High Praise for Yuriy Bekker
Zuill Bailey, right, returned with a new season of Classics Northwest this weekend at Barrister Winery. (Larry Lapidus/For The Spokesman-Review)

We’re so proud to see Yuriy’s artistry making an impact from Charleston to stages across the country. In mid-September, our very own Yuriy Bekker performed with Classics Northwest in Spokane, Washington, with CSO Artist-in-Residence Zuill Bailey.
And what we heard in both concerts did indeed sound good, beginning first with Vaughan Williams’ “The Lark Ascending” and Domonic Dousa’s delicate evocation of dawn in the English countryside, followed by a thin stream of rapturous tone from Yuriy Bekker’s Guarneri violin, a stream that grew into an ecstatic flood that raised the blood pressure of everyone in the room. Every measure we heard from this artist was distinguished by beauty of tone, interpretive insight and acute sensitivity to the contributions of his colleagues. Listening to an artist of this calibre leaves one somehow feeling not only satisfied artistically, but morally elevated.
Audiences here at home will have several opportunities to hear Yuriy perform throughout the 2026-27 season, including alongside Zuill Bailey in October for Chamber Music at the Library Society (October 22 & 24) and November for Brahms' extraordinary Double Concerto at the Gaillard Center (November 20 & 21).
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