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Pegasus: the Orchestra led by artistic director and principal conductor, Karén Hakobyan brings together twenty of its core members to present Four American masterpieces. Through history and geography, Americana reflects on the American landscape in its triumph and turbulence, with a presentation of Florence Price's stunning Andante Moderato for String Orchestra and Brilliant American cello virtuoso and composer, Gregor Piatigorsky's exhilarating Variations on a Paganini Theme arranged for cello and orchestra featuring 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition gold medalist and GRAMMY Nominated cellist Sergey Antonov as the soloist.The second half opens with Copland's monumental Appalachian Spring Suite. Pegasus: The Orchestra also celebrates the Centennial of Gershwin's iconic Rhapsody in Blue conducted by Karén Hakobyan from the piano, an arrangement done by Hakobyan especially for Pegasus for twenty of its members, a bold and exuberant jewel of classical jazz. A nod to America's past, Pegasus: the Orchestra reminds audiences of the American music melting pot.
TICKETS: $35-$55*
www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/PegasusSeasonOpener/
*$25 student and $30 senior tickets are available.
Call the box office at 212 501 3330.
PROGRAM:
FLORENCE PRICE – Andante Moderato for String Orchestra
GREGOR PIATIGORSKY – Variations on a Paganini Theme
AARON COPLAND – Appalachian Spring Suite
GEORGE GERSHWIN – Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Karén Hakobyan)
ARTISTS:
Sergey Antonov, cello
Karén Hakobyan, conductor/piano
Pegasus: The Orchestra
Sergey Antonov is “destined for cello superstardom” - Washington Post
"Karén Hakobyan's Brahms Fourth with Pegasus: The Orchestra is a shattering experience not to be missed" - Fanfare Magazine
"Pegasus is a truly first-rate ensemble." --New York Concert Review
https://www.sergeyantonov.com/
www.pegasustheorchestra.org
Sergey Antonov, cello
Karén Hakobyan, conductor
Pegasus: The Orchestra
ARTIST BIO:
GRAMMY Nominated cellist Sergey Antonov enjoys a versatile career as a soloist and chamber musician. Critics throughout the world have hailed him as “destined for cello superstardom” -Washington Post, “combining formidable technique and an incredibly warm, penetrating and vibrant tone to a romantic musical sensibility to create music - making of a highest caliber” - Budapest Sun. After one of the Newport Festival concerts in RI, a critic wrote “... a performance with soaring phrases and a tone to die for.” Sergey’s performance of the Elgar concerto drew the critic of the Moscow’s Daily Telegraph to write: “[he] is a musician who has his own inner space, where he submerges himself from the very first sound…who turns each phrase, every deeply felt sound into an event of his own inner monologue. The theme of this monologue is existential suffering; a change of intricately noted emotions, directly related to the unexplainable condition known as Spiritual Life.” A Canadian critic wrote: “Antonov conveyed ...a world of expression from plaintive hope to existential pathos.”
One of the recent reviewers wrote, “ No virtuosic challenge is more than his equal.”
After winning the Gold Medal in the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia, Sergey has been touring extensively throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America performing in halls ranging from the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory to Suntory Hall in Tokyo. He has collaborated with musicians such as Denis Matsuev, Bernadene Blaha, Kevin Fitz Gerald, Ekaterina Mechetina, Harve A’ Kaoua, Carl Ponten, Dora Schwartzberg, John Lenehan, Colin Carr, Cynthia Phelps, Martin Chalifour, David Chan, among others, as well as his permanent piano partner Ilya Kazantsev. The duo has recorded several CDs of traditional cello-piano repertoire as well as their own transcriptions, recorded in their CD album Elegy.
Sergey is a member of the acclaimed Hermitage Piano Trio with Ilya Kazantsev and violinist Misha Keylin.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W 67th St, New York, NY 10023-5915, United States,New York, New York, Manhattan
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