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Mateusz Wolski. Photo courtesy of Wolski.

Spokane Symphony concertmaster Mateusz Wolski will perform Paganini’s First Violin Concerto with the Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kevin Hekmatpanah, at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 7 at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox (1001 W. Sprague Ave.).

Gonzaga University music Associate Professor Kevin Hekmatpanah will conduct. This program will also feature Beethoven’s “Egmont Overture,” Verdi’s “Grand March from Aïda,” and the “Danse Bacchanale” from Saint-Saëns’ Samson and Dalila. This event is free to Gonzaga University faculty, staff and students. General admission is $9; $7 for non-GU students and senior citizens. Tickets are available by calling (509) 624-1200 or visiting the ticket office at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox. For the Gonzaga community, a free shuttle bus will depart from St. Aloysius Church at 6:40 p.m. and 7:05 p.m., and will make return trips following the concert.

Mateusz Wolski has served as concertmaster for the Spokane Symphony since fall 2007. He previously served as concertmaster of the Annapolis Symphony. He began his distinguished career by coming to the United States to attend the Manhattan School of Music in 1996. It was there, with full scholarship, that he completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees under the tutelage of Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Wolski has appeared in New York City at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y, and the Kosciuszko Foundation. Abroad, his performances have included Wigmore Hall in London and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well as numerous engagements throughout Poland, Italy, England and Germany.

For more information about this or other GU music department concerts, please call (509) 313-6733 or visit the music department Web site.