BU music scholar and first year BA (Hons) Computer Visualisation and Animation student, Xiaoou (Vivian)聽Nie recently won Westbourne Orchestra's with an astonishingly聽virtuosic performance of Chen Gang's Violin concerto.聽
The is聽open to聽students aged聽under 21 and on 4 March聽Vivian聽overcame competition from other students who were from major conservatoires such as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music聽in Glasgow and聽the Guildhall School of Music in London.聽
Vivian is highly talented and we're delighted that through our University Music Scholarship support聽she can continue her musical studies at this level.
Vivian will be playing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with BU's聽University Music Orchestra on Sunday 26聽March, 7pm, in St. Peter's Church, Bournemouth, BH1 2EE - admission is free and all are welcome.