Augustin Hadelich

Where piano fans look to Rachmaninoff for keyboard virtuosity, violinists turn to Paganini. An outrageously gifted musician and one of the first “rock stars” of classical music, Paganini was also an accomplished composer writing hundreds of pieces including six violin concertos. Sparks will fly as violinist Augustin Hadelich takes the stage in the first concerto of this legendary composer, thought to have been in league with the devil. Rachmaninoff’s expressive Third Symphony and quintessentially Russian Symphony No. 3 caps the evening. Michael Francis, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Pacific Symphony Program: CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Prospero’s Rooms PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3