25K views · 527 reactions | Raphael Christ (concertmaster), Maria Kagan (violin) and Raymond Curfs (percussion) celebrate their birthdays always on the Lucerne Festival Orchestra tour! This year in Beijing - Happy Birthday 拾 | Lucerne Festival | Facebook

5.7K reactions · 797 shares | CSO concertmaster Robert Chen takes center stage on May 18-23 as he solos in Mozart’s all-encompassing Fourth Violin Concerto, which ranges in emotion from almost humorous to thoroughly reflective. Get a taste of what to expect with a performance excerpt showcasing Chen’s technical turns and superb lyricism. Find tickets → cso.org/23380 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Facebook

Ein Heldenleben Solo- The most famous concertmaster solo! Here the solo violin portrays Strauss’ wife, Pauline de Ahna. He said that she “very complex, very feminine, a little perverse, a little coquettish, never like herself, at every minute different from how she had been a moment before”. The violin has to capture all these elements of her character!! | Noah Bendix-Balgley

62K views · 3.3K reactions | Here is a lesser-known big concertmaster solo, which starts with a virtuosic solo cadenza. Who knows this piece? Recorded with Berliner Philharmoniker in an unusual location-the foyer of our Philharmonie! | Noah Bendix-Balgley | Facebook

30K views · 1.9K reactions | American in Berlin (me?) by Gershwin! Concertmaster solo from our New Year's Eve concert in 2019 with our chief conductor Kirill Petrenko! Full concert on Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall. | Noah Bendix-Balgley | Facebook