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BFO: Anniversary Spectacular with Sebastian Chang, piano
June 17 @ 8:00 pm
TICKETS: Premium Reserved $49 | General Reserved $29 | Lawn $20 | Children & Students (with valid student ID) $10
GATES OPEN: @ 5:45 Early Entry | 6:00 General Public
ALCOHOL: Patrons will be permitted to bring in outside alcohol for this performance
Program: Anniversary Spectacular
Featuring a World Premiere Special Commission.
Timo Andres: Everything Happens So Much
Sebastian Chang: The Empress Piano Concerto
Special Commission: Dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the BFO
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
Guest Artist: Sebastian Chang, composer-piano
Sebastian’s first major performance as a piano soloist was of his composition Concertino for Piano and Orchestra with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra at the age of 9. Sebastian obtained his B.M. in Composition from the Curtis Institute of Music & his M.M. in Composition from the University of Southern California. From ’16-’18, he was the Resident Composer of the Louisville Orchestra.
His works have been performed by Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, the Louisville Chamber Choir, the NouLou Chamber Players, the Louisville Ballet, the Louisville Orchestra, and the Britt Festival Orchestra.
He is the youngest three-time BMI Student Composer Awards winner in the history of the competition (’02, ’05, & ’07). He won five ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Awards (’01, ’02, ’04, ’05, & ’06). He was awarded a $50K scholarship as a Davidson Fellow Laureate by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development in ’02. Read More
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Pre-Concert Talk: 7:00 PM on the Sam & Hannelore Enfield Stage in the Performance Garden
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