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Guest Conductor Leads the Reno Philharmoinic In March
Local Pianist with Nationally Acclaimed Recordings is Showcased

January 30, 2006
On Sunday, March 5th at 4:00pm and Tuesday, March 7th at 7:30pm, the Reno Philharmonic will be lead by Joseph Silverstein, former concertmaster of the Boson Symphony. The performance, held at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, will include Franz Liszt’s Concerto No. 2, with James Winn on piano, Mendelssohn’s Music from the opera A Midsummernight’s Dream, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41, commonly known as the “Jupiter” symphony.

Joseph Silverstein will guest conduct the concert. As a conductor and soloist, Mr. Silverstein has appeared with hundreds of orchestras in the United States, as well as in Japan, Israel and Europe. Mr. Silverstein has conducted and appeared as soloist with the Berlin Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, Florida Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Winnipeg Symphony, Hartford Symphony. Mr. Silverstein organized the Boston Symphony Chamber Players in 1964 and served as Music Director of that ensemble until moving to the Utah Symphony, where he led eight international tours, as well as many United States tours. He has been a member of the faculties at Yale University, Boston University and the Tanglewood Music Center and is a member of the string faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. Mr. Silverstein has recorded extensively for RCA, Deutsche Grammophon, CBS, Nonesuch, and New World Records, Telarc and Pro Arte. His Telarc recording of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” with the Boston Symphony Orchestra received a Grammy nomination.

“It is interesting musically to have a guest conductor on occasion,” says Barry Jekowsky, music director of the Reno Philharmonic. “The musicians and myself can benefit from having another ear and style of leadership, I’m looking forward to it.” Mr. Jekowsky will be part of the audience during the concert set.

Reno pianist, composer and professor, James Winn performs Franz Liszt’s Concerto No. 2. Mr. Winn was originally scheduled to perform this piece in January 2005, but fell and broke his wrist in early January. James Winn, Piano and Composition Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno since 1997, made his professional debut with the Denver Symphony at the age of 13. Mr. Winn tours regularly with New York based violinist Rolf Schulte and is one of the most recorded musicians of the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra; He is featured in more than two dozen CDs, many of them world premiere recordings, as soloist, chamber musician, and composer. Dr. Winn has been a solo pianist with the New York City ballet, and a member of the New York Music Ensemble as well as a frequent guest with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and many other prestigious festivals and societies such as, Speculum, the Washington Square Contemporary Music Series, the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento, and The Group for Contemporary Music and Bargemusic. With his duo-piano partner, Cameron grant, he was the recipient of the top prize given in the two piano category in the 1980 Munich Competition. He has received the College of Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Mousel/Feltner award for creative activity, and an Artist Fellowship Grant in composition from the Nevada Arts Council.

The diverse program includes Mendelssohn’s charming music from his first opera, A Midsummernight’s Dream and Mozart’s dark, elegant, a most popular, Symphony No. 41, commonly known as the “Jupiter” symphony. “2006 marks the 250th birthday of Amadeus Mozart,” says Barry Jekowsky. “The world is celebrating a very celebrated composer, it is the least we could to honor him.”

Prices start at $25.00 with discounts available to seniors. Students can arrive early for “rush” seating ½ hour before the performance, and must bring valid student ID, if over 16.

Patrons can join Music Director Barry Jekowsky one-half hour prior to each performance for “A Preview from the Podium.” This pre-concert talk is free to all ticket holders and held in the exhibition hall in the lower level of the Pioneer Center, explores the composers and/or works the orchestra will perform.

For more information or tickets log onto www.renophil.com, or call the RPA business office (775) 323-6393.

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