Olympia Chamber Orchestra is hosting its annual birthday bash for the beloved composer. Featured compositions for this second concert of OCO’s “Bravo!” season are Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and his Violin Concerto.

Virtuoso violinist Steven Lovinger will perform the concerto. Mr. Lovinger has played in the Olympia Symphony Orchestra, Olympia Chamber Orchestra, Lamont Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Young Sinfonia and the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra. He has been concertmaster of the Colorado Youth Symphony and Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia.

As a scholarship student at the University Of Denver Lamont School Of Music, he was honored for his chamber music performance in the Smetana Piano Trio, as well as for his numerous recitals. Upon receiving his Bachelor of Music degree in 2007, the Chairman of the String Department, Richard Slavich, wrote...

"Steven is a very big natural talent, playing with a flair and panache very seldom encountered; he reminds me of the legendary violinists Oistrakh and Ricci, big, burly Romantics with the instrument, a unique violin personality."

Mr. Lovinger began violin at age 7and continued his studies with Helen de Pastel Pagels in Olympia, WA when he was 11. He won the Concerto Competition of the Capital Area Youth Symphony in 2002 and achieved superior ratings in music competitions such as the Seattle Young Artists Competition where he was given the rare privilege of playing on the “Red Mendelssohn” Stradivarius. Steven formed the Mandala Duo with classical guitarist Dan Cosley. They have released a CD, The Mandelbrot Set. He performs on a beautiful 1998 Michael Fischer violin, inspired by the Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu “Cannon” which belonged to Nicolo Paganini.

For more on this concert, visit www.olympiachamberorchestra.org