The Greensboro Symphony Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Music Director presents Transformation

Featuring pieces by composers Ravel, Shostakovich, and Mussorgsky 

Dmitry Sitkovetsky to perform Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1

         Transformation!  Performances will be held on January 23, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Aycock Auditorium, and January 24, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in Dana Auditorium. Repertoire includes Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess, Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, and Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

"Dmitry Sitkovetsky will dazzle audiences as he leads AND performs with the Greensboro Symphony in the third Tanger Outlets Masterworks performance this year:

            Adding to the evening’s excitement, Maestro Sitkovetsky will perform the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 himself.  This piece is near to Dmitry’s heart, his father having been one of the first violinists to perform it in 1956. His father performed the concerto for Shostakovich himself--as a result, Dmitry has the hand-written piano reduction of the piece with changes & markings made be the composer. In 1983, Dmitry learned and played the concerto for his Chicago Symphony debut in which Maksim Shostakovich, the composer’s son, conducted.

            In conjunction with this season’s theme of Breaking Bad, this concert parallels the story of Walter White’s transformation from lovable protagonist to coldhearted criminal mastermind.  The Greensboro Symphony will play on this idea by exploring the evolution of music over time. Both Pavane and Pictures were written for piano and later orchestrated by Ravel. Ravel, a master colorist, uses the orchestra to its maximum potential, augmenting to such a degree that some movements are almost unrecognizable from the original.

Who: Dmitry Sitkovetsky and the Greensboro Symphony 

What: Masterworks Series—Transformation:

Pavane for a Dead Princes, Maurice Ravel

            Violin Concerto No.1 in a minor, op. 77, Dmitri Shostakovich

            Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky and Maurice Ravel

When: January 23, 2015 at 7:30p.m.              January 24, 2015 at 8:00p.m.  

             

Where: Aycock Auditorium                          Dana Auditorium       

  408 Tate Street                                  5800 W. Friendly Ave

 Greensboro, NC 27403                      Greensboro, NC 27410

Price: $46, $40, $34, Students $6

About GSO 2014-2015 Season

In its 2014-2015 Masterworks series, Greensboro Symphony (GSO) explores themes of musical chemistry related to the award-winning TV show, Breaking Bad! The POPS series continues to show the full diversity of the GSO by pulling from country, classic rock and Broadway genres. Through its Chamber series, the GSO gives audiences a more intimate concert experience with the artists as they perform piano and string chamber works. The GSO also continues its Keep Kids in Tune educational programming, which serves over 50,000 children throughout the Piedmont Triad."

- A Press Release

High Schoolers Compete for Musical Premiere In 1st Ever Young Composers Competition

"So you want to be a composer? Now is your chance! High school students around North Carolina will compete for the opportunity to have their original musical composition premiered and recorded by the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, in the 1^st ever Young Composers Competition! The winning composition will receive a public premiere in Greensboro on a GSYO concert, and will also be recorded by the Youth Orchestra and included on a 2015 CD recording release!

The competition is open to all North Carolina high school students 18 years of age and younger, and is targeted to professionally-focused young composers under the guidance of a professional composition teacher or mentor. All submissions, however, will be considered. For more information, visit http://www.gsyo.org/ and download the submission form.

The GSYO, directed by Nathaniel Beversluis, is an educational program of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and is designed for highly advanced players interested in performance of large-scale orchestral literature, connecting with local musical professionals, and making friends from around the state. This ensemble performs exciting orchestral works of all styles, including works by Prokofiev, Sibelius, Enescu, Wagner, Debussy, and Phillip Glass.

GSYO 2014 Young Composers Competition

Who:     High school (age 18 and younger) composers from around North Carolina

What:  1^st ever Young Composer’s Competition sponsored by the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra

When: Deadline for submission is October 15, 2014                         

More info: Visit http://www.gsyo.org/ for more information and to download the submission form, including instrumentation requirements, submission instructions and more."

A Press Release