The Concerto for Orchestra was composer Bela Bartok's last completed work; he did not live to finish either the Third Piano Concerto or the Viola Concerto that followed it. In these last works, all ...

It should come as no surprise that Kim Kashkashian didn't begin musical life as a violist. Few violists do. They usually play violin before being seduced by the noble sound of the slightly larger and ...

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra welcomes violist Dillon Scott, PYO ’22 & current student of Curtis Institute of Music, as he returns as soloist for Bartók’s expressive Viola Concerto. The program ...

Music has a life-giving force and uncanny power of resilience. Bela Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra was written on what many thought was the composer’s deathbed, but bringing it into the world gave ...

For this program, the FWSO fronts one of its own. Principal Violist DJ Cheek, appointed in 2021, moves to the front of the stage for Bartók’s final composition, his Viola Concerto. That work launches ...