News Release
Release date: July 8, 2011
Jahja Ling leads The Cleveland Orchestra
in Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with
Yuja Wang as soloist at the Blossom Festival
Saturday, August 13, at 8 p.m
Jahja Ling
Photo by David Hartig
Yuja Wang
Photo by Felix Broede
Jahja Ling (now in his seventh season as music director of the San Diego Symphony) leads The Cleveland Orchestra in a program that features Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Yuja Wang as soloist, in her Cleveland Orchestra debut. The program also includes Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol.
Jahja Ling joined the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra in 1984 and served as resident conductor from 1985 to 2002 and as Blossom Festival Director for six seasons, from 2000 to 2005. Since 2005, he has continued to appear with the Orchestra each season, making a continuous relationship with the Orchestra of 27 years. In a review of a June 2010 performance by Chinese pianist Yuja Wang, the San Francisco Chronicle commented that “At 23, Wang doesn’t merely provide listeners with technically dazzling and heart-stoppingly beautiful accounts of the keyboard repertoire, she seems to be redefining what is possible with the instrument.”
To read a review of a performance by Yuja Wang of
Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, click here.
To watch a video of Yuja Wang performing at the Verbier Festival
under the direction of Kurt Masur, click here.
To watch a video of Yuja Wang performing a full recital
at the Verbier Festival, click here.
Concert ticket prices range from $19 to $83.
All concerts at Blossom Music Center, 1145 Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls. Free parking for all performances; upgrades available for purchase.
For more information or to order tickets, call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or visit .online
Calendar Listing
Saturday, August 13, 2011, at 8:00 p.m.
The Cleveland Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Ling Conducts Prokofiev
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Pavilion Tickets: $27, $32, $43; Box Seats: $83.
Lawn Tickets: $19.
Two young people under 18 will be admitted free to the Lawn with each adult ticket purchased; they must be accompanied by an adult. Lawn Passes for “Under 18s” are available online, at the Severance Hall Ticket Office, or at the Blossom Box Office the day of the concert.
All concerts at Blossom Music Center, 1145 Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls.
Free parking for all performances; upgrades available for purchase.
For more information or to order tickets, call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or visit online.
Blossom Music Center opened in 1968 as the summer home of The Cleveland Orchestra. It is located 25 miles south of Cleveland in Summit County, just north of Akron, Ohio.
All artists and programs are subject to change.
Press Contact
Jennifer Schlosser, Media Relations Manager, 216-231-7518, Email
