Ray Chen at Mondavi: Afternoon of Fire & Grace

Virtuoso Inferno: Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde Blaze UC Davis

📅 Sunday October 26 2025

🕑 2:00 PM

📍 Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts UC Davis

🎟️ Tickets → https://www.mondaviarts.org/whats-on/ray-chen-julio-elizalde/

Prepare for an afternoon of unrelenting virtuosity. Ray Chen’s fierce lyricism and Julio Elizalde’s fiery accompaniment will transport you from the grandeur of Beethoven to the electric pulse of Corea’s “Spain.”

✨ Program Highlights

• Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major Op. 30
• Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75

—Intermission—

• Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin BWV 1004 “Chaconne”
• Bazzini: La Ronde des Lutins Op. 25
• Dvořák (arr. Kreisler): Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor Op. 72
• Corea (arr. Elizalde & Chen): Spain

⚡️ Don’t miss this conflagration of sound and spirit. Claim your seat before the sparks fly out of reach!