BLACK AND WHITE has many facets, as our artistic director Jan Vogler showed at the program presentation for the 2023 festival saison. We would like to thank the @SMWK_SN, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden as well as Kevin Zhu and pianist Illia Ovcharenko for joining us today.

And a surprise! Thanks to Dresdner Musikfestspiele and their visionary leader Jan Vogler for having me as surprise artist in their press conference for next year's Festival.

Closing off this year's concerts with Vivaldi Four Seasons! Thanks to FMCM for putting together this benefit concert for CHUM, one of the leading hospitals in Canada. It was moving to play in support of an organization that has given so much to the public. Fondation du CHUM

Another year gone by with the 'Lord Wandsworth' Stradivari - but this was a special one! My violin is exactly 300 years old now since it was made in 1722. Thanks to the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Rare Violins of New York for their unwavering support!

Happy New Year! Here's to great music and friendship 🥂 Jan Vogler Matthew Lipman #juhopohjonen Sony Classical

I'm so excited to be Visiting Artist-in-Residence with the Des Moines Symphony this season! A weeklong adventure with Tchaikovsky's brilliant and heartwarming Violin Concerto awaits. Get your tickets now for February 4 and 5! (this clip from 2019 with Giedrė Šlekytė and TCBO)

Experience the tragedy and triumph of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and Kevin Zhu play Tchaikovsky with the Des Moines Symphony on Saturday, Feb. 4. bit.ly/3CXEN3c #downtownDSM

I first played the Tchaikovsky concerto at age 12, with Symphony Parnassus and Stephen Paulson. I was so short, the stage crew asked if I wanted to stand on a podium! I'm so happy to revisit this piece 10 years later with Des Moines Symphony. Get your tickets now for February 4 and 5!

Proud and happy to have been the inaugural Visiting Artist-in-Residence at the Des Moines Symphony! Special thanks to Fred and Charlotte Hubbell, whose generous support made this incredible week possible.

Thanks to Altenburg Arts for a wonderful Singapore debut with the 24 Paganini Caprices! 📸 Jimmy Qi

Review from The Straits Times on Paganini 24! "Playing came as naturally as breathing for the 2018 winner of the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy[...] The fiendish and fearsome pieces no longer intimidated, instead becoming friends with each tale told..."

Work in progress - with the brilliant students at YST Conservatory in Singapore! So much talent and devotion to music...it's inspiring to see!

Thanks to Interlude for featuring me as Artist of the Month!

In one week! Thrilled to make my Merkin Hall recital debut on May 16 with pianist Maxim Lando. Tickets are only $25! Tickets available here: kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/tues… Kaufman Music Center

Fireworks and freaky fingerings! Wieniawski's Faust Fantasy is always a thrill to play - for more adventures up the G string, join me and pianist Maxim Lando on May 16 at Merkin Hall in NYC! Tickets available here: kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/tues… Kaufman Music Center

Thank you to everyone who came to my Merkin Hall recital debut! So much fun playing with Maxim Lando - with a program spanning all facets of humanity. Thanks to Kaufman Music Center for providing a home for our music. 📸Ronald Ji

In Dresden for back-to-back Paganini 24 Caprices! Postponed twice because of COVID, these concerts have been completely sold-out for months and I couldn't be more excited to finally make my Dresdner Musikfestspiele debut. Tomorrow and Friday at Schloss Albrechtsberg!

Battle scars from the first night in Dresden - 2 broken E strings at the left-hand pizzicato variation of Caprice 24! Dresdner Musikfestspiele Moritzburg Festival

Two broken strings, two tired hands, two magical nights with the 24 Caprices - thank you Dresden! An honor to make my Dresdner Musikfestspiele debut in the highly elegant surroundings of Schloss Albrechtsberg. 📷 Patrick Böhnhardt Moritzburg Festival

For German readers (or your favorite translator!) - some of my thoughts on the joys and challenges of the Paganini Caprices, for Musik in Dresden. Thanks to Björn Kühnicke for the wonderful conversation! Read more below: musik-in-dresden.de/2023/06/05/kev… Dresdner Musikfestspiele