Leon Fleisher, One of the World's Most Admired and Beloved Pianists, Celebrates His 90Th Year in 2018-19

Frank Salomon Associates Your partner for the most exceptional musical experiences KENNEDY CENTER HONOREE & ONE OF TODAY'S GREATEST MUSICAL TREASURES Celebrating 90 Years in 2018! Leon Fleisher, one of the world's most admired and beloved pianists, celebrates his 90th year in 2018-19. He celebrates, as he has done for decades, by sharing his artistry as soloist, conductor, chamber musician, and teacher. UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS In whatever capacity, we hope that you will join us in celebrating the 90th year and artistry of the incomparable Leon Fleisher along with: Carnegie Hall & Washington Performing Arts Philadelphia CMS & San Francisco Performances Toronto Symphony tour & other leading orchestras/series in North America Major presenters in China and Japan Ruhr Piano Festival IN RECITAL A variety of programs offer solo Bach and delightful four-hand RECENT HIGHLIGHTS works by Schubert, Dvorak, Ravel with Katherine Jacobson. Prokofiev Concerto No. 4 with Baltimore Symphony/Marin Alsop and with Cincinnati For chamber music there is the Brahms Piano Quintet, Korngold Piano Quartet, and Mozart K.414 with string quartet Symphony/Christof Perick and double bass. Asia Tour – Performed Mozart K.414, Conducted Walton Partita & Rachmaninoff Symphony #2 (New Japan Philharmonic); AS CONDUCTOR / SOLOIST pianist and conductor "Mozart: First & Last" program Solo Concertos: Co-wrote memoir, My Nine Lives: A Memoir of , Franck Symphonic Variations Many Careers in Music, with Washington Post music critic Anne Midgette (Doubleday Mozart K. 242 (Two or Three Pianos) or K. 414 Prokofiev Concerto No. 4 for left hand Publishing) Ravel Concerto in D for left hand 23-CD Box Set on Sony Classical Mozart - First & Last—The first and last symphonies with Leon AWARDS & HONORS performing Mozart K. 414 or conducting a major soloist whom Kennedy Center Honors (2007) he mentored as a young musician (e.g. Angelich, Biss, Subject of Oscar- and Emmy-nominated Bronfman, Goldstein, Goodyear, Guy, Jacobson, Lortie) documentary film Two Hands (2006) Mixed repertoire programs— Fascinating programs Grammy-nominated CD “All The Things You conducting the works of Beethoven, Brahms, Copland, Haydn, Are” (2014) Instrumentalist of the Year – Musical America Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Stravinsky, and other favorites. (1994), Royal Philharmonic Society (2010) MASTERCLASSES & RESIDENCIES A Fleisher visit can be a truly memorable experience for the whole community. These visits can take on a variety of LeonFleisher formats, including a hosted conversation about music and his career; a single master class; a week-long series of masterclasses patterned after his remarkable Carnegie Hall workshops; or conducting a university orchestra, perhaps with a student soloist(s) playing Beethoven concertos. “…he played every single work to perfection. But more than anything, he seemed to play with true passion and joy…” – MASS LIVE (Tanglewood) FRANK SALOMON ASSOCIATES | (212) 581-5197 | www.franksalomon.com | [email protected] .

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2014 Contact: Katherine E. Johnson (212) 875-5718; [email protected] The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence YEFIM BRONFMAN To Be Featured in CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT with New York Philharmonic Musicians A Co-Presentation with 92nd Street Y Schubert’s Sonatina in A minor Bartók’s Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano Brahms’s Piano Quintet March 30, 2014, at 92nd Street Y Yefim Bronfman, the New York Philharmonic’s 2013–14 Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in- Residence, will be spotlighted in a chamber music concert co-presented with 92nd Street Y. Mr. Bronfman will be joined by Philharmonic Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow; Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson; Associate Principal, Second Violin Group, Lisa Kim; Associate Principal Viola Rebecca Young; and cellist Maria Kitsopoulos for the program, featuring Schubert’s Sonatina in A minor; Bartók’s Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano; and Brahms’s Piano Quintet, Sunday, March 30, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. at 92nd Street Y. During his residency, Mr. Bronfman has performed on CONTACT!, the Philharmonic’s new- music series, on a program also co-presented with 92nd Street Y and featuring Philharmonic musicians; Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on the 2013–14 season subscription-opening program, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert; and a reprise of his Grammy-nominated performance of Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Alan Gilbert and the Orchestra in New York and on the ASIA / WINTER 2014 tour. He will return as the featured soloist in The Beethoven Piano Concertos: A Philharmonic Festival, led by Alan Gilbert, June 11–28, 2014.
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SAMUEL BARBER the Nashville Symphony Is Grateful for Adagio for Strings Support from Violins of Hope Nashville Project Donors
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