Jeffrey Siegel to Bring GLORY OF BEETHOVEN to Harris Center, 3/19

Jeffrey Siegel's unique concerts are a joy for both the piano aficionado and novice alike with a brilliantly polished concert-with-commentary format. Captivating remarks precede the virtuoso performances of piano masterpieces and the concert concludes with a lively Q & A. Mr. Siegel returns for his third concert of the season at Harris Center for the Arts presenting The Glory of Beethoven on Wednesday, March 19.

Bask in the inspiring beauty of Beethoven's music as Siegel explores the genius of this composer, from the humorous "Sonata Opus 10, No 2," bubbling over with high spirits and good humor; to the "Sonata Opus 110 in A Flat" a composition of spiritual exaltation and profound inner depth, composed after deafness engulfed the composer.

Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: The Glory of Beethoven will take place on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $19-$29; Premium $39.Tickets for students with ID are a real bargain at $7. Tickets are available online at www.harriscenter.net or from Harris Center Ticket Office at 916-608-6888 from 10 am to 6 pm, Monday through Saturday, and two hours before show time. Parking is included in the price of the ticket. Harris Center is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, CA, facing East Bidwell Street.

Hailed by The New York Times as "an artist who means every note he plays," American pianist Jeffrey Siegel has been soloist with the world's great orchestras. Abroad, these include the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philharmonic and Philharmonia, Moscow State Symphony, Munich's Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Philharmonic Orchestras of Amsterdam, Oslo and Stockholm, the Orchestra of La Scala and NHK Symphony of Japan. In the United States, engagements have included the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Siegel has collaborated with many of the pre-eminent conductors of our time: Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Järvi, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas, and David Zinman, as well as legendary maestros of the past, including Eugene Ormandy, Sir George Solti, William Steinberg, Klaus Tennstedt and Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Mr. Siegel has appeared on Oprah Radio's Dr. Oz Show, as guest of host and heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and author and co-host Dr. Michael Roizen. In addition, he has been a frequent guest on the popular BBC program In Tune in London. Keyboard Conversations ~ Piano Treasures, a one-hour, PBS special produced by Time Life, was recently broadcast to more than 150 cities nationwide and is now available on DVD. Recent CD releases include The Romantic Music of Chopin, as well as The Miracle of Mozart, recorded live in London.

Mr. Siegel has also recorded The Power and Passion of Beethoven, The Romanticism of the Russian Soul and The Romance of the Piano (Random House Audio Publishing Group); Music for the Young - and Young at Heart (WFMT Radio, Chicago) and American Pianistic Treasures (WEDU, Tampa). Jeffrey Siegel's recording of Gershwin's complete works for piano and orchestra, with Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony, continues to be a best seller and is available on Amazon.

The final Keyboard Conversations by Mr. Siegel this season will be Mistresses and Masterpieces, Sunday, May 18, 2014; 1:00 pm. For further details visit www.harriscenter.net.

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