POSTPONED Menuhin Competition Richmond 2020 Opening Gala Concert

(3-25-20) This event has been rescheduled from May 2020 to May 2021. For all ticket inquires, please click here.

Richmond Symphony
Jahja Ling (conductor)
Chloe Chua (violin) *
Christian Li (violin) **
Soyoung Yoon (violin) ***

Shostakovich Festive Overture in A Major, Op. 96
Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 **
Sarasate Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 *
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 ***
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

The Opening Gala Concert kicks off the Menuhin Competition Richmond 2020 in spectacular fashion, with violin solos performed by three previous winners of the 1^st Prize including an outstanding juror, alongside celebratory orchestral works. Chloe Chua and Christian Li, joint winners of the Geneva 2018 Junior 1^st Prize, and Soyoung Yoon, 2020 juror and winner of the Boulogne 2002 Senior 1^st Prize, are conducted by guest conductor Jahja Ling and accompanied by the Richmond Symphony, which closes the concert with Rimsky-Korsakov’s effervescent and virtuosic Capriccio Espagnol.