2024-2025 Kravis Center Season Brochure - Flipbook - Page 24
CLASSICAL CONCERT SERIES
Evening Series
All concerts at 7:30pm
NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
Friday, April 18
Stéphane Denève, Artistic Director
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Program to include:
John Williams, The Book Thief
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Miami-based New World Symphony is known as America’s
Orchestral Academy. French conductor, Stéphane Denève,
was recently named Artistic Director and is the first
successor to Michael Tilson Thomas. They will be joined by
famed cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the 24-year-old who
catapulted to stardom when he won the prestigious BBC
Young Musician award and played at the Royal wedding
of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Tickets start at $35
Sheku Song © Ollie Ali
CURTIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Sunday, December 15
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Matinee Series
All shows at 2pm
Ray Chen, violin
Program to include:
TJ Cole, Death of the Poet
George Walker, Lilacs for voice and Orchestra
Barber, Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Copland, Symphony No. 3
Comprised of outstanding talent and unmatched enthusiasm for musical
collaboration, Curtis Symphony Orchestra stands as a cornerstone
of the Curtis Institute of Music experience and a vital component of
Philadelphia’s vibrant cultural scene. In their Kravis Center debut, the
orchestra will be led by Curtis alumnus and Musical America’s 2022
Conductor of the Year, Teddy Abrams, and joined by the globe-trotting
star violinist, Ray Chen. Their program includes Samuel Barber’s ravishing
Violin Concerto and Aaron Copland’s beloved Third Symphony.
Tickets start at $35
Sponsored by Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust, Linda & Joseph Satz, Trustees
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Ray Chen © John Mac
