FSU Symphony, Robert Spano, and Pedja Muzijevic October 7, 2009

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ROBERT SPANO, Conductor
PEDJA MUZIJEVIC, Piano

Program:
L. van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58
S. Reich: Nagoya Marimbas
L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67

The magnificent Courtyard of the Ringling Museum of Art is the setting for the Opening of the Ringling International Arts Festival. Join fellow Festival Patrons for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as you toast the opening of the Festival Exhibitions. In galleries filled with music, you will discover Louise Fishman Among the Old Masters as well as Venice in the Age of Canaletto.

And as the sun is setting over Sarasota Bay, festival-goers will find their seats in the Mertz Theatre of the Florida State University Performing Arts Center where Robert Spano leads the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra in the Festival’s inaugural concert. Recognized as one of the most imaginative conductors of his generation, the Grammy Award-winning Spano is in his eighth season as Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony. He has conducted the greatest orchestras of the world including those in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, as well as the Royal Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Filarmonica della Scala (Milan) and BBC Symphony Orchestra. Pianist Pedja Muzijevic has performed to acclaim with the Milwaukee Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Residentie Orkest in The Hague.

For every pair of tickets purchased to the opening celebration, attendees will send an area student to the event free of charge.

Official Website: http://www.ringlingartsfestival.org/performances/details.cfm?perID=9