The Cleveland Orchestra announces programs for its 2007 Miami Residency Franz Welser-Möst s performance highlights include Beethoven s Ninth Symphony and Mahler s First Symphony Subscriptions for annual Cleveland Orchestra residencies in Miami go on sale April 3 CLEVELAND, March 22, 2006 The Cleveland Orchestra today announced programming for its first Miami Performing Arts Center season. Beginning on January 19, 2007, The Cleveland Orchestra performs three weeks of subscription concerts at the new Miami Performing Arts Center (MPAC). Subscriptions for the Orchestra s 2007 Miami Residency will go on sale April 3, 2006, through the MPAC Box Office. Detailed subscription information is at the end of this release. Repertoire for The Cleveland Orchestra s 2007 season residency at Miami Performing Arts Center includes Leonard Bernstein s Jeremiah, Symphony No. 1 and Ludwig van Beethoven s Symphony No. 9 with soprano Measha Brueggergosman, mezzo-soprano Kelley O Connor, tenor Frank Lopardo, bass René Pape, and the Master Chorale of South Florida during the first week (January 19-20); Osvaldo Golijov s Last Round, Alberto Ginastera s Variaciones concertantes, and Gustav Mahler s Symphony No. 1 during the second week (January 26-27); and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky s Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture, a suite from Manuel de Falla s The Three-Cornered Hat, and Tchaikovsky s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Horacio Gutiérrez as soloist during the third week (March 16-17). Music Director Franz Welser- Möst will lead the Orchestra in the first two residency weeks in January. Peruvian-born conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya will guest conduct the Orchestra for the third residency week in March.
During its Miami Residency, The Cleveland Orchestra will also perform concerts for families and children, and will engage in educational activities with the New World Symphony and the University of Miami s Frost School of Music. *** Miami partnership adds to Orchestra s existing long-term performance relationships in New York, Lucerne and Vienna In addition to its new residency at Miami Performing Arts Center, The Cleveland Orchestra currently has three other intensive and regular performing relationships, including residencies, outside of Cleveland: with Carnegie Hall in New York, the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, and the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Continuing a long relationship with Carnegie Hall, the Orchestra committed to a multi-year association of performances there under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst. With Carnegie Hall and the Lucerne Festival, the Orchestra is involved in an annual commissioning project, the Roche Commissions, which includes world premiere performances by the Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival each summer. Following performances at the 2004 and 2005 Lucerne Festivals, the Orchestra will return for concerts during the 2006 Festival. The Musikverein Residency was conceived as a long-term relationship, which includes series of concerts at the Musikverein under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst. The Orchestra s five concerts at the Musikverein in 2003 marked the first such residency by an American orchestra in the history of that venue. Miami Performing Arts Center Miami Performing Arts Center, Miami-Dade County s largest ever public/private-sector partnership, will open in fall 2006. Greatly enhancing the artistic and educational opportunities in South Florida, Miami Performing Arts Center also will have significant and long-term economic benefits for the city and the region. The center is designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. In addition to the 2,200-seat Carnival Concert Hall where The Cleveland Orchestra will perform, Miami Performing Arts Center will include the 2,400-seat Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House, a 200-seat black box Studio Theater, the Peacock Education Center, a restored Art Deco Tower, and an outdoor Plaza for the Arts. ***
Subscription and Ticket Information Subscriptions for The Cleveland Orchestra s 2007 Miami Residency will be available to the general public beginning Monday, April 3. A three-concert series on Friday nights (January 19, January 26, and March 16) and a three-concert series on Saturday nights (January 20, January 27, and March 17) will be offered, with subscription prices ranging from $100 to $345. Subscription inquiries should be directed to the Box Office at Miami Performing Arts Center (MPAC) at (305) 949-MPAC (6722) or online at miamipac.org. Music lovers interested in Cleveland Orchestra performances in Miami can be added to the priority mailing list by e-mailing miami@clevelandorchestra.com or calling (305) 579-1579. Details and ticket information for family programming and other special performances will be announced at a later date. *** A calendar for The Cleveland Orchestra s 2007 Miami Residency follows this release, along with a biography of Franz Welser-Möst. Photographs and additional information are available upon request. Contact: Nikki Scandalios, (704) 568-0888, nscandalios@carolina.rr.com
JANUARY and MARCH 2007 CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MIAMI RESIDENCY Friday, January 19, 2007 Saturday, January 20, 2007 Carnival Concert Hall, Miami Performing Arts Center Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Measha Brueggergosman, soprano Kelley O Connor, mezzo-soprano Frank Lopardo, tenor René Pape, bass Master Chorale of South Florida BERNSTEIN Jeremiah, Symphony No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 ( Choral ) Friday, January 26, 2007 Saturday, January 27, 2007 Carnival Concert Hall, Miami Performing Arts Center Franz Welser-Möst, conductor GOLIJOV Last Round GINASTERA Variaciones concertantes MAHLER Symphony No. 1 ( Titan ) Friday, March 16, 2007 Saturday, March 17, 2007 Carnival Concert Hall, Miami Performing Arts Center Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor Horacio Gutiérrez, piano TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture FALLA Suite from The Three-Cornered Hat TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 All concerts start at 8:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted. All programs, artists, and concert details subject to change.
