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Austrian conductor Katharina Wincor is a rising, charismatic talent. She made a critically acclaimed Dallas Symphony Orchestra subscription debut in 2021, performing works by Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Anna Clyne, followed by appearances at the Grafenegg and Gstaad festivals. Recent highlights include debuts and return invitations with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz; Dresden Philharmonic; Cincinnati Symphony; Salzburg Festival ; Brevard Music Center Summer Festival; Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin; Graz Symphony Orchestra; Seattle Symphony; Vancouver Symphony; Phoenix Symphony; Naples Philharmonic; OFUNAM Mexico; and the orchestra of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie.

Her previous participation in masterclasses and competitions allowed her to work with world renowned orchestras including the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Bamberger Symphony, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. She was one of just four conductors invited by Iván Fischer to a masterclass with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and was subsequently engaged as his assistant conductor for special projects with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Other mentors include Fabio Luisi, Riccardo Muti, and David Zinman. Wincor began studying conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In 2018, she continued her studies at Zurich University, where she studied in the class of Johannes Schlaefli. At the 2017 Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Wincor received the prestigious Neeme Järvi Prize and was awarded third prize at the 2020 Mahler Competition.

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Hai-Xin Wu joined the Detroit Symphony Orchestra violin section in July 1995 and was appointed Assistant Concertmaster of the DSO in June 2004. He previously performed throughout the United States, Europe, and his native China.

At the age of 12, Wu was selected as the violin soloist of the Chinese Young Artists’s group to tour the former Yugoslavia. In May 1995, he made his Carnegie Hall debut in New York City, performing the Paganini Violin Concerto with the New York Concert Senior Orchestra. Wu was also featured as soloist with the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra for its 25th Anniversary Gala Concert in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center; with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra on its recording and Midwest tour; and with Bergen Philharmonic (New Jersey), among others.

Wu has won competitions including the Waldo Mayo Violin Competition, the Friends of Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Competition and the Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competition. He also won a special prize in the 2002 Lipizer International Competition. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music as a scholarship student of Ariana Bronne.

In addition to performing with the DSO, Wu often plays with various chamber groups, such as the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings and the Cuttime Players. From 1998–2001, he was a member of the Sonnet String Quartet as quartet-in-residence at Oakland University. He is currently an adjunct faculty member in the Wayne State University Music Department and a violin and chamber music coach with the Detroit Symphony Civic Youth Orchestra.

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Tickets: regular $25, students: $15, Under 12: free

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