The first appearance of Grammy Award nominee Philippe Quint with a Stradivari violin in Moscow

March 21, 2019 | Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International Performing Arts Center
Soloist – Philippe Quint, violin (USA)
Conductor – Vladimir Spivakov
Brahms. Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op. 77
Tchaikovsky. Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

American violinist Philippe Quint, born in Russia to a family of Russian musicians, a multi Grammy Award nominee, whom BBC Music Magazine described as “truly phenomenal”, will give his first concert in Russia with the NPR on March 21. The musician left Russia in 1991 when still young and since then has never appeared in concert halls of his historic homeland.
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