The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is back with a brand new season of concerts starting with legendary violinist Shlomo Mintz performing Bruch’s passionate Violin Concerto. The inaugural Goldcorp Masterworks Gold and Beltone Symphony Sundays season opening concerts runs from September 26 to 28 at the Orpheum Theatre.
Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s spectacular and dramatically autobiographical Symphony No. 4, and the world premiere of Composer-In-Residence Scott Good’s Blues ‘n Riff – The Spectacular Tale of Katy Caboose.
Critics, colleagues and audiences regard Shlomo Mintz as one of the foremost violinists of our time, esteemed for his impeccable musicianship, stylistic versatility and commanding technique. As a child prodigy, Mr. Mintz began his career at age eleven as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra where he stepped in for Itzhak Perlman when the legendary violinist fell ill.
He made his Carnegie Hall debut at age sixteen with the Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra and subsequently began his studies with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. At age eighteen, Mr. Mintz added the role of conductor to his artistic endeavours; since then he has conducted acclaimed orchestras worldwide, and became Music Advisor of the Israel Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Advisor and Principal Guest Conductor of the Maastricht Symphony.
In addition to performing with every major orchestra worldwide, Mr. Mintz is the recipient of several prestigious music prizes including the Premio Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the Diapason D’Or, the Grand Prix du Disque, the Gramophone Award and the Edison Award. Mr. Mintz is a co-founder of the Keshet Eilon International Violin Mastercourse in Israel, an advanced-level summer programme for young violinists from all over the world.
Scott Good’s new work Blues ‘n Riff – The Spectacular Tale of Katy Caboose uses author and animator Bill Peet's delightful children's story "The Caboose Who Got Loose" as a backdrop. A post modern hodge podge, the score, rooted in the Romantic Classical tradition, uses elements of Jazz, Blues, Modernism, Latin percussion, and Greek rhythms. Scott dedicates this piece to Jennifer. -- www.vancouversymphony.ca
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