Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA

The VSO "Goes Back To The Movies!" With Live Musical Accompaniment: Chamber Concert Series
2018-01-21 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States
DETAILS
Now in its seventh season, the series was co-created by Dr. Michael C. Liu, the VSO pianist and board member, and Dr. Igor Shakhman, VSO Executive Director and Principal Clarinet, to present great musicians playing in a very intimate setting. The content of each concert is unique, and most of the participating musicians are members of The Vancouver Symphony.
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ABOUT THE VENUE
Primarily known as a movie theater, the Kiggins Theatre was designed in the Art Deco style by architect Day Walter Hilborn and named for former Vancouver mayor and businessman John P. Kiggins. Opened in 1936, the theater was renovated and reopened in September 2011. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. The theatre is owned and operated by Dan Wyatt.

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Classical Concert – VSO Holiday Pops Series: Winter Classics
2017-12-09 - 2017-12-10 | Skyview Concert Hall, 1300 NW 139th St., Vancouver, WA, 98685, United States
CONCERT PROGRAM
Featuring music from Frozen, The Nutcracker, Viennese Waltzes and other seasonal favorites.
Additional information will be announced at a later date.

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VSO Legacy Series- Young Artists From Past Competitions Take Center Stage - November Performance
2017-11-19 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States

Classical Concert - All Russian Concert feat. Alexander Toradze
2017-11-04 - 2017-11-05 | Skyview Concert Hall, 1300 NW 139th St., Vancouver, WA, 98685, United States
CONCERT PROGRAM
Persian Dance………………………Mussorgsky
Piano Concerto No. 3………………………Prokofiev, Alexander Toradze, piano
The Fairy’s Kiss………………………Stravinsky
Firebird Suite………………………Stravinsky

ABOUT ALEXANDER TORADZE, GUEST ARTIST
Alexander Toradze is universally recognized as a masterful virtuoso in the grand Romantic tradition. He has enriched the Great Russian pianistic heritage with his own unorthodox interpretative conceptions, deeply poetic lyricism, and intensely emotional excitement.
Mr. Toradze’s recording of all five Prokofiev concertos with Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra for the Philips label, is acclaimed by critics as definitive. His recording of Prokofiev’s Piano Concert No. 3 was named by International Piano Quarterly as «historically the best on record» (from among over seventy recordings). Other highly successful recordings have included Scriabin’s Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, with the Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev conducting as well as recital albums of the works of Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Ravel and Prokofiev for the Angel/EMI label.
Mr. Toradze regularly appears with the world’s leading orchestras. Among his best friends, some of the leading conductors of today such as Valery Gergiev, Esa Pekka Salonen, Yukka Pekka Saraste, Mikko Frank, Paavo and Kristian Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski and Gianandrea Noseda.
Additionally, Mr. Toradze regularly takes part in many summer music festivals including those of Salzburg, the White Nights in St. Petersburg, London’s BBC Proms concerts, Edinburgh, Rotterdam, Mikkeli (Finland), the Hollywood Bowl, Saratoga, and Ravinia.

Recent engagements include the BBC Philharmonic and Swedish Radio Orchestras under Gianandrea Noseda, the London Symphony and the Mariinsky Orchestras under Valery Gergiev, the Cincinnati Symphony under Paavo Järvi, the London Philharmonic under the Music Director Vladimir Jurowski and Jukka Pekka Saraste in addition to concerts with the Orchestre National de France, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Czech and the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestras. In March 2010 he took part to a US tour with the London Philharmonic under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski, including a concert at the Avery Fisher Hall in New York.
Among future projects, the opening concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stresa Festival under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda, the recording of both Shostakovich Pianoconcerti with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Alexander Toradze graduated from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and soon became a professor there. In 1983, he moved permanently to the United States and in 1991 he was appointed as the Martin endowed Professor of Piano at the Indiana University South Bend, where he has created a teaching environment that is unparalleled in its unique concept. The members of the multi-national Toradze Piano Studio have developed into a worldwide touring ensemble that has performed projects detailing the piano and chamber works of Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Dvorak, Stravinsky and Shostakovich in Europe (UK, Italy, Germany, Portugal, France) and in the United States.

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Return of The Piano Extravaganza! : Chamber Concert Series
2017-10-22 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States

September Serenade: 2017 Annual Fundraising Gala
2017-09-30 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Ed & Dollie Lynch Estate, 4712 NW Franklin St., Vancouver, WA, 98663, United States
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Classical Concert – Anne Akiko Meyers joins Maestro Brotons
2017-09-30 - 2017-10-01 | Skyview Concert Hall, 1300 NW 139th St., Vancouver, WA, 98685, United States
CONCERT PROGRAM
Two Slavonic Dances………………………Dvorak
Tzigane for Violin & Orchestra………………………Ravel
Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso………………………Saint Saens, Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Symphonic Dances………………………Rachmaninov

ABOUT ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, GUEST ARTIST
Known for her passionate performances, purity of sound, poetic interpretations, innovative programming and commitment to commissioning new works, Anne Akiko Meyers is one of the most celebrated violinists embraced around the world today. She is a best-selling recording artist who has released 32 albums and was the top-selling traditional classical instrumental soloist on the Billboard charts in 2014.
Fall 2015 highlights include a nationwide PBS broadcast special and Naxos DVD release of the world premiere of Samuel Jones’ Violin Concerto with the All-Star Orchestra led by Gerard Schwarz as well as the French premiere of Mason Bates’ Violin Concerto with Leonard Slatkin and the Orchestre de Lyon. Two new recordings will be released this season: Naïve Classiques celebrates Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday with works for violin and orchestra, led by Kristjan Järvi and the MDR Leipzig Orchestra, and “Serenade: The Love Album” is a recording with Keith Lockhart and the London Symphony Orchestra of Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade and ten newly commissioned arrangements from the American Songbook and Golden Age of film.
In 2014, eOne Music released “The American Masters,” Ms. Meyers’ 30th release, featuring the world premiere recordings of the Mason Bates Violin Concerto, a work she co-commissioned and premiered with the Pittsburgh Symphony in December 2012; John Corigliano’s ‘Lullaby for Natalie’ (written for the birth of Meyers’ first-born daughter); and the Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
Anne Akiko Meyers has collaborated with a diverse array of artists beyond traditional classical, including jazz icons Chris Botti and Wynton Marsalis. A champion of building the repertoire for the violin by living composers, Meyers has also commissioned and premiered works by Mason Bates, John Corigliano, Wynton Marsalis, Arvo Pärt, Einojuhani Rautavaara and Somei Satoh among others.
Anne Akiko Meyers’ recent appearances have included a feature on CBS Sunday Morning, CBS’ “The Good Wife,” NPR’s “Morning Edition” with Linda Wertheimer and “All Things Considered” with Robert Siegel.
Anne Akiko Meyers was born in San Diego and grew up in Southern California. Her teachers include Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts, Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and Felix Galimir, Masao Kawasaki and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School.
Meyers lives with her husband and two young daughters in Austin, Texas. Please visit www.anneakikomeyers.com for more information.

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2017 VSO Free Concert in the Park
2017-07-20 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Esther Short Park, 605 Esther St., Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States
DETAILS
Join the VSO July 20th at 6pm at Riverview Community Bank‘s Six to Sunset Series’ FREE Summer Outdoor Concert at Vancouver, Washington’s Esther Short Park! The VSO is joined by Clark College Music Director/Conductor Maestro Don Appert, OPB’s Aaron Scott, and soprano Linda Appert. Beacock Music and Education Center returns with the Instrument Petting Zoo.
