The 31-year-old, who’s performed with everyone from Gustavo Dudamel to Taylor Swift, chats about his career path and his passion for new music.
The orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru plays raucous pieces by Vivian Fung, Helen Grime, Nina C. Young, and Karim Al-Zand.
To mark this summer’s major anniversary, the Napa Valley chamber festival is returning to four commissioned pieces from previous years.
Festival performances of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and John Adams’s Violin Concerto are spectacular.