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CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS THE CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
WITH MUSIC DIRECTOR PAAVO JÄRVI AND PIANIST RADU LUPU ON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15 AT 8:00 PM

Mr. Lupu Also Performs Solo Recital at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, February 2

On Monday, February 15 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall presents Music Director Paavo Järvi leading the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and pianist Radu Lupu in a performance of Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Also on the program is Ravel’s Ma Mère l'Oye Suite; J.S. Bach’s Ricercare No. 2 from A Musical Offering (arranged by Webern); and Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra. The concert marks the second Carnegie Hall performance for Mr. Lupu in as many weeks, following a solo recital on Tuesday, February 2 at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Lupu’s recital program, also in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, includes Janáček’s In the Mists; Beethoven’s Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata;" and Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat Major.

Artist Information
Romanian pianist Radu Lupu is firmly established as one of the most important musicians of his generation and is widely acknowledged as a leading interpreter of the works of Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, and Schubert. Since winning the Van Cliburn (1966) and Leeds (1969) piano competitions, Mr. Lupu has regularly performed as soloist and recitalist in the musical capitals and major festivals of Europe and the United States. He has appeared many times with the Berliner Philharmoniker since his debut with that orchestra at the 1978 Salzburg Festival under Herbert von Karajan, and with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, including the opening concert of the 1986 Salzburg Festival under Riccardo Muti. Mr. Lupu’s first major American appearances were in 1972 with The Cleveland Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by Carlo Maria Giulini. Concerts with the New York Philharmonic soon followed, and Mr. Lupu has since appeared with all of the foremost American orchestras. This season, his annual winter tour will include concerts with the orchestras of Chicago, St. Louis, Houston, and Cincinnati, in addition to recitals in Chicago; Carnegie Hall; Washington, DC; and Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Lupu’s European orchestral engagements include the London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Colin Davis, the Berliner Philharmoniker with Bernard Haitink, and a tour of Germany with the Zurich Tonhalle and David Zinman. Mr. Lupu has made more than 20 recordings for London/Decca, including the complete Beethoven concertos with the Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, the complete Mozart violin and piano sonatas with violinist Szymon Goldberg, and numerous solo recordings of Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert. His most recent London/Decca releases are of Schubert’s Sonatas, D. 960 and 664, which won a Grammy Award in 1995, and of Schumann’s Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, and Humoresque, which won an Edison Award in 1995. In 1998, for Teldec, he joined Daniel Barenboim for a disc of Schubert works for piano, four hands and, in 2001, Decca re-released a 2-CD set of Schubert’s music for violin and piano, featuring Mr. Lupu with Szymon Goldberg.

Paavo Järvi became the twelfth Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) in September 2001 and is one of the most sought after conductors of his generation. Maestro Järvi and the CSO have 16 Telarc recordings to their credit, including a October 2009 release featuring Holst’s The Planets and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Their recordings have garnered critical acclaim, including the 2008 all-Mussorgsky disc which won a Grammy Award for “Best Surround Sound.” The CSO’s 2006 release of Britten and Elgar was honored with two Grammy Awards for production and engineering. Their 2005 release of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and Martinů’s Symphony No. 2 was named Gramophone Magazine’s “Editor’s Choice.” In addition to his growing discography with the CSO, Mr. Järvi has more than 30 recordings to his credit. He is currently recording a Complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie on the RCA Red Seal label. In addition to his post as the CSO Music Director, in 2004 Paavo Järvi assumed the position of Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and also serves as Music Director of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Beginning with the 2010–11 season he will become the seventh Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris. Born in Estonia in 1962, Mr. Järvi studied percussion and conducting at the Tallinn School of Music. His studies continued at the Curtis Institute of Music under Otto-Werner Mueller and Max Rudolf. He moved to the United States with his family at the age of 17 in 1980 and is now an American citizen. Mr. Järvi has championed the works of many Estonian composers including Arvo Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Lepo Sumera, and Eduard Tubin. In February 2004, Mr. Järvi was named a recipient of the “Spirit of Cincinnati” Queen City Advocate Award for bringing positive worldwide recognition to Greater Cincinnati.

Founded in 1895, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is the fifth oldest symphony orchestra in the United States and the oldest orchestra in Ohio. Paavo Järvi’s dynamic leadership on the Cincinnati podium has captured international attention, attracted new artists to Cincinnati’s historic Music Hall, and consistently won praise from critics. Previous music directors over the years have included Leopold Stokowski, Eugène Ysaÿe, Fritz Reiner, Max Rudolf, Thomas Schippers, and Jesús López-Cobos. The orchestra has been home to the American premieres of works by composers such as Debussy, Ravel, and Bartók, and has commissioned works that have become mainstays of the classical repertoire, including Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man. Recent international tours have taken the orchestra to France, Spain, Netherlands, Austria, and Germany in 2008 and a 2009 tour of Japan that included two performances at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and the CSO’s first-ever nationally televised concert in that country. The CSO is the umbrella institution that includes the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and serves as the official orchestra for the Cincinnati May Festival and Cincinnati Opera. The CSO also owns Riverbend Music Center, the summer home it opened in 1984 on the banks of the Ohio River. An estimated 30 million people have viewed national telecasts of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops Orchestra on PBS, including Paavo Järvi’s inaugural concert as Music Director of the CSO which aired nationally in 2003.


Program Information
Tuesday, February 2 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
RADU LUPU, Piano

LEOŠ JANÁČEK In the Mists
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"
FRANZ SCHUBERT Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960

Tickets: $39, $46, $58, $78, $105, $116
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Monday, February 15 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Paavo Järvi, Music Director and Conductor
Radu Lupu, Piano

MAURICE RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye Suite
BÉLA BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (arr. WEBERN) Ricercare No. 2 from A Musical Offering, BWV 1079
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra

Tickets: $31, $37, $47, $63, $84, $92

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