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Emerging
Masters Showcase
Come hear Tchaikovsky’s favorite
piano concerto, the Grieg, performed by a superstar in the making, 20-year-old
Adam Golka. Joining the orchestra for the first time is guest conductor
Michael Morgan, Music Director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, as he
leads the orchestra in Prokofiev’s symphonic masterpiece, the Symphony
No. 5. Also on the program, Music
Alive Resident Composer Carolyn Yarnell writes
the final work in her “Yosemite” Series.
Michael
Morgan, Guest Conductor
carolyn
yarnell: Yosemite
and the Range of Light (World
Premiere)
grieg: Piano
Concerto,
Adam
Golka, Piano
prokofiev: Symphony
No. 5 |
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Conductor Michael Morgan is the Music Director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony. He began conducting at the age of 12 and was a student of Gunther Schuller, Seiji Ozawa and Leonard Bernstein.
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| Pianist Adam Golka won first prize and audience prize at the 2nd China Shanghai International Piano Competition when he was only 16. Now 20, this pianist has performed with exceptional orchestras such as the Houston, Dallas, Milwaukee, and San Diego Symphonies. |
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