That’s not a small undertaking. “Every time I won a competition, I always saved the money for my violin fund,” White said. “I was always concerned about how I could afford to buy the next ...

THE BASICS: The Buffalo Philharmonic (BPO) in concert, Leon Botstein, guest conductor, Melissa White, violin soloist, in Max Reger’s Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 86; Florence ...