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Meet Rubén Rengel, the Senational Venezuelan Violinist Appearing Soon with the Signature Symphony

Public Radio Tulsa | By Rich Fisher
Published March 18, 2019 at 11:47 AM CDT
Aired on Thursday, March 14th.

Our guest on StudioTulsa is Rubén Rengel, the 22-year-old Venezuelan violinist who won the 2018 Sphinx Competition, which is held annually for talented Black and Latino string players. Rengel will appear in Tulsa on Saturday night, the 16th, with the Signature Symphony at TCC. (More info and details on tickets are here.) On the program, Tchaikovsky's Concerto for Violin in D major, op. 35, which is a feature for Rengel, as well as Amy Beach's Symphony in E minor (a/k/a "the Gaelic").
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StudioTulsa Classical MusicChamber MusicSignature Symphony (at TCC)Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa's Local Arts SceneViolin MusicTchaikovsky
Rich Fisher
Rich Fisher is celebrating his 40th year of service to Public Radio Tulsa. Since 2000, he has been the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and previously served as the host of the public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which ran from 1992-2021. Prior to that, he served as music director, a program host and operations director for the station.
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