The Utah Symphony closes Season with Mahler’s “Titan”
The evening will be conducted by Maestro Carlo Rizzi
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Symphony’s 2009-10 season will come to a close as guest conductor Carlo Rizzi leads the orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major, also known as “Titan.” The evening will also feature guest pianist Jean Louis Steuerman performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17. The season’s final performances will be held at Abravanel Hall on Friday, May 28 and Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 8:00 pm. The 2010-11 season will begin in September, 2010.
The performance begins as Jean Louis Steuerman joins the orchestra for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17, which features a beautiful dialogue between the soloist and orchestra. The evening concludes with Mahler’s “Titan,” which draws an incredible range of sound from the orchestra, from the almost inaudible beginning to the seismic upheaval that opens the fourth movement to the spectacular blaze of music that closes the symphony.
Carlo Rizzi was born in Milan and studied piano, composition and conducting at the Milan Conservatoire. He made his debut in 1982, conducting Donizetti's L'Ajo nell'lmbarazzo at the Angelicum in Milan. In 1983 he studied with Vladimir Delman in Bologna and in 1984, with Franco Ferrara at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. In 1985 he was the outright winner of the first Toscanini Conductor's Competition in Parma, and conducted Verdi's Falstaff there as a result. He then made debuts in Italian opera houses and gave concerts with Italian orchestras as well as in the Netherlands and Japan. His British debut conducting Torquato Tasso at the Buxton Festival took place in 1988 and in 1989 he made his debut with the Australian Opera in Sydney, returning the following two years. Also in 1989, he appeared for the first time with the Netherlands Opera conducting Don Pasquale. In 1991-92 he returned there for a new production of Verdi's Luisa Miller; a production which he took to Geneva the following season.
In 1992, he made concert debuts with the orchestras of the Teatro Comunale, Florence, Santa Cecilia, Rome, and RAl Turin at the Pesaro Festival. He has also conducted concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philharmonia, BBC Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Halle, National Orchestra of Wales, Israel Philharmonic, French National Radio, Danish Radio and Montreal Symphon orchestras. In the 100th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, he led the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera in their first symphonic Prom concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. In the summer of 1993 he made his US debut conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival and his first appearance at the Edinburgh Festival conducting Verdi's Requiem with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
In August 1997 he returned to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl for two concerts. In 1997-98 he conducted the world premiere of Donizetti's Elisabetta for the Royal Opera at the Festival Hall, London and made debuts with the Stockholm and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestras, Netherlands Radio and Gothenburg and Dallas Symphony Orchestras. The following season he conducted a revival of Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan, his first recording for Sony and new productions of Boris Godunov for WNO and La Cenerenotola for the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro and in 1998-99 his first new production at the Metropolitan Opera (Lucia di Lammermoor), Peter Grimes produced by Peter Stein for Welsh National Opera and his first Wagner opera, Tristan und Isolde also for WNO. In 1999-00 he opened the season at the Metropolitan with Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci and conducted a new production of The Turn of the Screw, and revivals of Der Rosenkavalier for Welsh National Opera, Macbeth for the Deutsche Oper, Berlin and La Cenerentola for Pesaro. This season he opened the season at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, with Tosca after which he will conduct concerts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Sydney Symphony Orchestras.
Jean Louis Steuerman was born in Rio de Janeiro into a musical family. He began his studies at the age of four and made his debut with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra when he was just fourteen. After winning a scholarship to the Naples Conservatory in 1967, he quickly gained recognition throughout Europe as a soloist and recitalist. Highlights of Mr. Steuerman’s solo appearances with orchestras include concerts with the London Symphony under Claudio Abbado, the Royal Philharmonic under both Lord Menuhin and Vladimir Ashkenazy, and his debut at the BBC Promenade Concerts in 1985 to great critical acclaim. Jean Louis has performed with many orchestras across Europe, North America, and Japan, touring extensively and appearing regularly in major recitals and chamber music concerts.
His repertoire stretches across a wide range of periods and genres and he takes particular care to include late twentieth century works in his recitals. He has premiered a number of important new works during recent years. His recordings may be found on Philips Classics, Naxos, and BIS and include works by Scriabin, Mendelssohn, Bernstein, Villa-Lobos, and others. His latest recordings of solo piano music by Schumann and Schoenberg were released by Actes Sud in 2006. Mr. Steuerman has recorded many works by Bach, and he was awarded the prestigious Le Diapason d’Or for his six Partitas on the Philips Classics label.
Tickets for the evening’s performances are $20-55 (subject to change) and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org. Ticket prices will increase $5 the day of the performance. Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should also call (801) 533-NOTE (533-6683).
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Program
| WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART | | Concerto No. 17 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 453 I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegretto Jean-Louis Steuerman | |
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| GUSTAV MAHLER | | Symphony No. 1 in D Major (“Titan”) I. Langsam Schleppend II. Kräftig bewegt III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen IV. Stürmisch bewegt | |
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