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Reviews: An Auspicious Debut: Marc-André Hamelin, April. 12-14

Apr 13, 2019 | 18-19 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Partner Stories

Tags: Bill Wineke, Burleske, Capital Times, Channel 3000, Debussy, Greg Hettmansberger, Isthmus, John Barker, La Mer, Matt Ambrosio, Mozart, piano, Ravel, Reviews, Strauss

Those who attended our performance on Friday, April 12 experienced the debut of Marc-André Hamelin in Madison, in a program that showcased his incredible talent and passion in pieces both before and after intermission: Strauss’s Burleske and Ravel’s Piano...

PRESS RELEASE: Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Debuts with the Madison Symphony Orchestra Performing Works by Both Strauss and Ravel

Mar 26, 2019 | 18-19 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians, Press Releases

Tags: Concerto, Debussy, John DeMain, Madison Symphony, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Mozart, Overture Hall, piano, Ravel, Strauss

March 26, 2019“An Auspicious Debut: Marc-André Hamelin” concerts Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 12–14, Open Rehearsal on April 11th, and special “Out at the Symphony” event on April 12th.Madison, Wis. – The Madison Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) 2018-2019 Silver...

PRESS RELEASE: Madison Symphony Orchestra Celebrates the Legacy and Works of Leonard Bernstein

Oct 26, 2018 | 18-19 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, MSO Musicians, Press Releases

Tags: Age of Anxiety, Beethoven, Bernstein, Candide, Christopher Taylor, John DeMain, On the Town, piano

October 1, 2018 (updated October 26, 2018) “Remembering Lenny: Leonard Bernstein at 100” concerts November 9-11 Madison, Wis. – Leonard Bernstein is remembered, honored, and celebrated by friend and Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO) conductor John DeMain in an event...

Program Story: Joyce Yang Plays Prokofiev

Aug 8, 2018 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Program Stories, Season Stories

Tags: Joyce Yang, Kernis, piano, Prokofiev, Schumann

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...

Artist Story: Joyce Yang Finds Early Success in America

Aug 8, 2018 | 19-20 Symphony Season, Artist Stories, Guest Artists, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Season Stories

Tags: Joyce Yang, piano

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...