Opening Night at the Symphony
Saturday, November 1, 2025, 8 pm
Memorial Hall, 590 Main Street, Melrose
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
Brahms - Double Concerto with Lucia Lin, violin & Owen Young, cello
Join the Melrose Symphony for a spectacular Opening Night featuring two romantic masterpieces: Dvořák’s vibrant Symphony No. 8 and Brahms’ passionate Double Concerto, performed by renowned BSO artists Lucia Lin, violin, and Owen Young, cello. An unforgettable evening to launch the season!
Tickets:
Individual Tickets: $15 Students; $32 General Admission
Subscriptions: $27 General Admission
About the Soloists
Lucia Lin, a distinguished violinist born in Champaign-Urbana, has a versatile career performing worldwide in solo, orchestral, chamber, and collaborative arts. Debuting at age eleven with the Chicago Symphony, she’s since been a prize winner in major competitions including the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and has performed internationally with orchestras and at Carnegie Hall. She has held positions with the Boston Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, and London Symphony Orchestra, serving as Concertmaster and leader on recording and tours. Returning to the U.S., she founded the Boston Trio and joined the Muir String Quartet, championing contemporary American music and fostering young artists through teaching at Boston University and summer programs. An innovative collaborator, she has engaged in interdisciplinary projects like “String Beings” with dance and technology, and founded “In Tandem,” a nonprofit promoting new voices in classical music. Lin has recorded extensively for labels such as Nonesuch and Navona Records, and her recent projects include premiering Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Operetta” and recordings of works by Bernstein and others.
Cellist Owen Young, a member of the BSO since 1991, is also an active chamber musician and soloist who has performed at festivals such as Tanglewood, Aspen, and Banff, and has collaborated frequently with singer James Taylor. He has appeared on NPR and WGBH, and is a founding member of the ensemble Innuendo. Young has taught at Berklee College of Music and previously at Boston Conservatory, New England Conservatory, and Longy School of Music. A Yale graduate with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, his teachers included Aldo Parisot and Anne Martindale Williams, and his career includes fellowships at Tanglewood, performances with the Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Boston Symphony Orchestras, and roles at Harvard University and Project STEP promoting music education for students of color.
