The South Shore Symphony Orchestra, under music direction of Scott Jackson Wiley, will be performing at Molloy College Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre on Saturday March 28 at 8 p.m.. with guest conductor Marc Kissoczy.
Kissoczy, a conductor of international renown, will lead an program of orchestral standards featuring violinist Ming Feng Hsin of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
The program includes the music of Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 op. 43 in D major and Finlandia, op. 28 also Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto op. 35 in D featuring Hsin.
The concert not only marks the return Hsin to the South Shore Symphony Orchestra stage, but is also the musical reunion of Hsin, Wiley and Kissoczy, who met at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors in the early 1990s.
Kissóczy traveled from his home Switzerland to conduct this performance, which will feature Wiley as a member of the French Horn section and Hsin on violin.
Kissóczy was appointed music director of and conductor of the highly-renowned Camerata Zurich, a professional chamber orchestra. In addition to his work in opera and operetta, Kissóczy has enjoyed great success on the concert stage. In 1999, the government of Vietnam awarded Kissóczy the highest medal of culture in recognition of his merits in restoration of the musical life in Vietnam working very extensively with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.
Hsin began his violin studies at age six in Tainan, Taiwan. At age 12, he was awarded first prize in the Cathay Pacific Airlines Violin Competition, which led to an invitation from Yehudi Menuhin to study violin with him in England.
Hsin’s solo career began when he won the Glasgow International Violin Competition at age 15. He subsequently soloed with the Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Orchestra and was the music director of the South Shore Symphony on Long Island for several years.
Hsin has been a member of the first violin section of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for the past 18 years.
Tickets are $20 for Adults, $15 for seniors and Guild members and $5 for students.
For more information please call (516) 323-4444 or visit www.madisontheatreny.org.
