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Artists:
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Njioma Grevious, violin
Program:
Aaron Copland: Rodeo
John Corigliano: Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra from The Red Violin (1997)
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Ron Nelson: Savannah River Holiday (1952)
Cindy McTee: Adagio for Strings (2002)
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
This concert is sponsored by:
THE KASSOY FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF CARYL F. KASSOY
Pre-Concert Talk:
Join us at 6:30 PM for a pre-concert talk under the tent on the north side of Chautauqua Auditorium.
Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director of the Nashville Symphony, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO), Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria (OFGC). He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator. Slatkin has received six GRAMMY awards and 35 nominations. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has been awarded the Lincoln Medal from Ford’s Theatre Society, the Prix Charbonnier from the Federation of Alliances Françaises, Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, and the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton.
Praised for her expressive tones, elegant playing and a “dazzling performance” with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious is a passionate and versatile solo, chamber and orchestral musician. A winner of the prestigious 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, she has been described as “superb” by the Chicago Classical Review. A graduate of the Juilliard School (2021), she was awarded the John Erskine Prize. In 2023, she earned the Robert F. Smith First Prize and Audience Choice Award in the Senior Division of the Sphinx Competition, as well as Grand Prizes from Concert Artists Guild (CAG) and Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT). During the 2024–25 season, Njioma made debuts at the Concertgebouw with the Brussels Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall with the Sphinx Virtuosi, and Wigmore Hall on a UK tour as a YCAT artist.
