18-year-old Spanish violinist María Dueñas performs Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck on 25 March 2021 in Hamburg. The performance is followed by a sparkling solo encore of Paganini’s Caprice no.5.

Dueñas was named the winner of the 2021 Menuhin Competition Senior Division in Richmond, Virgina, in May. 

Watch: María Duenas’s prize-winning performance at the 2021 Menuhin Competition

Read: Violinist María Dueñas scoops €15,000 Rheingau Music Festival award

 

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