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Maxim Vengerov, violin and Polina Osetinskaya, piano

  • FOLLY THEATER 300 W 12th St. Kansas City, MO 64105 United States (map)

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Maxim Vengerov, violin and Polina Osetinskaya, piano

Violinist Maxim Vengerov is universally hailed as one of the world’s finest musicians and often referred to as the greatest living string player in the world today. A Grammy Award-winner, he has performed sold-out concerts with internationally preeminent orchestras and conductors and has given solo recitals in every major city in the world. Vengerov enjoys international acclaim as a musician of the highest order and is one of the most in-demand soloists today. Maxim Vengerov plays the ex-Kreutzer Stradivari (1727).

PROGRAM:

J.S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in B Minor

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”)

Shostakovich/Tziganov: 10 Preludes, Op. 34

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42

Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34

Program subject to change

Maxim Vengerov discusses Storytelling in Music

“When you play, use your imagination to tell a story and bring the music to life.”

Instrumental music is without words, and usually there is not a specific image or association suggested by the composer. However, this does not mean the music is abstract or remote; it is up to us as performers to discover and communicate the story behind it.

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