Vivaldi’s "Winter" (from "The Four Seasons"), conducted by Herbert von Karajan and performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1987. | Sony Classical

364K views · 10K reactions | CHLOE CHUA - 11 years old, performing Vivaldi's winter from The Four Seasons (1st movement), from the Menuhin Competition 2018, Junior finals  https://youtu.be/WT9jOZLFaEY | The World Music | Facebook

Italian Baroque composer, priest, and violinist Antonio Vivaldi was born on this day in 1678 | During his lifetime, Vivaldi wrote nearly 500 concerti, 230 of which were written for solo violin Vivaldi is most well-known for his cycle of programmatic violin concerti, "The Four Seasons," where each concerto accompanies a poem and depicts one of spring, summer, fall, or winter Here, VC Young Artist Christian Li performs Vivaldi’s “Spring” with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as part of his 2021 de