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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

11e March de la posie de Montral

Une abondante rcolte de livres tout beaux tout chauds
150 potes la barre dune trentaine de manifestations

Montral, avril 2010 Le 11e March de la posie de Montral, prsent par la Maison de la posie, aura lieu du 27 au 30 mai 2010. La posie dans tous ses tats sera le thme de cette manifestation printanire qui entend mettre laccent sur toutes les formes dexpression potique. Quelque 150 potes et 80 diteurs participeront la trentaine dactivits au programme cette anne.

Rayons potiques : des tables garnies de centaines de livres tout beaux, tout chauds
Les diteurs du March rassembls sous le chapiteau de la place Grald-Godin (mtro Mont-Royal) prsenteront leurs plus rcentes publications dans une atmosphre festive et conviviale. Pour le visiteur, ce sera loccasion de feuilleter et de dcouvrir les tout derniers ouvrages des diteurs du Qubec, du Canada, de la communaut Wallonie-Bruxelles, du Bnin et aussi de plusieurs diteurs franais tels que Gallimard et P.O.L.

Ce sera galement le moment privilgi daller la rencontre des potes lors de nombreuses lectures sur la scne du chapiteau, de tables rondes ou encore lors de sances de signature aux stands des diteurs.
la rencontre dune posie actuelle, multiple et vibrante, porte par les voix de 150 potes

La programmation de cette 11e dition, qui affichera plus dune trentaine dactivits, sera plus clectique que jamais. Les 150 potes invits couvriront tous les registres sensibles de la posie daujourdhui, souligne Isabelle Courteau, directrice gnrale et artistique de la Maison de la posie. Spectacles littraires, cabarets, posie performance, spoken word, le March 2010 sera le lieu par excellence pour dcouvrir toutes les formes dexpression de la posie actuelle et de constater du mme coup leffervescence potique de la mtropole.


Faits saillants de la programmation

  • ceux qui malgr tout, cabaret potique mis en scne par lauteure et comdienne velyne de la Chenelire et le romancier graphique Lino. Collage de textes de posie contemporaine qui explore le thme du printemps et de la libration de la parole potique et politique avec la participation de comdiens et de potes. Le jeudi 27 mai 20 heures au Cabaret Lion dor. Billet : 15 $ (en vente la Billetterie Articule au 1182, boul. Saint-Laurent ou par tlphone au 514-844-2172 ou sans frais : 1-866-844-2172)

  • La Nuit de la posie 2010, prsente au Cabaret Juste pour rire le samedi 29 mai de 21 heures aux petites heures du matin, runira 40 potes qui scanderont la posie qubcoise du troisime millnaire. Rythme par les percussions dAlexis Martin et anime par le pote Jos Acquelin, cette clbration se veut autant remmoration festive quouverture sur le Qubec potique actuel. Cot : 10 $ (billets vendus la porte)

  • Peep show, roman en vers du pote franais Christian Prigent, mis en scne et interprt par lactrice franaise Vanda Benes le samedi 29 mai 20 heures la salle O Patro V. Drle, musical et insolent, ce texte provocateur, o se ctoient de nombreux personnages, mle sophistication et trivialit. Billet : 15 $ (en vente la Billetterie Articule au 1182, boul. Saint-Laurent ou par tlphone au 514-844-2172 ou sans frais : 1-866-844-2172)

  • Deux visites commentes du Plateau potique avec lhistorien de la littrature Gatan Dostie.

  • Entretien avec le pote Christian Prigent dirig par lcrivain Alain Farah (le jeudi 27 mai 17h30 la Librairie Gallimard)

  • Spectacle Hati-Qubec sous la direction de Rodney Saint-loi sur le thme de lhritage du surralisme dans la culture des Carabes le vendredi 28 mai 20 heures la Maison de la culture Plateau-Mont-Royal.

  • Cabaret Potes de Brousse le vendredi 28 mai 22 heures au Quai des Brumes.  Des potes livrent leurs mots sur des musiques rock.  

La programmation complte du 11e March de la posie de Montral sera disponible sur le site de la Maison de la posie compter de la mi-mai 2010. Pour obtenir plus de renseignements, il suffit de composer le 514 526-6251 ou de visiter le www.maisondelapoesie.qc.ca.

 propos de la Maison de la posie
Fonde en 2000, la Maison de la posie, situe rue Saint-Hubert Montral, a pour mission de promouvoir la posie qubcoise ici et ltranger en organisant diverses activits lintention du grand public et des professionnels.

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

New York Festival of Song 2010 Gala

LET YOURSELF GO!
A gala evening of Irving Berlin songs

Monday, April 12 at 7 PM at Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall
followed by 8:30 PM dinner at the Russian Tea Room

With Broadways Kate Baldwin, Judy Kaye, Howard McGillin, Terri White, Others TBA
And Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, pianists/hosts


New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), recently acclaimed by TimeOut New York for its A-list artistry, will present its 2010 Gala, Let Yourself Go, a celebration of the rich musical legacy of Americas foremost composer/lyricist, Irving Berlin, on Monday April 12 at 7 PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 154 West 57th Street, New York City. The concert will be followed by an 8:30 PM dinner at the Russian Tea Room, 150 West 57th Street, New York City.

Gala tickets, including performance and the dinner, are $750 - $1,000. Information on purchasing single tickets and tables can be obtained online at www.nyfos.org or by contacting New York Festival of Song, 307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1206, New York, NY 10001, (646) 230-8380.

Guest artists for the evening are Kate Baldwin, who recently starred as Sharon in Broadways Finians Rainbow; Tony Award-winner Judy Kaye, star of Broadways Souvenir, Ragtime and Mamma Mia! as well as numerous NYFOS concerts and recordings, including its Grammy-winning Arias and Barcarolles; Howard McGillin, of Phantom Of the Opera, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood and other Broadway hits; Terri White, acclaimed in Broadways Finians Rainbow and Aint Misbehavin ; NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier (A national treasure when it comes to the art of song New York Times) and Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett, General Director of and frequent conductor with Caramoor Festival of Music and the Arts. Other guest performers are to be announced.

The proceeds from the NYFOS 2010 Gala will support all of the companys activities this season including their critically acclaimed concert series as well as an exciting new broadcast venture, to be announced.

Bios 

Kate Baldwin made her Broadway debut in The Full Monty in 2000 and has appeared in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Wonderful Town. She frequently performs in regional theater and was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of Nellie Forbush in the 2002 Arena Stage production of South Pacific. Additional credits include The Sound of Music and The Music Man at The St. Louis Municipal Light Opera, and Charlotte in A Little Night Music at Centre Stage in Baltimore.
Kate played the role of Sharon in the 2009 Encores! staged concert production of Finian's Rainbow. New York Times critic Charles Isherwood called her a "discovery" and praised her performance, noting she sang the role "beautifully... her rich, pure soprano riding the crests of the melodies with ease." She reprised the role in the Broadway revival that opened at the St. James Theatre on October 8, 2009. She is working on her first solo album, a compilation of songs written by Burton Lane and E. Y. Harburg. Kate is scheduled to appear in the new musical Paradise Found, co-directed by Harold Prince and Susan Stroman, and starring Mandy Patinkin, expected to premiere in London at the Menier Chocolate Factory on May 19, 2010 through June 26, with expectations for a transfer to Broadway.

