European Union Youth Orchestra

When: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 - 7:30 pm

Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano

With the Bienen School of Music Symphonic Choir; Alan Chow, piano; Pamela Hinchman and Nancy Gustafson, soprano; Theresa Brancaccio, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Hansen, tenor; Harold Brock, tenor; W. Stephen Smith, bass-baritone

Founded in 1976, the European Union Youth Orchestra unites talented student and young professional musicians from all 27 European Union countries. The orchestra regularly performs worldwide and in prestigious festivals including the Salzburg Festival, the Edinburgh Festival, the BBC Proms, and the Concertgebouw’s Robeco Summer Concert Series. Since 2000, the orchestra has been conducted by Grammy Award-winning pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy. Joining the orchestra for a special performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Minor is Jean Gimbel Lane Piano Prize winner Yefim Bronfman. The Bienen School of Music Symphonic Choir and faculty soloists will join the orchestra for Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy.

Ludwig van Beethoven, Choral Fantasy, Op. 80.

Franz Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major

Richard Strauss, An Alpine Symphony

Tickets are $26 for the general public and $12 for students.

The EUYO Spring Tour 2012 is supported by the European Union, the 27 EU Member States, the Friends of the British Council, and the British Council: