Soka Performing Arts Center and Philharmonic Society of Orange County Present Sir Andras Schiff
(Aliso Viejo, CA, February 13, 2019) – Soka Performing Arts Center and Philharmonic Society of Orange County present Grammy Award-winner Sir András Schiff on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at 3 PM. A consummate master pianist Schiff’s performances are truly legendary: “so successful was the evening that the critic can only throw up his hands, wish you had been there, and quote Ira Gershwin’s endearing tombstone inscription: ‘Words Fail Me’” (New York Times).
Tickets are $60 and are now available online at performingarts.soka.edu, at the Box Office at 1 University Drive in Aliso Viejo or by calling (949) 480-4ART (4287).
About Sir András Schiff
The Hungarian pianist András Schiff first started piano lessons at the age of five, quickly excelling and later studying at the Franz Liszt Academy. His recordings of works by Schubert, Schumann, Janáček, Beethoven, and Bach, have been released to the highest critical acclaim, with the Washington Post commenting that “to attend an András Schiff recital is to enter a secular temple to music.” In 2006 Schiff became an Honorary Member of the Beethoven House in Bonn, Germany, one of many accolades he has received throughout his career. He has worked with most major international orchestras and conductors, but in recent years has performed mainly as a conductor and soloist. In 1999, he created his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca, which consists of international soloists, chamber musicians, and friends.
About Soka Performing Arts Center
Now is in its eighth season of presenting the best of live performances on its extraordinary stage, Soka Performing Arts Center, located on the campus of Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California, is under the new leadership of General Manager Renee Bodie. The 1,000-seat concert hall features world-class acoustics designed by Yasuhisa Toyota, acoustic designer of noted performance venues like Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Designed to truly reflect the university’s commitment to sustainability, the concert hall and adjacent Maathai Hall (featuring a black box theatre and dance studio) have been built to Gold LEED standards and feature vegetated green roofs. Photo voltaic cells on the Soka Performing Arts Center roof generate approximately 15% of the facility’s electrical needs.
Soka University of America is a private, non-profit, four-year liberal arts college and graduate program. The university is open to top students of all nationalities and beliefs and was founded upon the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights, and the sanctity of life. For more information, please visit soka.edu.
Co-Presented with Philharmonic Society of Orange County
Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Sandra Tokita and the Parnassus Society.
Sunday, February 24 at 3PM
Event URL: https://bit.ly/SokaAndrasSchiff
JANÁČEK “On an Overgrown Path”
SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
JANÁČEK Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, “From the Street”
SCHUMANN Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11
TICKETS $60/$48 students, seniors, and active military families
In Person Soka Performing Arts Center Box Office, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Online performingarts.soka.edu
Phone 949.480.4ART (4278)
All information is accurate at the time of printing but is subject to change.
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Jennifer Urbano
949.490.4014
jurbano@soka.edu