Judy Kaye has just returned from The Old Globe in San Diego where she starred in a critically acclaimed production of Lost In Yonkers. She starred in the Broadway production of Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. She performed the role of Ms. Jenkins Off-Broadway at the York Theatre, where she was nominated for Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards, and at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Souvenir, starring Judy Kaye and Donald Corren has subsequently been seen in Los Angeles (LA Ovation Award), Westport, Tucson, Phoenix, San Francisco, Baltimore, Sarasota, and Rochester, NY. Ms. Kaye appeared in Zorba! for the Reprise series in Los Angeles (LA Ovation nomination), and as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd on Broadway and on the National Tour, garnering a LA Drama Critics Circle Award, a Garland Award, and a Carbonell Award. Highlights of her career include original Broadway productions of The Phantom of the Opera (Tony Award, Drama Desk nomination), Mamma Mia (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Ragtime (LA Ovation Award) and On the Twentieth Century (Theatre World Award, Drama Desk nomination). She also has performed at the Santa Fe Opera as Musetta in La bohme, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, and Lucy Lockett in The Beggars Opera. Other roles range from Sally in Follies, Maggie in The Man Who Came To Dinner, Penny in You Cant Take It With You, Kitty Dean in The Royal Family, to Mama Rose in Gypsy, and Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun. She has appeared with symphony orchestras around the country and the world, and has sung at the White House twice. Ms. Kaye has recorded numerous solo and cast recordings, and is the voice of Kinsey Milhone for the Sue Grafton/Random House Audio Book Alphabet Mystery series. For more information visit judykaye.com <http://judykaye.com>

Howard McGillin is known for his record-setting appearance as The Phantom of the Opera, a role he performed over 2550 times on Broadway. He appeared in Stephen Sondheims musical Bounce, in its premiere at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and later at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where he was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for his performance. On Broadway as well as in Londons West End, his many leading roles include Kiss of the Spider Woman, She Loves Me, Mack and Mabel, The Secret Garden, Anything Goes (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Theatre World Award); and Sunday in the Park with George. On national tour he played Captain Hook to Cathy Rigbys Peter Pan. Howard was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his New York theatrical debut in the NY Shakespeare Festival's production of La bohme.

On film, he can be seen in the upcoming feature film All Good Things, and has made numerous guest appearances on television in series and movies for TV, and his numerous televised concerts include Stephen Sondheim's Follies, The Kennedy Center Honors, and The Boston Pops. He has performed on concert stages worldwide, from Tel Aviv with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to Carnegie Hall and The White House. Aside from having recorded many books on tape, and narrated numerous episodes for Nature on PBS, he has also provided voices for animated feature films such as South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, and The Swan Princess. His solo CD, Howard McGillin: Where Time Stands Still is available online at cdbaby.com <http://cdbaby.com> .


Terri White has been in several Broadway and Off-Broadway shows including the original Joice Heth in Barnum, Nell Carter understudy in 1978 in Aint Misbehavin, later replacing her in the revival in 1988, Welcome to the Club, The Club (Obie Award), Nunsense I & II, Nuncrackers, Stepping Out at Radio City with Liza Minnelli, and most recently Finians Rainbow winning rave reviews! Other show include, Showboat, Damn Yankees, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Juba, The Jungle Book, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Chicago, And The World Goes Round, Little Shop of Horrors(as Audrey 2) and many more. She can be seen on VHS and DVD in Nunsense I & II with Rue McClanahan, Liza Live at Radio City Music Hall, Boys on the Side, and Law and Order, Criminal Intent. Recordings include, Forbidden Broadway 25th Anniversary, Barnum, Liza Live, Finians Rainbow (Irish Rep, St. James), Incurably Romantic, and her own CD The Ladys Got To Sing.

Steven Blier. Artistic director Steven Blier co-founded the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) in 1988 with Michael Barrett. Since the Festivals inception he has programmed, performed, translated and annotated over one hundred vocal recitals with repertoire spanning the entire range of American song, art song from Schubert to Szymanowski, and popular song from early vaudeville to Lennon-McCartney. Mr. Blier also enjoys an eminent career as an accompanist and vocal coach. His recitals with Rene Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Samuel Ramey, Susan Graham, Frederica von Stade, and Jessye Norman have taken him to the stages of Carnegie Hall, La Scala, and Londons Wigmore Hall. He has premiered works of John Corigliano, Ned Rorem, William Bolcom, John Musto, Paul Moravec, Tobias Picker, Robert Beaser, and Lee Hoiby, many of which were commissioned by NYFOS. In addition to his many recordings with NYFOS, Mr. Bliers discography includes the upcoming May 2010 release of Bastianello/Lucrezia on Bridge Records; two NYFOS commissioned comic operas by William Bolcom, John Musto and Mark Campbell (libretti); four volumes of songs by Charles Ives with baritone William Sharp (Albany Records), a Grammy-nominated CD of American songs with Mr. Sharp (New World Records), and first recordings of music by Busoni and Borodin with cellist Dorothy Lawson (Koch International). His two most recent releases are The Land Where the Good Songs Go with Sylvia McNair and Hal Cazalet, and Spanish Love Songs with Joseph Kaiser and the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Bridge Records). Mr. Blier is on the faculty of The Juilliard School, and has been active in encouraging young recitalists at summer programs, including the Wolf Trap Opera Company, Glimmerglass Opera, and the San Francisco Opera Center.

Michael Barrett. NYFOS co-founder and Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett also serves as Chief Executive and General Director of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts.  In 1992, he co-founded the Moab Music Festival with his wife, violist Leslie Tomkins. From 1994 to 1997, he was the Director of the Tisch Center for the Arts at the 92nd Street Y in New York. A protg of Leonard Bernstein, Mr. Barrett began his long association with the renowned conductor and composer as a student in 1982.  He is currently the Artistic Advisor for the estate of Leonard Bernstein. Mr. Barrett has been a guest conductor with the Orchestra of St. Lukes, the New York Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de France, among others.  He also has served variously as conductor, producer, and music director of numerous special projects, including the world premiere of Volpone by John Musto. Mr. Barretts discography includes: the upcoming May 2010 release of Bastianello/Lucrezia on Bridge Records; two NYFOS commissioned comic operas by William Bolcom, John Musto and Mark Campbell (libretti); Spanish Love Songs, recorded live at Caramoor with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Steven Blier, and Joseph Kaiser; Live from the Moab Music Festival; the Grammy-nominated Evidence of Things Not Seen (New World Records); Aaron Jay Kernis: 100 Greatest Dance Hits (New Albion); On the Town (Deutsche Grammophon); Kaballah (Koch Classics) by Stewart Wallace and Michael Korie; Schumann Lieder with Lorraine Hunt and Kurt Ollman (Koch); and Arias and Barcarolles (Koch) by Leonard Bernstein (Grammy Award).
  
New York Festival of Song was founded in 1988 by Steven Blier and Michael Barrett.  NYFOS is dedicated to creating intimate song concerts of great beauty, humor and originality, combining music, poetry, and history to entertain, educate and create community among audiences and performers.  With a far-ranging repertoire of art songs, concert works and theater pieces, its thematic recitals have included programs from Brahms to the Beatles, from the nineteenth-century salons of Paris to Tin Pan Alley, from Russian art song to Argentine tangos, from sixteenth-century lute songs to new music.  NYFOS particularly celebrates American song literature and culture, and specializes in premiering and commissioning new American works.

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Pink Martini - Concours video / Video contest

ENGLISH follows
Dpoussirez vos camras, trouvez un preneur de son, montez une quipe de tournage et auditionnez vos amis PINK MARTINI lance un appel aux cinastes de lAmrique du Nord afin de raliser son prochain vidoclip! Tous sont invits prendre part ce grand concours en soumettant un vidoclip ralis pour lune des six chansons du plus rcent album du groupe, Splendor in the Grass : Ninna nanna, Ohayoo Ohio, Splendor in the Grass, O est ma tte?, And Then Youre Gone ou Over the Valley.

Premier prix : Deux billets aller-retour pour Nice, France (dpart dun aroport majeur de lAmrique du Nord), trois nuites pour deux lhtel et deux billets pour assister au concert de Pink Martini au Festival de jazz de Nice le 24 juillet 2010. Le gagnant recevra de plus un montant de 500 Ǩ (ECU) en argent comptant pour dpenses personnelles ainsi quun paquet-cadeau contenant de la marchandise de Pink Martini.
Deuxime prix : Deux billets pour lun des concerts de Pink Martini aux tats-Unis ou au Canada en 2010, 250 $ (CAD) en argent comptant ainsi que de la marchandise de Pink Martini.

