Date(s) -Sunday, June 22, 2025
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Location: First Unitarian Church of Victoria

Categories

• Music

• Praised for his unique musical voice and instincts, VC Artist and Violinist Joshua

  Brown (June 22/23) has found success in performances and competitions worldwide,

  continually garnering praise from critics. He gained international attention after

  winning the 2nd Prize and both Audience Awards at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth

  Competition in Brussels. Joshua won the Gold Medal at the inaugural 2023 Global

  Music Education International Violin Competition in Beijing, which includes

  $100,000, international management, and tours. Prior to that he won the1st Prize and

  Audience Award at the 2019 International Violin Competition of Leopold Mozart in

  Augsburg, Germany. Just this month Joshua was awarded an Avery Fisher Career

  Grant.

  Joshua was first recognized for his debut performance with the Cleveland Orchestra.

  He has gone on to perform regularly with orchestras around the world, including the

  Munich Radio Orchestra, MDR Sinfonieorchester (Leipzig), Indianapolis Symphony

  Orchestra, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, and Orchestre

  Philharmonique Royal de Liege, among others, continually garnering praise from

  critics.

  His EKSM programme includes J.S. Bach’s Sonata No 3 in C Major for Solo Violin,

  Ravel’s Sonata no. 2 in G Major for violin and piano, and (together with the Muse

  Ensemble) the ultra-expressive F minor piano quintet of César Franck. Joshua plays

  on a Nicolo Amati violin from Cremona, circa 1635-1640.
  Info & Tickets:  www.eksm.ca