Young German Violinist Misses Philadelphia Orchestra Debut
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Erik Schumann, a rising 25-year-old violinist from Germany, had been expecting a career landmark. He was scheduled to make his Philadelphia Orchestra debut playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto at the second concert of the Orchestra's first residency at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival.  Schumann's visa application was one of many caught in the notorious processing backlog at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; by Saturday (July 7), one day before the concert and the last possible day he could depart, he had not received his visa to perform in the U.S.

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