Contact:
Lois Robinson, Executive Director
(318) 222-7496
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY PRESENTS MOZART'S "HAFFNER" SYMPHONY PLUS VIOLINIST EUNICE KIM AND DOUBLE BASSIST XAVIER FOLEY ON JANUARY 28
Program also features Bottesini's Gran Duo
and an original composition by Xavier Foley
JANUARY 19, 2023, SHREVEPORT, LA - On Saturday, January 28, the Shreveport Symphony (SSO) presents Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 (“Haffner”) along with two young virtuoso soloists. Violinist Eunice Kim and double bass phenomenon Xavier Foley will perform the Bottesini Gran Duo, as well as an original composition by Foley.
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Mozart's "Haffner" Symphony
Saturday, January 28 at 7:30 PM
RiverView Theater
600 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman, conductor
Eunice Kim, violin
Xavier Foley, double bass
HAYDN Symphony No. 6, “Le Matin”
BOTTESINI Gran Duo Concertante
XAVIER FOLEY For Justice and Peace
MOZART Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
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Tickets are available online at shreveportsymphony.com or by phone at 318-227-8863. Prices range from $20-$63. Tickets for children 12 and under are $10; student tickets are $15. The SSO's season sponsor is Willis-Knighton Health System. The concert sponsors are Laura and Ed Crawford.
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About Eunice Kim
A young artist with a unique voice, violinist Eunice Kim has been proclaimed “just superb” by The New York Times and “a born performer” by Epoch Times. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Astral Award-winning violinist has been featured soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, New West Symphony, Pro Musica Columbus, the Seongnam Philharmonic, Bakersfield Symphony, and the Albany Symphony Orchestra, with which she has recorded George Tsontakis’s Unforgettable, released on Naxos Records. As a guest artist for Curtis on Tour, she has performed in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Germany with violist Roberto Díaz, and appeared at both the Library of Congress and the United Nations for Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Her creative work includes time with Ensemble39, a contemporary quintet of strings and winds devoted to commissioning new music and pushing the boundaries of the concert experience.
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About Xavier Foley
Xavier Foley is known for communicating his virtuosity and passion for music on the double bass, which is rarely presented as a solo instrument. Foley is a first prize winner of the 2016 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, winner of the 2014 Sphinx Competition and a 2018 Recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant. He has performed recitals at Shriver Hall, Rockport Music, La Jolla Chamber Music Society, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, National Gallery of Art, and the Harriman-Jewell Series. An avid chamber musician, he has appeared with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Marlboro Music Festival, Tippet Rise Music Festival, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, and Skaneateles Festival.
As a composer, Foley’s For Justice and Peace was premiered by the Sphinx Organization at Carnegie Hall in October 2019 and co-commissioned by both organizations. It has since been performed by such orchestras as the Atlanta Symphony, New West Symphony, Oregon Symphony and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. His bass concerto, Soul Bass, commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony, was premiered by the orchestra this past March and will be performed again this season with the Baltimore Symphony under their New Music Director Jonathon Heyward.
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About the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Since its founding in 1948, the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has become Louisiana's oldest continually operating professional orchestra and one of the most respected regional orchestras in the United States. The SSO's mission is: To Embrace - to embrace the community we serve and to be embraced by the same community; to broaden the level of supporters and their involvement with the orchestra; to work across the region with various arts organizations through cooperation and partnerships. To Enlighten - to educate; to enlighten the senses beyond the norm. To Experience - to provide the unique aesthetic experiences of live orchestral music; to give depth and enriching life; to connect people through music; to foster cultural diversity. To Excel - to foster artistic, organizational, and financial excellence. shreveportsymphony.com
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