Troisime prix : Deux billets pour lun des concerts de Pink Martini aux tats-Unis ou au Canada en 2010, ainsi que de la marchandise de Pink Martini.

La vido doit inclure la version originale et complte de lune des six pices proposes. Les paroles sont accessibles ici.

Les vidoclips comportant des images violentes ou obscnes seront refuss demble.

Les participants doivent tre des rsidents des tats-Unis, du Canada ou du Mexique. Le concours prend fin le 31 mai 2010.

Pour connatre les rglements et les informations du concours, visitez le http://pinkmartini.com/video-contest/north-america/.

Les chansons peuvent tre coutes ici.
Dust off your video cameras, call your boom guy, bring in the best boy and cast your comradeswe want you, filmmakers of North America, to direct our next music video as part of our first ever Music Video Contest! We invite our fans to create a clever, inspired music video for the band for one of six songs from the new CD Splendor in the Grass: Ninna nanna, Ohayoo Ohio, Splendor in the Grass, Ou est ma tete?, And Then Youre Gone, or Over the Valley.

First, Second and Third place winners will receive the following prizes:
First Prize: Two round trip plane tickets to Nice, France (from a major North American airport), three nights for two at a hotel, and two tickets to see Pink Martini perform at the Nice Jazz Festival on July 24, 2010. In addition, the winner will receive 500 euros cash, and a package of special Pink Martini paraphernalia. Instead of above first prize, winner may, alternately, choose a $2500 cash prize.

Second Prize: Two tickets to any Pink Martini show in the US or Canada in 2010, $250 cash, and a package of Pink Martini paraphernalia.

Third Prize: Two tickets to any Pink Martini show in the US or Canada in 2010, and a package of Pink Martini paraphernalia.

The video should include the complete song for whichever song you choose. Lyrics for the songs are available here; songs can be streamed here. Please do not include violent images in the videos.
You must be a resident of the United States, Canada or Mexico to enter this contest. Contest deadline is May 31, 2010.

For a complete list of contest rules and information please visit
http://pinkmartini.com/video-contest/north-america/.

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Patrice L'Ecuyer anime La Soire des Jutra

Toutes les informations au : www.lesjutra.ca
Patrice LEcuyer anime
La soire des Jutra en direct
de La Tohu de Montral
la Tlvision de Radio-Canada
Montral, 17 mars 2010 La Soire des Jutra, anime par Patrice LEcuyer, propose un gala blouissant dans lespace grandiose de La Tohu. Cest une premire pour un gala de cette nature et nul doute que le dfi doccuper ce lieu exceptionnel aura un effet lectrisant sur les spectateurs et offrira un cadre particulier la ralisation tlvisuelle. Cette soire magique sera donc diffuse en direct de La Tohu, le dimanche 28 mars 19 h 30 la Tlvision de Radio-Canada.

Couronnant les meilleurs artistes, artisans, techniciens et producteurs du cinma dici, La Soire des Jutra est le moment privilgi de lanne pour les clbrer. Patrice LEcuyer sera entour de prsentateurs bien connus, dont Danielle Proulx, Pascale Bussires, Normand DAmour, Jean-Carl Boucher, Bndicte Dcary, Maxim Gaudette,Sandrine Brisson, Karine Vanasse, Fanny Mallette, Michel Ct ainsi que dautres personnalits surprises. Le gala des Jutra veut aussi tre la vitrine prestigieuse de tous les talents des crateurs du cinma qubcois 2009 et rendre hommage avec classe aux artisans dici. Un gala hors dondes couronnera compter de 19 h La Tohu mme, les laurats dans les catgories Maquillage, Coiffure, Son, Costumes, Direction artistique, Film stant le plus illustr lextrieur du Qubec. Un bref montage des meilleurs moments de ce gala sera diffus pendant La Soire des Jutra o on partagera aussi un moment dmotion en rappelant le souvenir de grands disparus du 7e Art.

Le prix hommage sera dcern Ren Malo, dont la carrire bien remplie comme producteur et distributeur, sera illustre le soir du gala. Sylvain Larocque et Pascal Mailloux apporteront un soin particulier cet hommage afin de tmoigner de la place singulire que M. Malo a occupe durant plus de 30 ans dans le paysage cinmatographique.

Comdien et cinaste de grand talent et reconnu depuis plus de vingt ans comme un de nos metteurs en scne les plus inspirs, Yves Desgagns signe la direction artistique et la mise en scne. Jocelyn Barnab, qui on doit une multitude de productions substantielles, galas, concerts et missions concepts, ralise La Soire deS Jutra, une coproduction de La Grande Nuit du cinma et de Radio-Canada. Mgo assure la direction musicale.
 
Sur ARTV :
La rtrospective NOTRE CINMA et LA FIVRE DES JUTRA
ARTV donnera le coup denvoi de la 12e Soire des Jutra le 28 mars 19 h avec lmission spciale Notre Cinma, anime par Rebecca Makonnen, qui fera un survol des nominations La Soire des Jutra de cette anne.

Puis, vers 22 h, immdiatement aprs le gala diffus Radio-Canada, Ren Homier-Roy et Anne-Marie Withenshaw rencontreront en direct les principaux gagnants de la soire, dont les laurats des prix dinterprtation, dans le cadre de La Fivre des Jutra.
Cette mission sera rediffuse le lendemain, le lundi 29 mars 22 h 30 en direct sur radio-Canada.ca.

Les internautes pourront suivre la Soire des Jutra en direct sur le site radio-Canada.ca/jutra et participer au clavardage tout au long de la soire. Pour ceux qui ne pourront voir le gala en direct, les meilleurs moments seront offerts sur le site aprs la diffusion pendant un mois. Dici l, on peut consulter lalbum photos et la liste des finalistes, ainsi que la bande-annonce des films en nomination dans la catgorie MEILLEUR FILM, et le dfi cinma pour dcouvrir son profil de cinphile.

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The Cleveland Orchestra announces Fall 2010 Tokyo Residency and Asian Tour

The Orchestra returns to Tokyo in a four-concert Residency at Suntory Hall

Music Director Franz Welser-Mst leads four programs in Japan and South Korea

Mitsuko Uchida is pianist and conductor for Mozart programs and featured soloist in Beethoven program in Japan

Tour includes first Cleveland Orchestra appearances at Kitara Concert Hall in Sapporo and Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Nishinomiya, Japan, and at Goyang Arts Center and Seoul Arts Center in South Korea

CLEVELAND, March 15, 2010 Music Director Franz Welser-Mst and The Cleveland Orchestra will embark on their tenth international tour together this fall, performing in Japan and South Korea.  Pianist Mitsuko Uchida will join the Orchestra in Japan.  The eight-concert, four-city tour begins with a performance in Sapporo, Japan, on November 10 and ends with a program at the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea on November 21.  The centerpiece of the tour is a Cleveland Orchestra Residency at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, with four concerts at the acclaimed venue.

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida will conduct from the keyboard in all-Mozart programs at Kitara Concert Hall in Sapporo (November 10), at Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Nishinomiya (November 12), and in concerts at Suntory Hall in Tokyo (November 14 and 16).  Ms. Uchida will also be featured as soloist with Franz Welser-Mst conducting an all-Beethoven program consisting of the Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Opus 58, and the Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) in E-flat major, Opus 55, at Suntory Hall on November 18.
 
Franz Welser-Mst will conduct a second program at Suntory Hall consisting of Debussys Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Takemitsus Dream/Window, and Bruckners Symphony No. 7 in E major on November 17.  
         
The tour concludes with Mr. Welser-Mst conducting two programs in South Korea. On Saturday, November 20, he leads Debussys Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Divertimento in D major, K. 136; and Beethovens Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) at the Goyang Arts Center. On Sunday, November 21, Mr. Welser-Mst conducts Bruckners Symphony No. 7 in E major and two works excerpted from Benjamin Brittens opera Peter Grimes the Four Sea Interludes and the Passacaglia at the Seoul Arts Center.

