Posts Tagged ‘Sergei Prokofiev’
Pianist Yefim Bronfman’s La Jolla Romantic Soirée
Noted classical pianist Yefim Bronfman played a solo recital Tuesday (May 11) at The Conrad’s Baker-Baum Concert Hall in downtown La Jolla.
Read MoreSummerFest 2020 Signs Off with Exuberant Schubert ‘Trout’ Piano Quintet
SummerFest 2020 signed off Saturday, August 29, with a bit of J. S. Bach and Serge Prokofiev, but centered on an exuberant slalom through Schubert’s “Trout” Piano Quintet, D. 667.
Read MoreConductor Rafael Payare Makes Splendid Debut on San Diego Symphony Podium
Percussion virtuoso Steven Schick had the San Diego Symphony marching to the beat of his drum Saturday (January 13) in Roberto Sierra’s tumultuous Percussion Concerto at the Jacobs Music Center . . .
Read MoreShaham Shines in Prokofiev Concerto for SummerFest Grand Finale
In accord with the longstanding La Jolla SummerFest tradition, Friday’s (August 26) grand finale performance featured a chamber orchestra, with renowned violinist Gil Shaham as soloist . . .
Read MoreMontreal Symphony Orchestra Arrives with Star Power: Pianist Daniil Trifonov and Conductor Kent Nagano
Wednesday’s concert by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at the Jacobs Music Center featured piano superstar Daniil Trifonov in Sergei Prokofiev’s daunting Third Piano Concerto . . .
Read MoreGrimaud and Nézet-Séguin Collaborate in Muscular Ravel Piano Concerto
The program headlined the Rotterdam Philharmonic, but I daresay most of the La Jolla Music Society’s audience Friday at Copley Symphony Hall came to see the exuberant French-Canadian conductor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin . . .
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