In this week’s Knoxville Mercury, I review last weekend’s concerts by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra that opened the 2016-17 season. The concert was the debut of the KSO’s new music director and conductor, Aram Demirjian, and featured works by Rachmaninoff…
This Week: KSO Will Open Season with ‘Russian Passion’
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents the Masterworks debut of its new music director and conductor, Aram Demirjian, Thursday and Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m., September 15 and 16, at the Tennessee Theatre. The concert features two works by Russian composers,…
Concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz Leaving KSO After 2016-17 Season
It was probably inevitable–the career pressure on brilliantly talented classical musicians cannot be underestimated. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster, Gabriel Lefkowitz, has announced that he will be leaving the KSO for the comparable position with the Louisville Orchestra. While I’ll…
KSO Wraps 2015-16 Season This Week with Wagner, Beethoven, and Theofanidis
The 2015-16 season for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra ends this week with concerts featuring works by Richard Wagner, Beethoven, and Theofanidis.
Sunday: Gabriel Lefkowitz Plays Mozart at the Bijou
This Sunday, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series features Gabriel Lefkowitz as soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216. Conductor James Fellenbaum will also lead the Chamber Orchestra in two works for strings, Britten’s ‘Simple Symphony’ and AntonÃn Dvořák’s Serenade for String Orchestra in E Major, Op. 22.
KSO This Week: Guest Conductor Steven Jarvi in Works of Dvorak and Elgar
This Thursday and Friday, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will be led by guest conductor Steven Jarvi in works by Adam Schoenberg, AntonÃn Dvořák, and Edward Elgar. Cellist Susie Yang will be the soloist in the Dvořák.
In this week’s Knoxville Mercury: KSO Review ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
In this week’s Knoxville Mercury, read my review of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s concert ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ with guest conductor Jacomo Rafael Bairos and violinist Elena Urioste.
KSO This Week: Pictures at an Exhibition and Barber Violin Concerto
In this week’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts on Thursday and Friday evenings, guest conductor Jacomo Rafael Bairos takes the podium for works from John Adams and Samuel Barber, as well as the Mussorgsky/Ravel ‘Pictures at an Exhibition.’ Violinist Elena Urioste will be the soloist in the Barber Violin Concerto.
Review: Eckart Preu and KSO Masterful in February’s Masterworks
If anyone foolishly thought the selection process for finding the next music director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra was going to be an easy, or obvious one, the appearance this week of guest conductor Eckart Preu, the fourth of six…
KSO This Week: Mozart, Richard Strauss, Higdon, and Prokofiev
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts this week feature guest conductor Eckart Preu in works by Mozart, Prokofiev, Higdon, and Richard Strauss. Alon Goldstein will be the pianist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor.