Issue 1: September – October - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

MASTERWORKS
All Shostakovich
OCTOBER 28-29
Maxim Shostakovich
Son of composer
Dmitri Shostakovich,
Maxim Shostakovich
has conducted the
major orchestras
throughout the world
including the Hong
Kong Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic,
London Symphony, New York
Philharmonic and the symphony
orchestras of New Zealand and
Jerusalem, among others. Born in 1938 in
Leningrad, he studied piano at the
Moscow Conservatoire with Yakov Flier
and conducting with Gennady
Rozhdestvensky and Igor Markevich. In
1971, he was appointed principal
conductor and artistic director of the
USSR Radio and Television Symphony
Orchestra with whom he premiered many
works including his father’s Symphony
No. 15 at the Moscow Conservatoire in
January 1972. Between 1986-1991, he
was the music director of the New
Orleans Symphony Orchestra. Mr.
Shostakovich is a doctor of Arts of the
Marryland University.
Korbinian Altenberger
Second prize winner of
the eminent 2010
Montréal International
Musical Competition,
Munich’s Korbinian
Altenberger also
received first prize and
the audience choice award at the Jacob
Stainer Violin Competition as well as first
prize at Italy’s Andrea Postacchini
International Violin Competition. He has
appeared widely as soloist with major
orchestras across the globe, including the
Auckland Philharmonia, Munich
Philharmonic and the Chamber
Orchestra of Philadelphia, among numerous
others. Mr. Altenberger holds graduate
degrees from the New England
Conservatory and completed studies at the
Thornton School of Music at the University
of Southern California, where he studied
with famed violinist and teacher Midori
Goto. He was recently appointed principal
second violin of the Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra.
CONCERTS FOR KIDS
The Phantom of the Music Hall
OCTOBER 30
Madcap Productions
Madcap Productions has
been creating unique
performances for over 25
years combining actors,
giant puppets, live music
and original scripts.
Madcap performs over
600 shows each season in schools,
community arts centres and on concert
stages throughout the U.S and Canada.
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Madcap
presents the Hats Off Young Audience
Series at the Cincinnati Art Museum and
Xavier University where, each season, new
works are presented to the regional public.
Madcap has performed with symphony
orchestras across the nation including: the
Dayton Philharmonic, Lincoln Symphony,
Cincinnati Symphony, Lebanon Orchestra
and many others. In 2009, Madcap
received the Scripps Corbett Award for
Artistic Excellence and is recognized as one
of the most innovative and exciting puppet
theaters in the USA.
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