November 1st | Simon Zhu with Simone Rugani in Sulmona
Violinist Simon Zhu will perform alongside pianist Simone Rugani at the Teatro Comunale Maria Caniglia in Sulmona, Italy, as part of the concert season organised by Camerata Musicale Sulmonese ETS.
The recital is presented within the Circolazione Musicale in Italia project, coordinated by CIDIM with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
The programme brings together four major works for violin and piano, spanning the Classical, Romantic and early twentieth-century repertoires. The concert opens with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23, followed by Niccolò Paganini’s La Campanella, one of the composer's most celebrated virtuoso pieces.
The second part features Robert Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121, concluding with Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane, a concert rhapsody inspired by Hungarian musical traditions.
Program: - L. van Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 - N. Paganini, La campanella, 3rd movement from Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 7 - R. Schumann, Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 - M. Ravel, Tzigane, Rhapsodie de concert for Violin and Piano
