Di Wu to Perform Mendelssohn and More with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, 9/14-15
By: BWW News Desk Sep. 12, 2014
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, a founding resident company of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, opens their celebratory 50th Anniversary Season with three beloved works in the classical repertoire, Verdi La traviata, Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6. The soloist on the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto is the winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn competition, Ms. Di Wu, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. Di Wu Plays Mendelssohn takes place at 2:30 pm, this Sunday September 14 and 7:30 pm and Monday September 15 in the Kimmel Center's intimate Perelman Theater. The Sunday matinee performance will be followed by "Classical Conversations," a brief question-and-answer session with Ms. Wu and Music Director Dirk Brossé.
Verdi's La traviata is full with the dramatic intensity and rich lyricism that marked the masterpiece operas of his extremely popular middle period. Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 2 features exciting contrasts that make it a thrilling challenge for any soloist. The outer movements are defined by his extremely fast tempo markings while the middle movement shows powerful emotion and Chopin-like piano ornamentations. Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, also known as the "Pastorale," with its broad and sustained musical paragraphs, paints vivid images of the German countryside.
Concert details:
Di Wu Plays Mendelssohn
Di Wu, piano
Dirk Brossé, conductor
Sunday, September 14, 2014 | 2:30 pm
Monday, September 15, 2014 | 7:30 pm
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center
300 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
$24 - $81
Di Wu, soloist
Musical America has proclaimed pianist Di Wu as one of the major up-and-coming talents in classical music today. She has performed as a soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing Philharmonic and the Hamburg Philharmoniker and performed recitals in Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York. She has collaborated with some of the world's most eminent conductors including Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach and Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Sony-Epic Records in Japan recently released a recording of Ms. Wu's arena concert where she performed for an audience of 11,000. Among her many awards, Ms. Wu has won the coveted prize at the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition, The Juilliard School's Petschek Award, and The Virtuosi Prize at Lisbon's Vendome Competition.
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia is a founding resident company of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and performs from September through May in the intimate Perelman Theater. For information, contact The Chamber Orchestra at 215.545.5451 or visit chamberorchestra.org.
Photo Credit: Sengzhong Gan
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