Colorado Symphony’s Concertmaster Takes On Bartok

(Photo: Courtesy Colorado Symphony)

Colorado Symphony concertmaster Yumi Hwang-Williams is the featured soloist with the orchestra on Friday, May 13.  

Hwang-Williams, who joined the symphony in 2000, will perform Violin Concerto No. 2 by Bela Bartok. 

• Live broadcast: Hear the Colorado Symphony live on CPR Classical at 7:30 p.m. Friday

“It’s really a mammoth concerto and it requires full facility and capacity on the violin," she says.

The violinist talked about the job of a concertmaster, changes at the Colorado Symphony during her tenure and how she balances life with a husband who's in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Hear her interview with CPR Classical's Jean Inaba at the audio link above.