Zurich-based violinist hopes to perform in quake-hit area

Zurich-based violinist hopes to perform in quake-hit area

ZURICH, Switzerland - Andreas Janke, a concertmaster of Tonhalle Orchestra, poses for a photo in Zurich on April 12, 2011. The orchestra, as well as the Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Zurich Chamber Orchestra, jointly held a charity concert in Zurich on April 12, 2011, for Japan victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Janke, whose mother is Japanese, plans to perform in Sendai, an area hit by the disaster, in November.

Zurich orchestras hold charity concert

Zurich orchestras hold charity concert

ZURICH, Switzerland - Three Zurich-based orchestras -- Tonhalle Orchestra, the Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Zurich Chamber Orchestra -- hold a charity concert in Zurich on April 12, 2011, for Japan victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The event attracted some 1,700 people in the audience and raised more than $110,000.

Zurich-based violinist hopes to perform in quake-hit area

Zurich-based violinist hopes to perform in quake-hit area

ZURICH, Switzerland - Andreas Janke, a concertmaster of Tonhalle Orchestra, poses for a photo in Zurich on April 12, 2011. The orchestra, as well as the Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Zurich Chamber Orchestra, jointly held a charity concert in Zurich on April 12, 2011, for Japan victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Janke, whose mother is Japanese, plans to perform in Sendai, an area hit by the disaster, in November. (Kyodo)

Zurich orchestras hold charity concert

Zurich orchestras hold charity concert

ZURICH, Switzerland - Three Zurich-based orchestras -- Tonhalle Orchestra, the Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Zurich Chamber Orchestra -- hold a charity concert in Zurich on April 12, 2011, for Japan victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The event attracted some 1,700 people in the audience and raised more than $110,000. (Kyodo)