Nikolaj Znaider plays Tchaikovsky

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LSO International Violin Festival

Tue 12 May 2015 7.30pm - 9.45pm
Barbican Hall, London

BALAKIREV (arr LYAPUNOV) Islamey
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 15

Valery Gergiev conductor
Nikolaj Znaider violin
London Symphony Orchestra

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LSO Platform: Guildhall Artists
Barbican Hall 6pm, free entry

Songs by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich
Eliza Safjan soprano
Sally Dodds mezzo soprano
Łukasz Klimczak baritone
Aaron Burrows and Kaoru Wada piano

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Hailed for the intelligence, soulfulness and passion of his playing, Danish-Israeli violinist Nicolaj Znaider is a great favourite with LSO audiences. His contribution to this amazing festival of violin playing is the Tchaikovsky Concerto, one of the peaks of the violin repertoire, and one to which Znaider will bring all three characteristics. Valery Gergiev teams it with an orchestral arrangement of Balakirev’s virtuoso piano fantasy Islamey and Shostakovich’s enigmatic final symphony, a summation of his life’s work.