{"id":88818,"date":"2026-09-29T15:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88818"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:37:14","slug":"review-violin-virtuoso-kevin-zhu-joins-hong-kong-sinfonietta-for-an-evening-full-of-spanish-flair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88818","title":{"rendered":"Review | Violin virtuoso Kevin Zhu joins Hong Kong Sinfonietta for an evening full of Spanish flair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/29\/ffbf9c3d-7456-4ff8-8836-abd58e23456a_4407d8e1.jpg?itok=QbOMjJxA&amp;v=1790664483\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Georges Bizet\u2019s <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Carmen<\/em> is not the only 19th century piece of music crammed with Spanish flair and flavour.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A month before the March 1875 premiere of Bizet\u2019s southern Spain-set opera came fellow French composer Edouard Lalo\u2019s <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Symphonie Espagnole<\/em> \u2013 a brilliant five-movement fiesta for violin and orchestra written for the legendary Spanish violinist, conductor and composer Pablo de Sarasate.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Seduction was the word du jour for Hong Kong Sinfonietta\u2019s concert centrepiece on September 26, when American violinist Kevin Zhu wowed as the veritable <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">maestro del toreo<\/em>, wielding his fearless technique, polished sound and natural musicality like a bullfighter\u2019s cape.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Zhu, 25, made <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">sul<\/em> G playing (high on the G string) \u2013 and the huge register leaps and flying up-bow staccatos along the way \u2013 look easy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3369131\/violin-virtuoso-kevin-zhu-joins-hong-kong-sinfonietta-evening-full-spanish-flair?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georges Bizet\u2019s Carmen is not the only 19th century piece of music crammed with Spanish flair and flavour. A month before the March 1875 premiere&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[23050,5573,360,3569,1222,13281,5231,28,25834,3850,19311,29069,19398],"class_list":["post-88818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-evening","tag-flair","tag-full","tag-hong","tag-joins","tag-kevin","tag-kong","tag-review","tag-sinfonietta","tag-spanish","tag-violin","tag-virtuoso","tag-zhu","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}