Global violin star LEILA JOSEFOWICZ to perform in Vilnius

Global violin star LEILA JOSEFOWICZ is coming to Lithuania this October

After debuting at the age of sixteen at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York with the orchestra of legendary conductor Neville Marriner and quickly becoming a global violin star, LEILA JOSEFOWICZ will perform in Vilnius! Leila's path to the musical stage began in childhood; she was considered a prodigy, and today she is a violinist invited to the most famous concert halls and prestigious festivals, performing with the very best orchestras in Europe, the USA, and around the world. "Her virtuosity ripples with joyful energy!" – this is how the Los Angeles Times wrote about Leila. The US-based Canadian violin virtuoso will perform at the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra concert on October 22 at the National Philharmonic, with the concert conducted by the renowned American conductor Jonathan Stockhammer, known for his top-tier artistic quality.

Leila Josefowicz is constantly invited to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Tonhalle Zurich, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gewandhaus Leipzig, London, Dresden, Oslo, Helsinki, and Elbphilharmonie orchestras, as well as the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and other prestigious ensembles. The performer collaborates with the most prominent conductors of our time – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paavo Järvi, Susanna Mälkki, Louis Langrée, Hannu Lintu, John Storgårds, Matthias Pintscher, Cristian Măcelaru, Thomas Søndergård, Dalia Stasevska, and John Adams himself. "Her virtuosity is extraordinary, but even more stunning is her power of expression," the Los Angeles Times emphasized regarding both Leila's excellent technique and her compelling artistry.

The 2025–2026 season was also extremely rich for the violin virtuoso: she performed with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Minnesota symphony orchestras, Tonhalle Zurich, Berlin Radio, Warsaw and Hong Kong Philharmonic orchestras, and other famous ensembles. The violin virtuoso's repertoire features the great masterpieces of classical music: violin concertos by J. Brahms, L. van Beethoven, F. Mendelssohn, A. Dvořák, J. Sibelius, M. Bruch, B. Bartók, and A. Berg, J. S. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin, and the virtuosic works of N. Paganini and H. Wieniawski.

Alongside classical masterpieces, contemporary music also occupies an important place in the violin star's repertoire. Leila passionately promotes impressive contemporary works, constantly including them in her creative programs, which has earned her an exceptional reputation as one of the most prominent interpreters of contemporary violin music. The world's most famous composers have created and dedicated special violin concertos to Leila: John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Thomas Adès, Luca Francesconi, Colin Matthews, and others. Incidentally, as Leila says, while playing the most striking contemporary violin concertos with pleasure and passion, she recently concluded that the "father" of all these concertos is G. Ligeti's Violin Concerto. Now, Leila is giving her all to this piece as well, and she will perform it in Vilnius.