Yevgeny Kutik—Exhilarating violin!

Metro State and Minnesota Sinfonia are excited to bring one of the final two free concerts of its Winter Concert Season to the Founders Hall Auditorium at Metro State’s Dayton’s Bluff Campus. This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Metro State Ramp, 400 Maria Avenue.

The Minnesota Sinfonia is excited to welcome back Yevgeny Kutik, internationally acclaimed violinist. Yevgeny will be the featured soloist in our presentation of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto no. 1 in g minor. Its soaring melodies, lush and passionate orchestral writing, and devilishly difficult violin passages will highlight Yevgeny’s interpretative insight and virtuosic technique. Described as "one of the best works of the Romantic period”, this piece is one of the most popular violin concertos in solo violin repertoire.

The concert opens with Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dance opus 46, no. 1, delightfully evoking the spirit of eastern European folk music. This will be followed by our Artistic Director Jay Fishman’s composition A Romp Between Serious Thoughts, celebrating the opening of the Metro State University’s library. An intermission will follow the Bruch concerto and our final selection will be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s entrancing Symphony No. 36, (“Linz”). Written in just four days, the haste of composition is in no way reflected in the symphony’s beauty, depth, and vivacity.

With a “dark-hued tone and razor-sharp technique” (The New York Times), violinist Yevgeny Kutik has captivated audiences worldwide with an old-world sound that communicates a modern intellect. Praised for his technical precision and virtuosity, he is also lauded for his poetic and imaginative interpretations of both standard works as well as rarely heard and newly composed repertoire. A native of Minsk, Belarus, Kutik began violin studies with his mother, Alla Zernitskaya, and immigrated to the US with his family at the age of five. He regularly speaks and performs across the country to promote the assistance of refugees from around the world. Amongst many other honors, Yevgeny has been awarded the Salon de Virtuosi Grant as well as the Tanglewood Music Center Jules Reiner Violin Prize.

The Sinfonia is Minnesota’s only professional orchestra to offer all concerts free of admissions charges, encourage children to attend all performances, and allocate nearly 30% of artistic expenses and more than half of its performances on behalf of children and their education. For complete program information, check the Sinfonia website.