Sep 14, 2019 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Artist Stories, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Season Stories
It was never in Joyce Yang’s plans to stay in the United States. In an exclusive interview for the Chopin Society of Atlanta, Yang tells of her experience: “At the age of nine my mom brought me to New York for the first time. I was introduced to Yoheved Kaplinsky, who...
Sep 12, 2019 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Artist Stories, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Season Stories
Rachel Barton Pine is an incredible symbol of perseverance. In 1995, the violinist’s career was stalled by a terrible Metra accident that severed one foot and mangled the other. Despite this tragedy, Pine returned on stage after a mere six months. She has undergone 45...
Jul 12, 2019 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Artist Stories, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians, Organ, Season Stories
It seems as though it was fate that brought Cuban-American phenom Greg Zelek to the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Just as an opening for a new player unfolded in the 2016–2017 Overture Concert Organ season, a young Juilliard School of Music student performed at the...
Aug 8, 2018 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Program Stories, Season Stories
Behind the Program: Joyce Yang Plays Prokofiev, November 8–10This program opens with a work by American composer Aaron Jay Kernis. Five years ago, the Madison Symphony Orchestra played his exuberant Too Hot Toccata. Kernis’s Newly Drawn Sky, heard in November, is a...
Aug 8, 2018 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Program Stories, Season Stories
Behind the Program: Rachel Barton Pine Plays Khachaturian, October 18–20This program brings together music by the three greatest composers of the old Soviet Union, beginning with Prokofiev’s tongue-in-cheek music from the film Lieutenant Kijé. Based on a satirical...
