The energy was arcing off the stage when Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo launched into the opening flourishes of Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor with Sydney Symphony Orchestra under exciting young Australian conductor Daniel Carter.

Tokyo-born Gomyo has built up a huge following over the past few years and she left the stage after this dazzling and assured performance with a few coachloads more fans.

Karen Gomyo.

At 42, she combines an attractive and inclusive stage manner with a spotless technique. Her mellow-toned Stradivarius seems like an extension of her body. Forsaking high heels for black sparkly slip-ons – to match her frock and hair clip – she has a dancer’s athleticism as she sways from side to side and arches her back as her fingers race up the fingerboard with startling accuracy.

The daughter of a Japanese mother and French-Canadian father, Gomyo was born in Japan and raised in Montreal before she and her mother moved to New York to attend Juilliard School at the invitation of the legendary teacher Dorothy DeLay.

Dvořák’s lovely melodies sat comfortably beneath her fingers for this three-movement concerto – the first two played without pause...