Leonidas Kavakos

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The Philadelphia Orchestra on WRTI 90.1: Tilson Thomas Conducts Beethoven's EROICA, Feb. 25 at 1 PM

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Leonidas Kavakos: Letting Beethoven Shine

Anastasia Tsioulcas

Hear an excerpt from a new recording of Beethoven's violin sonatas by the violinist and his collaborator, pianist Enrico Pace, that keeps the spotlight on the compositions, not the soloist.