SEPTEMBER 25 - OPENING NIGHT – RACH 2. . . BRAHMS 1
Program Notes
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Saturday, September 25 at 8:00pm Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF opens his 15th season with an extraordinary Opening Night concert. Internationally acclaimed Pianist ILYA YAKUSHEV joins the Orchestra in a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op.18. Berlioz’
Béatrice et Bénedict: Overture and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op.68 complete the Opening Night program.
Russian pianist
Ilya Yakushev continues to astound and mesmerize audiences at major venues on three continents. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in 2007 with Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, performing Prokofiev's First and Fourth Piano Concertos as part of the Symphony's "Prokofiev Festival." His performances were included in the top ten classical music events of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle and prompted a return to the Symphony in September 2009 performing Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto. The 2009-10 season also included performances with the Syracuse and Fairbanks Symphonies and in recital at Chicago's Ravinia, Cincinnati's Matinée Musicale and Fresno's Phillip Lorenz Keyboard series.
Following his performance with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra Mr. Yakushev will perform this same Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Keith Lockhart in London and in 15 other cities throughout the United States.