BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO Friday, April 30, 2021
This performance is being filmed and recorded for a future streaming concert. Meymandi Concert Hall Woolner Stage
Raleigh Aram Demirjian, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin STREAMING CONCERT SPONSORED BY
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (1770-1827) II. Allegretto Carlos Simon (b. 1986)
Fate Now Conquers
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 I. Allegro, ma non troppo II. Larghetto III. Rondo: Allegro Augustin Hadelich, violin
ABOUT THE ARTISTS Aram Demirjian, conductor Conductor Aram Demirjian is the 2020 recipient of The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award from The Solti Foundation U.S. He is Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, elected in 2020 to be featured at SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras, presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Washington Performing Arts.
Augustin Hadelich, violin Augustin Hadelich was named 2018 “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America magazine and won a 2016 Grammy Award for “Best Classical Instrumental Solo.” He has performed with major orchestras throughout North America and across the world. His most recent concerts with the North Carolina Symphony featured the Sibelius Violin Concerto, in Raleigh and Chapel Hill.
As a guest conductor, Aram has worked with many orchestras, including frequent appearances with The Philadelphia Orchestra. He makes debuts this season with the North Carolina, San Diego, and Santa Rosa symphonies.
Augustin’s most recent recording, Bohemian Tales, including the Dvořák Violin Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hrůša, was released in July 2020.
American-born and of Armenian descent, Aram holds degrees from Harvard University and the New England Conservatory.
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Born in Italy, the son of German parents, Augustin holds an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School and is now an American citizen. He plays the violin “Leduc, ex-Szeryng” by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù of 1744, generously loaned by a patron through the Tarisio Trust.
