| WHAT: | Mannes College The New School for Music presents The Mannes Orchestra, conducted by Otto-Werner Mueller, with special guest-artist Matei Varga, pianist and Alexi Gregory Concerto Competition Winner performing Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (“Fingal’s Cave”) Op. 26; Chopin’s Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21; and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 |
| WHEN: | Friday, March 3, 8 p.m. |
| WHERE: | Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, W 65th Street and Broadway |
| ADMISSION: | Free. Ticket required. Tickets available at the Alice Tully Hall box office, Broadway and 65th Street and by phone at 212.875.5050. |
| WHO: | Otto-Werner Mueller has been a primary force in the development of orchestral and conducting pedagogy in the United States and Canada, and has trained many leading conductors active in North America today. He has conducted throughout North America and Europe, and has served as Director of Orchestral Studies at The Juilliard School, and on the faculty of The Curtis Institute, where he was teacher of David Hayes, Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies at Mannes College. Matei Varga makes his Lincoln Center debut as piano soloist with The Mannes Orchestra, having won First Place in Mannes’s 2005-06 Alexis Gregory Concerto Competition. Throughout his career, he has received many awards and honors, and has performed as solo recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist at major venues around the world. |
| ABOUT: | The Mannes Orchestra is one of several performance ensembles featuring talented young classical musicians enrolled at the school. The Orchestra performs six concerts each season in addition to participating in a fully staged production by The Mannes Opera each spring at The Kaye Playhouse. Founded in 1916, Mannes College The New School for Music is one of the world’s leading conservatories. Mannes nurtures tomorrow's musical leaders in an intimate, supportive community true to the values of classical music. Its eminent faculty and comprehensive curriculum teach musical artistry and impart deep knowledge of music and its structures. Mannes College’s connection to The New School and its location in New York City offer a unique setting for musicians to grow into great artists. For nearly 90 years, the artistic ideals of David and Clara Mannes, the college’s founders, have sustained a vibrant international community of musicians whose diversity stretches across races, cultures, and ethnicities. |