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Pasadena Symphony Performs Ode to Romance Saturday

Published on Feb 12, 2022

L-R: Lidiya Yankovskaya, Gabriela Lena Frank, Chee-Yun

Pasadena Symphony and Pops presents “Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto,” one of the most-loved violin concertos of all time, in a passionate program with the exotic rhythms of composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Gabriela Frank, this Saturday, Feb. 12, with performances at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena.

This is Pasadena Symphony’s ode to romance.

Russian-American Lidiya Yankovskaya, Music Director of Chicago Opera Theatre, conducts, with Korean virtuoso Chee-Yun dazzling on Tchaikovsky’s masterful concerto.

The program includes: Gabriela Frank’s “Elegia Andina,” Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto” and “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture,” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnol.”

To purchase tickets, visit www.pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/tchaikovsky-violin-concerto-2/.

Tickets are $35 to $130.

Entry to all performances requires Covid-19 vaccination and booster if eligible.

For more information, call (626) 793-7172.

The Ambassador Auditorium is at 131 S. St. John Ave. in Pasadena.

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