News Release
Release date: June 8, 2011
Blossom Festival programs feature
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (July 23)
and “A Night in Vienna” (July 24)
Saturday, July 23, at 8 p.m
David Afkham
Photo by Julian Luebbert
Jon Kimura Parker
Photo by Tara McMullen
Hans Graf
Photo by Christian Steiner
Jeffrey Kahane
German conductor David Afkham (assistant conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra) makes his debut with The Cleveland Orchestra in a program featuring Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with Jon Kimura Parker as soloist, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. Jon Kimura Parker made his debut with The Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Festival in August 1989. Since then, he has appeared with the Orchestra on a regular basis, most recently in November 2007.
To watch a video interview with David Afkham, click here. Click here for a collection of videos of Jon Kimura Parker speaking about repertoire.
Concert ticket prices range from $19 to $83.
Sunday, July 24, at 7 p.m.
Hans Graf (music director of the Houston Symphony) leads The Cleveland Orchestra in a program titled “A Night in Vienna” that features waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss Jr. as well as Maurice Ravel’s La Valse (“The Waltz”) and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25, with Jeffrey Kahane as soloist.
Hans Graf has guest-conducted The Cleveland Orchestra in concerts spanning more than a decade, most recently in sold-out concerts at Severance Hall featuring Holst’s The Planets, in November 2010.
Jeffrey Kahane made his Cleveland Orchestra debut in April 1991. His most recent performance with the Orchestra was at the Blossom Festival in August 2001. Mr. Kahane makes a welcome return to Blossom for this concert.
Concert ticket prices range from $19 to $83.
July 23 sponsor: FirstMerit Bank
Jeffrey Kahane’s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible
by a gift to the Orchestra’s Guest Artist Fund from Dr. and Mrs. Murray M. Bett.
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 clevelandorchestra.com
Calendar Listing
Saturday, July 23, 2011, at 8:00 p.m.
The Cleveland Orchestra
David Afkham, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
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.
Sunday, July 24, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
The Cleveland Orchestra
Hans Graf, conductor
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
A Night in Vienna
Program includes:
Ravel: La Valse
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
J. Strauss Jr.: Overture to Die Fledermaus
“Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka”
“Emperor Waltz”
“At the Hunt” Polka
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 order 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
