Performers
Kevin Zhu, violin
Maxim Lando, piano

Program, Émigrés
Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major
Eugène Ysaÿe: Poème élégiaque, Op. 12
Lili Boulanger: Deux morceaux
Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasie

American violinist Kevin Zhu has amassed an outstanding record of concert performances and competition wins since he began playing violin at age three. This Paganini Competition and Avery Fisher Career Grant winner has been praised for his “awesome technical command and maturity” (The Strad) and “absolute virtuosity, almost blinding in its incredible purity” (L’ape musicale). He regularly performs on the world’s largest stages, astonishing audiences with his peerless technical mastery and inimitable artistic voice. Joining him is Maxim Lando, a young pianist fast gaining international recognition for his remarkable virtuosity and musical sensitivity.