Grammy Award-Winning Violinist Augustin Hadelich Headlines Orchestra Concert

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The College of Charleston Orchestra welcomes back world-renowned, award-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich in a performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto. Music major Katie Banish will perform a movement of Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and the evening will be rounded out with an orchestral feature of Finlandia by Sibelius.

The concert is conducted by Yuriy Bekker – acclaimed violinist, conductor and Artistic Director of the Charleston Symphony and faculty member of the College of Charleston’s Department of Music. Expertly familiar with high level performances, Bekker comments, “In preparation for performances like this, I have been studying the score for a while. As a violinist, I am no stranger to Brahms' Violin Concerto, having spent three decades listening to it and accompanying many violinists in my career. It is very exciting to conduct this monumental work, and I look forward to witnessing the growth that the students will experience by performing it alongside Augustin Hadelich.”

Hadelich returns to perform with the orchestra after a triumphant performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in 2022. Featured on the cover of last month's issue of THE STRAD magazine, he is one of the great violinists of our time. From Bach to Brahms, from Bartók to Adès, Hadelich has mastered a wide-ranging and adventurous repertoire. He is often referred to by colleagues as a musician's musician. He has performed with all the major American orchestras as well as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Concertgebouworkest, Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and many others. Hadelich is on the violin faculty of the Yale School of Music at Yale University. He plays the violin "Leduc, ex-Szeryng" by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù of 1744, generously loaned by a patron through the Tarisio Trust. Learn more about Hadelich: augustinhadelich.com

Housed in the Department of Music in the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts, the College of Charleston Orchestra is a symphony orchestra consisting primarily of music majors. Members also include non-music majors and faculty, who are experienced performers that enjoy expanding their musicianship and artistic connection.

Under the direction of Yuriy Bekker, the orchestra performs numerous times a year and has featured internationally renowned guest artists, including violinists Augustin Hadelich (2022) and Sarah Chang (2023).

In 2023, the College of Charleston Orchestra was one of four select orchestras to perform for the exclusive Capital Orchestra Festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This milestone concert featured Brahms' Academic Festival Overture and Hungarian Dance no. 1, and "Charlestonia: A Folk Rhapsody" composed by Charleston's own Edmund Thornton Jenkins. The Orchestra will perform at Carnegie Hall in 2025.