The Cleveland Orchestra in Asia
The Orchestra first performed in Japan in 1970 and most recently appeared there in 1998, during a tour of Japan and China.  The Cleveland Orchestra performed in Seoul, South Korea, for the first time in 1970, and most recently appeared there in 1978.  

TOUR FACTS AND HISTORY:
       Kitara Concert Hall:  The Orchestra has previously played in Sapporo in 1970.  This is the Orchestras first performance in Kitara Concert Hall.
       This will be the Orchestras first performance in the city of Nishinomiya, at the Hyogo Performing Arts Center.
       The Cleveland Orchestra has performed 12 times at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, including concerts for a Beethoven series with Christoph von Dohnnyi, the Orchestras former Music Director, in 1993, during which Mitsuko Uchida appeared as piano soloist.  The Orchestra most recently performed at the hall in 1998.
       The Orchestra has previously performed in Seoul in 1970 and 1978. 
       This will be its first time performing at the Goyang Arts Center in Goyang, South Korea, which opened in 2004, and the Seoul Arts Center, in Seoul, which opened in 1988.

International tours of The Cleveland Orchestra are supported by the Frances Elizabeth Wilkinson International Touring Fund.

(A detailed tour schedule, brief Orchestra history,
and biographies of Franz Welser-Mst and Mitsuko Uchida follow.)
 
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
TOKYO RESIDENCY AND ASIAN TOUR
NOVEMBER 10-21, 2010

SAPPORO, JAPAN
Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
Kitara Concert Hall
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor/piano
         
MOZART: Divertimento in D major, K.136
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595

Nishinomiya, JAPAN
Friday, November 12, 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
Hyogo Performing Arts Center
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor/piano

MOZART: Divertimento in F major, K.138
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

TOKYO, JAPAN
Sunday, November 14, 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
Suntory Hall
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor/piano

MOZART: Divertimento in F major, K.138
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

TOKYO, JAPAN
Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
Suntory Hall
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor/piano

MOZART: Divertimento in D major, K.136
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595

TOKYO, JAPAN
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
Suntory Hall
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor

DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
TAKEMITSU: Dream/Window
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 

TOKYO, JAPAN
Thursday, November 18, 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
Suntory Hall
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)

GOYANG, SOUTH KOREA
Saturday, November 20, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.
Goyang Arts Center
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor

DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
MOZART: Divertimento in D major, K.136
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
Sunday, November 21, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.
Seoul Arts Center
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor

BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
BRITTEN: Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7

A Brief History of The Cleveland Orchestra
Under the leadership of Music Director Franz Welser-Mst, The Cleveland Orchestra has become one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world.  In concerts at its winter home at Severance Hall and at each summers Blossom Festival, in residencies from Miami to Vienna, and on tour around the world, The Cleveland Orchestra sets standards of artistic excellence, creative programming, and community engagement.

The Cleveland Orchestras educational programs, a cornerstone of the Orchestras original mission, have introduced nearly four million Cleveland-area schoolchildren to symphonic music since 1921.  During the 2009-10 season, the Orchestra launched a Community Music Initiative that began with orchestral performances led by Franz Welser-Mst in Cleveland Metropolitan School District public schools.  Designed to provide greater access to orchestral music for more of Northeast Ohios citizens than ever before, the Community Music Initiative introduces new programs throughout the year for students from preschool through high school.  The season closes in June 2010 with a free retrospective concert celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer fellowships, featuring new works created through this ongoing program.

The partnership with Franz Welser-Mst, now in its eighth season, has earned The Cleveland Orchestra unprecedented residencies in the United States and in Europe, including one at the Musikverein in Vienna the first of its kind by an American orchestra.  The Orchestra returned to Vienna during the 2009-10 season for its fourth Musikverein Residency as part of a nine-concert tour.  The Orchestra regularly appears at European festivals, including an ongoing series of biennial residencies at the Lucerne Festival (featuring Roche Commissions, a project involving the Orchestra, the Festival, and Carnegie Hall).  In the United States, Mr. Welser-Mst and the Orchestra have toured from coast to coast, including regular appearances at Carnegie Hall, and in January 2007 began an unprecedented long-term residency project in Miami, Florida, where they perform annually at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and provide a wide array of community and educational activities.  In addition, the 2009-10 season marks the announcement of a residency at New Yorks Lincoln Center Festival that starts in 2011 and will feature The Cleveland Orchestra in Vienna State Opera productions.

 The Cleveland Orchestra was founded in 1918 by a group of local citizens.  It has been led by seven music directors (Nikolai Sokoloff 1918-33, Artur Rodzinski 1933-43, Erich Leinsdorf 1943-46, George Szell 1946-70, Lorin Maazel 1972-82, Christoph von Dohnnyi 1984-2002, and Franz Welser-Mst 2002-present), and one musical advisor (Pierre Boulez 1970-72).  Expansion to a year-round schedule was made possible in 1968 with the opening of Blossom Music Center, an outdoor facility in nearby Cuyahoga Falls that is home to the Orchestras Blossom Festival.  Today, touring, residencies, radio broadcasts, and recordings available by internet download and on DVD and CD provide access to the Orchestras music-making to a broad and loyal constituency around the world.
For additional information, please visit clevelandorchestra.com.

Franz Welser-Mst
Music Director
Kelvin Smith Family Endowed Chair
The Cleveland Orchestra

Franz Welser-Mst is in his eighth year as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra.  His long-term commitment extends to the Orchestras centennial in 2018.  Under his direction, the Orchestra holds residencies in the United States and Europe, champions living composers, partners with Northeast Ohio public schools and conservatories, and has re-established itself as an operatic ensemble.  Concurrently with his post in Cleveland, Mr. Welser-Mst becomes General Music Director of the Vienna State Opera in the autumn of 2010.

Under Mr. Welser-Msts leadership, The Cleveland Orchestra holds ongoing residencies at Viennas famed Musikverein hall and Switzerlands Lucerne Festival, along with an annual Miami Residency.  In 2011, Mr. Welser-Mst and the Orchestra launch a biennial residency at New Yorks Lincoln Center Festival, which will feature The Cleveland Orchestra in Vienna State Opera productions.

Under Franz Welser-Mst, The Cleveland Orchestra has presented eleven world and fourteen United States premieres.  In 2009, Mr. Welser-Mst led a Zurich Opera production of The Marriage of Figaro at Severance Hall.  He and The Cleveland Orchestra continue the Mozart/Da Ponte operas in Cleveland with Mozarts Cos fan tutte in 2009-10 and Don Giovanni in 2010-11.
 
Recent and upcoming international engagements include a new production of Wagners Ring cycle with stage director Sven-Eric Bechtolf at the Vienna State Opera.  During the 2009-10 season, Mr. Welser-Mst leads additional Ring performances, as well as Wagners Tannhuser and Parsifal, with the Vienna State Opera.  In the summer of 2009, Franz Welser-Mst appeared with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival, the BBC Proms, and the Lucerne Festival.  He also conducted the Berlin Philharmonic at the 2009 Salzburg Easter Festival.

Following his 1989 American debut and prior to his appointment in Cleveland, Mr. Welser-Mst regularly guest-conducted the orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia.  Mr. Welser-Mst was music director of the London Philharmonic from 1990 to 1996.  Across his decade-long tenure with the Zurich Opera, culminating in three seasons as General Music Director (2005-08), Mr. Welser-Mst led more than 40 new productions.  In the spring of 2010, he leads Strausss Die Frau ohne Schatten and Mozarts Cos fan tutte in Zurich.
            
Mr. Welser-Msts recordings and videos have won the Gramophone Award, Diapason dOr, Japanese Record Academy Award, and two Grammy nominations.  Mr. Welser-Mst has led The Cleveland Orchestra in video recordings of live performances of the Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 5, 7, and 9.  Mr. Welser-Mst and The Cleveland Orchestra released a recording of Beethovens Ninth Symphony on Deutsche Grammophon in 2007.
            
