Richmond Symphony

Elgar and Sibelius
2015-04-18 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. All concerts are held at the Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage.
Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the RSO Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Daisuke Yamamoto
Learn more about Benjamin Broening’s Sea Surface Full of Clouds (Commissioned by the RSO)

Gregory Smith's The Orchestra Games
2015-03-21 11:00 - 12:00
Not just another “get to know your instruments” concert, The Orchestra Games explores the personalities of various instruments as it sprints through an Olympic array of events. This concert is guaranteed fun for kids of all ages! Pre-concert activities begin at 10am.
Learn more about narrator Alexander Sapp
Learn more about Grace Kim, viola
Check out the concert related family activities on Pinterest and listen to selections (for spotify users)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
2015-03-07 20:00 - 22:00
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. All concerts are held at the Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage.
Join us an hour before the concert for a free pre-concert talk with guest conductor Tito Muñoz and RSO Associate Conductor Keitaro Harada. The talk will provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.
Learn more about Stanislav Khristenko, piano
Learn more about Tito Muñoz, guest conductor

Wicked Divas
2015-02-28 20:00 - 22:00
Diva showstoppers from Broadway, opera and popular music join the RSO for a wicked good time with music from the Tony Award-winning musical and other favorites! Enjoy selections from Gypsy, Ragtime, Titanic, and of course, Wicked for an unforgettable night of the best from the Great White Way.
Learn more about Julia Murney
Learn more about Alli Mauzey

JULE STYNE: Overture to GypsyProgram Includes
GEORGES BIZET: Selections from Carmen
JOHN KANDER: Introduction and All That Jazz from Chicago
ALAN JAY LERNER & FREDERICK LOEWE: I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady
STEPHEN FLAHERTY: Back to Before & Ragtime from Ragtime
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: Think Of Me from Phantom of the Opera
JOHN KANDER & FRED EBB: Ring Them Bells
ENRIQUE GARCIA: Conga
VARIOUS: I Hear a Symphony: Symphonic Sounds of Diana Ross
PAUL JABARA & BRUCE ROBERTS: No More Tears (Enough is Enough)
JAMES HORNER & WILL JENNINGS: My Heart Will Go On from Titanic
DU PRUZ & ERIC IDLE: Diva’s Lament from Spamalot
HAROLD ARLEN & YIP HARBURG: Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ: Popular, Defying Gravity; & For Good from Wicked

Celebration of China
2015-02-15 16:00 - 18:00
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with the students of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra. The program features Spring Festival Overture, Shanghai Overture and the beautiful Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto with Wanzhen Li, violin. Admission is free – no ticket required.
RSYO students tell the history and fun facts about the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, Spring Festival Overture and Shanghai Overture!

Meet Wanzhen Li, violin
Born in Xi’an, China, violinist Wanzhen Li has been described as “Li established a sense of nostalgia …that provided a framework for the musical journey. Her tone seemed to cry. It was great playing; fun to hear.” (The Boston Globe). Ms. Li has appeared as a soloist with the Binghamton Philharmonic (NewYork), Guilford Symphony (North Carolina), Grosse Point Symphony (Michigan) and Interlochen Arts
Academy Orchestra. She won first prizes in the Detroit Bohemians, the Eastern Music Festival, and the Interlochen Arts Academy Concerto Competitions. This summer, she was invited as a performer, and violin faculty at Eastern Music Festival in Wu Han, China. In January, Ms. Li was invited by ItzhakPerlman to perform a solo recital at The Kristy and James H. Clark Arts Center, as part of the Perlman Music Program’s Alumni recital series. Last season, Ms. Li soloed with Xi’an Symphony Orchestra (China), and serves as their guest concertmaster. Ms. Li performs frequently with violinist Itzhak Perlman and has accompanied him to Israel, Florida, and Vermont for residencies with the Perlman Music Program. She also performs frequently with ensembles such as the New York Chamber Soloist and the New York Classical Players. As a soloist and chamber musician, she performed in venues including, Rose Hall of Lincoln Center, Peter J. Sharp Theater, The Metropolitan Museum, Alice Tully Hall, Hunter College in New York, Jordan Hall in Boston, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Florida, Chicago Symphony Hall, Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Vermont, Princeton University, and Tel Aviv University.
In past seasons, Ms. Li has performed in venues such as solo recitals at the New England Conservatory of
Music, chamber music performance at Stowe Residency with the Perlman’s program. In 2012, She was
invited by pianist Lars Vogt to the chamber music festival of “Spannungen: Musik im Krafwerk
Heimbach” in Germany, where she collaborated with renowned violinist Christian Tetzlaff, cellist Alban
Gerhardt, Gustav Rivinius, Tanja Tetzlaff, among others. Her live performance was recorded and released
by Avi-Music record label.
An active chamber musician, Ms. Li was invited to festivals including Yellow Barn, Kneisel Hall, The
Perlman Chamber Music Program. She also appeared on the First Monday Series at Jordan Hall, Boston,
by invitation of cellist Laurence Lesser. Ms. Li has shared the stage with many of the world’s celebrated
artists including Anthony Marwood, Paul Katz, Peter Frankl, members of the Juilliard String Quartet, the
Peabody Trio, the Cavani Quartet, and musicians from the New York Philharmonic. Her solo and
chamber performances have also been broadcast on German radio “Deutschlandfunk”and IPRInterlochen
public radio.
During her studies, Ms. Li led both the Juilliard Orchestra, and New England Conservatory Philharmonia
as the concertmaster, for performances under the batons of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Nicholas
McGegan, Anne Manson, Benjamin Zander, Yu Feng, at venues including Boston’s Jordan Hall, New
York’s Alice Tully Hall, Peter J. Sharp Theater, and Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts.
Ms. Li started playing the violin at age 4, studying with her parents, who are both professional violinists.
Aged 14, she left to come to the USA studying at the Interlochen Arts Academy with Hal Grossman. As
a Jerome L. Greene Fellow, Ms. Li went on to study at the Juilliard School learning under Ronald Copes
and Donald Weilerstein, and recently graduated from New England Conservatory in Boston. She has also
been mentored by Itzhak Perlman.
Ms. Li plays on a 1756 Gennaro Gagliano violin generously on loan to her from a private collector in
Michigan. She resides in New York City.

An Evening of Duke Ellington
2015-02-14 20:00 - 22:00
Discover the power of live music with our Altria Masterworks series. Featuring orchestral classics and contemporary composers, this series will inspire you. All concerts are held at the Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage.
Join us an hour before each concert for a free pre-concert talk with the RSO Music Director, Steven Smith. These talks often feature guest artists and conductors and provide you with insights for the concert you are about to hear.

Dukes of Dixieland
2015-01-31 20:00 - 22:00

Voices of Survival
2015-01-27 19:00 - 21:00

Pinocchio’s Adventures in Funland
2015-01-24 11:00 - 13:00

Rachmaninoff 2
2015-01-18 15:00 - 17:00, 2015-01-17 20:00 - 22:00
