Bashmet Premieres New Viola Concerto by Gubaidulina

Journal of the American Viola Society, July 1997 On 17 April Russian violist Yuri Bashmet performed the world premiere of a new viola concerto written for him by Sofia Gubaidulina, on commission from the Chicago Symphony. Afterwards, puffing nervously on a cigarette in an alley behind Orchestra Hall, Bashmet expressed relief even as he critiqued […]