Mr. Welser-Mst has been recognized by the Western Law Center for Disability Rights and is an honorary member of the Vienna Singverein.  Musical America named him the 2003 Conductor of the Year.
 
Mitsuko Uchida

Mitsuko Uchidas interpretations of a wide range of repertoire have gained her a formidable reputation as a pianist who brings intellectual acuity and musical insight to her performances.   She is particularly noted for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert, both in the concert hall and on CD, but also has illuminated the music of Berg, Schoenberg, Webern, Boulez, and Beethoven for a new generation of listeners.
 
Ms. Uchida made her Cleveland Orchestra debut in February 1990, and since that time has performed with the Orchestra at Severance Hall, at the Blossom Festival, and on tour to Europe and Japan.  Between 2002 and 2007, she played and conducted from the keyboard an acclaimed series of Mozart piano concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra.  Her most recent appearances with the Orchestra included performances of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 at Severance Hall and during the Orchestras fall 2009 European tour and Vienna Musikverein Residency. 

Mitsuko Uchidas latest recording with the Cleveland Orchestra features her conducting the ensemble from the keyboard in performances of the Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 23 (K.488) and 24 (K.491).  The recording was a bestseller in the United Kingdom, ranked Top Ten Exceptional Recordings of 2009 by New Yorker Magazine, and Editors Choice by Gramophone Magazine.
 
Mitsuko Uchida performs throughout the world with many different partners.  She was the focus of a Carnegie Hall Perspectives series titled Mitsuko Uchida: Vienna Revisited and took part in Mozart 250th birthday celebrations in Salzburg.  She has been artist-in-residence at The Cleveland Orchestra as well as with the Berlin Philharmonic, with the Konzerthaus Vienna, and at Salzburg Mozartwoche.
 
Mitsuko Uchida records exclusively for Decca.  In April 2008, BBC Music Magazine presented its Instrumentalist of the Year and Disc of the Year awards to Ms. Uchida.  Her recording of Schoenbergs Piano Concerto with Pierre Boulez and The Cleveland Orchestra won four awards in 2001, including one from Gramophone for best concerto recording.
 
Mitsuko Uchida has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to aiding the development of young musicians and is a trustee of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust.  She is also co-director, with Richard Goode, of the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. 

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The Cleveland Orchestras 2010-11 season includes wide-ranging programs and initiatives

Community programming, staged opera, alternate concert formats, and traditional orchestral concerts combine to sustain audience growth and support in Northeast Ohio

Mozarts Don Giovanni, starring Simon Keenlyside, concludes the Orchestras Mozart/Da Ponte cycle of fully staged opera

Music Director Franz Welser-Mst opens the season with a public-school performance for the second consecutive year

National and international appearances include annual Miami Residency in its fifth season, new Tokyo Residency, and first academic residency at Indiana University
 
CLEVELAND, March 15, 2010 The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2010-11 season. Under the leadership of Music Director Franz Welser-Mst, the Orchestra continues its local programming diversification with numerous initiatives to attract new audiences and support.  Within a full schedule of traditional subscription concerts, the season will feature the new series introduced in 2009 including Fridays@7, Musically Speaking, and the Celebrity Series, alongside fully staged opera.  Also in the coming season, the Orchestra will inaugurate a two week Baroque Festival in Severance Hall. 

Orchestra performances in public schools are an important part of The Cleveland Orchestras history.  Franz Welser-Mst restored that tradition in the 2009-10 season when he conducted the Orchestra in two high schools in Cleveland and one in Miami.  Hundreds of students who had never heard live orchestral music before were able to experience it for the first time.  The Orchestras traditional Education Concerts at Severance Hall for more than 16,000 students annually will continue, as well as the Cleveland Orchestra Family Concert series.
            
The innovative variety of concert programs and formats presents audiences in Northeast Ohio with multiple ways to partake of symphonic music.  Fridays@7 offers a social experience, Musically Speaking brings new audiences and long-time fans closer to the music, and the Celebrity Series spotlights different genres of music. 

Music Director Franz Welser-Msts Programming
Franz Welser-Mst opens his ninth season with The Cleveland Orchestra with a program including Stravinskys The Rite of Spring, in two subscription concerts at Severance Hall and at a Cleveland Metropolitan School District high school.  Also during the 2010-11 season, Mr. Welser-Mst will conduct John Adamss Doctor Atomic Symphony; Bachs Mass in F major (BWV 233); Bartks Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta; Bartks Second Piano Concerto and Schumanns Piano Concerto with Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Beethovens Symphonies Nos. 3 and 8; Dvoks Te Deum, Mahlers Symphony No. 4; a fully staged production of Mozarts Don Giovanni; Rossinis Stabat Mater; and Strausss Ein Heldenleben, among 39 performances at Severance Hall, the Miami Residency, and on tour.  Mr. Welser-Mst will lead the fifth Roche Commission, an American premiere of Woven Dreams, by Toshio Hosokawa, in January.  At the end of the season, Mr. Welser-Mst conducts the world premiere of Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Fellow Jrg Widmanns Flute Concerto and the Cleveland Orchestra premiere of On a Wire, a concerto for eighth blackbird by Jennifer Higdon that is a co-commission by six orchestras.

Franz Welser-Mst will conduct Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 in the 2010-11 season.  He has led the Orchestra in three DVD productions of Bruckner symphonies in three historic venues the Abbey of St. Florian in Linz, Austria, the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, and in Cleveland at Severance Hall which have been telecast in Europe and the United States.  In 2011, during the Orchestras residency at the Lincoln Center Festival, Mr. Welser-Mst will conduct four Bruckner symphonies.  Mr. Welser-Mst is a native of Linz, Austria, where Bruckner spent the formative years of his career.

Mozarts Don Giovanni
The Mozart/Da Ponte cycle of operas fully staged at Severance Hall concludes as Franz Welser-Mst conducts Don Giovanni on March 19, 22, 24, and 27, 2011.  The production of Don Giovanni will be based on the Zurich Opera production directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf.  The Orchestras three-season cycle of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas began in 2009, with four performances of Le nozze di Figaro.  The same number of performances of Cos fan tutte were presented in March 2010.

Baritone Simon Keenlyside will perform the title role of Don Giovanni, in his first performances of the role in the United States.  He can switch from genteel seductiveness to physical threat in a moment, registering all the gradations in his wonderfully vital and well-focused singing, wrote the Guardian of London, reviewing a performance by Mr. Keenlyside in Don Giovanni at Covent Garden.  In a review of a 2008 production at the Royal Opera House, the Guardian described Mr. Keenlyside as a tour de force.  Mr. Keenlyside most recently appeared with the Orchestra during a Cleveland Orchestra Musikverein Residency in Vienna in the fall of 2009. 

  The cast for Don Giovanni includes soprano Eva Mei (Donna Anna) in her Cleveland Orchestra debut, soprano Malin Hartelius (Donna Elvira), baritone Ruben Drole (Leporello), tenor Shawn Mathey (Don Ottavio) in his Cleveland Orchestra debut, soprano Martina Jankov (Zerlina), baritone Reinhard Mayr (Masetto) in his Cleveland Orchestra debut, bass-baritone Alfred Muff (Commendatore), and the Cleveland Orchestra Opera Chorus.  The opera will be performed in Italian, with English supertitles.

Orchestras Baroque Festival Features Artist-in-Residence Ton Koopman
Ton Koopman will lead a two-week Baroque Festival with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall in April and May, including works by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, and Handel.  Mr. Koopman will become the Orchestras Artist-in-Residence with the 2010-11 season.  He is the founder and conductor of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, artistic director of the French Festival Itinraire Baroque, Professor at the University of Leiden, and an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.  He was named as Artist-in-Residence for The Cleveland Orchestra in June 2008, following his debut with the Orchestra in February 2008.  The three-year Artist-in-Residence position is supported by the Malcolm E. Kenney Artist-in-Residence Fund. 
 
