The Proud Tradition Continues!
The Tuesday Musical Concert Series has touched three centuries and two millennia, blessing Omahans with a non-profit concert series of international artists. The proud tradition continues. The first concert of the 2009-10 season will feature Lisette Oropesa.
Tuesday, Oct. 13,
2009
Lisette Oropesa, soprano
The winner of the Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions in 2005, Oropesa will appear in place of baritone Quinn Kelsey, who had to cancel due to illness. Oropesa debuted at the Metropolitan Opera during the 2007-08 season. In Omaha, she will perform art songs of Debussy and Falla, popular arias and other selections.
Tuesday, Nov. 17,
2009
Spencer Myer, piano
Myer, gold medalist of the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition, has received critical acclaim from around the globe, rapidly establishing himself as one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation. His orchestral, recital and chamber music performances have been heard throughout North America, Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia. He has been a soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Beijing's China National Symphony Orchestra, the Dayton and Louisiana philharmonic orchestras, and the Indianapolis, New Haven, Phoenix and Santa Fe symphony orchestras. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied with Julian Martin.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Kevin Kenner, piano
Kenner, winner of the 1990 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw and the bronze medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, has since performed as soloist with world-class orchestras including the Halle Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, NHK Symphony of Japan, and with orchestras in San Francisco, San Diego, New Jersey, Rochester, Baltimore and St. Paul, among others.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Alisa Weilerstein, a natural virtuoso hailed for her impassioned musicianship and expressive range, is internationally renowned as one of the premiere soloists and chamber musicians of her generation. Though her technical brilliance and "meltingly beautiful" sound are universally acknowledged, it is her distinctive musical presence and rare charisma that set her apart.
All Tuesday Musical concerts are held at Witherspoon Concert Hall at Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St. in Omaha, Neb.Listen and learn at 7:10 p.m. before each concert as Pat Will -- teacher, keyboard artist and Tuesday Musical program committee member -- briefs us on the concert to come. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Past Tuesday Musical artists have included such greats as Pablo Casals, Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz, Marian Anderson, Artur Rubenstein, Isaac Stern, Ezio Pinza, Rudolf Serkin, Roberta Peters, Van Cliburn, Itzak Perlman, Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jessye Norman, Midori, The Tokyo String Quartet, Denyce Graves, Andre Watts and Lang Lang, to name but a few.