At the second program of the monterey symphony’s six-concert series, which will take place on november 18 and 19, at the sunset center in carmel, Award-winning pianist david jae-weon huh, who was born in south korea, will be the main performer. 24-October-2017 | Monterey, California At the second program of the monterey symphony’s six-concert series, which will take place on november 18 and 19, at the sunset center in carmel, award-winning pianist david jae-weon huh, who was born in south korea, will be the main performer. During this event, there will also be a performance with members of the Honors Orchestra of Youth Music for Monterey County (ymmc). The season, which has the name “concert grand” and is being directed by maestro max bragado-darman, began on the weekend of October 14-15 and will end on the weekend of May 19-20. This powerful program will include the symphony’s interpretation of ludwig van beethoven’s symphony no. 6, op. 68, in addition to the talents of huh, who won a silver medal at the 2015 santander piano competition. huh will lend his talents to sergei prokofiev’s piano concerto no. 3, op. 26, in this powerful program (“pastoral.) huh is renowned for his poetic sensibilities as well as his technical brilliance. He has given performances all over the world, including in Europe, Asia, and the United States. He has also given recitals at a number of music festivals, such as the Animo Den Paris Festival, the San Francisco Music Festival, and the Leipzig Euro Music Festival, amongst many others. This will be the first time that Huh has performed with the Monterey Symphony Orchestra. In addition, guest pianists josu de solaun, juan perez floristan, phillipe bianconi, and michael davidman will perform during season 72. Michael davidman was chosen by guest conductor conner gray covington, who will preside over the event that takes place on March 17-18. Pieces by dvorak, beethoven, schumann, mozart, mendelssohn, prokofiev, and de falla will be played by the symphony. Tchaikovsky’s music will also be performed. All performances will take place in the Sunset Center in Carmel (ninth Avenue, between San Carlos and Mission Streets) on Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and on Sundays at 3:00 p.m.. On March 19 and April 23, in addition to taking place in the Sunset Center, special youth concerts will be held, with performances planned for 9:30 and 11 a.m. on each of those dates. On December 7 at 7:30 p.m., the Chamber Players of the Monterey Symphony will perform a Christmas performance at All Saints Church in Monterey (ninth avenue, between san carlos and monte verde streets in carmel). Call the box office at (831) 646-8511, go online to (www.montereysymphony.org), or send an email to (info@montereysymphony.org) for information on how to purchase tickets. An in-depth look at the remaining parts of the next season is as follows: program 3 will be held on February 17th and 18th. In addition, the symphony will perform johannes brahms’ academic festival overture, op. 80, and robert schumann’s symphony no. 2, op. 61. First-prize winner of the enescu piano competition in 2014, josu de solaun, will perform with the symphony to perform camille saint-saens’ piano concerto no. 5, op. nina svetlanova, horacio gutierrez, ricardo roca, ana guijarro, maria teresa naranjo, albert and miyoko lotto, joaquin achucarro, matti raekallio, edna golandsky, and jerome lowenthal are some of de solaun’s professors, mentors, and musical inspirations. Audience members at the symphony will recall de solaun for his last solo concert, which included mussogorky’s images at an exhibition. program 4: the 17th and 18th of March (with youth concert on march 19) Wall-to-wall Mozart is a program that will be performed by the Monterey Symphony during the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day. This concert will contain the overture to one of Mozart’s most well-known operas, Don Giovanni. This performance will be led by guest conductor connor gray covington, who was just recently selected as the associate conductor of the Utah Symphony. The program will include mozart’s symphonies no. 1 (kv 16) and no. 41 (kv 551), both of which will be played by the Utah Symphony (“jupiter”). covington is finishing up his time as the rita e. hauser conducting fellow at the curtis institute of music in Philadelphia, where he is being coached by yannick nezet-seguin, the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Recently, he made his debut conducting the Curtis Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Ludovic Morlot was his co-conductor for the performance. This amazing event will also include special guest pianist Michael Davidman, who was chosen by Covington. davidman, who was born in new york city, began taking piano lessons at the age of five with efrem briskin at the manhattan school of music. He then went on to study conducting with jonathan strasser and david gilbert, and since the fall of 2015, he has been taking piano lessons with robert mcdonald at the curtis institute of music. He is an avid opera fan, an exceptional sight reader, chamber