Special to the Crier
Weston High School sophomore Ella Kim was selected as a Grand Prize Winner of the state-wide Boston Pops Orchestra/Fidelity Young Artist Competition and will perform as violin soloist together with conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra in Boston Symphony Hall in a concert to be streamed online from June 3 to July 3.
The Young Artist Competition was held this spring, consisting of a preliminary video round and a final live round in front of a panel of judges from Boston Symphony Orchestra. As a winner, Kim had lessons with a musical mentor, Lucia Lin, first violinist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and worked one-on-one with Lockhart as well as special guest artist Chris Thile to prepare for her performance.