Gershwin’s Piano Concerto & Porgy and Bess

ABOUT THIS CONCERT

Breezy tunes, breakneck pace and plenty of Jazz Age swagger make Gershwin’s Concerto a firm audience favorite, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet lends his individual style and interpretive flair to this much-loved masterpiece. Copland’s lively snapshot of a Mexico City dance hall, the familiar melodies of Porgy and Bess and music of Mexican-great Carlos Chávez complete this musical collage of color and exuberance.

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members.

$15 Student Rush tickets are available for this performance. Learn more.

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PROGRAM

COPLAND El Salón México
GERSHWIN Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2, Sinfonía india
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto

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For more than three decades, Jean-Yves Thibaudet has performed world-wide, recorded more than 50 albums, and built a reputation as one of today’s finest pianists. From the start of his career, he delighted in music beyond the standard repertoire, from jazz to opera, which he personally transcribed to play on the piano. His profound professional friendships crisscross the globe and have led to spontaneous and fruitful collaborations in film, fashion, and visual art.

During the 2018–19 season, he renewed many longstanding musical partnerships, including touring a program of Schumann, Fauré, Debussy, and Enescu with Midori, touring the great concert halls of Europe with Lisa Batiashvili and Gautier Capuçon, and performing chamber music with brothers Renaud and Gautier Capuçon. With Gautier Capuçon, he also premiered Richard Dubugnon’s Eros Athanatos, a fantaisie concertante for cello and piano, with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. With The Cleveland Orchestra and Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves introduced another piece to the world: James MacMillan’s Piano Concerto No. 3. As one of the premiere interpreters of the solo part in Bernstein’s The Age of Anxiety, Jean-Yves continued to perform the piece around the world as the composer’s centennial year came to a close.

He expresses his passion for education and fostering young musical talent as the first-ever artist-in-residence at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he makes his home. The school has extended the residency for an additional three years and has announced the Jean-Yves Thibaudet Scholarships to provide aid for students, whom Jean-Yves will select for the merit-based awards, regardless of their instrument choice.

Jean-Yves’s recording catalogue has received two Grammy nominations, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Diapason d’Or, the Choc – Le Monde de la Musique, the Edison Prize, and multiple Gramophone awards. He was the soloist on the soundtrack of the Oscar-winning and critically acclaimed film Atonement, as well as on the soundtracks of Pride and Prejudice, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and Wakefield.

His concert wardrobe is designed by Dame Vivienne Westwood. In 2010, the Hollywood Bowl honored Jean-Yves Thibaudet for his musical achievements by inducting him into its Hall of Fame. Previously a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, he was awarded the title Officier by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012.