Franz Welser-Möst Music Director Kelvin Smith Family Endowed Chair The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst is in his fourth season as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra. His long-term commitment to the Orchestra extends through the 2011-12 season. Mr. Welser-Möst s Cleveland Orchestra concerts during the 2005-06 season include major works from the central repertoire, among them symphonies by Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky. His wide range of programming also features works infrequently performed by the Orchestra, as well as works new to its repertoire, including György Kurtág s Quasi una fantasia; Kaija Saariaho s Quatre Instants; Schoenberg s Kol Nidre; Stravinsky s Requiem Canticles; concert performances of Verdi s Falstaff; the world premiere of Poème, a Cleveland Orchestra-commissioned work by Georg Friedrich Haas; and the United States premieres of Julian Anderson s Diptych and Chen Yi s Si Ji ( Four Seasons ). Highlights of Mr. Welser-Möst s concerts with the Orchestra during his first three seasons as Music Director included six world premieres and five United States premieres, in addition to other works new to the Orchestra s repertoire that span three centuries. Choral-orchestral works performed under Mr. Welser-Möst s direction include Beethoven s Missa Solemnis, Haydn s The Creation, Mendelssohn s Elias ( Elijah ), and the Verdi Requiem. In addition to numerous other standard works from the orchestral repertoire, Mr. Welser-Möst led concert performances of Verdi s Don Carlo, Richard Strauss s Elektra, and Humperdinck s Hänsel und Gretel. Under Franz Welser-Möst s direction, The Cleveland Orchestra has toured extensively to critical acclaim. In addition to biennial residencies at the Musikverein in Vienna, the first of their kind by an American orchestra, the Orchestra appears regularly at European festivals. Domestically, the Orchestra and Mr. Welser-Möst have toured from coast to coast, including frequent performances at Carnegie Hall. In January 2007, the Orchestra will begin its 10-year residency project in Miami at the new Miami Performing Arts Center. In Cleveland, Mr. Welser-Möst participates in a number of community concerts and educational programs, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert and free downtown concerts celebrating Independence Day. In addition to new partnerships with area colleges and universities, he also is involved with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Mr. Welser-Möst became General Music Director of the Zurich Opera in September 2005 and has made a commitment to the Opera that extends through 2011. He served as the Opera s
Principal Conductor from 2002 to 2005, and previously served as Music Director from 1995 to 2002. During his tenure as Music Director, he conducted many new productions and, each season, led numerous revivals, including operas from the French, German, Italian, and Slavic repertoires. Highlights include performances of Wagner s complete Ring Cycle. Among his performances at the Zurich Opera for the 2005-06 season, Mr. Welser-Möst conducts Britten s Peter Grimes, d Albert s Tiefland, Mozart s Don Giovanni, and Schubert s Fierrabras. Mr. Welser-Möst also has conducted at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, at the Glyndebourne Festival in Great Britain, and at the Vienna State Opera, where he led acclaimed performances of Wagner s Tristan und Isolde in 2003 and in February 2006. In November 2005, he participated in the gala concert for the 50 th anniversary of the reopening of the Vienna State Opera, and during the 2006-07 season he will conduct performances of Strauss s Arabella there. Mr. Welser-Möst is scheduled to conduct a new production of Wagner s Ring Cycle at the Vienna State Opera during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. Franz Welser-Möst served as music director of the London Philharmonic from 1990 to 1996 and conducts other leading European orchestras and opera companies, including those of Berlin and Vienna. After making his American debut in 1989, he returned frequently to the United States for appearances with major orchestras from coast to coast. Mr. Welser-Möst made numerous recordings with the London Philharmonic under an exclusive recording contract with EMI. His recording of Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 4 won the 1996 Gramophone Award for best orchestral recording. His recording of Bruckner s Mass No. 3 and Te Deum was nominated for a Grammy Award, as was his first recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra, of music by Korngold. More recent releases include HK Gruber s Frankenstein!!, Franz Schmidt s The Book of the Seven Seals (which received a Grammy nomination), and the worldpremiere recording of Johann Strauss Jr. s Simplicius with the Zurich Opera Orchestra, which won the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis. Mr. Welser-Möst s DVD recording of Richard Strauss s Der Rosenkavalier with the Zurich Opera won a Diapason d Or award. Mr. Welser-Möst has received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Western Law Center for Disability Rights in recognition of his personal support and advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities, honorary membership in the Vienna Singverein, the 2003 Conductor of the Year Award from the Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Case Western Reserve University, and the Silver Medal of the Region of Upper Austria.