Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

Is pleased to present...

Season Concert #3: International Artistry

Tuesday, April 29, 8 p.m., Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley

The Berkeley Symphonys April 29 concert featuring three young composers and two soloists from five countries is a not-to-be-missed event.

 Named one of the top 10 classical music events of 2001 by the San Francisco Chronicle, Regis Campos Lumen transfixed audience and orchestra alike when the Berkeley Symphony premiered it last season. Now the 34-year-old French composer dubbed the enfant terrible of the Paris music scene by Kent Nagano for daring to write tonal music has written his first symphony, a work inspired by his visit to Berkley for last years premiere.

The second young composer on our program needs no introduction. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his beloved Piano Concerto No. 24 at the age of 30. Italian pianist Benedetto Lupo a devastatingly brilliant artist who performed this work to near perfection earlier this year (Manchester Evening News) is our soloist. 

Finally, the Berkeley Symphony presents the U.S. premiere of Unsuk Chins Violin Concerto. A Korean-born composer who makes her home in Berlin, Ms. Chin was called back to the stage eight times when Maestro Naganos Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester presented the world premiere last year. Award-winning Slovak violinist Tibor Kovac will be our soloist on this daringly difficult work.

If you experience one Berkeley Symphony concert this season, this is the one to hear.

Good seats still available: $45-$21 and $10 student 

TICKETS: on our website at www.berkeleysymphony.org or by phone: 510.841.2800.

Zellerbach Hall Parking information: http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/presents/information_desk/parking.html

This concert generously sponsored in part by The Grubb Co.

Under Construction

And for those of you who enjoy hearing the newest in symphonic music, please join us for our 2002-03 Under Construction new music reading series. This special program features works by Bay Area artists receiving the first read-through by a full orchestra. Its an exciting way to learn about the process of composition both through the musicians and the Q&A between the composer, Kent Nagano and you, the audience. This seasons concert features work by Ross Bauer, Matt Brubeck, Ron McKean, and Belinda Reynolds with a special work by young composer Keith Doelling of the Crowden School. This event is FREE and open to the public.

This program is generously supported by grants from Unbroken Chain Foundation, The Zellerbach Family Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund, and with a gift from Mrs. Ralph I. Dorfman.

When: Sunday, April 27, 2003, 8 p.m.

Where: St. Johns Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue (at Garber), Berkeley

***There is NO CHARGE to attend this concert***

What the critics are saying...

Forceful Playing . . . passionate engagement.

                                                  San Francisco Chronicle

  Eclectic . . . effervescent . . . energizing.

                                                Contra Costa Times

  Intense . . . refined . . . daring.

                                                San Francisco Classical Voice