond Symphony. It was scuttled last year due to the pandemic. All but one of the same competitors from last year will be returning.
Shanghai Quartet set to play a string of classical hits By Chen Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-16 07:59 Share CLOSE (From left to right) Violinists Weigang Li, Angelo Xiang Yu, violist Honggang Li and cellist Nicholas Tzavar of Shanghai Quartet. [Photo provided to China Daily]
The Shanghai Quartet, which announced its new member Angelo Xiang Yu as its second violinist in November, will give a recital at the Tianjin Juilliard School on Wednesday.
Marking Ludwig van Beethoven s 250th birth anniversary this year, the quartet will perform three of the German composer s pieces written for string quartet:
String Quartet No 6 in B-flat Major, Op 18, No 6, Grosse Fuge Op 133 and