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Winston-Salem Symphony: Franz Conducts Rachmaninoff

Favorite Son Candidate Robert Franz Proves His Mettle with Winston-Salem Symphony
Orchestral Music Review by Peter Perret, January 6, 2019

( Sun., Jan. 6, 2019 - Tue., Jan. 8, 2019 )

Performed by Winston-Salem Symphony; Robert Franz, conductor, Dovid Friedlander, violin

Stevens Center, 405 West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101-2804

Program

Five brilliant conductors vie for the role of Music Director in the Symphony’s thrilling 2018–2019 season—and you can help choose the winner! Robert Franz is an award-winning educator, a “viscerally thrilling” conductor, and the current Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. Franz conducts Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, as well as Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto, featuring the scintillating Dovid Friedlander as soloist.