Yes, Pinchas Zukerman, aka P-Zuk (his rapper name), is leading the Oregon Symphony this week – most through his conducting, but also with some timely demonstrations on a surprised Assistant concertmaster Erin Furbee’s violin (I think she may never clean it again!). The Zuk-meister will also be playing one of Haydn’s little-known violin concertos this
Violinist Andy Liang, who has performed several times with the Oregon Symphony over the past decade, is spending this summer at one of the more prestigious summer music festivals, the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado. He’s also been tapped to perform a solo in front of the orchestra this weekend – Tchaikovsky’s Valse-Scherzo, Op.
We had our last iteration of this past weekend’s classical series concerts, but we took it on the road to Salem, Oregon. Normally, a trip to Salem can be like the last mile of a forced march. Everyone’s tired, most likely we had a rehearsal the same morning, and we are just wanting to get to