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Dvořák's New World

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Friday, Jan 10, 2025 10:30AM

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Dvořák's New World - American Sounds

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Daniela Candillari, conductor 
Hanzhi Wang, accordion 
 
Samuel Barber The School for Scandal Overture 
Nina Shekhar Accordion Concerto (World Premiere) 
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” 
 
📍 This concert takes place at Touhill Performing Arts Center
🕒 1 hour, 30 min (including intermission)
 
The accordion takes center stage in this program. Hanzhi Wang has made it her goal to spread word of her novel solo instrument across the globe. She brings imagination and freedom to the premiere of Nina Shekhar’s new concerto. Barber’s teenaged School for Scandal Overture fizzes with energy. Dvořák’s beloved “New World” symphony searches for the musical soul of America. 
 
A few things to know:
  • Born in China, Hanzhi Wang came to America in 2017 as the first accordionist to win Young Concert Artists. A proud ambassador for her unsung instrument, Hanzhi considers herself “a communicative musician. I really try to project the music into every single audience as much as I can. I hope that people will have a lot of imagination during my performances.” 
  • Nina Shekhar’s music, she says, “explores the intersection of identity, vulnerability, love, and laughter.” After one recent concert, The Chicago Tribune said Shekhar is “one of those rare composers who opens my ears a little wider each time I hear her music. [Her music is] lucid and—indeed luminous.” 
  • Daniela Candillari is among the most thoughtful of conductors. Recognized for her “powerful and breathtaking performances” (Review STL), she is both Principal Conductor at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Principal Opera Conductor at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.  

Please note: Online ticket sales close three hours before the performance. However, you can still purchase tickets in person or by calling the box office at 314.534.1700. 


Presented by the Whitaker Foundation
Coffee Concert Series Supported by Lutheran Senior Services 

 


Presented by the Whitaker Foundation

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