concert BIG Nightmare Music: Igudesman & Joo play Mozart, Rachmaninov, Bach, Vivaldi, Strauss, Beethoven, Igudesman & Joo With the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Their blend of classical music and comedy, laced with pop culture references and a wholly novel take on the word slapstick, is fueled by genuine, dazzling virtuosity. — The New York Times, Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim.

The two classical musicians met at age twelve at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Eng­land, and their strong friendship binds them together and informs their work as writ­ing part­ners to this day. Equally at home in clas­si­cal con­cert halls and in sta­di­ums filled with thousands of people, their col­lec­tive dream is to make clas­si­cal music acces­si­ble to a wider and younger audience. Now with over 35 mil­lion hits gathered by their YouTube clips, the demand for their performances leads the duo to tour by themselves and with orchestras the world over.

Photo: Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo © Julia Wesley