Season 102: Opening Night
The German Romantics
Saturday, November 2, 2019, 8 pm
Pre-Concert Talk at 7:15 pm with soloist Adrian Anantawan
Memorial Hall, Melrose
The Melrose Symphony opens its 102nd Season with three romantic masterpieces from Germany in the 1800s. You won’t want to miss these pieces full of passion and virtuosity, melancholy and joy, solemnity and exhilaration - each a masterful vision, shaping the evolving landscape of German Romanticism. Prost!
Concert Program:
Weber - Der Freischütz Overture
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Adrian Anantawan, violin
Brahms - Symphony No. 4
Soloist sponsored by Mystic HealthCare, a member of Partners Community Physicians Organization
This concert is sold out.
About the Soloist
Canadian born violinist and educator Adrian Anantawan holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale University and Harvard Graduate School of Education. As a violinist, he has studied with Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, and Anne-Sophie Mutter; his academic work in education was supervised by Howard Gardner. Memorable moments include performances at the White House, the Opening Ceremonies of the Athens and Vancouver Olympic Games and the United Nations. He has played for the late Christopher Reeve and for Pope John Paul II, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Adrian has performed extensively in Canada as a soloist with the Orchestras of Toronto, Nova Scotia, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver. He has also presented feature recitals at the Aspen Music Festival, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the White House. He has also represented Canada as a cultural ambassador in the 2006 Athens Olympics, and was a feature performer at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies.
Active within his community, Adrian helped to create the Virtual Chamber Music Initiative at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab Centre. The cross-collaborative project brings researchers, musicians, doctors and educators together to develop adaptive musical instruments capable of being played by young person with disabilities within a chamber music setting. From 2012-2016, he was the co-Director of Music at the Conservatory Lab Charter School, serving students from the Boston area, kindergarten through grade eight. Adrian is a Juno Award nominee, a member of the Terry Fox Hall of Fame, and was awarded a Diamond Jubilee Medal from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to the Commonwealth.
