ESO Music Director's South African Adventure!

ESO Music Director concludes tour with Renˆ©e Fleming

Edmonton, AB ’Ķ Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Music Director William Eddins today concludes his South African tour with Grammy-award winning American soprano and ESO 2008 Gala artist, Renˆ©e Fleming. At the personal request of Ms. Fleming, Bill Eddins had the utmost pleasure of conducting three brilliant, sold-out concerts with the renowned soprano and the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra. The final concert of the three-city tour takes place at the Cape Town City Hall. Previous concerts were held on August 27^th at Durban City Hall, and on August 29^th at the State Theatre in Pretoria.

Read all about Bill’Äôs amazing adventure in South Africa (including his experiences with monkeys on his veranda!) at: www.insidethearts.com/sticksanddrones/author/bill-eddins.

Bill will return to Edmonton to lead another international artist on the world opera stage Dmitri Hvorostovsky; an artist Ms. Fleming was thrilled to perform with in the Metropolitan Opera’Äôs Eugene Onegin. She also graciously spoke of Dmitri’Äôs talent and brilliance in a special video: www.youtube.com/edmontonsymphony.

This Siberian baritone will mesmerize audiences with his emotional intensity and technical mastery in the ESO’Äôs Gala Fundraising Concert on Monday, September 28^th. Backed by our superb orchestra, this is certainly a concert event not to be missed.

Limited tickets are still available. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Winspear Centre Box Office at 780-428-1414, or online at www.edmontonsymphony.com.