Jrg Widmann, Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Fellow
Franz Welser-Mst will conduct the world premiere of Jrg Widmanns Flute Concerto, featuring Cleveland Orchestra Principal Flute Joshua Smith, at Severance Hall in May 2011.  German composer Jrg Widmann is the Orchestras sixth Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Fellow.  In his second season with the Orchestra, Mr. Widmann will continue to participate in rehearsals, masterclasses, and educational activities.
Mr. Widmann is a winner of the Claudio Abbado Composition Award of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Academy, and most recently the winner of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centers Elise L. Stoeger Prize. The Flute Concerto was commissioned by The Cleveland Orchestra through the Young Composers Fund, established in 1997 by a $1 million gift from Jan R. and Daniel R. Lewis, who reside in Florida.  Mr. Lewis is the Chair of the Musical Arts Association of Miami.  
 
Conductor and Soloist Debuts
Guest conductors making their Cleveland Orchestra debuts in 2010-11 are Ji Blohlvek, Andrey Boreyko, Thomas Dausgaard, and Vladimir Jurowski.  Other artists debuting this season are tenor Shawn Mathey, baritone Reinhard Mayr, soprano Eva Mei, bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, soprano Jessica Rivera, and the ensemble eighth blackbird.  Mitsuko Uchida appears this season with the Orchestra in Japan, and will perform a solo recital at Severance Hall in February.  Violinist Julia Fischer, cellist Alban Gerhardt, and pianists David Fray and Kirill Gerstein will mark their Severance Hall debuts they have performed with the Orchestra in prior seasons at Blossom Music Center.
 
Returning Artists
            Several conductors make return visits this season: Semyon Bychkov, Herbert Blomstedt, Andrew Davis, Music Director Laureate Christoph von Dohnnyi, Hans Graf, Ton Koopman, Kurt Masur, Matthias Pintscher, and Pinchas Steinberg.  Returning soloists include Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Emanuel Ax, Anna Bonitatibus, Laura Claycomb, Ruben Drole, Andrew Foster-Williams, Horacio Gutirrez, Malin Hartelius, Steven Isserlis, Martina Jankov, Leonidas Kavakos, Simon Keenlyside, Radu Lupu, Christopher Maltman, Martin Mitterrutzner, Alfred Muff, Kelley OConnor, Garrick Ohlsson, and Frank Peter Zimmermann. 
The season features five members of the Orchestra as soloists.  Franklin Cohen, Principal Clarinet, will perform Nielsens Clarinet Concerto; Richard King, Principal Horn, will perform in programs led by Christoph von Dohnnyi; William Preucil, Concertmaster, will perform Mozarts Violin Concerto No. 5; Joshua Smith, Principal Flute, premieres Widmanns Flute Concerto; and Robert Walters, Solo English Horn, will perform Vaskss English Horn Concerto.

Miami Residency
The Cleveland Orchestras annual Miami Residency continues in its fifth season at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.  The Orchestras Miami Residency includes a series of subscription concerts at the Adrienne Arsht Center as well as education and family concerts, and a broad spectrum of music education and outreach activities in the Miami-Dade community. 

In 2010, Cleveland Orchestra collaborations include New World Symphony fellows and the University of Miamis Frost School of Music students, with masterclasses led by members of The Cleveland Orchestra, reading sessions of new music, access to Cleveland Orchestra working rehearsals, and an upcoming event at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami.  In partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the Orchestra continues to provide Education Concerts for fifth-grade students, Musical Rainbows for younger school children, and high-school coachings for older students, plus a Cleveland Orchestra Family Concert. 

The Orchestras residency activities in Miami are conceived and made possible with the leadership of the Musical Arts Association of Miami, the Miami-based board governing the Orchestras Miami Residency.
Details of The Cleveland Orchestra 2011 Miami Residency will be announced at a later date.
 
Tokyo Residency and Asian Tour
Music Director Franz Welser-Mst and The Cleveland Orchestra will embark on their tenth international tour together this fall, performing in Japan and South Korea.  Mitsuko Uchida will join the Orchestra in Japan.  The eight-concert, four-city tour begins with a performance in Sapporo, Japan, on November 10 and ends with a program at the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea on November 21.  The centerpiece of the tour is a Cleveland Orchestra Residency at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, with four concerts at the acclaimed venue.  More tour details are available in a separate release.

Indiana University Residency
In January 2011, The Cleveland Orchestra will participate in an intensive residency at Indiana University.  The IU Jacobs School of Music and IU Auditorium have partnered to present a concert during IU Auditoriums season of events and to broaden the orchestras visit to bring additional learning opportunities to students on campus and in the community.  The IU Residency will include masterclasses, coachings, arts administration seminars, and other community and educational activities.  Plans call for every principal musician in The Cleveland Orchestra to teach a class for IU students; students will also have an opportunity to take part in side-by-side rehearsals with The Cleveland Orchestra.

Carnegie Hall and United States Tour
The Orchestra will tour in February to Hill Auditorium, on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on February 1, and to Symphony Center in Chicago on February 2.  The Orchestra will appear in two programs at Carnegie Hall in New York, on February 4 and 5. At the end of the tour, the Orchestra performs at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on February 6.  Franz Welser-Mst will lead all performances, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard will appear as soloist in four of the five programs on the tour.

Alternate Concert Formats Welcome Audiences Seeking New and Different Experiences
The Fridays@7 concert series continues with five programs in 2010-11, following its success in attracting new audiences in 2009-10.  More than 800 new ticket buyers have attended the new series thus far in the 2009-10 season.  The format is an hour-long Orchestra concert at the early start time, followed by entertaining and diverse styles of world music featuring international musicians, along with food and drink in a casual atmosphere. In the 2010-11 season, Franz Welser-Mst, Pinchas Steinberg, and Ji Blohlvek will conduct concerts in the Fridays@7 series.

 As part of the popular Musically Speaking series, an HD presentation of Holsts The Planets will feature breathtaking NASA images projected on a giant screen during the performance.  The complete work includes Women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.  The series also includes a Chicago Symphony Orchestras Beyond the Score program of Prokofievs Symphony No. 5 and a full performance of baroque and classical works led by Ton Koopman, featuring cellist Steven Isserlis, with a preview discussion prior to the performance. 

The Celebrity Series will continue in 2010-11, spotlighting diverse artists and repertoire, embracing many genres.  Guest artists and repertoire for the series will be announced in August.  More people will attend the Celebrity Series per concert than any other series offered by the Orchestra in 2009-10.
 
Subscription and Ticket Information
A variety of subscription options will be available for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday concerts.  Subscriptions will go on sale March 22.  Tickets to individual performances go on sale in August.  For more information, call the Ticket Office at (216) 231-1111 or (800) 686-1141 or visit us online at www.clevelandorchestra.com. 

The Severance Hall Ticket Office and Subscription Office are located on street level in the Smith Lobby.  The entrance and 15-minute Ticket Service parking are along the west side of the building, on East Boulevard.  Severance Hall Ticket Office hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (closed Sundays and holidays except for those days with performances, when the Ticket Office will be open three hours prior to each performance).  Severance Hall Subscription Office Hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Contact: Ana Papakhian, (216) 231-7476 / Email: anap@clevelandorchestra.com
Jennifer Schlosser, (216) 231-7518 / Email: jschlosser@clevelandorchestra.com

2010-11 Season at Severance Hall  

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 25 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Kelley OConnor, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus

TAKEMITSU  Dream/Window FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
BACH  Mass in F major, BWV 233 FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
DEBUSSY  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
STRAVINSKY  The Rite of Spring 

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 30 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, OCTOBER 2 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor

BRITTEN  Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
BRITTEN  Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
BRUCKNER   Symphony No. 7

Friday, OCTOBER 1 at 7 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor

Fridays@7

TAKEMITSU  Dream/Window
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)

Thursday, OCTOBER 7 at 8 p.m.
Friday, OCTOBER 8 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, OCTOBER 9 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, OCTOBER 10 at 3 p.m.
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano Severance Hall debut
 
BRAHMS  Symphony No. 3
RACHMANINOFF  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RAVEL  La Valse

Thursday, OCTOBER 21 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, OCTOBER 23 at 8 p.m.
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

BRAHMS  Academic Festival Overture
HINDEMITH   Symphony, Mathis der Maler
BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)

Friday, OCTOBER 22 at 11 a.m.
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

HINDEMITH   Symphony, Mathis der Maler
BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)

Thursday, OCTOBER 28 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, OCTOBER 30 at 8 p.m.
Andrew Davis, conductor
William Preucil, violin
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

HAYDN   Symphony No. 22 (The Philosopher) FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Five Mystical Songs
MOZART   Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Toward the Unknown Region FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES

Thursday, NOVEMBER 4 at 8 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello Severance Hall debut

RAVEL  Alborada del gracioso
PINTSCHER  Reflections on Narcissus, for cello and orchestra FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
RAVEL  Ma Mre lOye (Mother Goose)
DUKAS  The Sorcerers Apprentice

November 10 21, 2010
The Cleveland Orchestra
Tokyo Residency and Asian Tour
Details are provided in a separate news release.

