TICKETS: 559-261-0600
FRESNO PHILHARMONIC - THEODORE KUCHAR, MUSIC DIRECTOR
TICKETS: 559-261-0600FRESNO PHILHARMONIC - THEODORE KUCHAR, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Saturday, October 23 at 8:00pm
Sunday, October 24 at 2:30pm
William Saroyan Theatre
Dvorak: My Home Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Smetana: Selections from Ma Vlast ("My Fatherland") including The Moldau & more.
Theodore Kuchar conducts the Fresno Philharmonic and guest pianist Orli Shaham.
Left: Orli Shaham. Photo Credit: Christian Steiner.
Philharmonic Serves a Feast from Eastern EuropeThose who left Saroyan Theatre at intermission of the Fresno Philharmonic concert Saturday missed one of the most dramatic performances of the orchestra in recent memory in Smetana’s Ma Vlast (“My Fatherland”)...
Press Room: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2Fresno, California – October 12, 2010 – Music Director Theodore Kuchar and the Fresno Philharmonic welcome pianist Orli Shaham who will join the orchestra in a performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on October 23 and 24 at the Saroyan Theatre in downtown Fresno...
Orli Shaham's Deep and Personal Connection to Chopin's MusicChopin's Piano Concerto in F Minor is one of those pieces that I studied so thoroughly as a teenager, that to this day, even if I haven't touched it in years, if I hear somebody playing it my fingers start moving. It's visceral the way I know this piece...
Podcast: KUSC Spotlight on the ArtsPianist Orli Shaham describes a difference between Chopin’s small scale piano works and his concerti.
Podcast: Orli Shaham & Chopin's F Minor ConcertoHow well does Orli know the Chopin F Minor Concerto? Orli's fingers do the walking...all by themselves!
Dvorak: My Home OvertureSuccess for Antonín Dvorák was a two-edged sword. In 1874, when he was struggling to make a living as an organist at St. Adalbert’s Church in Prague, he submitted some of his compositions to a committee in Vienna granting awards...
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2Frédéric Chopin was nineteen and in love when he wrote his F minor Piano Concerto in 1829. The Concerto he handled with maturity and assurance — the love affair, he did not. When Chopin finished his studies at the Warsaw Conservatory that summer, he was already an accomplished pianist...
Smetana: Selections from My FatherlandEarly in 1874, Smetana began to suffer from severe headaches. This symptom came and went, and he noted no other physical problems until October. “One night I listened with great pleasure to Leo Delibes’ Le Roi l’a dit,” he reported. “When I returned home after the last act, I sat at the piano...
Guest Pianist: Orli ShahamA consummate musician recognized for her grace, subtlety and vitality, Orli Shaham has established an impressive international reputation as one of today's most gifted pianists. Hailed by critics on four continents, Ms. Shaham is in demand for her prodigious...
Resident Artist: Monica GalvanMonica Galvan, a Fresno native, is known for color movement and manipulation of texture with finger paints. Monica describes her technique as a spiritual dance with color. Look for her art in the Saroyan Theatre lower lobby at the Chopin Piano Concerto Performance.
Resident Entertainment:
Feast of Enjoy a pre-concert performance by The Feast of Fools Troupe from Bullard High School. Watch the Troupe perform scenes from Stephen Sondheim's, Into the Woods, a musical that intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales.
