Masterclass
October
17
Friday
Violin Masterclass
Starts at: 7:00 PM @ St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Espen Lilleslåtten, former concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and current concertmaster of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, will lead a masterclass with GSYO Symphony violinists. Following the performances, there will be a short Q & A session.
Featuring student soloists: Charisse Chao, Nathan Cheung, Matthew Lin, and Angie Zou
Admission is free
Espen Lilleslåtten is currently associate professor of violin at Louisiana State University. Previously he served for fifteen years as concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and is currently concertmaster of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra. During the summers, he is an artist faculty member at the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he is also principal second violin of the Aspen Chamber Symphony.
He has recently been invited as guest associate concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop, and has performed with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra as associate principal violist with Klaus Mäkelä, recording Sibelius Symphony No.1 and Kodaly Danses from Galanta.
As a soloist, he has appeared with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and given recitals at the Bergen International Festival. He premiered the Concerto of Psalms for two violins and orchestra by Dinos Constantinides at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, and at a recital in Carnegie Hall.