player, and accompanist, and he has won numerous first-place awards in a variety of competitions. Most recently, he finished the four-year scholarship program with the Chopin Foundation of the United States, which he had been receiving since 2013. Davidman has given recitals all over the world, including in the weill recital hall at carnegie hall, the alice tully hall at lincoln center, the kimmel center, the sandler center, symphony space, merkin hall, dimenna center, the metropolitan museum of art, steinway hall, and bechstein hall. In addition, he has performed at carnegie hall’s weill recital hall. program 5: the 21st and 22nd of April (with youth concert on april 23) guest pianist juan perez floristan, winner at the 2015 santander piano competition, will showcase his talents with a performance of johannes brahms’ piano concerto no. 1, op. 83, in a program that also will include the symphony’s rendition of felix mendelssohn’s symphony no. 4, op. 90 (“italian”) — a piece mendelssohn, himself, declared to be the “jolliest” he ever composed. Perez has performed with the saint petersburg philharmonic, the malmo symphony, radio television espanola, the seville royal symphony, the gran canaria philharmonic, the malaga and cordoba symphonies, and the andres segovia and spanish national youth orchestras. He is regarded as a beacon among new generations of spanish and european musicians. Event 6: May 19-20 The amazing phillipe bianconi will be at the piano for the concluding program of the season, which will include the monterey symphony playing franz liszt’s piano concerto no. 2. Liszt was a master of the technique of subject transition, and with this emotional concerto, he carried it to an extreme degree. It has been said that French pianist Bianconi is an artist whose playing is “always close to the soul of the music, filling the space with poetry and life.” (The Washington Post) Additionally, it has been said that his performance was “an extraordinary exhibition of musicianship, technical control, and good taste which lent the music a freshness, immediacy, and conviction one all too rarely encounters” (the london times). bianconi made his celebrated recital debut at carnegie hall in 1987, only a year after earning the silver medal in the seventh van cliburn international competition. Ever since then, he has captivated audiences and reviewers all around the globe. In addition, Manuel de Falla’s exquisite “noches en las jardines de espana,” his finest impressionist-style piece, will be performed. This work, which portrays three gardens in a setting for piano and orchestra, will be performed. Chamber program on the 7th of December (7:30 p.m. at all saints church) The Monterey Symphony is pleased to present a special holiday chamber music treat, featuring concertmaster christina mok, with selections that include works by piazzolla, beethoven, and mozart, as well as the hampton string quartet’s rendition of “what if mozart wrote ‘have yourself a merry little christmas!'” Come on out to have a good time and listen to some traditional Christmas music performed by the Monterey Symphony Chamber Players. About the Monterey Symphony, media comp tickets and media interviews are available; for further information, please contact Marci Bracco Cain at marci@chatterboxpublicrelations.com. Through the performance of symphonic music and the ongoing discovery of new works, the purpose of the Monterey Symphony is to actively involve, educate, and thrill the local community. The Monterrey Symphony Orchestra is the only completely professional, full-season orchestra that serves the towns of the Monterey Bay Area, including Salinas, the Salinas Valley, Big Sur, and San Benito County. It is led artistically by Music Director and Conductor Max Bragado-Darman. It offers youth education programs that culminate in full-orchestra concerts for schoolchildren and double performances of a six-concert subscription series at Carmel’s sunset theater. Additionally, it gives double performances of a six-concert subscription series at Carmel’s sunset theater. The monterey symphony is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation that is supported in part through the fundraising efforts of the friends of the monterey symphony, as well as through grants from the arts council of monterey county, the berkshire foundation, the frisone family foundation, the harden foundation, the todd lueders fund for the arts of the community foundation for monterey county, and the monterey sy Call (831) 646-8511 or go to the website (www.montereysymphony.org) for any more information that you may need. For further information, please call (831) 747-7455 or visit http://www.montereysymphony.org. marci bracco cain chatterbox pr, Salinas, California 93901 Related articles include those on the Monterey Symphony, their Fabulous Season 72, their Six-Concert Series, and David Jae on the Piano. Send a copy of this article to a friend by e-mail, shall we? get email updates including stories much like this one right to your inbox. Today, you may get a free subscription!
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