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LEON FLEISHER
PERFORMS MOZART
Oundjian was recently named
Artistic Advisor for the Colorado Music
Festival, and this season he returns to
the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
and the Baltimore, Atlanta and NHK
symphony orchestras.
Few conductors bring such musicianship
and engagement to the world’s great
podiums —from Berlin, Amsterdam
and Tel Aviv, to New York, Chicago and
Sydney. He has also appeared at some of
the great annual gatherings of music and
music-lovers: from the BBC Proms and the
Prague Spring Festival, to the Edinburgh
Festival and the Philadelphia Orchestra’s
Mozart Festival, where he was Artistic
Director from 2003 to 2005.
Oundjian was Principal Guest
Conductor of the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra from 2006 to 2010 and Artistic
Director of the Caramoor International
Music Festival in New York between
1997 and 2007. Since 1981, he has been
a Visiting Professor at the Yale School of
Music and was awarded the university’s
Sanford Medal for distinguished service
to music in 2013.
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday, January 4, 2019, 8 pm
Sunday, January 6, 2019, 3 pm
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Saturday, January 5, 2019, 8 pm
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Leon Fleisher, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
Allegro
Andante
Allegretto

Leon Fleisher
INTERMISSION
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73

Allegro non troppo

Adagio non troppo

Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino)

Allegro con spirito
The concert will end at approximately 9:45 pm on Friday and Saturday
and 4:45 pm on Sunday.
Peter Oundjian last appeared with the
BSO in March 2018, conducting works of
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
The appearance of pianist Leon Fleisher is made possible through the major support
of the Sidney M. Friedberg Guest Artist Fund.
About the Artists
Peter Oundjian
A dynamic presence in
the conducting world,
Peter Oundjian is
renowned for his probing
musicality, collaborative
spirit and engaging personality.
2017–18 marked Oundjian’s 14 th and
final season as music director of the
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO).
His appointment in 2004 reinvigorated
the orchestra with recordings, tours and
acclaimed innovative programming,
as well as extensive audience growth,
significantly strengthening the ensemble’s
global presence.
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In 2014, he led the TSO on a tour of
Europe, which included a sold-out
performance at Amsterdam’s
Concertgebouw and the first
performance of a North American
orchestra at Reykjavík’s Harpa Hall.
Previously, Oundjian led the TSO
on a major tour of Israel and Europe.
Oundjian was appointed music
director of the Royal Scottish National
Orchestra (RSNO) in 2012. Under
his baton, the orchestra has enjoyed
several successful tours, including
one to China, and has continued its
relationship with Chandos Records.
Oundjian concluded his six-year tenure
with the RSNO at the end of the
2017–18 season.
Rachmaninoff, Weber and Tchaikovsky.
Leon Fleisher
As a recipient of the
Kennedy Center Honors
in 2007, pianist Leon
Fleisher was recognized
as a “consummate
musician whose career is a testament to the
life-affirming power of art.”
The child prodigy began to study the
piano at the age of four and by the age of
nine, the legendary Artur Schnabel invited
him to be his student. Fleisher made his
debut with the New York Philharmonic,
conducted by Pierre Monteux when he was
16 years old. Maître Monteux called him
“the pianistic find of the century.”
Fleisher went on to international
renown, becoming the first American
to win the prestigious Queen Elisabeth
of Belgium Competition in Brussels in
1952. He subsequently enjoyed a prolific
recording career. In 1965, Fleisher began