Regional Arts Concert Series 2015/2016

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1 KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Announces Regional Arts Concert Series 2015/2016 Series Subscriptions for 41st Anniversary Season Go on Sale to the General Public on March 27 (West Palm Beach, FL February 20, 2015) The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced the 2015/2016 Regional Arts MUSIC At Eight and MUSIC At Two Concert Series, featuring an incredible roster of world-class orchestras and performing artists. The series is sponsored by Leonard and Sophie Davis, and subscriptions go on sale to the general public beginning at 10 am on Friday, March 27. The 2015/2016 season assembles an incredible line-up of some of the most impressive Symphony Orchestras in the world, from Jerusalem, Munich and Toronto; as well as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New World Symphony, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Russian National Orchestra, plus the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The two individual recitalists during the coming season will be violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Haochen Zhang, said Lee Bell, Senior Director of Programming at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. All Regional Arts Series concerts will be held in the Kravis Center s Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall. In addition, Regional Arts concerts will feature a Beyond the Stage lecture by Sharon McDaniel at 6:45 pm for MUSIC At Eight concerts and 12:45 p.m. for MUSIC At Two. The Regional Arts Programming Associate and a long-time classical music journalist, McDaniel will provide background information about the concert and discuss elements of interest to all audience members, from music novices to experts.

2 Regional Arts Concert Series 2015/2016 November 21, 2015 at 8 pm (Saturday) MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Philippe Entremont, Conductor Pepe Romero, Guitar The Romeros, Guitar Quartet + Bizet/Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2 + Rodrigo/Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar + Rodrigo/Concierto Andaluz for Four Guitars + Massenet/Le Cid: Ballet Suite November 22, 2015 at 2 pm (Sunday) MUNICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Philippe Entremont, Conductor Pepe Romero, Guitar The Romeros, Guitar Quartet + Weber/Overture to Oberon + Castelnuovo-Tedesco/Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op Mendelssohn/Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 ( Italian ) December 16, 2015 at 8 pm (Wednesday) ITZHAK PERLMAN, VIOLIN Program to be announced. January 3, 2016 at 8 pm (Sunday) TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Peter Oundjian, Conductor Jan Lisiecki, Piano Jonathan Crow, Violin + John Estacio/Wonderous Light + Beethoven/Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op Rimsky-Korsakov/Scheherazade, Op. 35 January 4, 2016 at 2 pm (Monday) TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Peter Oundjian, Conductor

3 Jan Lisiecki, Piano + Tchaikovsky/Eugene Onegin: Polonaise + Chopin/Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op Tchaikovsky/Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ( Pathétique ) January 11, 2016 at 8 pm (Monday) NEW WORLD SYMPHONY Cristian Măcelaru, Conductor Arnaud Sussmann, Violin + Tchaikovsky/Violin Concerto in D Major, Op Beethoven/Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 ( Pastoral ) January 25, 2016 at 8 pm (Monday) ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano + Haydn/Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Hob.I/1 + Mozart/Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K Arensky/Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a + Rachmaninoff/Suite No. 2 for two pianos, Op. 17 (arr. Chihara) January 26, 2016 at 2 pm (Tuesday) CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor + Sibelius/Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op Mozart/Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 ( Haffner ) + Ravel/La Valse February 7, 2016 at 2 pm (Sunday) BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Chloë Hanslip, Violin + Tchaikovsky/Violin Concerto in D Major, Op Brahms/Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 February 23, 2016 at 8 pm (Tuesday) PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Stéphane Denève, Conductor James Ehnes, Violin

4 + Prokofiev/Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets + Sibelius/Violin Concerto in D minor, Op Dvořák/Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 February 24, 2016 at 2 pm (Wednesday) PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Stéphane Denève, Conductor + Berlioz/Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict, H Mendelssohn/A Midsummer Night s Dream, Op. 61 (Excerpts) + Prokofiev/Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Excerpts) February 28, 2016 at 8 pm (Sunday) JERUSALEM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Dmitry Yablonsky, Conductor Danielle Akta, Cello + Alexander Tchaikovsky/The Khojaly Requiem (2012) + Saint-Saëns/Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op Rachmaninoff/Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 March 7, 2018 at 8 pm (Monday) RUSSIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA Kirill Karabits, Conductor Stefan Jackiw, Violin + Borodin/In the Steppes of Central Asia + Prokofiev/Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op Stravinsky/The Firebird March 28, 2016 at 2 pm (Monday) CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Wu Han, Piano Benjamin Beilman, Violin Kristin Lee, Violin Sean Lee, Violin Richard O Neill, Viola Nicholas Canellakis, Cello + Mozart/Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, K Schubert/Rondo in A Major for violin and string quartet, D. 438

5 + Mendelssohn/Double Concerto in D minor for violin, piano, and strings April 4, 2016 at 8 pm (Monday) HAOCHEN ZHANG, PIANO + Schubert/Impromptu in F minor, D. 935 (Op. 142, No. 4) + Schubert/Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major, D Chopin/Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op Prokofiev/Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 Subscriptions: The Kravis Center s Regional Arts Concert Series is currently in its subscription renewal period. Subscription tickets for the 2015/2016 season start as low as $114 for the six-concert 2 pm series and $171 for the nine-concert 8 pm series. Subscriptions will soon be available to donors. For more information about becoming a Kravis Center donor, log on to kravis.org/membership, or call (561) Subscriptions will be available to the general public beginning at 10 am on March 27 via the Center s official web site at the Kravis Center box office, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach; or by calling (561) or (800) About the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts: The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is a not-forprofit performing arts center whose mission is to enhance the quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a diverse schedule of national and international artists and companies of the highest quality; by offering comprehensive arts education programs; by providing a Palm Beach County home in which local and regional arts organizations can showcase their work; and by providing economic catalyst and community leadership in West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism to Palm Beach County. The Kravis Center is located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm

6 Beach, FL. For more information, please call or visit To download accompanying image, go to the Kravis Center s online pressroom at Available for Interview: Sharon McDaniel Regional Arts Programming Associate [email protected] Media Contact: Gary Schweikhart PR-BS, Inc [email protected]