GERSHWIN ’ S PIANO CONCERTO
GERSHWIN ’ S PIANO CONCERTO
MARCO BORGGREVE
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Thursday , May 31 , 2018 , 8pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday , June 1 , 2018 , 8pm Saturday , June 2 , 2018 , 8pm
Marin Alsop , Music Director Kirill Gerstein , piano
Igor Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird ( 1919 ) Introduction and Dance of the Firebird Dance of the Princesses Infernal Dance of King Kastchei Berceuse Finale
George Gershwin
INTERMISSION
About the Artists
Marin Alsop
For Marin Alsop ’ s bio , please see pg . 7 .
Kirill Gerstein
Pianist Kirill Gerstein ’ s curiosity and versatility have led to an engagement with a wide range of repertoire and styles . His playing is distinguished by its clarity of expression , discerning intelligence
Concerto in F Allegro Adagio - Andante con moto Allegro agitato
Kirill Gerstein
Robert Schumann Symphony No . 2 in C Major , op . 61 Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo Scherzo : Allegro vivace Adagio espressivo Allegro molto vivace
The concert will end at approximately 10 pm .
PRESENTING SPONSOR :
The appearance of pianist Kirill Gerstein is made possible through the major support of the Alvin and Fanny Blaustein Thalheimer Guest Artist Fund .
and virtuosity . Gerstein ’ s energetic and imaginative musical personality has rapidly taken him to the top of his profession .
An American citizen based in Berlin , Gerstein ’ s career is balanced between the U . S . and Europe . Highlights of his 2017 – 2018 season in North America include debuts with the Pittsburgh and National symphony orchestras ; re-engagements with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Boston , Chicago and Indianapolis symphony orchestras ; summer festival appearances at Ravinia ,
Aspen and his debut at the Mostly Mozart Festival ; and a tour with cellist Clemens Hagen with performances in Philadelphia , Toronto and Montreal . Internationally , Gerstein works with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Paris and Vienna ; the Bavaria Radio Orchestra ; the BBC Proms ; and the Czech , Rotterdam , Stockholm and Oslo philharmonics .
Gerstein ’ s recent engagements include performances with the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras , the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics , the Berlin Philharmonic , the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra , the Munich and London philharmonics , Dresden Staatskappelle , Finnish Radio Orchestra , Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich and the Ochestre National de France . He has performed recitals in Vienna , Paris , Prague , Hamburg , London ’ s Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall and at the Liszt Academy in Budapest . European festival appearances include performances at Verbier ; the Salzburg , Lucerne and Edinburgh festivals ; The Proms in London and the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival .
He recently released Scriabin ’ s Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor with the Oslo Philharmonic and Vasily Petrenko ( LAWO Classics ) and Scriabin ’ s Prometheus : The Poem of Fire . 2018 brings Gershwin ’ s Piano Concerto in F and Rhapsody in Blue with the St . Louis Symphony Orchestra and David Robertson for Myrios Classics , joining previous recordings for the label which include Liszt ’ s Transcendental Études , selected by The New Yorker as one of 2016 ’ s most notable recordings ; Tchaikovsky ’ s Piano Concerto No . 1 in the composer ’ s own final version from 1879 ; Imaginary Pictures , coupling Mussorgsky ’ s Pictures at an Exhibition with Schumann ’ s Carnaval ; a recital disc of works by Schumann , Liszt and Knussen ; and two discs with Tabea Zimmerman of sonatas for viola and piano by Brahms , Schubert , Franck , Clarke and Vieuxtemps .
Brought up in the former Soviet Union studying both classical and jazz piano ,
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