VSO streams an Afternoon of Mendelssohn, starting March 28
The virtual concert features David Lakirovich and his 1920 Stefano Scarampella violin
VSO assistant concertmaster David Lakirovich.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs An Afternoon of Mendelssohn on March 28 at 2 pm online via TheConcertHall.ca. The concert will be available for the remainder of the season.
WITH SCHOOLS ACROSS B.C. now on spring break, it’s a perfect time to take in the music of Felix Mendelssohn. The child prodigy wrote Violin Concerto in D Minor when he was 13 and String Octet when he was 16. (And what are your kids doing with their time off?)
Led by VSO conductor Andrew Crust, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs both pieces in An Afternoon of Mendelssohn, a virtual concert premiering March 28 at 2 pm.
The virtual concert features VSO assistant concertmaster David Lakirovich, who started playing violin when he was just three in his native Australia. His career has included performances and competitions everywhere from Italy to Israel. With a master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, he served as associate concertmaster of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio; played three seasons with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra; and performed as guest associate concertmaster with the Jalisco Philharmonic during the entire summer of 2015 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Thanks to a gift from an anonymous donor in Boston, Lakirovich plays a1920 Stefano Scarampella violin, named after an Italian craftsman who lived from 1843 to 1925 and who’s still considered one of the best in the world.
The program also includes violinists Jae-Won Bang, Yi Zhou, Ann Okagaito, and violists Andrew Brown and Jacob van der Sloot; and cellists Zoltan Rozsnyai and Luke Kim.
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