Violinist Erin Keefe, Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra and a Curtis faculty member, leads this conductorless chamber orchestra of young musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music. The program includes Mozart’s masterful Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra, performed by Keefe and Curtis President and renowned violist Roberto Díaz.

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Curtis Chamber Orchestra Erin Keefe, violin Roberto Díaz, viola

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Barber’s beloved Adagio for Strings and Leonard Bernstein’s string orchestra arrangement of Beethoven’s F-Major String Quartet, Op. 135 bookend this lovely program from Curtis Chamber Orchestra.

Reflecting on the Beethoven, classical music critic David Patrick Stearns wrote, “the sound of massed strings gives the music a grandeur always implied but never realized by conventional string quartet performances.” Acclaimed violinist and Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Erin Keefe and viola royalty Roberto Díaz join the ensemble for Mozart’s sunlit Sinfonia Concertante – an ideal showcase for these two outstanding soloists.

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A conductorless chamber orchestra led from the first chair by Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster and Curtis violin faculty Erin Keefe. The program includes Mozart’s masterful Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra performed by Erin Keefe and Curtis President and renowned violist Roberto Díaz, as well as beloved works by Barber and Beethoven.

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Curtis Chamber Orchestra Erin Keefe, violin Roberto Díaz, viola

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