Lauded worldwide for his authoritative musicianship and emotionally communicative performances, Yuri Temirkanov became the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's music director in January 2000. Recognized as among the most talented conductors of his generation, Temirkanov also is the music director and chief conductor of Russia's legendary St. Petersburg Philharmonic, principal guest conductor of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor laureate of London's Royal Philharmonic. In the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) he inherits an orchestra acclaimed by USA Today as "a prototype for the performance of classical music in the 21st century."
The Cornell concert, April 24 at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall, will be the first given in Ithaca by a major symphony orchestra since 1994 and is one of five concerts that Temirkanov and the BSO are giving in their first American tour together, a tour that culminates at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Tickets for the concert -- ranging from $17 to $34 for adults and from $10 to $20 for students of any age attending any institution -- are on sale at the ticket center at Clinton House (116 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca; call 273-4497 or 1-800-284-8422) and at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office (255-3430). Tickets also are available from the Cornell Concert Series web site at www.arts.cornell.edu/ccs.
The April 24 concert also features the area debut performance of 18-year-old Chinese pianist Lang Lang, hailed as a "phenomenal talent" by the Chicago press. His first recording, made live from Tanglewood's Ozawa Hall, has just been released.
Lang Lang will play the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor. The BSO will play the Lieutenant Kije Suite by Sergei Prokofiev and Dvorak's Symphony No. 8.
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