Violinist Arnaud Sussmann offers concert on digitial stage

The Middlebury Performing Arts Series will present distinguished violinist Arnaud Sussmann in a free, virtual performance on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. The concert program will include Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and Chausson’s Concerto in D Major for Violin, Piano and String Quartet. An impressive group of collaborators will play alongside Sussmann: flutists Sooyun Kim and Tara Helen O’Connor; violinists Bella Hristova, Francisco Fullana, Kristin Lee, and Yura Lee; violist Richard O’Neill; cellist … (read more)

A small, three-year-old girl in Ontario grinds her bow across all four strings. She coaxes out an imperfect G major scale in whole notes, her very first feat on her very first violin. These were the humble beginnings of professional violinist Sofia Hirsch … (read more)