Soka Performing Arts Center Presents Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Pianist Olga Kern
(Aliso Viejo, CA, February 13, 2019) - Soka Performing Arts Center presents the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) with world-renowned pianist Olga Kern on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at 8 PM. Founded in 1981, the RSNO is Scotland’s national symphonic ensemble and one of the country’s five National Performing Companies. The orchestra will perform the US premiere of Paul Chihara’s A Matter of Honor, inspired by the words and actions leading up to the forced relocation of Japanese-American citizens during WWII; Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; and Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5.
Tickets are $60 and are now available online at performingarts.soka.edu, at the Box Office at 1 University Drive in Aliso Viejo or by calling (949) 480-4ART (4287).
About the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO)
The RSNO is Scotland’s national symphonic ensemble. It was formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra and became the Scottish National Orchestra in 1950, earning its royal patronage in 1991. Throughout its history, the Orchestra has played an integral part in Scotland’s musical life, including performing at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament building in 2004. The RSNO performs across Scotland, regularly appearing at the Edinburgh International Festival and the BBC Proms in London’s Royal Albert Hall, as well as conducting global tours across Europe and Asia. The orchestra has a worldwide reputation for the quality of its recordings, receiving two Diapason d’Or de l’année Awards for Symphonic Music and eight Grammy-Award nominations over the last decade.
Alongside Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Olga Kern on piano, the RSNO, under the direction of Thomas Søndergård, will perform the US premiere of Paul Chihara’s A Matter of Honor, inspired by the words and actions leading up to the forced relocation of Japanese-American citizens during WWII, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev.
About Olga Kern
Russian-American pianist Olga Kern is now recognized as one of her generation’s great pianists. She jump-started her U.S. career with her historic Gold Medal win at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the first woman to do so in more than thirty years. Kern has performed with countless renowned orchestras over her career, including the Moscow Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony, and the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, while maintaining a revered independent career that has garnered her Grammy Award nominations in 2004, 2007, and 2010 for various recordings.
About Soka Performing Arts Center
Now is in its eighth season of presenting the best of live performances on its extraordinary stage, Soka Performing Arts Center, located on the campus of Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California, is under the new leadership of General Manager Renee Bodie. The 1,000-seat concert hall features world-class acoustics designed by Yasuhisa Toyota, acoustic designer of noted performance venues like Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Designed to truly reflect the university’s commitment to sustainability, the concert hall and adjacent Maathai Hall (featuring a black box theatre and dance studio) have been built to Gold LEED standards and feature vegetated green roofs. Photo voltaic cells on the Soka Performing Arts Center roof generate approximately 15% of the facility’s electrical needs.
Soka University of America is a private, non-profit, four-year liberal arts college and graduate program. The university is open to top students of all nationalities and beliefs and was founded upon the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights, and the sanctity of life. For more information, please visit soka.edu.
ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA WITH OLGA KERN
Wednesday, April 3 at 8PM
CHIHARA A Matter of Honor (U.S. Premiere)
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, with Olga Kern, piano
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5, Op. 100 in B-flat Major
TICKETS $60/$48 students, seniors, and active military families
In Person: Soka Performing Arts Center Box Office, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Online: performingarts.soka.edu
Phone: 949.480.4ART (4278)
All information is accurate at the time of printing but is subject to change.
MEDIA CONTACT
Jennifer Urbano
949.480.4014
jurbano@soka.edu
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