Richmond Symphony
Angelo Xiang Yu, violin
This concert in Richmond kicks off the Menuhin Competition and features the world premiere of Mason Bates Bound Away, which will also be performed by finalists in the Junior section. Selections from this evening s concert will be included in the Competition s closing broadcast Gala Presentation on May 23. Visit the Richmond Symphony website for more information.
Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216, Angelo Xiang Yu, Violin
J. Montgomery Starburst
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Saturday May 15, 10AM & 2PM
Junior Semi-Finals
This round gives ten young musicians from all over the world an opportunity to demonstrate the diversity of their playing, with a Beethoven sonata with piano, the competitor s choice of a virtuoso work, with or without piano, and a recently composed work for solo violin.
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Sphinx Virtuosi is a conductor-less chamber ensemble comprising 18 Black and Latinx classical musicians. The group will present a virtual concert this weekend and then launch a mentorship program for student musicians from Bridgeport.
Sphinx Virtuosi is part of the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization. Through various programs and ensembles, the organization is “dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.”
The chamber ensemble will perform a program called
This Is America, which features music influenced by Black and Latinx music, like the finale to Antonín Dvořák’s String Quartet in F major, Op. 96, also known as the
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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.
This year, the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State is launching a three-year festival of events with the goal of promoting the work of Black performing artists.
The Fierce Urgency Festival, named after a 1967 quote by Martin Luther King, Jr., was conceived in summer 2020 in response to the killing of George Floyd, according to Amy Vashaw, the centerâs director of audience and program development.
Vashaw said the Fierce Urgency Festival presents an opportunity for students to âbecome global citizens.â
âAt a predominantly white institution in the middle of Pennsylvania, itâs important to show everybody the diversity of people that make up this earth,â Vashaw said.
Monday, March 1
4 p.m. â Esther Obonyo, an associate professor of engineering design and architectural engineering, will continue Penn Stateâs EarthTalks Seminar Series âEnergy and climate policy: How to avoid a global hothouse.â Obonyo will discuss how the carbon footprint can be reduced via Zoom.
The series focuses on âpolicies and technologiesâ to slow global warming, according to Penn State News.
The event is free to join, and the Zoom link can be found here.
7 p.m. â Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin of Unladylike Media will host âConfronting White Feminismâ via livestream. The two will discuss the intersection of the #MeToo movement and the abolition movement. Additionally, they will discuss how feminism and white womanhood have âpushed up against racial equity,â according to Penn State News.