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Boston Symphony Orchestra: This Is America
ABOUT THIS EVENT
The Vilna is excited to host the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Beacon Hill. Violinist, producer, and 2024 MacArthur Fellow Johnny Gandelsman’s “This Is America” commissioning project was conceived in the summer of 2020, as COVID-19, destructive fires, police brutality, and political polarization were sweeping the United States. Johnny asked American and US-based composers to reflect on these tumultuous times by writing new compositions for solo violin. The resulting anthology of 28 works represents a snapshot in time, a representative slice of the creative thought and output in our country. Featuring a broad spectrum of musical genres and composition styles, This Is America is a collection of deeply personal experiences, exploring the universal themes of uncertainty, loss, isolation, joy and love.
Johnny’s work is a product of his life in Moscow, Israel, and the United States.
Check out one of Johnny’s previous performances below.
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Johnny Gandelsman
Called “a violinist who can do anything” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Grammy Award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman integrates a wide range of creative sensibilities into a style unique among today’s violinists. Richard Brody of the New Yorker has called Gandelsman “revelatory” in concert, placing him in the company of “radically transformative” performers like Maurizio Pollini, Peter Serkin, and Christian Zacharias. He was a 2024 MacArthur Fellow.
Gandelsman was born in Moscow in 1978, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1990. He’s lived in NY since 1999.
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