The next performance in a classical concert series in White Rock will feature a distinguished violinist who has performed all over Europe and North America.
Kosova native Sihana Badivuku is slated to perform March 29 at White Rock’s First United Church (15385 Semiahmoo Ave.), in the latest installment of the City of White Rock’s Encore Peninsula Concert series.
Badivuku, who has a masters degree in violin from Moscow State Conservatory, was born into a musical family in her hometown of Prishtina.
Since first learning to play violin as a child, Badivuku has taken part in several international competitions and festivals, and has collaborated with more than a dozen renowned pianists from around the globe.
She currently holds the positions of associated professor at the Arts Faculty in Prishtina and concert maestro at the Kosova Philharmony. Badivuku is also the founder of ArsKosova Music Foundation, a member of the committee board for Ohrid Summer Festival and board member of the Scholarship Foundation of Albanians in Macedonia.
Accompanying Badivuku for the March 29 concert will be Russian-Canadian pianist Eugene Skovorodnikov, who is also artistic director of the Music Encore Concert Society.
The duo is expected to perform music by Ludwig Van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms.
The concert takes place at 3 p.m.; tickets are $25 for adults and $22 for students and seniors, and can be purchased at the White Rock Community Centre (15154 Russell Ave.).