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A favorite with the USC Symphony, Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman returns to the Koger Center stage with a performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, op. 61 in D Major at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16. The orchestra will also perform Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2, op. 17 in C minor (Little Russian).
"No other concerto can match the true Patrician beauty of Beethoven's Violin Concerto," Gluzman said. "It possesses the perfect balance of proportion that reminds us of the greatest cathedrals in the world, the purity and magic of melodic line, and the writing that is so personal that it speaks directly to our hearts, yet so objective as if to encompass the whole world in one bar! I feel privileged to have the opportunity to perform this great masterwork."
Lauded by both critics and audiences as a performer of great depth, virtuosity, and technical brilliance, Gluzman has appeared throughout North and South America, Europe, Russia, Japan, Korea, and Australia, both as a soloist and in a duo setting with his wife, pianist Angela Yoffe.
Gluzman was born in the Ukraine in 1973 into a family of professional musicians. He began studying the violin at age seven. In 1990, the 16-year-old was granted five minutes to play for the late Isaac Stern, and a friendship was born. Stern was a great influence on the young musician, both musically and personally.
In 1994, Gluzman received the prestigious Henryk Szeryng Foundation Career Award. He now plays the extraordinary1690 ex-Leopold Auer Stradivarius on extended loan to him through the generosity of the Stradivari Society of Chicago. Gluzman, his wife, and their daughter make their home in the Chicago area.
To find out more about Gluzman, go to www.vadimgluzman.com.
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Vadim Gluzman
