Name: Classical Series - Symphonic Dances Festival: Valčuha Conducts Rachmaninoff
Start: 2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

Organization

Conductor

Juraj Valčuha

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Behzod Abduraimov

Piano

Orchestra

Houston Symphony

Classical Series - Symphonic Dances Festival: Valčuha Conducts Rachmaninoff

Houston

United States

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

Rachmaninoff’s breathtakingly beautiful melodies hold a special place in the hearts of music lovers the world over. Immerse yourself in his glittering final masterpiece, Symphonic Dances, and witness “the most perfectly accomplished pianist of his generation” (The Independent) tackle one of the most notoriously difficult challenges in the piano repertoire, Prokofiev’s fiery Piano Concerto No. 2. The concert opens with Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari, inspired by the Mexican legend of the Blue Deer.

In the Composer’s Words:
“While composing this piece, I noted once again how music has the power to grant us access to the intangible, healing our wounds and binding us to what can only be expressed through sound.” —Gabriela Ortiz on Kauyumari

Classical Series - Symphonic Dances Festival: Valčuha Conducts Rachmaninoff: Kauyumari Gabriela Ortiz (+2 More)

Public

Kauyumari

Piano Concerto No. 2

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Approved

Rachmaninoff’s breathtakingly beautiful melodies hold a special place in the hearts of music lovers the world over. Immerse yourself in his glittering final masterpiece, Symphonic Dances, and witness “the most perfectly accomplished pianist of his generation” (The Independent) tackle one of the most notoriously difficult challenges in the piano repertoire, Prokofiev’s fiery Piano Concerto No. 2. The concert opens with Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari, inspired by the Mexican legend of the Blue Deer.

In the Composer’s Words:
“While composing this piece, I noted once again how music has the power to grant us access to the intangible, healing our wounds and binding us to what can only be expressed through sound.” —Gabriela Ortiz on Kauyumari

Juraj Valčuha
conductor

Behzod Abduraimov
piano

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble