MENDELSSOHN : Concerto pour Violon

Also on the programme: MENDELSSOHN's Symphonie n°3 « Ecossaise » and BERLIOZ: Les nuits d’été « Sur la lagune ». Contralto: Zhang Quilin. By the Philharmonie Parisienne, an amateur symphony orchestra founded in 2014 and conducted by Jérôme Simon, violinist and professional conductor.

MENDELSSOHN: Concerto pour Violon opus 64 - Soloist Li Yaokun

& Symphonie n°3 « Ecossaise »

BERLIOZ: Les nuits d’été « Sur la lagune » - Contralto Zhang Quilin

by the Philharmonie Parisienne is an amateur symphony orchestra founded in 2014 and conducted by Jérôme Simon, violinist and professional conductor. Resident at the Lycée La Rochefoucauld (Paris 7th arrondissement), the orchestra presents three different programmes each year, featuring major works as well as lesser-known composers and pieces.

SOLOISTS:

Yaokun Li: Chinese violinist who studies and performs at the CNSM de Paris. Although his international career as a principal soloist is still very much in development, he has already distinguished himself in academic orchestras, chamber music and recitals as a young talent from an elite training background.

Zhang Quilin: contralto. A celebrated French opera singer of Chinese origin, possessing the rare, deep range of a contralto. Trained in China and at the Schola Cantorum de Paris. She first sang in 1989 at the Château de Versailles and under the Arche de la Défense for the celebrations of the bicentenary of the French Revolution.