Del Valle Fine Arts presents Stephen Waarts, violin, with Albert Cano Smit, piano. Violinist Stephen Waarts, who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, has performed frequently with top European and American orchestras and as a recitalist. Recent honors include the Lucerne Symphony Classical Music Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the 2014 First Prize, senior division, Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists. Accompanying him will be Albert Cano Smit, 2017 First Prize winner of the Walter W. Naumburg Piano Competition. Their lyrical, largely French-oriented concert will include works by Ravel, Stravinsky, Poulenc and others.
“… he burns with expressive fire and tonal vitality.” SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, July 2022
A complimentary sparkling wine and sparkling cider reception follows the performance in the Bankhead lobby. Youth are always FREE.