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Brian Greene last appeared with the
BSO in Icarus at the Edge of Time, in
January 2011, Marin Alsop, conductor.
Jonathan
Carney
Jonathan Carney
is in his 14th season
with the BSO, after
12 seasons in the same position with
London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Born in New Jersey, Mr. Carney
hails from a musical family with all
six members graduates of The Juilliard
School. Following his studies with Ivan
Galamian and Christine Dethier, he
was awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship
to continue his studies in London at
the Royal College of Music.
Recent solo performances have
included concertos by Bruch, Glazunov,
Korngold, Khatchaturian, Sibelius,
Nielsen, the Brahms Double Concerto
and Vaughan Williams’ The Lark
Ascending, which was featured as a
live BBC broadcast from London’s
Barbican Hall. He has made a number
of recordings, including concertos by
Mozart, Vivaldi and Nielsen, sonatas
by Brahms, Beethoven and Franck, and
a disc of virtuoso works of by Sarasate
and Kreisler with his mother Gloria
Carney as pianist.
Mr. Carney is passionate about
music education and currently serves
as Artistic Director for the Maryland
Classic Youth Orchestras. He is also
an artist-in-residence at the Baltimore
School for the Arts, one of the country’s premier high schools where he
serves on its Board of Directors.
Jonathan Carney last appeared as
a violin soloist with the BSO in
September, playing Glazunov’s Violin
Concerto in A minor, op. 82, Juanjo
Mena, conductor.
Qing Li last appeared as a violin soloist with
the BSO in July 2014, playing the Corelli
Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6, no. 8
with Jonathan Carney leading.
CH R ISTIAN CO LB ERG
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O R C H E S T R A i,
Qing Li is the BSO’s
Principal Second
Violin, appointed by
Yuri Temirkanov.
An accomplished orchestral player, she is
repeatedly engaged as a recitalist and a guest
concertmaster in halls throughout America,
Europe, Asia and South America. Radio
and television broadcasts of her work as soloist and chamber musician have been aired
on WYPR, in Germany and in China.
Qing Li was born in Beijing China. At
age 12, she won acceptance to the Central
Conservatory of Music. She was discovered
at a master class by Berl Senofsky, who
enthusiastically brought her to Peabody
Conservatory with a full scholarship. Since
then, she has won fellowships in some of
the country’s major music festival programs
including Tanglewood, Meadowmount
and Aspen.
Ivan Stef