BRINGING WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS TO THE SUNCOAST
2023-24 SEASON
Sofia
Philharmonic
Harlem
Quartet
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Pianist
Bruce Liu
2023-24 SEASON
Sofia
Philharmonic
Harlem
Quartet
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Pianist
Bruce Liu
2023-24 SEASON
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Join us for an exciting season of one-night-only performances featuring world-renowned orchestras, chamber ensembles and acclaimed soloists. Hear what the world is raving about!
2023-24 GREAT PERFORMERS 5-CONCERT SERIES
Monday, Jan 15, 7:30 pm | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
SOFIA PHILHARMONIC
with PIANIST IVAYLO VASSILEV
Christo Pavlov, conductor
Praised as “Bulgaria’s most illustrious musical institution” by Gramophone Magazine, the acclaimed Sofia Philharmonic makes its Sarasota debut to open the Sarasota Concert Association’s Great Performers Series. Principal Conductor Christo Pavlov leads the orchestra in an all-Beethoven program with Coriolan Overture, Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, featuring pianist Ivaylo Vassilev, and his beloved Symphony No. 7.
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BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
SOFIA PHILHARMONIC
with IVAYLO VASSILEV
Christo Pavlov, conductor
Praised as “Bulgaria’s most illustrious musical institution” by Gramophone Magazine, the acclaimed Sofia Philharmonic makes its Sarasota debut to open the Sarasota Concert Association’s Great Performers Series. Principal Conductor Christo Pavlov leads the orchestra in an all-Beethoven program with Coriolan Overture, Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, featuring pianist Ivaylo Vassilev, and his beloved Symphony No. 7.
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BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Wednesday, Jan 24 at 7:30 pm | Riverview Performing Arts Center
HARLEM QUARTET
The Grammy Award-winning Harlem String Quartet has dazzled audiences from Carnegie Hall to the White House, and has collaborated with world-renowned artists including Itzhak Perlman. Known for their eclectic programming, the Quartet makes their Sarasota Concert Association debut performing works by Beethoven, Fanny Mendelssohn and more.
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Monday, Feb 19, 7:30 pm | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
with CELLIST ALISA WEILERSTEIN
Jader Bignamini, conductor
World-renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein, described as “a new generation’s cello superstar,” joins the Detroit Symphony in Elgar’s popular Cello Concerto. Music Director Jader Bignamini leads the orchestra in Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels’ Emerge as well as Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral showpiece, Scheherazade.
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MICHAEL ABELS Emerge
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
with CELLIST ALISA WEILERSTEIN
Jader Bignamini, conductor
World-renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein, described as “a new generation’s cello superstar,” joins the Detroit Symphony in Elgar’s popular Cello Concerto. Music Director Jader Bignamini leads the orchestra in Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels’ Emerge as well as Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral showpiece, Scheherazade.
Learn more.
MICHAEL ABELS Emerge
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Sunday, March 3, 7:30 pm | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC
with PIANIST DANIIL TRIFONOV
Lahav Shani, conductor
Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani leads the Orchestra in excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Described by The Times of London as “the most astounding pianist of our age,” Grammy Award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov joins the Orchestra for Prokofiev’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2.
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ARVO PÄRT Swan Song
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2
PROKOFIEV Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Friday, March 29 at 7:30 pm | Riverview Performing Arts Center
PIANIST BRUCE LIU
First Prize winner in the 2021 Chopin International Piano Competition, and the pianist who brought down the house two years ago in Sarasota with his incredible virtuosity, Bruce Liu performs a recital including the music of Rameau, Ravel, Chopin and Liszt.
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RAMEAU Selections from Pieces de clavecin
CHOPIN Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
RAVEL Miroirs
LISZT Réminiscences de Don Juan
PIANIST BRUCE LIU
First Prize winner in the 2021 Chopin International Piano Competition, and the pianist who brought down the house two years ago in Sarasota with his incredible virtuosity, Bruce Liu performs a recital including Rameau, Ravel, Chopin and Liszt. Learn more.
RAMEAU Selections from Pieces de clavecin
CHOPIN Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
RAVEL Miroirs
LISZT Réminiscences de Don Juan
View the Great Performs Series season program PDF
Questions? Call 941-966-6161, 10 am to 4 pm, Mon-Fri
Music Matinees return in 2024
This free program features exceptional regional musicians performing a variety of musical styles from classical to popular. NEW IN 2024: All concerts are at 2 pm at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Sarasota.
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