Guest Artist Elias Goldstein, viola

An all-Paganini program by virtuoso violist Elias Goldstein, professor at Louisiana State University and second-place winner at the prestigious Primrose International Viola Competition. For this program, Goldstein plans to perform all 24 of Niccolò Paganini’s Caprices, originally written for violin but presented in an all-new transcription for viola. Blair viola professor Kathryn Plummer calls these works “fiendishly difficult,” adding, “it is a remarkable accomplishment to perform them on the viola!”