By Mark Shaffer, Features Editor

Each year for the film festival edition of Lowcountry Weekly we ask a number of the attending filmmakers to take part in a simple, slightly goofy little Q&A. It’s our way of breaking the ice with newcomers and catching up with old friends from past festivals. Out of the Features category Producer Hoyt Richards (left) and Director David Spaltro responded. Richards’ “Intersection” is a romantic thriller with a twist that’s been racking up awards all over the festival circuit.

 

The legendary Niccolo Paganini was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of the late 18th and early 19th century and his Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major is the ultimate tour de force for a soloist. World-class Hungarian violinist Tamas Kocsis will perform Paganini's work with the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra in concert on Feb. 25 and 28.

 

Fripp Island Friends of Music has brought world-class pianists to the Fripp stage for over three decades. This year they’ve outdone themselves by hosting the incomparable Mauro Bertoli.