VERO BEACH — The Indian River Symphonic Association’s sixth Concert in this Winter’s Series will bring the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and its world-renowned Director Leonard Slatkin, to the area on Sunday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. at Community Church.
The DSO’s program will include works by Morton Gould and Maurice Ravel and will feature Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op 10 performed by Olga Kern. In 2001, Kern was the first woman in over 30 years to receive the Gold Medal at the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Kern is a laureate of eleven international competitions, and is now recognized as one of her generation’s great pianists.
Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev began composing in 1896 at age five, and at age thirteen became the youngest student to enter the St. Petersburg Conservatory. At 23, Prokofiev performed his Piano Concerto No. 1, winning the coveted Anton Rubinstein Prize – as well as a grand piano—a crucial asset for a young artist beginning his career.
Leonard Slatkin Is Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lyon, France. His 100-plus recordings have won seven Grammy awards and earned 64 nominations, and he has received the USA’s prestigious National Medal of Arts.
Slatkin has also served as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony and Washington, D.C.’s National Symphony Orchestra, and Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London.
For tickets to all concerts, please contact Indian River Symphonic at (772) 778-1070 or www.IRSymphonic.org.