Saturday, NOVEMBER 27 at 8 p.m.
Hans Graf, conductor
Women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

SAARIAHO  Asteroid 4179: Toutatis FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
MOZART  Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter), K. 551
HOLST  The Planets An HD Odyssey

Sunday, NOVEMBER 28 at 3 p.m.
Hans Graf, conductor
Women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Musically Speaking

SAARIAHO  Asteroid 4179: Toutatis FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
MOZART  Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter), K. 551
HOLST  The Planets An HD Odyssey

Thursday, DECEMBER 2 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, DECEMBER 4 at 8 p.m.
Pinchas Steinberg, conductor
Franklin Cohen, clarinet

NICOLAI   Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
NIELSEN   Clarinet Concerto
MAHLER   Symphony No. 1

Friday, DECEMBER 3 at 7 p.m.
Pinchas Steinberg, conductor

Fridays@7
 NICOLAI   Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
MAHLER   Symphony No. 1

Thursday, JANUARY 6 at 8 p.m.
Friday, JANUARY 7 at 11 a.m.
Saturday, JANUARY 8 at 8 p.m.
Christoph von Dohnnyi, conductor
Richard King, horn

Program to be announced
Thursday, JANUARY 13 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, JANUARY 15 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Radu Lupu, piano

WAGNER   Overture to Tannhuser
SCHUMANN   Piano Concerto
R. STRAUSS   Ein Heldenleben

Friday, JANUARY 14 at 7 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor

Fridays@7 

WAGNER   Overture to Tannhuser
R. STRAUSS   Ein Heldenleben

Thursday, JANUARY 20 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, JANUARY 22 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

R. STRAUSS:  Trumerei am Kamin from Intermezzo
FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
HOSOKAWA  Woven Dreams U.S. PREMIERE
BARTK   Piano Concerto No. 2
BARTK   Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

Friday, JANUARY 21 at 11 a.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

HOSOKAWA  Woven Dreams U.S. PREMIERE
BARTK   Piano Concerto No. 2
R. STRAUSS:  Trumerei am Kamin from Intermezzo
FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES

Friday, FEBRUARY 11 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, FEBRUARY 12 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, FEBRUARY 13 at 3 p.m.
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Cleveland Orchestra debut
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

MUSSORGSKY  Prelude to Khovanshchina
SIBELIUS  Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY  Manfred Symphony

Thursday, FEBRUARY 17 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, FEBRUARY 19 at 8 p.m.
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Cleveland Orchestra debut
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

SIBELIUS  Symphony No. 7
SZYMANOWSKI  Violin Concerto No. 1
NIELSEN  Symphony No. 4 (The Inextinguishable)

Friday, FEBRUARY 18 at 11 a.m.
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Cleveland Orchestra debut
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

SZYMANOWSKI  Violin Concerto No. 1
NIELSEN  Symphony No. 4 (The Inextinguishable)

Thursday, FEBRUARY 24 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, FEBRUARY 26 at 8 p.m.
Andrey Boreyko, conductor Cleveland Orchestra debut
Robert Walters, english horn

BARTK  Suite from The Wooden Prince
VASKS  English Horn Concerto FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 5

Sunday, FEBRUARY 27 at 3 p.m.
Andrey Boreyko, conductor Cleveland Orchestra debut

Musically Speaking Beyond the Score

PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 5

Thursday, MARCH 10 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, MARCH 12 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Jessica Rivera, soprano Cleveland Orchestra debut
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

DVOK  Te Deum FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
MAHLER  Symphony No. 4

Saturday, MARCH 19 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, MARCH 22 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, MARCH 24 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, MARCH 27 at 3 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Simon Keenlyside, baritone (Don Giovanni)
Eva Mei, soprano (Donna Anna) Cleveland Orchestra debut
Malin Hartelius, soprano (Donna Elvira)
Ruben Drole, baritone (Leporello)
Shawn Mathey, tenor (Don Ottavio) Cleveland Orchestra debut
Martina Jankov, soprano (Zerlina)
Reinhard Mayr, baritone (Masetto) Cleveland Orchestra debut
Alfred Muff, bass-baritone (Commendatore)
Cleveland Orchestra Opera Chorus

MOZART   Don Giovanni, K. 527 FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
                    (Sung in Italian with English supertitles)

Thursday, MARCH 31 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, APRIL 2 at 8 p.m.
Ji Blohlvek, conductor Cleveland Orchestra debut
Horacio Gutirrez, piano

HAYDN  Symphony No. 96 (Miracle)
RACHMANINOFF  Piano Concerto No. 2
DVOK  Symphony No. 7

Friday, APRIL 1 at 7 p.m.
Ji Blohlvek, conductor Cleveland Orchestra debut
Horacio Gutirrez, piano

Fridays@7

RACHMANINOFF  Piano Concerto No. 2
DVOK  Symphony No. 7

Thursday, APRIL 21 at 8 p.m.
Friday, APRIL 22 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, APRIL 23 at 8 p.m.
Kurt Masur, conductor
David Fray, piano Severance Hall debut

MENDELSSOHN  Overture, The Hebrides (Fingals Cave)
BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS  Symphony No. 4

Thursday, APRIL 28 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, APRIL 30 at 8 p.m.
Ton Koopman, conductor

BACH  Suite No. 1 for Orchestra, BWV 1066
BACH  Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046
HANDEL  Suite from Music for the Royal Fireworks
MOZART  Symphony No. 25, K. 183

Friday, MAY 6 at 11 a.m.
Ton Koopman, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello

C.P.E. BACH  Sinfonia in D major, Wq. 183, No. 1 FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
C.P.E. BACH  Cello Concerto in A major, Wq. 172 FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
HAYDN  Symphony No. 98

Sunday, MAY 8 at 3 p.m.
Ton Koopman, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello

Musically Speaking 

C.P.E. BACH  Sinfonia in D major, Wq. 183, No. 1 FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
C.P.E. BACH  Cello Concerto in A major, Wq. 172 FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
C.P.E. BACH  Sinfonia in G major, Wq. 183, No. 4 FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
HAYDN  Symphony No. 98

Thursday, MAY 12 at 8 p.m.
Friday, MAY 13 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, MAY 14 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin Severance Hall debut

BERG  Violin Concerto
BRUCKNER  Symphony No. 5

Thursday, MAY 19 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, MAY 21 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

ADAMS  Guide to Strange Places
HAYDN  Piano Concerto in D major
STRAVINSKY  Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 8

Friday, MAY 20 at 11 a.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

ADAMS  Guide to Strange Places
HAYDN  Piano Concerto in D major
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 8

Thursday, MAY 26 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, MAY 28 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Joshua Smith, flute
Malin Hartelius, soprano
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
Martin Mitterrutzner, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone Cleveland Orchestra debut
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

WIDMANN  Flute Concerto WORLD PREMIERE
ROSSINI  Stabat Mater

Friday, MAY 27 at 7 p.m.
Franz Welser-Mst, conductor
Joshua Smith, flute
eighth blackbird Cleveland Orchestra debut

Fridays@7

ADAMS  Doctor Atomic Symphony
WIDMANN  Flute Concerto WORLD PREMIERE
HIGDON  On a Wire Concerto for eighth blackbird and Orchestra
FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE

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New Centrediscs CD: 3 Concerti Just Released

PIANIST CHRISTINA PETROWSKA QUILICO PLAYS

CONCERTI BY THREE CANADIAN WOMEN COMPOSERS 

Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, long a champion of the music of contemporary composers, particularly those of her native Canada, performs works by three Canadian women composers for piano and orchestra, in 3 Concerti, a new Centrediscs release from the Canadian Music Centre.

