Overture Magazine: 2017-2018 Season September-October 2017

Jonathan Biss Jonathan Biss is a world-renowned pianist who shares his deep musical curiosity with classical music lovers in the concert hall and beyond. Over nearly two decades on the concert stage, he has forged relationships with the New York Philharmonic; the Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Philharmonia orchestras; the Boston, Chicago, and Swedish Radio symphony orchestras; and the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Budapest Festival, and Royal Concertgebouw orchestras, among many others. In addition to performing a full schedule of concerts, the 37-year-old American has spent ten summers at the Marlboro Music Festival and has written extensively about his relationships with the composers with whom he shares the stage. A faculty member of his alma mater, the Curtis Institute of Music, since 2010, Biss led the first massive open online course (MOOC) offered by a classical music conservatory, Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas, which has reached more than 150,000 people in 185 countries. Part three is set to come out in January 2018, and he continues to add lectures until covering all of the sonatas. This season, Biss continues his latest Beethoven project, Beethoven/5, for which the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is co-commissioning five composers to write new piano concertos, each inspired by one of Beethoven’s. The five-year plan began with Biss premiering Timo Andres’ “The Blind Banister,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music, which was followed by Sally Beamish’s “City Stanzas” last season. This fall, with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, he premieres Salvatore Sciarrino’s concerto, paired with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, and goes on to play it with the Cleveland Orchestra later in the year. The first two commissions continue to have a life, with “The Blind Banister” at the Jacksonville and New World symphonies and with new opportunities to flourish. ™ Enjoy sophisticated senior living on a beautiful 50-acre campus that’s your gateway to personal growth! • Delightful dining • Clubs, classes, mixers & events • Fitness Center • Spacious homes & apartments Call 1-877-203-7299 or visit www.MillersGrant.org 9000 Fathers Legacy • Ellicott City, MD 21042 yOu’re gOing tO Love tHis seasOn The ChrisTians SkeLeton Crew By Lucas HnatH By dOMinique MOrisseau sep 7–Oct 8, 2017 Jan 25–Mar 4, 2018 ShakeSpeare in Love Based On tHe screenpLay By Marc nOrMan & tOM stOppard adapted fOr tHe stage By Lee HaLL Oct 19–nOv 26, 2017 LookinggLass aLiCe adapted By david catLin frOM tHe wOrks Of Lewis carrOLL nOv 30–dec 31, 2017 GeorGe orwell’s animaL Farm adapted By ian wOOLdridge Mar 1–apr 1, 2018 a wOrLd preMiere MusicaL TBA directed By kwaMe kwei-arMaH May 3–Jun 10, 2018 partiaL and fuLL seasOn MeMBersHips avaiLaBLe tickets start at $25 centerstage.Org 410.332.0033 S E P – O C T 2017 / OV E R T U R E 29

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