Violinist Nancy Zhou returns to San Antonio for Philharmonic’s season opening concerts
Acclaimed violinist Nancy Zhou had a day off on Wednesday while visiting San Antonio from her Bay Area home to perform with the San Antonio Philharmonic.
Zhou will perform as a soloist Friday and Saturday for the inaugural concerts of the orchestra’s third season, under the baton of new musical director Jeffrey Kahane.
The program centers on Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major and includes British composer Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
To prepare, Zhou, who was born and raised in San Antonio until leaving for music studies at Harvard, said she’d practice for a few hours before meeting up with family friends.
“It’s always quite a treat to come back every now and then and have a homecoming of sorts, to catch up with old friends from high school,” she said. “And a number of them are coming [to the concerts], so I’m very excited.”
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