City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / María Dueñas / Kazuki Yamada

Date & Time

Thu, Mar 7, 2024, 20:00

Venue

Wherever violinist María Dueñas (born in Granada in 2002) appears, audience and critics alike are full of enthusiasm. She is rightly perceived as an exceptional talent: the musician with mixed Austrian and Spanish roots impresses not only with an astonishing artistic maturity and a beautiful tone, but also with the cadenzas that she composes herself. After she won first prize at the 2021 Yehudi Menuhin Competition, Deutsche Grammophon immediately gave her an exclusive recording contract. She has devoted her first... Read full text

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Musicians

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
María Dueñas	Violin
Kazuki Yamada	Conductor

Program

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 61	Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonie fantastique / Épisode de la vie d’un artiste, Op. 14	Hector Berlioz
Après un rêve op. 7/1	Gabriel Fauré
The Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / aus: The First of the Few	William Walton

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