A world-famous pianist is coming to join the Canton Symphony in concert.
Garrick Ohlsson was born in Bronxville, New York and raised in White Plains. He began studying the piano at age eight, and by the time he was 13, he was studying at Julliard. Among his teachers was legendary pianist Claudio Arrau. Ohlsson has performed with symphony orchestras throughout the world, and has been nominated for three Grammys and won one.
The program for the afternoon begins with Louise Farrenc’s “Overture No. 2,” followed by “Symphony No. 4,” composed by Robert Schumann. After intermission, Ohlsson will play Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 3,” one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire. Rachmaninoff composed the piece in 1909, and it had its premiere that same year with the composer playing the work, accompanied by the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch. First dismissed as a lesser work, the concerto is now recognized as one of the major compositions in classical music.
Farrenc was a femalw composer working in the 19th century. Her composition premiered in 1846. Robert Schumann composed his work as his mental faculties declined, and completed the symphony in 1841, but revised it heavily, and introduced it in 1851. This is the version performed today.
The concert is set for February 18 at 3:00 pm, at Umstattd Hall, Zimmermann Symphony Center. When events like this are scheduled, organizers will often promote them using poster printing to create advertisements.
