The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton

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Happy Birthday Beethoven! by The Symphonia
Feb 9, 2020, 3 PM

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James Judd joins the orchestra to conduct works by Zwilich and Beethoven, featuring soloists Elissa Lee Koljonen (violin) and Yumi Kendall (cello). Selected by the Sun Sentinel as one of 5 Must-See Classical Music Performances This Season Program ELLEN TAAFEE ZWILICHTBALUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENKing Stephen OvertureELLEN TAAFEE ZWILICHDouble Concerto for Violin and CelloLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENSymphony No. 5

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A Passion for Italy by The Symphonia
Jan 5, 2020, 3 PM

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Orchestral works that turn our attention to the beauty and romance of Italy. The program opens with the whimsical Suite for Lower Strings, by Brazilian American composer Clarice Assad. It adds new twists to familiar music by Bach, in which the main melodies are played by the lower strings for a change. Then the attention shifts to the Italian peninsula. The Haydn concerto … +

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The Symphonia: Movies and Idylls
Dec 8, 2019

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What inspires a composer to compose? Come experience how film, nostalgic prose, a birthday gift, and Renaissance frescoes inspired Copland, Barber, Wagner and Respighi. The curtain rises with music from three films scored by Aaron Copland: The City, Our Town and Of Mice and Men. Then The Symphonia performs Samuel Barber’s richly textured lyric rhapsody, “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.” It is a setting for soprano … +

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Conductor Alastair Willis with The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton in Connosseur Concert #4
Sun Mar 31, 2019

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Grammy-nominated conductor ALASTAIR WILLIS is music director of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and he has guest conducted major orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and China National Orchestra. Bandoneon LIDIA KAMINSKA has performed extensively in both the U.S. and Europe. While her repertoire includes a broad range of both classical and contemporary music she has, according to … +

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Guest Conductor Michael Stern in Connosseur Concert 3 with The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton
Sun Feb 3, 2019

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Michael Stern is music director of the Kansas City Symphony and founding music director of the IRIS Orchestra (Germantown, Tennessee), which specializes in playing contemporary American music. He has served as both chief and guest conductor of orchestras throughout Europe and the U.S. Violinist SHARON ROFFMAN, 2003 prizewinner of the Naumburg Foundation International Competition, has forged a unique career distinguished by her … +

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Conductor Kensho Watanabe with The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton in Connoisseur Concert 2
Sun Jan 6, 2019

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Kensho Watanabe has been assistant conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra since the 2016-17 season. In April 2017, he received worldwide attention and critical acclaim when he stepped in at the last minute for the indisposed conductor Nézet-Séguin. Violinist DAVID KIM, a frequent SYMPHONIA guest artist, is concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra and the All Star Orchestra. He appears as soloist with The … +

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The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton: Connoisseur CONCERT #1 with Maestro Gerard Schwarz
Sun Dec 2, 2018

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Maestro Gerard Schwarz, recipient of The SYMPHONIA’S 2017 Apollo Award for Musical Excellence, is music director of the Emmy Awardwinning All Star Orchestra and the Eastern Music Festival, and he is conductor laureate of the Seattle Symphony. Internationally-renowned pianist MARIKA BOURNAKAI made her debut at age nine in Montreal, playing a Mozart concerto. She is featured in the film I am Not … +

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The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton Debuts at Crest Theater
Tue 27 Mar, 2018

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Maestro Alastair Willis and The SYMPHONIA take a journey ‘beyond the music’ through an insider’s guide into 18th and 19th century Vienna with rich stories, visuals and some of the most celebrated compositions of the day. Concert goers will be transported back to old Vienna in this unique, interactive experience, combining classical music in a lively environment. This multi-faceted experience will bring … +