A vivacious young symphony blossomed in the desert nearly 50 years ago when the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra (LCSO) organized to provide symphonic music to the region. Season after season ever since, the orchestra has performed classical, pops and youth concerts to standing ovations and rave reviews.

The orchestra is under the spirited artistic direction of Maestro Lonnie Klein, who, as a pops conductor, has produced and conducted the LCSO in concerts with such celebrated artists as Doc Severinsen, Lee Greenwood and The Temptations. Klein has also guest conducted with orchestras in Mexico, Canada, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Columbia and the United States. He first joined the LCSO in 1999, bringing it to new heights in statewide and national exposure.

The night’s concert program will include:

• Peter Warlock's Six Italian Dances
• Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major K.219, featured solist Eva León on violin
• Mozart’s Symphony #35 in D Major “Haffner” K.385

ABOUT EVA LEON:

Hailed by critics as a violinist that “has the power to captivate the five senses of her audience” La Vanguardia (Spain), and described as a “charismatic violinist who possesses, along with her musical talent and tremendous aura, a gift for expression” Neue Press (Germany), Eva León has become one of the most successful Spanish violinists of her generation. A native of The Canary Islands, Ms. León has won the major Spanish violin competitions and several international competitions, including top prize at the Michaelangelo Abbado International Violin Competition, and Laureate at The Maria Canals International Violin Competition. In 2006, Eva León won the 33rd Artists International Annual Debut Prize in New York which led to her debut at Carnegie Hall. She will perform again at Carnegie Hall in the 2009-2010 Season.

Ms. León has successfully appeared on tour in some of the most prestigious music halls and festivals throughout Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Latin America to great audience and critical acclaim. A few of the many orchestras with whom she has performed internationally as a soloist include the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Classical Orchestra, the Moldavia National Philharmonic, the Colombia National Symphony, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony, the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic, the Rockford Symphony, the Castilla y León Symphony, the Bratislava Chamber Orchestra, the Galesburg Symphony, the Alter Musici Camerata, the Gran Canaria Philharmonic, the Del Empordà Chamber Orchestra, the Del Vallès Orchestra, the Cologne Ensemble Orchestra, among others.

No stranger to the recording studio, Ms. León recorded her debut CD for the Moraleda record label and in 2009 released her second CD on the Naxos record label. Eva will be recording two more CDs for Naxos this year, one with the music by Joaquin Rodrigo and the other with the music by Xavier Montsalvatge. She has also done numerous recordings for TV and for radio including the American National TV, Spanish National TV, Japanese National TV, Catalunya TV, the American National Radio, the Mexico National Radio, Spanish National Radio, and Catalunya Radio. Last May an article written by Ms. León about Turina’s Piano Trios was featured at the Master Class section at Strings Magazine.

Eva León currently resides in New York City where she participates actively in its vibrant music scene while continuing with her international performance schedule as a soloist and a chamber musician.

Related websites:
www.lascrucessymphony.com
www.evaleon.com