The new CD (CMCCD 15610) features compositions by Alexina Louie, Larysa Kuzmenko and Violet Archer (1913-2000).  They were recorded for broadcast by CBC Radio over the past two decades.  

3 Concerti marks Petrowska Quilicos 23rd CD, and seventh on the Centrediscs label.   

The CD features the following, all with Petrowska Quilico as piano soloist:

Alexina Louie: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1984) with the National Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Alex Pauk.

Violet Archer: Concerto No.1 for Piano and Orchestra (1956) with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.

Larysa Kuzmenko: Piano Concerto (1995, rev. 1996) with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste.  

CDs can be ordered through the Canadian Music Centre, www.musiccentre.ca or via www.petrowskaquilico.com.  

The 3 Concerti project came as result of the Gender and Performance graduate course that Petrowska Quilico teaches at Torontos York University. I wanted the students to hear the brilliance of Canadian women composers, especially in live performance, she said. Thanks to CBC producer David Jaeger, I had recordings of several concerts in which I had premiered womens concerti. From those recordings we chose works that are very different in their compositional styles, yet in which each features a virtuoso piano part. 

Since playing her first concerto Haydns D Major at age 10, Christina Petrowska Quilico has performed an impressive range of repertoire for piano and orchestra, from Bach and Beethoven to Bartok, Gershwin, and Canadians Glenn Buhr, the three women on the new CD, and more.   

The Canadian Music Centre and the Canadian League of Composers honored Petrowska Quilico with The 2007 Friends of Canadian Music Award.  A national jury recognized her for her dedication to Canadian contemporary classical music as well as her unwavering support of this countrys composing community. Throughout her exceptional performing and recording career, Christina Petrowska Quilico has had a profound impact on Canadas classical music community from coast to coast.  She was also among Canadian artists honored by the CMC on its 50th anniversary in November 2009 at the National Arts Centre, and performed Glass Houses by Ann Southam at the special concert celebrating the occasion.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM OF THE FEATURED CONCERTI AND PERFORMANCES:

Violet Archer Concerto:

In his essay on Violet Archer for the book Contemporary Canadian Composers (Oxford University Press), critic Kenneth Winters calls the Archer concerto, a masterpiece and a genuine concerto in terms of display and dynamics. He refers to the ease and virtuosity of both piano and orchestra in the propulsive opening movement, the pensive and lyrical middle movement, and the vigorous finale, which leaves the listener mildly appalled that a work of this calibre should be played so seldom.

Larysa Kuzmenko Concerto:

The concerto, a CBC commission, drew standing ovations when Petrowska Quilico performed it with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Bramwell Tovey at the Winnipeg New Music Festival, and again with the Toronto Symphony under Jukka-Pekka Saraste.  Elissa Poole wrote in the Globe and Mail of the classically virtuoso performance by soloist Christina Petrowska Quilico. Kuzmenko returned to the grandiose gestures of the romantic piano concerto.  The Toronto Stars William Littler described the concertos broad, sweeping gestures and strong melodic profile of a concerto in the romantic tradition. With the considerable help of its soloist, the nimble-fingered Christina Petrowska Quilico, it was the undoubted hit of the evening.

Alexina Louie Concerto:

Petrowska Quilico twice performed this work with Alex Pauk conducting first with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and again with the Esprit Orchestra.  William Littler of the Toronto Star noted that able champion of the contemporary keyboard literature, Christina Petrowska Quilico, applied the proverbial hammer and tongs to a piano part full of cluster chords, glissandos and runs, surrounded by enough orchestral goings-on in rapidly changing metres to keep conductor Alex Pauk working overtimeĶ.  The concerto in its deliberately big-boned, splashily and often exotically (complete with lions roar and Chinese gongs) scored...it has life, color and drama enough to keep the ear wondering what is going to happen next.

The Globe and Mails Robert Everett-Green called it, a large-scale exercise in grand-manner composition, a piece that nearly bursts the bounds of the chamber-sized orchestra for which it was written, while reflecting the composers project of bringing into the mainstream of progressive music the sounds of her Chinese heritageĶ.  The pianist, Christina Petrowska Quilico, gave a committed reading of the virtuoso solo part, which makes some fairly athletic demands of the performer.  



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Thursday, March 25, 2010

La SCENA Spring 2010 - La Scena Musicale April 2010 Issue


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The Music Scene Winter 2010
Hello!

La SCENA is pleased to feature on its Spring 2010 cover the musical comedy staging of Belles-Surs by Daniel Blanger and Ren Richard Cyr, based on the theatrical classic by Michel Tremblay. The Arthur LeBlanc Quartet will be the feature of our April La Scena Musicale issue, which readers will find within the La SCENA. Paying subscribers will also receive an exclusive free CD of the Arthur LeBlanc Quartet's recordings of Shostakovich quartets.

Our jazz section will be featuring a sneak peak at the upcoming Miles Davis exhibit at the Muse des beaux-arts in Montreal. In our arts pages, readers will find La SCENA in conversation with Maurice Forget, Wajdi Mouawad, Gabor Szilasi, and many more.

To help plan your summer months, we will also be offering our annual international arts festivals guide. In La SCENA, you will also find a comprehensive arts calendar as well as detailed previews on all the dance, theatre, visual arts, and cinema events you won't want to miss.

There is much more in store for you this issue, including of course our monthly world music section, our musical events and concert calendars, and our reviews.

The deadline for advertising for this issue is March 26 with artwork due on March 29.

Yours sincerely,

Wah Keung Chan
Founding Publisher and Editor
La Scena Musicale
La SCENA
The Music Scene

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La Scena Musicale April 2010

/ La SCENA Spring 2010
  • On the Cover (La SCENA): Daniel Blanger, Ren Richard Cyr, and Michel Tremblay
  • On the Cover (La Scena Musicale): Arthur LeBlanc Quartet
  • Deluxe Look: Perfect Binding
  • Guide: International Festivals
  • Distribution: April 1
  • Deadline for ad reservations: March 26
  • Deadline for artwork: March 29
  • Total 25,000 copies, 50,000 readers
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  • Quebec City: 2,500
  • Newsstands: 2,000
  • Mailing: 2,000
  • Target Readership: professional and amateur artists, music and art lovers
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Until March 31, 2010, new subscribers will get $10-$15 off an LSM subscription if they subscribe online. This savings is equivalent to receiving 4 free issues, and the subscription include benefits such as the Naxos Music Library (39,000 CDs streaming) and free MP3 downloads of the Discovery CD Collection (10 full CDs). Note: New for 2010, only paying subscribers will receive the physical Discovery CD.
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Next LSM Benefit Activity

Montral, Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Opra de Montral
Cinderella by Massenet
Tickets: $99, $71, $46
10% discount for La Scena Musicale subscribers / La SCENA Card members
Note: other dates available upon request.

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Our application for the matching program, Placement Culture, has formally been accepted: for every dollar donated to LSM/TMS, the Qubec government will contribute one dollar and fifty cents. Placement Culture is designed to create endowment funds for charitable arts groups like La Scene Musicale/The Music Scene. Our goal is to raise $100,000 until November 30, 2010, which combined with the government contribution, will create a $250,000 endowment. This will help us continue our magazines's excellence and innovation for years to come. We are therefore launching at this time our 2010 endowment fund campaign. Please join our fundraising committee or make a donation.

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