HDCM Celebrity Recitals: KERSON LEONG
Sun, Apr 25
|First Presbyterian Church of Bend
Time & Location
Apr 25, 2027, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
First Presbyterian Church of Bend, 230 NE 9th St, Bend, OR 97702, USA
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The HDCM Celebrity Recitals series returns this season featuring virtuoso violinist Kerson Leong.
He has been described as “not just one of Canada’s greatest violinists but one of the greatest violinists, period". Forging a unique path since his First Prize win at the International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition in 2010, he continues to win over colleagues and audiences alike with “a mixture of spontaneity and mastery, elegance, fantasy, intensity that makes his sound recognizable from the first notes”.
This event is brought to you by Mission Building and the Newberry Hotel. Join Kerson for a pre-concert talk about the program beginning at 4:15pm. This concert preview is free for all ticket holders.
Program: Bach/Marcello arr. Leong Adagio from Concerto in D minor BWV 974, Tarrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 3 'Ballade', Leclair Sonata for Two Violins in E minor Op. 3, No. 5, Bach Concerto for Two Violins…