Nigel Armstrong, the 21-year-old Colburn School student who
is in the finals of the 14th Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition, will
perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto at 8 a.m. (PDT) on Monday, June 27, and
the Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 on Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. (PDT).

Both concertos will be conducted by Nikolai Alexeev and
played by the “Honoured Team of Russia Academic Symphonic Orchestra of
Saint-Petersburg Philharmonie” (I’m not actually sure what this group is but
Alexeev is permanent conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharnonic so it may be
connected somehow).

The competition has been available via Webcast, although
it’s sometimes difficult to access. Here’s a LINK and here’s a LINK to my story
about the semifinals.

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