To Celebrate the Auspicious Occasion of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s
80th Birthday Anniversary on 12th August 2012
in association with
has the honour to present
Programmes and artists in the
Great Artists of the World
Series are correct at the time of printing but may be subject to unavoidable change.
Great Artists of the World 2012
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Department of Cultural Promotion
Tuesday 31 July 2012 at 8:00 pm
plays Tchaikovsky
Ryu Goto
Japanese-American Ryu Goto made his debut at the age of
just 7 at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan performing
Paganini’s First Concerto. Now 24 and a superstar in Japan,
he has already performed with the London Philharmonic
and Philharmonia Orchestras, the Washington National
Symphony, Bamberg Symphony, Vienna Symphony and the
European Union Youth Orchestra under conductors
including Vladimir Ashkenazy and Myung Whun Chung.
Next season he will perform Paganini’s First Concerto with
the Munich Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel. His
recordings for DGG include the Brahms Violin Concerto
conducted by Ashkenazy. Ryu Goto has a BA degree in
physics from Harvard University and a black belt in karate.
He performs on the 1715 Stradivarius known both as the
Ex-Pierre Rode
and the
Duke of Cambridge
on loan to him
from the Japanese non-profit organisation
Yellow Angel
.
“expressive playing, sweet tone,
impressive technique and musicality”
The New York Times
“technically ravishing; virtuosity
and tone striking in their intensity”
Boston Music Intelligencer
Programme
Tchaikovsky : Polonaise from
Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky : Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
with
Bangkok Symphony Orchestra
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