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Maria João Pires Joins Palm Beach Symphony For

An Unforgettable Evening Of Beethoven And Mahler

Palm Beach Symphony presents two masterworks the Mostly Mozart
that deliver all the passion, poetry and drama of classical Festival at Lincoln
music as acclaimed pianist Maria João Pires makes a Center . Her
rare American appearance with Music Director Gerard playing was always
Schwarz at the podium in a program of Beethoven and exquisite, poignant,
Mahler on Monday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kravis very thoughtful and
Center for the Performing Arts. heartfelt.”
“Maria Pires is one of the more extraordinary pianists Maria João
especially for Mozart and Beethoven,” said Maestro Pires will perform
Schwarz. “I’ve worked with her numerous times at Beethoven’s Piano
Concerto No. 3, a piece
the composer wrote
for himself fueled by
his excitement for the
evolution the piano Gerard Schwarz, Palm Beach Symphony
was experiencing Photo by IndieHouse Films
at the time. Of her Maria Joao Pires
102 Year Anniversary performance of the Photo by May Zircus in excerpts of John Adams’ El Niño and in the roles of
nd
Do You Have work wi t h Ke nt Geraldine from Barber’s A Hand of Bridge and Noelle
An Old Fur Hanging Nagano conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, The from Leanna Kirchoff’s Scrapbookers. She will graduate
with a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the
New York Times reported she is “…an elegant technician and
In The Closet probing interpreter without a trace of flashiness. Her playing Frost School of Music in May.
Recent Kennedy Center Honor Awardee for Lifetime
of the Beethoven concerto showed that a performance can

Not Being Worn? be both refined and bracing.” Artistic Achievement Midori will join Palm Beach
In addition to her concerts, Pires has made recordings Symphony in a season finale of three Palm Beach
Restyle Your Old Fur for Erato for 15 years and Deutsche Grammophon for Symphony premieres on April 10.
The concert is sponsored by Patrick and Milly Park.
Hanging In Your Closet 20 years. Since the 1970s, she has devoted herself to Peter M. Gottsegen, The Lachman Family Foundation,
reflecting the influence of art in life, community and
education, trying to discover new ways of establishing Patrick and Milly Park, Felicia Taylor/The Mary Hilem
this way of thinking in society. In 1999, she created the Taylor Foundation, DeLuca Foundation, Leonard and
Belgais Centre for the Study of the Arts in Portugal and, Norma Klorfine Foundation, Charles and Ann Johnson/
in 2012, she initiated two complementary projects in The C and A Johnson Family Foundation, Patricia
Belgium: the Partitura Choirs, a project which creates Lambrecht, Dodie and Manley Thaler and the Thaler/
and develops choirs for children from disadvantaged Howell Foundation, NetJets, Lugano Diamonds, Findlay
backgrounds, and the Partitura Workshops. Galleries, HSS Florida, PNC Private Bank, The Colony
In the concert’s second half, Palm Beach Symphony Hotel, Related Companies, Provident Jewelry, IYC, Palm
will be joined by soprano Emily Finke as it adds Mahler’s Beach Design Masters, Braman Motorcars, CIBC Private
Symphony No. 4 to its repertoire with its sleigh bells of Wealth, and Gent Row LLC are proud sponsors of Palm
childhood gaiety, dramatic tension and ultimately serene Beach Symphony. Programs are also sponsored in part by
heavenly deliverance. the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts
“Mahler’s pieces often are characterized as big, and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
long, heavy and loud, but not this one,” said Maestro Tickets are $25 to $95 and are available online at www.
Schwarz. “This one is the shortest and offers more of a palmbeachsymphony.org, by phone at (561) 281-0145, or
To A Beautiful chamber music feel with a lovely soprano solo in the last by visiting the Palm Beach Symphony Box Office, Monday
to Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Kravis Center is
movement. In a way, it’s one of Mahler’s more Mozartian
Vest, Jacket, symphonies.” located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd., in West Palm Beach.
South Florida Classical Review named Maestro
Or Teddy Bear Schwarz and the Frost Symphony Orchestra’s About Palm Beach Symphony

Palm Beach Symphony is South Florida’s premier
performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 one of the orchestra known for its diverse repertoire and commitment
top ten performances of 2021. He is the music director to community. Founded in 1974, this 501(c)(3) nonprofit
of the Frost Symphony Orchestra and the Distinguished arts organization adheres to a mission of engaging,
Professor of Music, Conducting and Orchestral Studies educating, and entertaining the greater community of
Come By During Our at University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. He is the Palm Beaches through live performances of inspiring
also the music director of the Eastern Music Festival
orchestral music. The orchestra is celebrated for
Recycle Fur & Mink and Mozart Orchestra of New York as well as Conductor delivering spirited performances by first-rate musicians
Restyling Event Laureate of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and and distinguished guest artists. Recognized by The
Conductor Emeritus of the Mostly Mozart Festival. He
Cultural Council for Palm Beach County with a 2020
Brought to you by Restyle Your Fur, recently released a recording of Schubert’s Symphony Muse Award for Outstanding Community Engagement,
Restyle Division of LaBelle Furs since No. 9 with the New York Chamber Symphony and his Palm Beach Symphony continues to expand its education
and community outreach programs with children’s
extensive catalogue of more than 350 recordings includes
1919, www.restyleyourfur.com and The Gerard Schwarz Collection, a 30-CD box set. concerts, student coaching sessions and master classes,
www.laBellefurs.com Praised by South Florida Classical Review for her instrument donations and free public concerts that have
“rich color palette” and “deft high range,” Finke has reached more than 56,000 students in recent years. For
Teach Your Old Fur performed with Frost Opera Theater as a featured soloist more information, visit www.palmbeachsymphony.org.
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