Yonkers Philharmonic – Mozart

Quan Ge, violinist, joins the Yonkers Philharmonic to perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 K218.  The Marriage of Figaro overture and Symphony No 39 K543 round out the program.

Violinist Quan Ge joined the New York Philharmonic in June 2009. She holds a bachelor’s degree from The Curtis Institute of Music, where she worked with Yumi Scott, Ida Kavafian, and Jaime Laredo, and a master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with David Chan. A native of Huai Nan, China, Ms. Ge was the recipient of a Fu Chen Xian Scholarship, and has won top prizes in both the China National Competition and the Jeunesses Music Competition (Romania). While a student at Curtis, she played as a substitute with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Ms. Ge is an active chamber musician and recitalist, and most recently worked with pianist Robert McDonald and the Borromeo String Quartet at the Taos School of Music in 2008.