This program features the winner of the National Orchestral Institute’s first-ever concerto competition performing the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.

The National Orchestral Institute and Festival (NOI) brings together talented young musicians at the beginning of their careers for a month of professional development and music-making.

Chosen by a rigorous, cross-country audition process, NOI participants quickly coalesce into dynamic ensembles that perform adventuresome programming.

Program

• Richard Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20
• P. I. Tchaikovsky: Allegro moderato from Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35*
• Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 ("A Hero's Life")

* The soloist for the Tchaikovsky concerto will be selected from among the NOI participants.