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Sophia Philharmonic

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Philharmonic

Harlem Quartet

Harlem
Quartet

cellist Alisa Weilerstein

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

pianist Daniil Trifonov

Rotterdam Philharmonic

Bruce Xiaoyu Liu, pianist

Pianist
Bruce Liu

Bringing World-Class Artists to the Suncoast!
Great Performers Series

2023-24 SEASON

SCA logo 2024
2024 HOME 1 slide only
Sophia Philharmonic

Sofia
Philharmonic

Harlem Quartet

Harlem
Quartet

cellist Alisa Weilerstein

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

pianist Daniil Trifonov

Rotterdam Philharmonic

Bruce Xiaoyu Liu, pianist

Pianist
Bruce Liu

Bringing World-Class Artists to the Suncoast!
Great Performers Series

2023-24 SEASON

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2024 Giving Challenge for SCA

SAVE THE DATE! 
April 9-10, noon to noon is the 2024 Giving Challenge when your gift will be matched up to $100! The 24-hour online giving event is hosted by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, with giving strengthened by The Patterson Foundation.

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!

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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.
Learn more.

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. 
Learn more.

BEETHOVEN String Quartet Opus 18, No. 5
GUIDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN Cuarteto en Guaguanco
CAROLINE SHAW  Entr’acte
FANNY MENDELSSOHN – String Quartet in E-flat Major
Harlem Quartet

Monday, Feb 19, 7:30 pm  | Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

cellist Alisa Weilerstein

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 

cellist Alisa Weilerstein

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

pianist Daniil Trifonov

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.
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

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. 

Sarasota Concert Association

Bringing World-Class Artists to the Suncoast!
Your generous support has enabled us to bring outstanding music to our region for more than 75 years.  

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