North Carolina Symphony Live Concert Recording: Beethoven Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO

Friday, April 30, 2021

Meymandi Concert Hall Woolner Stage, Raleigh

This performance is being filmed and recorded for a future streaming concert.

Aram Demirjian, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin

STREAMING CONCERT SPONSORED BY

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

II. Allegretto

Carlos Simon (b. 1986)

Fate Now Conquers

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61

I. Allegro, ma non troppo

II. Larghetto

III. Rondo: Allegro

Augustin Hadelich, violin

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Aram Demirjian, conductor Conductor Aram Demirjian is the 2020 recipient of The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award from The Solti Foundation U.S. He is Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, elected in 2020 to be featured at SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras, presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Washington Performing Arts.

As a guest conductor, Aram has worked with many orchestras, including frequent appearances with The Philadelphia Orchestra. He makes debuts this season with the North Carolina, San Diego, and Santa Rosa symphonies.

American-born and of Armenian descent, Aram holds degrees from Harvard University and the New England Conservatory.

Augustin Hadelich, violin Augustin Hadelich was named 2018 “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America magazine and won a 2016 Grammy Award for “Best Classical Instrumental Solo.” He has performed with major orchestras throughout North America and across the world. His most recent concerts with the North Carolina Symphony featured the Sibelius Violin Concerto, in Raleigh and Chapel Hill.

Augustin’s most recent recording, Bohemian Tales, including the Dvořák Violin Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hrůša, was released in July 2020.

Born in Italy, the son of German parents, Augustin holds an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School and is now an American citizen. He plays the violin “Leduc, ex-Szeryng” by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù of 1744, generously loaned by a patron through the Tarisio Trust.