Our season
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 final concert of the 2007-08 season will feature soprano Nicole Cabell.
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007
Jonathan Biss, piano
"There are few
headier thrills in the music world than the arrival of a major new
performing artist," said the San Francisco Chronicle of Jonathan
Biss. "At 25 Biss is already a mature thoughtful artist ... Nothing
flashy mars his playing or demeanor," said the Seattle Post
Intelligencer. "Jonathan Biss, a young virtuoso and poetic pianist of
the first order ..." said the Chicago Sun Times.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Eliot Fisk and William deRosa, guitar and
cello
Eliot Fisk
continues the tradition of his mentor, the late Andres Segovia, in
bringing classical guitar back to the concert stage. Segovia
considered Fisk "one of the most brilliant, intelligent and gifted
artists of our times .. in all ... the field of instrumentalists.
William deRosa has established himself as one of the leading cellists
of his generation. Melding distinctive artistry, profound musianship
and exquisite tone, he has been decribed as one of the most brilliant
cellists in the world.
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
Gabriela Montero, piano
Born in
Caracas, Venezuela, Gabriela Montero has been performing since age 5.
Improvisational skill is a huge part of the talented classical
musician that she has become. After performing a concert or recital,
she often improvises audience requests for an encore, "I connect with
my audience in a unique way," Montero says, "and they connect with
me." Montero has pursued her career mainly in Europe, where she has
been championed by pianist Martha Agerich. Montero offers exciting
playing from start to finish. You will want to be there for her Omaha
performance.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Nicole Cabell was
the 2005 winner of the BBC Singer of the World Competition with her
faultlessly gleaming soprano voice. Since then, she has fast become
one of today's most sought-after lyric sopranos. Her 2006-07 season
included debuts at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Santa Fe
Opera, Opera de Montpellier, and concert performances with the Oslo
Philharmonic, Minnesota Symphony and Indianapolis Symphony. This year
she appears with the Metropolitan Opera, Opera Pacific and Lyric
Opera, to name a few.
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, Lang Lang and the Guarneri String Quartet, to name but a few.