Maria Dueñas’s New York Recital Debut Was Spectacular

About 250 lucky listeners packed into Weill Hall last night to hear the 22-year-old violinist Maria Dueñas give her New York recital debut, and by the time she had played the first few notes, it was clear she had already outgrown the venue. It’s a delicious moment early in a great career when a musical personality floods a room. Dueñas will probably never play in Weill again, since economics dictate that she’ll soon graduate to Carnegie Hall’s vast main stage. Which makes me grateful for that one night’s elusive balance of intimacy and grandeur, nuance and explosiveness.

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