Bulgarian conductor Rossen Milanov returns to Seattle Symphony to conduct the Orchestra in Mozart’s final symphonic offering, Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter.”
The program will also include Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485, as well as Vanhal’s Double Bass Concerto, featuring Seattle Symphony Principal Bass Jordan Anderson. Part of the Mostly Mozart series, these performances will take place Thursday, February 19, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 20, at 8 p.m. in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall.
Rossen Milanov
The Chicago Tribune hailed Rossen Milanov as “one who bears watching by anyone who cares about the future of music.” Named as Artistic Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in March 2006, Milanov also serves as Music Director of the New Symphony Orchestra in his native Sofia, Bulgaria; Chief Conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony; and Music Director of New Jersey’s Symphony In C. 2008–2009 season highlights include debuts with Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Berlin’s Komische Oper, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera and his Carnegie Hall debut with St. Luke’s Orchestra.
He has appeared as guest conductor with the Baltimore, Honolulu, Indianapolis, Lucerne, Milwaukee, Syracuse, Tivoli and Virginia symphonies; the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; the Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, National Orchestra of Mexico and National Orchestra of Colombia; the Slovenia National Radio and Television Orchestra at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw; the Rotterdam and Seoul philharmonics; and the Curtis Opera Theatre in productions of Dominick Argento’s Postcard from Morocco and Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta.
Milanov has received several awards including Extraordinary Contribution to Bulgarian Culture, awarded by the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture. In 2005, he was chosen as Bulgaria’s Musician of the Year. He has recorded works by Russian composer Alla Pavlova with the Moscow Philharmonic on the Naxos label and live performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15, available online though Philadelphia Online. Milanov studied conducting at The Juilliard School (recipient of the Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship), the Curtis Institute of Music, Duquesne University and the Bulgarian National Academy of Music.
Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson has served as Principal Bass of Seattle Symphony since fall 2000. A Grand Prize winner at the David Walter Memorial Double Bass Composition Competition, Anderson has appeared as soloist with the Cascade Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Chamber Orchestra and Seattle Symphony, most notably in November 2007 performing John Harbison’s Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra. He has also performed with the Emerson String Quartet and Leon Fleisher, as well as The Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, among other ensembles.
A regular at summer festivals, Anderson has appeared at the Verbier Summer Music Festival, as a member of the Verbier Orchestra; Saratoga Summer Performing Arts Festival; and Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer and Winter festivals. He has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Harold Robinson, Principal Bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He enjoys teaching and giving master classes and recitals around the Northwest. -- www.seattlesymphony.org
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