Season Opening Concert
The 51st Season opens with operatic flair featuring works by Wagner and Richard Strauss. The Roy and Shirley Durst Debut Artist, pianist Michael Brown, makes his Carnegie Hall debut performing two works: a First Music commission by Katherine Balch and Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major, K. 467.
Joshua Gersen, conductor
Michael Brown, piano
Wagner: Overture to Flying Dutchman
Mozart: Piano Concerto in C major, K. 467
Katherine Balch: Epiphyte (world premiere)
R. Strauss: Der RosenkavalierSuite
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Guest Artist
Michael Brown
The New York Times declared Michael Brown "a young piano visionary," praising him for his "powerful technique and a vivid imagination." Noted for his "great confidence and rhythmic flair" by Gramophone, he is the First Prize Winner of the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. An equally committed pianist and composer, Brown's unique artistry stems from this duality and is reflected in his creative approach to programming, where he often interweaves the classics with contemporary works and his own compositions. He has appeared in many major venues including Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, and has appeared as soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall under the baton of New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert. He attends the Marlboro Music Festival and has recently toured the US with Miriam Fried and the Steans Institute at Ravinia.
In 2012-13, Michael Brown has a return engagement with the New Haven Symphony, plays the Grieg Concerto with the Santa Maria Philharmonic, Bakersfield Symphony and Roswell Symphony and performs Mozart's Concerto No. 14 with the Netanya-Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra in Israel. He offers solo recitals around the US this season, including a performance on the Ravinia Rising Stars Series, and has recently given recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall as winner of the Petschek Award and the Gilmore Festival's Rising Stars Series.
An accomplished composer, Mr. Brown was awarded the 2009 Palmer-Dixon Prize from Juilliard; his works have been performed internationally by various ensembles including ACJW, the NEW Trio and The Juilliard Orchestra.Mr. Brown attended the Juilliard School completing dual master of music degrees in Piano and Composition. He studied with pianists Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald, and composers Samuel Adler and Robert Beaser.
