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Singapore Symphony Orchestra Media Relations is pleased to provide more information or assist in media requests. Please do note that we only provide information on conductors/musicians managed or presented by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Emanuel Ax to open SSO’s new concert season on June 27
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Wednesday 7 May 2008, SINGAPORE – Celebrated pianist Emanuel Ax will open the SSO’s new 2008/2009 season this June 27. The pianist will perform Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto in a special CIMB-SSO Gala Concert alongside the SSO and Maestro Lan Shui.
Emanuel Ax first captured public attention in 1974 when, at 25, he won the 1st Artur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975 he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists and, four years later, took the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. Born in Poland, Ax moved to Canada with his family when he was a young boy. He studied at the Juilliard School, and subsequently won the Young Concert Artists Award. He currently lives in New York City with his wife and two children.
Joining the SSO for other exciting concerts are international guest artists such as Korean soprano Sumi Jo (October 17), pianists Yefim Bronfman (August 23), Vladimir Feltsman (October 4) and Marc-André Hamelin (November 29) and violinist Augustin Dumay (September 5).
And in celebration of SSO's 30th anniversary next year, Lan Shui will conduct the orchestra's first-ever complete Beethoven symphony cycle, starting in January 2009. The Sixth to Ninth Symphonies will be performed in the second half of 2009. Japanese-American conductor Kent Nagano will also conduct the concert version of Richard Strauss’ opera Elektra on January 8. There will also be a series of concerts commemorating Leonard Bernstein’s 90th Birthday in 2008 as well as a Shostakovich series throughout the season.
Fans of choral music can look forward to performances of Haydn’s Mass in D minor (or the Missa in angustiis) on 11 April 2009, and Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust on 2 May 2009. Priority booking for SSO Friends and 08/09 Subscribers will commence on May 8. Tickets will be made available to the public from May 22, with a 20% early bird discount till June 4.
About CIMB-GK
CIMB-GK is the international investment banking and securities franchise of CIMB Group. It offers institutional and retail broking, wealth management, investment banking and corporate advisory services in Singapore, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Bangkok, London and New York.
CIMB-GK’s award-winning research team supports its business units with analysis of over 400 listed companies in Asia. Its established stockbroking business and distribution capabilities provide an extensive network that reaches top-tier institutional investors, mid-market investment funds, sophisticated high net worth individuals as well as retail investors in Asia.
CIMB-GK is a wholly owned subsidiary of CIMB Group, Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider and one of Southeast Asia’s leading universal banking groups. CIMB Group is owned by Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd, which is listed on Bursa Malaysia with a market capitalisation of over US10 billion. The Group has over 24,000 employees located in 11 countries.
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CIMB-SSO GALA CONCERT:
EMANUEL AX PLAYS CHOPIN
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Date & time
27 June 2008 (Friday), 7.30pm
Venue
Esplanade Concert Hall
Performers
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
Please contact the Media Officer for photographs and interviews.
Programme
SMETANA - My Fatherland: The High Castle, The Moldau and Sárka
CHOPIN - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Ticket prices (before booking fees: $1 for tickets $20 and below, and $3 for tickets above $20)
$20, $30, $45, $60, $80, $100
Concession discounts (Cat 4 – 6 only)
Students, Senior Citizens & NSF: 30%
Tickets are available from SISTIC hotline: 6348 5555, website: www.sistic.com, SISTIC counters islandwide and Esplanade Box Office.
Media Officers:
Ms Cindy LIM
Assistant Manager, Marketing Communications
Email: cindy@sso.org.sg
DID: +65 6336 5529
Ms KOH Mui Leng
Marketing Communications Executive
Email: muileng@sso.org.sg
DID: +65 6336 4849
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