Rendezvous with the jazzy sounds of Hailstork’s An American Port of Call and Prokofiev’s vibrant Third Piano Concerto featuring world-renowned pianist Alexander Korsantia. The popular and romantic sounds of Hanson’s Second Symphony which influenced John Williams ET closes out this concert.
Dubbed a “quiet maverick” (Daily Telegraph), pianist Alexander Korsantia has been praised for the “clarity of his technique, richly varied tone and dynamic phrasing” (Baltimore Sun), and a “piano technique where difficulties simply do not exist” (Calgary Sun). The Boston Globe found his interpretation of his signature piece, Pictures at an Exhibition, to be “a performance that could annihilate all others one has heard.” And the Birmingham Post wrote: “His intensely responsive reading was shot through with a vein of constant fantasy, whether musing or mercurial.”
Yaniv Dinur is the winner of the 2019 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Fellow Award and Music Director of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. He is lauded for his insightful interpretations and unique ability to connect with concertgoers of all ages and backgrounds, from season subscribers to symphony newcomers. Yaniv has also served as Resident Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony from 2015-2023.
Adventure Awaits at Romantic Rendezvous on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM at the ISU Center for the Performing Arts in Normal, Illinois and Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 3:00 PM at the UIS Performing Arts Center in Springfield, Illinois. Join us for a pre-concert discussion with pianist Alexander Korsantia and Music Director Candidate Yaniv Dinur one hour prior to the concert and then join us after the concert for our Play-On After Party!
Get ready to symphony and get your seats today! Tickets may be purchased in Bloomington-Normal through the ISU Center for the Performing Arts Ticket Office at (309) 438-2535 and in Springfield through the UIS Ticket Office at (217) 206-6160 or online at ilsymphony.org/romantic. Single tickets range from $10 for students (24 & Under) to $63 for premium seating. Senior and group discounts are also available.
Romantic Rendezvous is sponsored by season sponsors The Landmark Automotive Group and Debra & Daniel Brownstone, M.D. and music sponsors Bill & Janella Cooley and Debbie & Jim Ringer.
The Illinois Symphony Orchestra is central Illinois’ largest professional orchestra serving over 35,000 patrons in the communities of Bloomington-Normal, Springfield and the surrounding region with symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, and Concerts for Kids series in each community. In addition to concert performances, the Orchestra’s music education and outreach programs serve pre-K and elementary schools through the Itsy Arts and Music Matters education programs and reach middle schools, high schools, universities, community organizations and senior centers through guest artist residencies and musician and ensemble performances. The ISO also has an active Around the Town Chamber Music Series and virtual Sunday at Six Recital Series. The Illinois Symphony Orchestra has a budget of approximately $1.4 million.
In July 2020, the ISO acquired the Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony (SVYS) organization that was started in the early 1970s by parents, music teachers and musicians to keep string programs and youth orchestra in Springfield and surrounding communities following the elimination of all school orchestra programs. Now, the Illinois Symphony Youth Orchestras (ISYO) programs consist of Starter and Junior Strings, Preparatory Orchestra, Concert Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra serving over 150 students. The ISO also has a partnership in education and community engagement (PEACE) with the UIS-School of Music and Illinois State University’s Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts and School of Music.
Additional information about the Illinois Symphony Orchestra is available at www.ilsymphony.org.
The ISO is partially funded by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
