On May 23, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, led by artistic director and chief conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius, will invite listeners to the end of the 36th concert season at the LVSO Concert Hall. a concertOn this exceptional evening, Japanese violin star Akiko Suwanai, who has established herself as one of the most highly regarded artists of her generation, will perform together with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra at the LVSO Concert Hall.
In 1990, the violinist won the prestigious International P. Tchaikovsky Competition and became its youngest winner ever – at that time she was only 18. During her career spanning more than three decades, A. Suwanai has performed with the highest-level symphony orchestras and conductors around the world, as well as chamber music. The Berlin Philharmonic, Boston, London, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Tokyo NHK – these are just a few of the most famous symphony orchestras with which the violinist has performed.
Having gained international recognition as a performer of the main violin repertoire, A. Suwanai, together with the publishing company “Universal Music”, released J. Brahms’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano (2024) and the complete Sonatas and Partitas for Violin by J. S. Bach (2022). In 2012, the violinist founded the Nippon International Music Festival in Tokyo and became its artistic director. A. Suwanai plays a “Charles Reade” Guarneri del Gesu violin from the collection of Japanese collector and philanthropist Dr. Ryuji Ueno.
In Vilnius, A. Suwanai will perform the First Violin Concerto by German Romantic composer Max Bruch (1838–1920). Due to its soaring melodies, rich and passionate orchestration, and virtuoso violin passages, M. Bruch's First concert has undoubtedly become one of the most famous works in the violin repertoire in the world. At the LVSO's season-ending concert, A. Suwanna will also perform another romantic masterpiece – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor for violin and orchestra by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921).
In the second part of the concert, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro G. Rinkevičius, will perform Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770–1827) Third Symphony. This is one of L. van Beethoven's most famous works, which became an innovative and revolutionary sign of the transition from classicism to the romantic era.
The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra's season-ending concert with violin star Akiko Suwanai will take place on May 23 at 19 p.m. in the LVSO Concert Hall. Conductor: maestro Gintaras Rinkevičius. Tickets are distributed by the LVSO Concert Hall box office and Bilietai.lt. The orchestra's general sponsor is Embank, and the patron is the law firm Cobalt.
