FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2017
CAMBRIAN SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES “A TALE OF THREE CITIES”
- World premiere of Piano Concerto by Luis Andrei Cobo -
SAN JOSE, California – One of the Bay Area's premier orchestras, Cambrian Symphony, is pleased to announce its finale concert for the 2016-2017 season, A Tale of Three Cities. The concert will feature the world premiere of Luis Andrei Cobo's Piano Concerto, performed by Tamami Honma. Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and Gershwin's An American in Paris will round out the exciting program. Cambrian Symphony is also pleased to welcome Patricia Stroh, a local Beethoven expert. She will deliver a pre-concert presentation on “Beethoven and his Seventh Symphony.”
A Tale of Three Cities will close Cambrian Symphony’s second season with a musical tour that will take audience members to Vienna, Paris and New York. These works also highlight the timelessness of music from 19th century Beethoven, to early 20th century Gershwin, and 21st century Cobo.
“Beethoven's strength and structure, Gershwin's programmatic adventure through the streets of Paris, and our very own Mr. Cobo creating a work inspired by today's world, are sure to delight the listener's ear and vividly paint the history, story and feeling of societies past and present,” said Scott Krijnen, Cambrian Symphony’s conductor. “It is an honor and a privilege to collaborate with the Cambrian Symphony in bringing these magnificent works to the stage.”
Composer Luis Andrei Cobo, a native of New York City, has won numerous awards including the Absolut Vodka Composers Award (1990) and the Concert Artists Guild Composers Award (1996). A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, he studied with David Noon, Aaron Jay Kernis, Richard Danielpour and Giampaolo Bracali (whose sudden passing in 2006 inspired the work, The Disarrange, for Soprano, Cello, and Piano with poetry by Jennifer Michael Hecht which was performed at his memorial concert in NYC), and gained a profound understanding of technology while studying electronic music with the late Elias Tanenbaum. His most recent work is Symphonie Nostalgique, solicited by the Seniors Orchestral Society of New York City. A software engineer by day, he is on the Advisory Boards of both Composers Concordance and Seniors Orchestral Society of New York and volunteers his time lending technical advice and providing development work for fellow musicians.
“I am so thrilled to be premiering my piano concerto with the Cambrian Symphony. I began writing this piece in 2016 as part of a collaboration with Tamami Honma and Scott Krijnen. I met Tamami while I was a student at the Manhattan School of Music, and have always admired her musicianship, but it's her innate ability to inspire and nurture creativity has led to the birth of this work,” said Mr. Cobo. “It is not every day that I get to work with a group of enthusiastic and talented musicians who will take a chance on a new work. I am so impressed by Cambrian Symphony's ability to play extensive works such as Tchaikovsky, Holst and Mahler that I am humbled to debut this piece featuring Tamami on piano and conducted by Scott. What a fortuitous moment!”
Pianist Tamami Honma has consistently received high praise and accolades for her work internationally as performing and recording artist and collaborative pianist. After her formative years in the US during which she won many national and international competitions, Tamami studied in New York City with the legendary Byron Janis. Tamami's appearances in many of the world's great musical institutions have attracted notable acclaim, from the Bolshoi Hall in Moscow (as soloist with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra) to the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (“An eloquent, powerful performance” - New York Times) and the Wigmore Hall in London (“an interpretation [of the Goldberg Variations] that was probably as transparent and faithful to Bach as it's possible to be on a modern piano” - Music and Vision).
“I remember first meeting Luis two decades ago when we discussed in depth John Adams' opera Nixon in China. I was not very familiar with it as I had been exclusively studying piano related repertoire, but he immediately gave me a recording. Luis'; spirit is honest and generous. Those qualities permeate his music which is accessible and immersive,” said Ms. Honma. “We had exchanged ideas about a commissioned symphonic work and the idea of a concerto emerged. From the beginning, Luis had made this work a collaborative effort accepting input from both Scott and myself. I am grateful for the opportunity to play this exciting world premiere with the Cambrian Symphony.”
The free concert will be held on Friday, June 16th at San Jose State University's Music Concert Hall at 7:30 pm. Patricia Stroh, Curator and Interim Director of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, will deliver the pre-concert presentation, “Beethoven and his Seventh Symphony,” beginning at 6:45 pm.
This concert is made possible by a grant from The Awesome Foundation San Jose. The Awesome Foundation San Jose is part of a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, up to $1000 at a time. They support awesome projects through monthly grants. These micro grants come out of "trustees'" pockets, and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to awardees. For more information, please visit www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sanjose.
About Cambrian Symphony
Cambrian Symphony is dedicated to supporting and mentoring young musicians by engaging students in performance side by side with professionals. Through this unique collaboration, Cambrian Symphony strives to share the joy of creating music not only with its audiences, but with the next generation of musicians.
Cambrian Symphony is affiliated with San Jose Dance Theatre and just finished its fourth year of collaboration in the joint performance of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, receiving rave reviews.
