Zócalo Public SquareCellist Evgeny Tonkha – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Cellist Evgeny Tonkha https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2022/10/28/cellist-evgeny-tonkha/personalities/in-the-green-room/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2022/10/28/cellist-evgeny-tonkha/personalities/in-the-green-room/#respond Fri, 28 Oct 2022 07:01:08 +0000 Jer Xiong https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=131287 Evgeny Tonkha is a cellist who, since the age of 10, has toured Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and the U.S. His musical achievements include 1st Prize and the Golden Medal at the 12th International Cello Competition in the Czech Republic, the Special Jury Prize at the 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition, and prizes for the best performance of contemporary music. In advance of “How Immigrants Composed L.A.”—a Zócalo/Artistic Soirées event, presented in partnership with ASU Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication— Tonkha joined us in the green room to talk about a concert that moved him, his passion for golf, and why Bach is the “god of composers.”

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