Impromptu Concerts Presents Violinist Keila Wakao

Sunday, March 3, 2024, at 4 pm

The fifth concert of Key West Impromptu Classical Concerts’ 52nd anniversary season will feature violinist Keila Wakao.

Ms. Wakao is Impromptu’s 2024 “Rising Star”.  In 2021, Keila was awarded the first prize and the Junior Composer award at the Menuhin International Violin Competition and first prize at the Stulberg International String Competition.  At age nine, Keila gave her first solo performance with an orchestra and has continued to perform throughout the United States, Japan, Germany, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

Most recently, she was awarded the Aoyama Music Foundation Award in Japan for upcoming artists and was a recipient of Charlotte White’s Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant.

The March 3rd program will feature works from Johannes Brahms, Niccolo Paganini, Maurice Ravel, and Amy Beech.

The concert takes place at 4:00 pm on Sunday, March 3rd at St. Paul’s Church at 401 Duval St.  Admission is $20 at the door. Students are admitted free.

For more information, including subscriptions and donations, please visit www.keywestimpromptu.org.

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