Glacier Symphony has announced a lineup change at this weekend’s “Autumn Giants” concerts.

Kinga Augustyn will replace Arnaud Sussmann as the violin soloist in the symphony’s concerts Saturday and Sunday. She will also perform in the Symphony Soloist Spotlight Thursday.

Augustyn will be familiar to the local audience, as she performed in the Flathead Valley last fall with Trio 21 during Glacier Symphony and Chorale’s opening concert.

Polish-born and New York City-based, Augustyn has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the United States and Europe. She maintains a busy concert schedule as a recitalist and chamber musician with appearances at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Merkin Hall, the Kosciuszko Foundation, Bargemusic and the Aspen Music Festival, among others.

She began her music studies at the age of 7 in her native Poland going on later to study at The Juilliard School. 

Augustyn is committed to increasing awareness of music by Polish composers, as well as promoting contemporary music. She has premiered and recorded Michael White’s “Sonata for Violin and Piano” (2009) and his “Trio Sonata” (2008), which were composed especially for her.

Her new album, “Polish Violin Music,” was released in June on Naxos, and her new contemporary music CD will be released in 2014.

Augustyn will play at the Symphony Soloist Spotlight at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Doors open at 7 p.m. for socializing at the Alpine Ballroom, 333 S. Main St., Kalispell.

The evening is billed as a casual evening of music, wine and friends. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at gscmusic.org or by calling 407-7000.

The “Autumn Giants” concerts start at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Flathead High School in Kalispell.

Tickets for the concerts can be purchased online at gscmusic.org or by calling the box office at 407-7000. Tickets range in price from $15 to $32 in four seating tiers for single adults.

All youths through grade 12 are admitted free to Masterworks concerts.

The Symphony Express free bus service from Whitefish to the concert will be offered Saturday night as well. Call the box office to reserve a seat on the bus.