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Maestro Delfs conducts Symphonic Dances from West Side Story 10/23 @8pm

Zlatomir Fung Cellist
Photo: Marco Borggreve for Borletti Buitoni Trust
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Zlatomir Fung Cellist Photo: Marco Borggreve for Borletti Buitoni Trust

"This is so perfect! It feels fresh, like it was done yesterday." ~ Andreas Delfs on West Side Story

Andreas Delfs, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, cello

CHABRIER  España
LALO Cello Concerto in D Major
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
ROBERTO SIERRA Fandangos

Zlatomir Fung
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Maestro Delfs conducts Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story , Chabrier’s España, and Lalo’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto, played by the first American in four decades and youngest musician ever to win First Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition Cello Division, Zlatomir Fung.

Roberto Sierra’s colorful Fandangos ends this concert captured live in Kodak Hall in April of 2023.

Hear more from cellist Zlatomir Fung and RPO Music Director Andreas Delfs On Record with WXXI’s Julia Figueras.

WXXI Classical presents the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2022-2023 season on Mondays at 8 p.m. on Classical 91.5/FM-HD 91.5-1. Brenda Tremblay hosts.

This concert will be rebroadcast on October 23, 2023 at 8:00 p.m.