Heartstrings

Friday, October 20  |  08:00 PM

Our 2023/2024 season opens in grand style with a lineup of unforgettable orchestral works for strings, including one of Eric Satie’s evergreens, Gymnopedie no. 2, W.A. Mozart’s genial Divertimento in B-Flat Major, and compelling musical gems by Carl Nielsen and Franz Schubert, featuring acclaimed violinist Yu Eun Kim.

 

Program

 

E. Satie – Gymnopedie no. 2

W.A. Mozart – Divertimento in B-flat, K.137

F. Schubert – Rondo in A for Violin and String Orchestra, D. 438

    Yu Eun Kim, violin soloist

C. Nielsen – Suite for String Orchestra, op.1

 

Artist

Yu Eun Kim

Yu Eun Kim

Award-winning South Korean violinist Yu Eun Gemma Kim moved to the United States in 2013 to attend the University of Southern California where she studied with Midori Goto; she concertizes internationally as soloist and chamber musician in a wide variety of repertoire on modern and Baroque instruments.

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Venue

Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz

Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz

The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra’s current home venue, where it has been the orchestra-in-residence since 2014, the Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz opened in June 2000. It is a tribute to the passion and ambition of Raymond Kabbaz, President and Founder of Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, who dedicated the last three years of his life to the creation of the Theatre.

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