2021-2022 Upcoming Performances
Shuying Li, composer
Bruce Bodden, flute soloist
Chip Phillips, clarinet soloist
"[Shuying Li]...a real talent here waiting to emerge 'with' skillful orchestral writing, very colorful language and huge waves of sound." — Seattle Times
Event Details:
October 18, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Hekmatpanah, conductor
Program:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 Eroica
Li: The Dryad for Flute and Orchestra
Li: American Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra
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Winners of the Concerto/Aria Competition
Event Details:
December 6, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Hekmatpanah, conductor
Program:
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Alon Goldstein, Piano Soloist
"This young artist has style, smarts and technique…he created a stillness around himself that was so long and imposing in its defiance of expectations that your ear had to be glued to everything that came after.... extremely cultivated, refined command of the keyboard” --- Philadelphia Inquirer
Event Details:
February 28, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Hekmatpanah, conductor
Program:
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo Suite
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1
Gary Hoffman, cello soloist
“I have seldom heard anyone approach the extent to which Hoffman brought out the poetry of this masterpiece.” — Classical Voice of North Carolina
Event Details:
April 25, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center
Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Hekmatpanah, conductor
Program:
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Bloch: Schelomo; Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129