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Current Events {1} Check out CAMA′s 94th Concert Season: 2012-2013: Superstar Recitals & World-Class Orchestras. {2} Season Subscriptions on sale now! Exclusive Radio Sponsor for CAMA′s 2012-2013 Season |
Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) INTERNATIONAL SERIES 2012-2013 Season: The world's finest classical musicians play right here in Santa Barbara. CAMA's 2012-2013 International Series is a season of superstar recitals and world-class orchestras. Lang Lang's piano pyrotechnics return to The Granada Theatre, and "queen of violin-playing" Anne-Sophie Mutter makes her first CAMA appearance since 1985. The season's staple crop of top orchestras is represented by the Philharmonia Orchestra of London with Esa-Pekka Salonen at the podium, the Vancouver Symphony with Bramwell Tovey, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest directed by Charles Dutoit, and the St. Louis Symphony with David Robertson. All International
Series concerts take place at All concert programs and artists are subject to change. More information on each concert below. |
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{1.} Program to be announced. Heralded as the “hottest artist on the classical music planet” by the New York Times, superstar pianist Lang Lang has played sold out recitals and concerts in every major city in the world and is the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic and all the top American orchestras. Testimony to his success, Lang Lang appeared in the 2009 Time 100 – Time magazine's annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2008, over four billion people viewed Lang Lang's performance in Beijing's opening ceremony for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, where he was seen as a symbol of the youth and the future of China. This status has inspired over 40 million Chinese children to learn to play classical piano – a phenomenon coined by The Today Show as “the Lang Lang effect.” Sponsor: Nancy & Kent Wood |
“there will be no stopping this nonchalant dervish of the keyboard…his playing was so raptly beautiful that one was afraid to breathe for fear of missing anything.” |
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{2.} Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Santa Barbara with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, one of that city's and the world's great orchestras. Acknowledged as the United Kingdom's foremost musical pioneer, with an extraordinary recording legacy, the Philharmonia leads the field for its quality of playing, and for its innovative residencies, music education and use of new technologies in reaching a global audience. Together with Salonen as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, the Philharmonia Orchestra is at the heart of British musical life. Primary Sponsor: Elaine Stepanek Concert Fund |
{3.} Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100 Edward Top: Totem Founded in 1919, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is one of Canada's most successful performing arts institutions; the largest performing arts organization west of Ontario and the third largest symphony orchestra in the country. A musician of striking versatility, Grammy® Award winning conductor Bramwell Tovey is acknowledged around the world for his artistic depth and his warm, charismatic personality. Tovey's career as a conductor is uniquely enhanced by his work as a composer and pianist. Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony, Tovey also continues as Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and as founding host and conductor of the New York Philharmonic's Summertime Classics series at Avery Fisher Hall. Internationally acclaimed pianist Jon Kimura Parker was born, raised and educated in Vancouver. He has performed as guest artist with the major orchestras of the United States and Canada and in recital worldwide. Sponsor: Hollis Norris Fund |
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“It is {Gautier} Capuçon's gift to play with warm intensity... and the result is magical...” |
{4.} Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 The Los Angeles Philharmonic, entering its 94th season in 2012-2013, is recognized as one of the world's outstanding orchestras and is leading the way in innovative programming and redefining the musical experience. Outgoing Chief Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and current Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic, Charles Dutoit regularly collaborates with the world's leading orchestras. Award-winning cellist Gautier Capuçon has taken the international music world by storm with performances around the globe since winning the Victoires de la Musique as “New Talent of the Year” in 2001. Carrie Dennis has been playing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Principal Viola since 2008 after being awarded the position by Esa-Pekka Salonen. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music with a degree in violin and artists’ diploma in viola. Principal Sponsor: The Samuel B. & Margaret C. Mosher Foundation |
{5.} Witold Lutosławski: Partita Franz Schubert: Fantasie in C Major, D. 934 André Previn: Violin Sonata No. 2 Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 75 One of the great violin virtuosos of our time, Anne-Sophie Mutter embarked on her international career as a soloist in 1976 at the Lucerne Festival and a year later made her Salzburg Whitsun Festival debut under Herbert von Karajan. She has performed concerts in all the major music centers of Europe, the United States and Asia. In addition to performing major traditional works she has continually treated her audiences to new and innovative repertoires. In 2011, Anne-Sophie Mutter was awarded the Brahms prize and the Erich-Fromm prize and the Gustav-Adolf prize for her social involvement in charity projects and the development of young musicians. She is joined by longtime collaborator Lambert Orkis at the piano, with whom she has appeared worldwide since 1988. Sponsor: Bitsy Becton Bacon |
“Mutter is the undisputed queen of violin-playing...” |
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“When the music history of the late 20th century is written, I suspect the explosive and passionate music of {Christopher} Rouse will loom large.” |
{6.} Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20 Christopher Rouse: Flute Concerto Paul Hindemith: Symphony: Mathis der Maler Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28 Founded in 1880, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra is recognized internationally as an ensemble of the highest caliber, performing a broad musical repertoire with skill and spirit. After an 18-month international search, the St. Louis Symphony appointed David Robertson as its twelfth, and second American-born, Music Director. Robertson, former Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon, began his inaugural season with the St. Louis Symphony in September 2005. Principal Flute of the St. Louis Symphony since 2000, Mark Sparks has firmly established himself as a leading American orchestral flutist and teacher and is acclaimed for his colorful tone and spirited phrasing. Christopher Rouse is one of the United States' most prominent composers of orchestral music. His works have won a Pulitzer Prize and a Grammy® Award, as well as election to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters. Co-Sponsor: Barbara & Sam Toumayan |
Further sponsors to be announced.
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