Midtown Concerts: Edson Scheid

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J. S. Bach ~ The Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin (Part 3)

Edson Scheid ~ violin

After performing the complete 24 Paganini Caprices and the complete 6 Ernst Polyphonic Studies at Midtown Concerts, this is the third in a series of three concerts over three seasons by Edson, performing the complete J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin. This concert will feature Sonata No. 2 in A minor, and Partita No. 2 in D minor.

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Edson Scheid has been praised for his “polished playing” (The Strad) and for being a “virtuoso violinist” (The Boston Globe). A native of Brazil, Edson is a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and concertmaster of Opera Lafayette. He holds degrees from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, the Yale School of Music, and The Juilliard School.