Violin/Director | Jehye Lee |
Violin/Director | James Cuddeford |
Programme
Mendelssohn | String Symphony No 10 in B minor |
Schnittke | Concerto Grosso No 1 (1977) |
Sibelius | Andante Festivo |
Grieg | Holberg Suite, Op 40 |
Returning to Hong Kong after her triumphant début with Hong Kong Sinfonietta last year, Principal Second Violin of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Jehye Lee will be putting her extraordinarily compelling and versatile musicianship on full show in this concert, as she joins hands with Concertmaster James Cuddeford to present a programme of well-loved string music by Mendelssohn, Sibelius and Grieg, as well as Schnittke’s fascinating Baroque-inspired, polystylstic Concerto Grosso No 1.
Jehye Lee (Violin/Director)
“Excellent soloist…her violin tone bright and luminous.” Bachtrack
- Principal Second Violin, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
- 1st Prize, Audience Prize & Chamber Music Prize, Leopold Mozart Violin Competition 2009
- 3rd Prize & Chamber Music Prize, International Tchaikovsky Competition, 2011
James Cuddeford (Violin/Director)
“James Cuddeford stood out in his solo, elevating a sentimental melody to eloquence with sweetness and authority.” South China Morning Post
- Concertmaster, Hong Kong Sinfonietta
- Joined the internationally acclaimed Australian String Quartet in 1998, and has directed from the violin many orchestras in Australia, Japan and Europe
- Has worked with and premiered the music of many of the most important composers of our time, including violin works by Brett Dean, György Kurtág, Roger Smalley and Harrison Birtwistle
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Featured artists:
Jehye Lee
(Violin)
James Cuddeford
(Violin)