 Autumn Symphony SeasonThursday 15 April
City Hall, 20:00 Conductor: Martin Panteleev
Soloist: Simone Lamsma (violin)
Mozart: Idomeneo Overture K 366
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Berlioz: “Symphonie Fantastique”, Op.14
 Bulgarian violinist, conductor and composer MARTIN PANTELEEV has scooped several prizes including the 1995 Second Prize for Composition and the Special prize for his performance of a work by Schubert at the International competition Earth and People in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1999 he became Associate Conductor of the Philharmonia of the Nations founded by Leonard Bernstein and Justus Frantz. With this orchestra he gave many concerts in the United States of America, China, Russia and Germany. As composer, he was awarded the Davidoff Prix for his Symphony No.1.
 Dutch violinist SIMONE LAMSMA is establishing herself world-wide as a much sought-after soloist and recitalist. She made her highly acclaimed solo début at the age of fourteen performing the Paganini Concerto No.1 with the Northern Dutch Orchestra under Takuo Yuasa. Ms Lamsma has since performed in many major venues around the world. Enormously successful in the international violin competitions she has won many awards, scholarships and laureate prizes, and her 2006 début recital disc for the Naxos label, featuring works by Edward Elgar, was released to great critical acclaim.
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