Violinist Kerson Leong has been on a meteoric rise since winning first prize at the International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition in 2010. Hand-picked by Yannick Nézet-Séguin to be artist-in-residence with the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, the Canadian phenom celebrates his ChamberFest debut season with a ravishing recital packed with poetry and breathtaking virtuosity.
Francisco Tárrega
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (arr. Ricci)
Alessandro Marcello / Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio from Oboe Concerto (arr. Leong)
Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata No. 1: III. Allegretto poco scherzoso
Violin Sonata No. 5: II. Danse rustique
Agustín Barrios
Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios (arr. Leong)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
KERSON LEONG
violin