All images by Larry Marano
In a dazzling display of musical acrobatics, Lindsey Stirling's Duality Tour proves that the violin can, indeed, shred. Touring with the electro-pop outfit Audriix and the viral sensation Walk Off The Earth, Stirling pirouettes through a set that's equal parts Paganini and Skrillex, leaving audiences slack-jawed and slightly confused about the future of classical music.
Stirling, the YouTube sensation turned crossover star, commands the stage with a Jedi-like mastery of her instrument. Her bow becomes a lightsaber, slicing through dubstep drops and soaring melodies with equal precision. The show's production value rivals a Cirque du Soleil spectacle, with Stirling spinning, leaping, and occasionally levitating (or so it seems) across a stage bathed in a psychedelic light show that would make Pink Floyd blush.
While Audriix provides a solid warm-up with their synth-heavy anthems, it's Walk Off The Earth who truly set the tone for the evening's genre-bending madness. Their signature multi-instrumentalist sorcery on covers like Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" serves as the perfect appetizer for Stirling's main course of violin-driven insanity. By the time the last notes of Stirling's encore fade away, one thing is clear: the Duality Tour is less a concert and more a fever dream conjured by a mad scientist with a penchant for EDM and a degree from Juilliard.
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