By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.
Violin Concerto concerts featured at Gallo during April
Violinist OER
As a recitalist Tai Murray has appeared in Berlin, Chicago, Hamburg, London, Madrid, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Paris and Washington D.C., among many other venues. She will perform at the Gallo Center for the Arts on April 12 and 13. Photo Contributed

The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto on Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, led by Music Director Nicholas Hersh. The weekend’s concerts will feature the MSO’s debut of the works of Argentinian-composer Astor Piazzolla’s Tangazo (Variations on Buenos Aires), and French-composer Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 in G minor. The program also includes an arrangement by Hersh of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue in G minor, also known as the “Little Fugue.” The concert will conclude with Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, featuring world-renowned violinist, Tai Murray as the soloist.

“The centerpiece of this concert is Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, a masterful blending of virtuoso violin technique and enchanting musical beauty,” said Hersh. “From the soaring melody of its first movement to the effervescent gallop of the finale, there isn’t a moment that won’t captivate and delight our Gallo Center audiences. With violinist Tai Murray bringing her indefatigable energy to the concerto, too, this is truly a musical event not to be missed.”

Described by Muso Magazine as, “technically flawless … vivacious and scintillating,” in her playing style, Murray has earned global recognition and fame. After debuting at the age of nine with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, she went on to win the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2004 and was named a BBC New Generation Artist (2008 through 2010). Murray has performed worldwide, including at BBC Proms, and with major ensembles such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday nights, with the concert in the Mary Stuart Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center for the Arts, 1000 I St., Modesto.

Ticket prices range from $20 to $94; there are also $12 student tickets available at the Gallo Center Ticket Office. Students can purchase two $12 tickets with their student ID.

Tickets are available online through ModestoSymphony.org or through the Gallo Center for the Arts Ticket Office at (209) 338-2100.

Gallo Center Ticket Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.

Group Prices are available; groups of 10 or more receive a 15 percent discount on tickets. Call (209) 338-5064 for more information.