BVSO™ Presents A Romantic Evening Featuring International
Chopin Piano Competition Silver Medalist Charles Richard-Hamelin
Information courtesy of the The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra
The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra™ continues its 40th Anniversary Season with a very special performance. The BVSO™ and Music Director Marcelo Bussiki will be joined on the Rudder Auditorium stage by International Chopin Piano Competition Silver Medalist, Charles Richard-Hamelin, on Sunday, February 27th starting at 5 pm. St. Joseph Health has graciously partnered with the BVSO™ to be the official sponsor of the 2021-2022 season. The evening has been made possible with the generous support of The Ham Family Trust and by The Gilbert and Thyra Plass Arts Foundation.
Music Director Marcelo Bussiki shared that, “for many years I have been trying to bring Mr. Richard-Hamelin to play Chopin with us. When I saw his recording of his final round at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland, I knew I had to bring this gentleman here because he has a totally personal and poetic approach to the music.”
Charles Richard-Hamelin stands out on the international music scene as a “highly sensitive” pianist (Gramophone) and described as “fluent, multifaceted and tonally seductive… a technician of exceptional elegance and sophistication” (BBC Music Magazine). He is in great demand as a guest performer at the world’s greatest classical music festivals, including the International Piano Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron in France, the Prague Spring International Music Festival, the International “Chopin and His Europe” Festival in Warsaw and among many others.
In 2015, he received the Silver Medal at the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and the Krystian Zimerman Prize for best performance of a sonata. He also won Second Prize at the Concours musical international de Montréal and Third Prize and the Special Prize for Best Performance of a Beethoven Sonata at the Seoul International Music Competition, in South Korea.
Richard-Hamelin has recorded six albums to date, all released under the Analekta label.
What: “Romantic Piano”
When: Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Where: Rudder Auditorium, Texas A&M Campus
Guest Artist: Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano
Fauré Pavane in F-Sharp minor, Op. 50
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano
Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Concert Sponsors The Ham Family Trust
The Gilbert and Thyra Plass Arts Foundation
This concert will be General Admission, patrons can purchase their seats via the MSC Box Office website at boxoffice.tamu.edu or by calling 979-845-1234. Tickets for this event and $55 for adults, $30 for students and $20 for children 18 years and younger. Box office processing fees will apply. All programs are subject to change. Please contact the Symphony Office with any further questions.
About the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra: The BVSO™ is a non-profit performing arts organization with the mission to maintain a symphony of high artistic standards, and to promote the musical arts for cultural and education purposes in the Brazos Valley. For more information about the Symphony, please visit the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra Website at www.bvso.org.
The Brazos Valley Symphony Society wishes to recognize and thank our programming sponsors, grant funding providers, and charitable trust contributors:
The Clearfield Family, the Gilbert & Thyra Plass Charitable Trust, the Eugene Edge, III Charitable Trust, The Ham Family Trust, and the Gilbert & Thyra Plass Arts Foundation
