News Release
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 surrounded
by global celebration on The Cleveland Orchestra’s
Fridays@7 series April 1 at Severance Hall
Release date: March 18, 2011
Acclaimed Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek leads Cuban-born keyboard master Horacio Gutiérrez in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on The Cleveland Orchestra’s Friday@7 concert at Severance Hall on April 1, 2011. Mr. Bĕlohlávek also leads Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 for the orchestral portion of the evening, which is performed without intermission.
The chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Bĕlohlávek studied at the Prague Conservatoire and Arts Academy and has recorded extensively for Chandos Records.
Mr. Gutiérrez has performed concertos of Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and others during previous appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra. He has made a Grammy-nominated recording of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, an enduringly popular work.
Fridays@7 April 1
6 p.m. — The string quartet Sweet Plantain (Eddie Venegas, violin and trombone; Joe Deninzon, violin; Orlando Wells, viola; David Gotay, cello) performs Latin jazz in Severance Hall’s Reinberger Chamber Hall.
7 p.m. — The Cleveland Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7.
8:15 p.m. — Passport Project Global Dance & Music Collective performs in the Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer. Then, performances in the Concert Hall by the Leo Blanco South American Jazz Quartet (Farouk Gomati, percussion; Dean Johnston, drums; Will Slater, bass; Leo Blanco, piano/composer) and by Sweet Plantain, featuring a world premiere of a work written for Sweet Plantain by Leo Blanco.
More Fridays@7
May 27 — The final Fridays@7 concert in the 2010-11 series features The Cleveland Orchestra with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and an after-party with bluegrass band Wayfaring Strangers.
Tickets
Ticket prices are $36-$98; call or visit the Severance Hall Ticket Office to order at 216-231-1111 or online to select your own seats and print tickets at home.
The Fridays@7 series is made possible in part through the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation.
Horacio Gutiérrez’s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a gift to the Orchestra’s Guest Artist Fund from The Hershey Foundation.
Calendar Listing
Friday, April 1, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
Fridays@7 – Romantic Rachmaninoff
The Cleveland Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
6 p.m.: Sweet Plantain performs in Reinberger Chamber Hall
7 p.m.: The Cleveland Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff and Dvořák
8:15 p.m.: Passport Project performs in the Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer, then the Leo Blanco South American Jazz Quartet and Sweet Plantain perform on the Severance Hall stage. Libations and creative cuisine available for purchase.
Tickets: $36, $52, $60, $76, $98
To order: 216-231-1111, 800-686-1141, or visit online to select your own seats and print your tickets at home
Location: Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
All artists and programs are subject to change.
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Press Contacts
Jennifer Schlosser, 216-231-7518; Email: jschlosser@clevelandorchestra.com
Ana Papakhian, Office: 216-231-7476; Cell phone: 216-370-2595; Email: anap@clevelandorchestra.com
