BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20230314T193000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20230314T193000 DTSTAMP:20240708T204526Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/barry-douglas-st-leo-3-14-730-pm/ SUMMARY:Barry Douglas (St Leo) 3/14 - 7:30 PM DESCRIPTION:\n\nBarry Douglas has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition\, Moscow. As Artistic Director of Camerata Ireland\, the only all-Ireland orchestra and the Clandeboye Festival\, he continues to celebr ate his Irish heritage whilst also maintaining a busy international tourin g schedule.  In January 2021 Barry Douglas was made a Commander of the Or der of the British Empire for services to music and community relations in the 2021 New Year Honours List.\n\nIn recent seasons Barry performed with a list of orchestras that includes the London Symphony\, St. Petersburg P hilharmonic\, Russian National\, Vancouver and Colorado Symphonies\, and t he Halle Orchestra.  In 16/17 he marked the 30th anniversary of his Tchai kovsky International Piano Competition win with full Tchaikovsky Piano Con certo cycles with the RTE Orchestra in Dublin and the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast.   Also noted for his promotion of contemporary repertoire\, he performed the premiere of Kevin Volans’ fourth piano concerto with the B irmingham Contemporary Music Group and the European premiere of the Pender ecki Piano Concerto.\n\nOther recent highlights include a major UK tour wi th the Russian State Symphony Orchestra\, and appearances with the RTE\, B arcelona and Sydney Symphonies as well as a continuation of his collaborat ion with the Borodin String Quartet.  A highly sought-after recitalist an d chamber musician\, he has given performances across the globe from Royal Albert Hall\, Barbican and Wigmore Hall and the Verbier Festival to the F orbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing\, Grand Theatre in Shanghai and othe r cities in China.\n\nHe has previously given concerts with the BBC Scotti sh Symphony\, Cincinnati Symphony\, Singapore Symphony\, Berlin Radio Symp hony\, Staatskapelle Halle\, Orchestre National de France\, Seattle Sympho ny\, Melbourne Symphony\, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Hong Kong P hilharmonic orchestras\, among others.\n\nBarry is an exclusive Chandos re cording artist.  He recently completed a six-album recording of the full works for solo piano of Brahms.  International Record Review wrote that “this is indeed Brahms playing of the utmost integrity and authority... this cycle looks set to become a benchmark version.”    His current re cording projects focus on the solo piano works of Schubert and Tchaikovsky . Also with Chandos Barry is exploring Irish folk music through his own ar rangements\, working with ancient melodies through to pieces by contempora ry song writers.\n\nIn 1999 Barry Douglas founded the chamber orchestra Ca merata Ireland to celebrate and nurture the very best of young musicians f rom both Northern and the Republic of Ireland.  In addition to striving f or musical excellence\, one of the orchestra’s aims is to further the pe ace process in Ireland by promoting dialogue and collaboration through its musical education programmes.  Barry regularly tours with Camerata Irela nd throughout the world.  Highlights of past seasons were Camerata Irelan d’s debut at the BBC Proms in London and a world premiere of a new canta ta commissioned by The Honourable The Irish Society\, “At Sixes and Seve ns”\, alongside the London Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Derry-Londond erry becoming City of Culture 2013.\n\nBarry Douglas received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year’s Honours List for servic es to music.\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTchaikovsky: from the S easons - January\, February\, October and December\nSchubert: Impromptus O p. 142\nSchubert: Impromptus Op. 90 No. 1 &\; 4\nProkofiev: Romeo and J uliet Op. 75\n\n\n\nBarry Douglas\, a legendary Irish pianist and Gold Med alist of the fabled Tchaikovsky Competition will bring his unique brand of magic to the beloved miniatures of Tchaikovsky\, the introspective lyrici sm of Schubert\, and the dazzling Shakespearian tale of star-crossed lover s by Prokofiev.\n\nFor help purchasing tickets\, please call 469-333-3231 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/01/75730_event_md.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220910T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR