Cello virtuoso to appear at Medina

Cello soloist, Finn Mannion, makes his debut with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra on tomorrow (Saturday) when he will perform Tchaikovsky’s ‘Rococo Variations’.

Finn is a Scottish-Irish cellist, who has been described in Courier magazine as ‘going places in supersonic fashion’. The youngest recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Julius Isserlis scholarship, Finn is a former principal cellist with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland.

The concert will commence with Borodin’s overture to his opera, ‘Prince Igor’.

The evening begins at 7.15pm at Medina Theatre in Newport, and the orchestra is supporting The Wight Brainy Bunch at all of its concerts this season. Adult tickets cost £16, whilst under- 18s are £7.

Ticket price includes a £1 booking fee. You can book via iow.life/symphonyorchestra.