Mannes college the new school for music
Presents the Mannes orchestra at alice tully hall
conducted by JoAnn Falletta
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
NEW YORK, New York, October 20, 2009— The Mannes Orchestra with guest conductor JoAnn Falletta, Mannes alumna and music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony, will perform at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, November 18 at 8:00 p.m. Pianist Jialiang Wu, Mannes student and Concerto Competition winner, will accompany the orchestra to perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. This is the second of four performances by the Mannes Orchestra at Lincoln Center this season.
JoAnn Falletta earned her Bachelor of Music degree at Mannes in 1976. She was awarded an Honorary Degree by The New School in 2007. She previously guest conducted the Mannes Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall in April, 2004. Falletta has been invited to guest conduct many of the world’s finest symphony orchestras. Highlights of her recent and upcoming international guest conducting appearances include the Netherlands Radio Orchestra; National Philharmonic of Lithuania; Orquestra de Extremadura (Spain); Warsaw National Philharmonic; Kraków Philharmonic; Orchestra National de Belgique; Seoul Philharmonic; BBC Philharmonic in Manchester; Ensemble Kanazawa (Japan); Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra; Orchestra of Asturias (Spain); Rotterdam Philharmonic; Orchestre National De Lyon; Northwest German Philharmonic; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; and the Lisbon Metropolitan Symphony. This past May, she led the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center Spring Gala.
Falletta is the recipient of many of the most prestigious conducting awards, including the Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award for exceptionally gifted American conductors, the coveted Stokowski Competition, and the Toscanini, Ditson and Bruno Walter Awards for conducting, as well as the American Symphony Orchestra League’s prestigious John S. Edwards Award.
Jialiang Wu, winner of the 2009 Mannes Concerto Competition, is currently a third-year undergraduate, studying with Piano Department Chair Pavlina Dokovska. Before coming to Mannes, he attended the Shanghai Conservatory Primary and Middle School in his native China, where he was a top prizewinner at various competitions, and performed in major venues. Jialiang performed in the 2008 Shanghai International Piano Festival and was praised by the world renowned virtuoso Lazar Berman.
Tickets can be picked up free at the Alice Tully Box Office, 212.671.4050. Alice Tully Hall is located at Lincoln Center at 65th Street and Broadway in New York City.
About Mannes College The New School for Music
Mannes College The New School for Music is a leading conservatory located in New York City. Founded in 1916, 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—just minutes from the world’s great concert halls and museums—offer an exceptional setting for musicians to grow into great artists. Mannes students are featured in more than 400 concerts produced by the school each year at its two concert halls and in venues throughout the New York metropolitan area. For over 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. For more information, visit www.mannes.newschool.edu.
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