Charleston Symphony Orchestra Opening Weekend
Beethoven & Tchaikovsky
September 19 and 20, 2025
7:30 pm
Gaillard Center
The Charleston Symphony is back — enthusiastically launching into our 90th year with bold energy, unforgettable music, and hometown pride. Alongside audience favorites by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, this celebratory opening concert showcases local talent, featuring our very own Principal Cellist Benjamin Mekinulov and Concertmaster Yuriy Bekker in the world premiere of a thrilling new double concerto by Charleston composer Yiorgos Vassilandonakis.
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Program
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
“Overture” from Ruslan and Ludmila
Yiorgos Vassilandonakis (b. 1969)
Intaglio for Solo Violin, Cello, and Orchestra
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 7, in A Major, Op. 92
– Tidelines Editors
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