Please visit our website at: http://cambriansymphony.org
Press Contact: Elisheva Bailey, [email protected], 408-431-6114
June 6, 2017
CAMBRIAN SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES “A TALE OF THREE CITIES”
- World premiere of Piano Concerto by Luis Andrei Cobo -
SAN JOSE, California – One of the Bay Area's premier orchestras, Cambrian Symphony, is pleased to announce its finale concert for the 2016-2017 season, A Tale of Three Cities. The concert will feature the world premiere of Luis Andrei Cobo's Piano Concerto, performed by Tamami Honma. Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and Gershwin's An American in Paris will round out the exciting program. Cambrian Symphony is also pleased to welcome Patricia Stroh, a local Beethoven expert. She will deliver a pre-concert presentation on “Beethoven and his Seventh Symphony.”
A Tale of Three Cities will close Cambrian Symphony’s second season with a musical tour that will take audience members to Vienna, Paris and New York. These works also highlight the timelessness of music from 19th century Beethoven, to early 20th century Gershwin, and 21st century Cobo.
“Beethoven's strength and structure, Gershwin's programmatic adventure through the streets of Paris, and our very own Mr. Cobo creating a work inspired by today's world, are sure to delight the listener's ear and vividly paint the history, story and feeling of societies past and present,” said Scott Krijnen, Cambrian Symphony’s conductor. “It is an honor and a privilege to collaborate with the Cambrian Symphony in bringing these magnificent works to the stage.”
Composer Luis Andrei Cobo, a native of New York City, has won numerous awards including the Absolut Vodka Composers Award (1990) and the Concert Artists Guild Composers Award (1996). A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, he studied with David Noon, Aaron Jay Kernis, Richard Danielpour and Giampaolo Bracali (whose sudden passing in 2006 inspired the work, The Disarrange, for Soprano, Cello, and Piano with poetry by Jennifer Michael Hecht which was performed at his memorial concert in NYC), and gained a profound understanding of technology while studying electronic music with the late Elias Tanenbaum. His most recent work is Symphonie Nostalgique, solicited by the Seniors Orchestral Society of New York City. A software engineer by day, he is on the Advisory Boards of both Composers Concordance and Seniors Orchestral Society of New York and volunteers his time lending technical advice and providing development work for fellow musicians.
“I am so thrilled to be premiering my piano concerto with the Cambrian Symphony. I began writing this piece in 2016 as part of a collaboration with Tamami Honma and Scott Krijnen. I met Tamami while I was a student at the Manhattan School of Music, and have always admired her musicianship, but it's her innate ability to inspire and nurture creativity has led to the birth of this work,” said Mr. Cobo. “It is not every day that I get to work with a group of enthusiastic and talented musicians who will take a chance on a new work. I am so impressed by Cambrian Symphony's ability to play extensive works such as Tchaikovsky, Holst and Mahler that I am humbled to debut this piece featuring Tamami on piano and conducted by Scott. What a fortuitous moment!”
Pianist Tamami Honma has consistently received high praise and accolades for her work internationally as performing and recording artist and collaborative pianist. After her formative years in the US during which she won many national and international competitions, Tamami studied in New York City with the legendary Byron Janis. Tamami's appearances in many of the world's great musical institutions have attracted notable acclaim, from the Bolshoi Hall in Moscow (as soloist with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra) to the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (“An eloquent, powerful performance” - New York Times) and the Wigmore Hall in London (“an interpretation [of the Goldberg Variations] that was probably as transparent and faithful to Bach as it's possible to be on a modern piano” - Music and Vision).
“I remember first meeting Luis two decades ago when we discussed in depth John Adams' opera Nixon in China. I was not very familiar with it as I had been exclusively studying piano related repertoire, but he immediately gave me a recording. Luis'; spirit is honest and generous. Those qualities permeate his music which is accessible and immersive,” said Ms. Honma. “We had exchanged ideas about a commissioned symphonic work and the idea of a concerto emerged. From the beginning, Luis had made this work a collaborative effort accepting input from both Scott and myself. I am grateful for the opportunity to play this exciting world premiere with the Cambrian Symphony.”
The free concert will be held on Friday, June 16th at San Jose State University's Music Concert Hall at 7:30 pm. Patricia Stroh, Curator and Interim Director of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, will deliver the pre-concert presentation, “Beethoven and his Seventh Symphony,” beginning at 6:45 pm.
This concert is made possible by a grant from The Awesome Foundation San Jose. The Awesome Foundation San Jose is part of a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, up to $1000 at a time. They support awesome projects through monthly grants. These micro grants come out of "trustees'" pockets, and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to awardees. For more information, please visit www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/sanjose.
About Cambrian Symphony
Cambrian Symphony is dedicated to supporting and mentoring young musicians by engaging students in performance side by side with professionals. Through this unique collaboration, Cambrian Symphony strives to share the joy of creating music not only with its audiences, but with the next generation of musicians.
Cambrian Symphony is affiliated with San Jose Dance Theatre and just finished its fourth year of collaboration in the joint performance of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, receiving rave reviews.
Please visit our website at: http://cambriansymphony.org
Press Contact: Elisheva Bailey, [email protected], 408-431-6114