CLASSICAL/SNEAK PEEK : TIME TO TRY WIGGLESWORTH LEADING L.A. PHILHARMONIC.Since winning the Kondrashin Competition in 1989, British conductor Mark Wigglesworth Mark Wigglesworth (born 19 July 1964[1], Sussex, England) is a British conductor. He attended Bryanston School[2] and later was a conducting student at the Royal Academy of Music, London. has worked with many of the world's leading orchestras. As music director of the Opera Factory, he conducted three Mozart/Da Ponte operas, Stravinsky's ``The Rake's Progress,'' and Birtwistle's ``Yan Tan Tethera  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. .'' For the Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera (WNO) is a touring opera company founded in Cardiff, Wales in 1943. The WNO now tours Wales, the United Kingdom and the rest of the world extensively. Annually, it performs over 120 main scale operas. , Wigglesworth conducted ``Elektra'' and ``The Rake's Progress.'' Thursday, he opens a string of dates leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. in music by Mozart and Rachmaninoff at the Music Center. Wigglesworth first appeared with the L.A. Phil in spring 1995. In the coming performances, German pianist Lars Vogt Lars Vogt (b. 1970, September 8 in Düren, Germany) is a German piano player best known to win several major awards in 2004. Career He rose to prominence when he won second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition, and has since gone on to give major joins the orchestra as featured soloist for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271. Vogt also appeared as the soloist for Wigglesworth's 1995 Music Center debut, and on March 4, he will perform with the Philharmonic's Chamber Music Society at Gindi Auditorium. The concerts on Thursday, Feb. 28 and March 1 and 2, open with Vogt at the keyboard, performing the Mozart concerto with Wigglesworth and orchestra. After intermission, the program concludes with Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2. Tickets, $8 to $60, are available through Ticketmaster or at the Music Center box office. Information: (213) 365-3500. Piano man Conductor Boris Brott and the New West Symphony welcome guest pianist Jerome Lowenthal in its presentation of ``Musical Masterworks'' on Feb. 28 at the 1,800-seat Probst Center at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. , and March 1 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . Both performances are at 8 p.m. The Philadelphia-born Lowenthal recently recorded four pieces by Liszt for piano and orchestra with the Vancouver Symphony. He previously recorded the complete works of Tchaikovsky for piano and orchestra with the London Symphony. He currently chairs the piano departments at both the Juilliard School of Music and Santa Barbara's Music Academy of the West The Music Academy of the West is a music conservatory located in Montecito, California near Santa Barbara, California. Every year, it hosts a summer music festival for the community highlighted by concerts and workshops directed by famous composers, conductors, and artists. . Next weekend's program includes Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Brahms' Symphony No. 1. Information: (805) 643-8646. More Helfgott Pianist David Helfgott, whose life story was told in the acclaimed movie ``Shine,'' has added a fourth and final concert to a series of local appearances. He will perform April 28 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. ``Shine'' was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actor and Director. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or by calling (213) 480-3232. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Britain's Mark Wigglesworth conducts four performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. |
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