What: Vancouver Symphony concert with Spanish virtuoso Francisco Garcia-Fullana.
When: 3 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Skyview High School Concert Hall, 1300 N.W. 139th St., Vancouver.
Cost: $48 for reserved seats, $33 for general admission, $27 for seniors and $10 for students.
Information: 360-735-7278 or visit http://vancouversymphony.org/tickets.php.
The Vancouver Symphony’s first concert of the new year will have a distinctly Northern European flavor, featuring works from Russia and Finland.
Salvador Brotons will lead the orchestra in performances of “Polonaise” from Tchaikovsky’s opera “Eugene Onegin” and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 (“Polish”). Also on the program is Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto,” which will be played by Spanish virtuoso Francisco Garcia-Fullana.
Only 21 years old, Garcia-Fullana has completed his bachelor’s degree at the Juilliard School in New York and is now in his first year of a master’s program. In recognition of his talent, the Juilliard School has loaned him a violin made by Francesco Goffriller in 1734. It belongs to the school’s rare-instrument collection.
Garcia-Fullana gave his first New York recital in 2007, and in 2008 he played Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto” in Munich under Sir Colin Davis. In 2009 he played the Mendelssohn “Violin Concerto” with the Spanish Radio Television Orchestra in Madrid. He has won a number of prizes and was selected to participate in a Young Artists Program with Pinchas Zukerman.