- March 25, 2025
Composer Felix Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto in E Minor, performed by violinist Olga Kolpakova, will be featured during “Romancing the Strings,” a concert by the Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra.
The concert, which is the final performance of Daytona Solisti’s 2025 Winter Festival celebrating the group’s 20th anniversary, also will include Mendelssohn’s lively String Sinfonia No. 2 and Antonin Dvorak’s famous Serenade for Strings, Op. 22.
“Romancing the Strings” will be presented at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 23, at Port Orange Presbyterian Church, 4662 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Port Orange, where Daytona Solisti is in residence. A $15 donation is requested at the door. For more information call 386-562-5423 or go online at daytonasolisti.com.
Violinist Olga Kolpakova is concertmaster and a frequent soloist with Daytona Solisti. Ms. Kolpakova, a Russian native, is a seven-year alumna member of the elite Kiev Chamber Orchestra with whom she toured extensively, performing in the great concert halls of Europe and elsewhere. She is an active freelance violinist in Florida, especially performing frequently with musical groups in the Orlando area.
Composed of professional musicians from throughout Central Florida and Northeast Florida, Daytona Solisti performs the music of the master composers of the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as the occasional modern work.
