Zeitouni Returning to CSO to Conduct FINLANDIA & FAURE, 4/24-25

The heavenly beauty of Fauré's Requiem provides a soothing epilogue to Sibelius' thrilling call to freedom and Nielsen's stirring symphonic ode to optimism. The program will be conducted by former CSO Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni and feature guest soprano Hélène Brunet and guest baritone Anthony Clark Evans as well as the Columbus Symphony Chorus.

The Columbus Symphony presents Finlandia & Fauré at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.) on Friday, April 24, at 8pm and Saturday, April 25, at 8pm. Tickets start at $10 and can be purchased at the CAPA Ticket Center (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 228-8600 or (800) 745-3000. The CAPA Ticket Center will also be open two hours prior to each performance. Young people between the ages of 13-25 may purchase $5 All Access tickets while available. For more information, visit www.GoFor5.com.

WOSU's Christopher Purdy will hold a free, pre-concert lecture about the program for ticket holders one hour prior to each performance.

The 2014-15 Masterworks Series is made possible through the generous support of season sponsor Anne Melvin.

Zeitouni has emerged as one of Canada's brightest young conductors. His eloquent yet fiery style lends itself to a range of repertoires from baroque to contemporary music, and it has earned him regular and recurring engagements across North America. He studied under Maestro Raffi Armenian and graduated from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal in conducting, percussion, and theory. In addition to his duties as artistic director and conductor of the Orchestre de chambre I Musici de Montréal, Zeitouni is music director of the Colorado Music Festival.

Canadian soprano Hélène Brunet charms the public, as well as the critics with her warm and elegant voice, profound musicality, and heartfelt interpretations. She has become a sought-after vocalist on the early music scene in Canada, collaborating with ensembles such as Ensemble Caprice, L'Harmonie des Saisons, le Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Theater of Early Music, and Les Voix Baroques. Brunet is a regular guest at Festival Montréal Baroque and has recently performed in a concert featuring renowned bass Harry van der Kamp at the Vancouver Early Music Festival.

About guest baritone Anthony Clark Evans

Baritone Anthony Clark Evans was thrust on the national opera scene while working as a car salesman in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in 2012 when he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, and subsequently went on to win the Giulio Gari Competition, the Mario Lanza Competition, and reached the finals of the Licia Albanese Puccini Competition. In 2013, he added another trophy to his impressive collection, winning the General Division title of the International Gerda Lissner Voice Competition.