Pasadena Symphony Opens 2015-2016 Season With Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Bella Hristova, violin. – Photo Courtesy Pasadena POPs

And Pulitzer Prize-Winning Kevin Puts’ Violin Concerto

Music Director David Lockington and The Pasadena Symphony open their 2015-2016 Singpoli Classics Series with Dvořák’s New World Symphony on Oct. 10, 2015 at Ambassador Auditorium with matinee and evening performances at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Audiences will delight in Dvořák’s most popular symphonic work. The orchestra will be joined by 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner violinist Bella Hristova in Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts’ gorgeously sonorous Violin Concerto. These exhilarating performances kick off a newly expanded 6-concert Classics Series to celebrate the Pasadena Symphony’s 88th season as the premiere destination for live symphonic music in the Pasadena region.

Pasadena’s most anticipated opening night of the concert season will showcase Bulgarian violinist Bella Hristova performing the Southern California debut of Kevin Puts’ Violin Concerto. Critically acclaimed for a richly colored, harmonic and freshly melodic musical voice, Puts has been hailed as one of the most important composers of his generation, winning the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for music. Hristova’s rendition of his lyrically beautiful Violin Concerto promises to exhilarate audiences with the passionate and powerful command of her instrument, which The New York Times has praised as having “a lovely, often soaring tone.”

The elegant evening will finish with the orchestra’s performance of Dvořák’s New World Symphony. One of the most powerful of all symphonies, Dvořák’s masterpiece is a tribute to the American spirit, having been written during the composer’s time living in New York. Classical audiences are eagerly anticipating David Lockington’s exhilarating rendition of this monumental composition, which cemented Dvořák’s reputation as a world-renowned composer.

To learn more about the works being performed, join us for Insights – a free pre-concert dialogue with David Lockington regarding the historical backgrounds of the composers and a behind-the-scenes discussion about our guest performers. Insights begins one hour prior to each performance.

The Pasadena Symphony provides a socially vibrant experience specially designed for the music lover, the social butterfly or a date night out, and the inner epicurean in us all. Celebrate opening night in style in the luxurious Sierra Auto Symphony Lounge, yet another addition to the delightful and elegant concert experience the Pasadena Symphony offers. A posh setting at Ambassador Auditorium’s beautiful outdoor plaza, audiences enjoy uniquely prepared menus for both lunch and dinner at each concert from Claud &Co, fine wines by Michero Family Wines, plus music before the concert and during intermission. Six-concert subscription packages start at $180, single tickets start at $35 and may be purchased online at www.pasadenasymphony-pops.org or by calling (626) 793-7172.

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