World-famous violinist in town for concert
World-famous violinist in town for concert
Feb 19, 2012 (The Eagle - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- If hearing good music and watching snazzy dance is your thing, this is a banner week for you to take in a smorgasbord of performing arts in the Brazos Valley.
It starts today at 5 p.m. at Rudder Theatre when Maestro Marcelo Bussiki raises his baton to the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra's presentation of From Vivaldi to Piazolla -- The Four Seasons. The exquisite sound of our own symphonic music-makers will be joined by internationally known classical violinist Lara St. John, who has performed around the globe for most of her life. St. John picked up the violin at age 2, and at age 10 made her European stage debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon. A partial list of her passport stamps include Japan, China and Australia, not to mention the most famous American concert halls, including the Boston Pops. She comes to College Station familiar with today's Vivaldi program as she released it on a CD with the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and conductor Eduardo Marture in 2009.