Los Angeles Opera Music Director James Conlon returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in three performances of music by Benjamin Britten, Sergei Prokofiev and Antonín Dvorák, Friday, November 4, at 11 a.m., Saturday, November 5, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, November 6, at 2 p.m. Brilliant 24-year-old pianist Yuja Wang, whose performance of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this summer mesmerized the audience, plays Prokofiev's popular Third Piano Concerto in the program.
The concert opens with Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, which is part of Conlon's three-year homage to the composer, set to culminate in 2013, during the 100th anniversary of his birth. The program continues with Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 and closes with Dvo?ák's Symphony No. 7. James Conlon, one of today's most versatile and respected conductors, has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic and choral repertoire. Since his 1974 debut with the New York Philharmonic, he has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra. Through worldwide touring, an extensive discography and videography, numerous essays and commentaries, frequent television appearances and guest speaking engagements, Conlon is one of classical music's most recognized interpreters. In addition to his position with the LA Opera, he is also Music Director of the Ravinia Festival and the Cincinnati May Festival.For more information and complete artist biographies, please visit: www.laphil.com.
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