Beethoven's "Eroica" & Vivaldi with the Colburn Sinfonietta

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Maxim Eshkenasy, conductor
Henry Gronnier & Moni Simeonov, violins

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor for two violins and string orchestra

The Colburn School provides the highest quality performing arts education at all levels of development in an
optimal learning environment. With a drive for access to excellence, students in our Community School, Music
Academy, Trudl Zipper Dance Institute, and Conservatory of Music receive training, guidance, and
comprehensive educational experiences from our renowned faculty located in the arts district of downtown Los
Angeles. The Colburn Community School offers online and in-person music lessons on many instruments —
piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and voice, with all experience levels welcome, from beginner to
advanced. Led by Maxim Eshkenazy, the Community School’s Sinfonietta presents a rich program of varied
work, concentrating on, and enmeshing students in music of the classical period by such composers as Haydn,
Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.

Conductor and Music Director of the Colburn Sinfonietta and the Colburn Youth Orchestra, Maxim Eshkenazy
was born in Sofia, Bulgaria to a family of musicians. At age 5 he started playing the violin and continued his
studies at the L. Pipkov National Music School and the Pancho Vladigerov National Music Academy in Sofia.
He furthered his education at USC’s Thornton School of Music, where he completed two master’s degrees, in
Violin Performance and Orchestral Conducting. He studied conducting with Hans Ludwig Beer, John Burnett,
and Sergiu Comissiona. Based in Los Angeles, Eshkenazy is frequently engaged as a guest conductor in the
United States. In previous seasons, he has conducted debut performances with the Atlanta Symphony, Colorado
Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra as part of a concert tour
with Grammy-winning violinist Joshua Bell and trumpet soloist Chris Botti. In Los Angeles he has concertized
with the Pacific Symphony and New West Symphony, with other American appearances including the
Huntsville Symphony Orchestra in Alabama as well as the historic Naumburg Orchestral Concerts in New York
City’s Central Park. He is currently the principal guest conductor of the Sofia Philharmonic, the leading
orchestra of his native Bulgaria.


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