FROM MOZART TO THE ROMANTICS

FEBRUARY 12-13, 2027 @ 7:30 PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2027 @ 2:00 PM

WEATHERWAX HALL

French violinist Eva Zavaro returns to the JSO to perform Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, a work full of lyricism and energy. The concert begins with Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute, known for its dramatic flair and sparkling precision. Also featured are Bright Sheng’s Black Swan, a reflective and atmospheric work, and Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony, inspired by the landscape and culture of the Rhine River.

PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION
Join us for a free, interactive talk before the concert at 6:30pm.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Single Tickets on Sale September 1, 2026

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, K.620 (The Magic Flute): Overture <1791>

Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53 <1879–1880>

INTERMISSION

Bright Sheng
Black Swan <2006>

Robert Schumann
Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, op.97(Rhenish) <1850>

RUNTIME: 1H 45M

AFTERPARTY

Location: TBD

Keep the celebration going after the baton is down and the instruments are put away. Taking place in various locations around Jackson following Saturday evening concerts, these events are a great opportunity to mingle with musicians, guest artists, composers, other symphony fans, and of course, the Maestro. All are welcome at this event and the $20 ticket buys you entry, hors d’oeuvres, and drinks.

GUEST ARTIST

Eva Zavaro
Violin

“To tell a story. To move an audience.”

This sums up Eva Zavaro’s mission, which she aims to fulfil whenever she gets onto the most prominent concert podia in the world, from France through the USA all the way to China and Japan. Eva Zavaro was born in Paris in 1995 in a musical family and started playing the violin at age five. When she was twelve, she won the Vatelot-Rampal Competition in Paris, and two years later she made her debut with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. These days, she ranks among the most prominent French violinists of her generation.

Eva Zavaro studied with Roland Daugareil at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and Julia Fischer at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich.

In 2016, Eva Zavaro received the Georges Enescu Prize from the French Composers Association (SACEM), and in 2018 she won first prize at the Johannes Brahms International Competition in Pörtschach, Austria, where she also received the Vadim Repin Prize for the best Mozart interpretation. In 2021, she was nominated for the French award “Les Victoires de la Musique Classique” in the “Revelation” category, which broadcasted her performances on a large television scale.

She has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras around the globe, including Orchestre de Paris in 2021 for her Paris Philharmonie debut performing Saint-Saëns, Potsdamer Kammerorchester for her Berliner Philharmonie debut performing Bach and Mozart, Prague Philharmonia, Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn, and Brandenburger Symfoniker, to name a few.

Alongside her career as a soloist, she devotes herself intensively to chamber music, performing with excellent partners such as Julia Fischer, Daniel Müller-Schott, Lucas Debargue, Alexandre Kantorow, Marie-Ange Nguci, Jérôme Ducros, and many others.

She has performed at festivals such as the Sommets Musicaux in Swiss Gstaad, the Mecklenbourg-Vorpommern Festspiele in Germany, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the “Rencontres Musicales d’Évian” Festival, Aix-en-Provence Festival, and the “White Nights” Festival at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg.

Her discography reflects her sensitivity and artistic commitment: in November 2024, she releases Notturno, her debut album with La Dolce Volta, featuring the sonatas of Szymanowski and Fauré with pianist Clément Lefebvre. One year later, she appeared on the world premiere recording of the Sonate pour violon et piano by Oskar Posa (1901), alongside pianist Juliette Journaux.

Eva Zavaro plays an Italian violin named Cornell, McMenemy, crafted by Nicolo Amati and Antonio Stradivari, which is generously loaned to her.