Colburn Orchestra: Sibelius Violin Concerto

Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Ray Ushikubo, Violin 

Conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall for an all-Finnish program featuring some of Sibelius’s greatest hits. After an ethereal piece by Kaija Saariaho – a work dedicated to Salonen himself – the violin shines in Sibelius’s brooding Violin Concerto, an expressive and technically-challenging showcase of the instrument. The concert concludes with the soaring melodies and triumphant timbre of Sibelius’s Second Symphony. 

Esa-Pekka Salonen holds the Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies at the Colburn School.

The Colburn Orchestra is generously underwritten by Eva and Marc Stern.