ASHLAND — The Ashland Symphony Orchestra will present “Tchaikovsky’s Treasures” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 8 at the Robert M. and Janet L. Archer Auditorium. The concert is part of the Elizabeth Pastor Series of Guest Pianists.
This all Tchaikovsky program will open with the Polonaise from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin.
Guest artist Dror Biran will be featured on Piano Concerto, No.1, op.23, B-flat minor. Biran is the Associate Professor of Piano at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He is a top prizewinner of several national and international piano competitions and has been described by The Cleveland Plain Dealer, “his fortissimos crashed and roared, but next to them came pianissimos that whispered seductively … he has technique to burn and uses it effectively.”
Biran’s superb tonal control combined with interesting phrasing and voicing has won him consistent critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences.
The concert will close with Symphony No.5, op.64, E minor. This cyclical symphony’s recurring theme is heard in all four movements. The motto theme has a funeral character in the first movement, but gradually transforms into a triumphant march, which dominates the final movement.
Season co-sponsors are Samaritan Hospital Foundation and Doc’s Crocks: America’s Source for Antique Stoneware. The concert underwriters are Rick and Kim Spreng and Dr. JoAnn Ford Watson. Additional support provided by Elizabeth Pastor and Dr. Lucille Ford.
Tickets may be purchased at the Ashland Symphony Orchestra office, 331 College Avenue, by calling 419-289-5115, online at ashlandsymphony.org, or at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m. Prices are $24 adults, $21 seniors, $5 children/students. Season packages are still available.
For more information about Dror Biran, visit https://g.co/kgs/7yKbCN.
