Our good friend Brian Hannah from WQLN had the chance to chat with legendary violinist Midori ahead of her visit to Erie on March 25. Enjoy! March 25 Concert info Midori is a visionary artist, activist and educator who explores and builds connections between music and the human experience and breaks with traditional boundaries, which makes her one …

From Erie Philharmonic Marketing Manager Brigit Stack Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) The term “protest music” typically conjures images and sounds of the 60’s folk and rock music that we come to associate with counter-culture and social movements of that era. But to anyone who’s ever listened to Dmitri Shostakovich’s music, the term applies to man…

“The Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 is a very haunting and emotionally powerful piece. The excerpt below starts in the cadenza in the third movement. The cadenza unfolds with the violin repeating the same note, a lonely sound, almost like deep sighs or heartbeats. Shostakovich slowly develops and expands the solo line until it’s playing double,…

From Erie Philharmonic Second Violinist Lou Nicolia In 2007, Keita Fukushima, violin, and myself formed a duo called Strada. We had the good fortune, through Keita's connections, to get a concert at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City. We came up with an eclectic program of violin duos with some special guests. At the time I had a f…