Experience the Energy of the Utah Symphony Classically Charged
Utah State University’s Caine College of the Arts welcomes the Utah Symphony with guest pianist, Ronald Brautigam, Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kent Concert Hall, located in the Chase Fine Arts Center, as they perform “Utah Symphony Orchestra, Classically Charged featuring Beethoven’s ‘Eroica.’”
“We are honored to have the Utah Symphony Orchestra perform in our Kent Concert Hall,” said Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts. “With Ronald Brautigam on the piano and Thierry Fischer conducting, the audience is guaranteed a night of wonderfully expressive music they will never forget.”
The concert features Beethoven’s “Eroica,” which was originally inscribed for Napoleon, but erased when he proclaimed himself Emperor. “Eroica” is Beethoven’s heroic portrait that still celebrates the memory of Napoleon.
Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer was announced as the seventh music director of the Utah Symphony in September 2009. He now conducts a minimum of 12 weeks during each season. The 2011-12 season is also his sixth and final season as principal conductor of the
Ronald Brautigam, one of Holland’s leading musicians, performs regularly with leading European orchestras under many distinguished conductors. Besides his performances on modern instruments, Brautigam has established himself as a leading exponent of the fortepiano.
In addition to performing more than 70 concerts in Salt Lake City’s Abravanel Hall annually, the Utah Symphony travels around the Intermountain West and performs in Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho communities. The orchestra also participates in the Utah Opera’s four annual productions at Salt Lake’s Capitol Theatre. Funding from the Utah State Legislature makes it possible for the Utah Symphony to perform for more than 55,000 students each year, both in the Abravanel Hall and schools throughout the state.
Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for USU faculty, staff, seniors and youth, $5 for USU students with ID and free for all USU music majors.
More information and tickets are available at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online at arts.usu.edu or by calling 435-797-8022.
Writer: Rachelle Nielson, rachelle.nielson@usu.edu, 435-797-9203
Contact: Denise Albiston, denise.albiston@usu.edu, 435-797-1500
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Utah Symphony guest pianist Ronald Brautigam.
Utah Symphony conductor Thierry Fischer.
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