Seven years ago, at age 17, Kevin Zhu was the youngest recipient ever to win the Paganini International Competition, having achieved the same distinction in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition six years earlier. He has performed on the world’s largest stages, cited for his “awesome technical command and maturity” (The Strad) and “absolute virtuosity, almost blinding in its incredible purity” (L’ape musicale). Recent concert tours have taken him to major stages of Berlin, Beijing, New York, and Washington, DC. His mentors at the Juilliard School were Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin. Kevin performs on the c1700 “ex-Petri” Antonio Stradivari violin, on loan from the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.
Pianist Maxim Lando has similarly been hailed by Anthony Tomassini of the New York Times for his "brilliance and infectious exuberance" combined with “impressive delicacy” and a “wild-eyed danger.” In 2017, at 15, he performed on Carnegie Hall's opening night gala with Chick Corea, Lang Lang, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. After winning First Prize at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions the next year, his recital debuts at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall and the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater included Liszt’s complete Transcendental Etudes. He was named a Gilmore Young Artist, as well as Musical America‘s New Artist of the Month and received the 2022 Vendome Grand Prize as well as First Prize in the Franz Liszt International Competition.
PROGRAM
Gershwin, arr. Heifetz Porgy and Bess Suite
Ravel Violin Sonata in G major
Ives Violin Sonata No. 3
Waxman Carmen Fantasy
Following the concert, you will have the opportunity to meet the artists at our reception. The concert and presentation are supported by the Discover Ames Community Grant Program.
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