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RAVEL BOLERO
Orchestra, Boston Symphony
Orchestra, London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique
de Radio France, Filarmonica della
Scala and NHK Symphony Orchestra.
He is a regular guest conductor
with internationally renowned orchestras
such as the Baltimore, Danish and
Finnish Radio symphony orchestras;
the Seoul, Netherlands, St. Petersburg
and Royal philharmonic orchestras;
the Konzerthausorchester Berlin
and Frankfurter Opern- und
Museumsorchester.
Several of his CDs have won
international prizes such as the Grand
Prix du Disque, the Diapason d’or and
the Edison Award. His recordings of
the operas Venus and Penthesilea and
of all choral works by Othmar Schoeck
with the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir
and Symphony Orchestra received great
international recognition and prestigious
awards, as did his first film, My Brother
the Conductor by Alberto Venzago, which
was shown in cinemas across Europe.
In 2015, Vengazo collaborated with the
label Classic Produktion Osnabrück
(CPO) on the project The Other Bruckner
to record all ten Bruckner symphonies.
The individual releases are available from
CPO, as are the complete CD box and a
documentary film.
The complete recording of the
serenades and symphonies by Johannes
Brahms has recently been released.
Further, the Venzago’s recording of Franz
Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony with
the Kammerorchester Basel currently
causes a stir.
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MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Saturday, February 16, 2019, 8 pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Sunday, February 17, 2019, 3 pm
Mario Venzago, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
Hector Berlioz Le corsaire, op. 21
Roman Carnival Overture, op. 9
Franz Liszt

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major
Allegro maestoso
Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
Allegro marziale animato
Conrad Tao
INTERMISSION
Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole

Prélude à la nuit
Malagueña
Habanera
Feria
Ravel
Bolero
The concert will end at approximately 9:45 pm on Saturday
and 4:45 pm on Sunday.
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
Mario Venzago 
Mario Venzago has
been the Principal
Conductor and Artistic
Director of the Bern
Symphony Orchestra
since 2010 and Artist in Association at
Finland’s Tapiola Sinfonietta since 2007.
He has also served as Principal
Conductor or Music Director of the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra,
Gothenburg Symphony, Basque National
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Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Das
Grazer Philharmonische Orchester,
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Frankfurt (now Bremen), Theater und
Orchester Heidelberg and Orchester
Musikkollegium Winterthur. From 2010
to 2014 he was Principal Conductor
of Royal Northern Sinfonia and from
2000 to 2003, Artistic Director of the
Baltimore Summer Fest, as successor to
Pinchas Zukermann and David Zinman.
Mario Venzago has conducted
the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester, Philadelphia
Mario Venzago last appeared with
the BSO in May 2018, conducting works
of Liszt, Mozart and Brahms.
About the Artists
Conrad Tao
Conrad Tao has
appeared worldwide
as a pianist and
composer, performing
to acclaim from critics
and audiences alike. His accolades and
awards include being a Presidential
Scholar in the Arts, a YoungArts Gold