Candide Overture
8:00 pm
Friday, June 8, 2018
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Xian Zhang, conductor; Gil Shaham, Violin
A captivating end to a season of wonders. Fittingly, Mahler’s monumental First Symphony marks Xian Zhang’s first NJSO performance of his music. Gil Shaham, one of today’s greatest and most admired violinists, scales the heights of Brahms’ Violin Concerto with dazzling virtuosity.
