MUSIC REVIEW

Broken-footed violinist gives Beethoven concerto a gold-standard performance

Kerson Leong is shown in this undated courtesy photo. The Canadian violinist was scheduled to solo in Beethoven's Violin Concerto Feb. 24-25 with the Arkansas Symphony at Robinson Center Performance Hall, then play Schubert's Octet with symphony musicians on Feb. 27 at the Clinton Presidential Center. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Marco Borggreve)
Kerson Leong is shown in this undated courtesy photo. The Canadian violinist was scheduled to solo in Beethoven's Violin Concerto Feb. 24-25 with the Arkansas Symphony at Robinson Center Performance Hall, then play Schubert's Octet with symphony musicians on Feb. 27 at the Clinton Presidential Center. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Marco Borggreve)


Canadian violinist Kerson Leong recently broke his left foot. So, clad in a boot and using crutches, he crossed the stage of Little Rock's Robinson Center Performance Hall on Saturday night and soloed in Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Geoffrey Robson-- from a...

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