BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20230209T193000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20230209T193000 DTSTAMP:20230821T231600Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/spanish-rhapsody-st-leo-2-9-730-pm / SUMMARY:Spanish Rhapsody (St Leo) 2/9 - 7:30 PM DESCRIPTION:\n\n Santiago Ballerini is recognized in the Americas as one of the leading tenors of the Bel Canto repertoire and is a celebrated perf ormer in opera houses around the world.\n\nIn January of 2020\, Ballerini will make his debut with the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto singing Bar biere di Siviglia. In late 2019\, he was the tenor soloist with the Nation al Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Giannandrea Noseda singin g Carmina Burana at The Kennedy Center.\n\nNotable recent roles in Europe include his Italian debut at the Teatro Regio di Torino as Nemorino in Don izetti’s L’Elisir  d’Amore\, which he also sang at  Opera Toulon a nd at Teatro Solís in Uruguay. Other performances included Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Maestro. Roberto Abbado at the ABAO\; Lindoro in L’italia na in Algeri at the San Sebastian’s Festival\, and Shakespeare in Midsum mer Night’s Dream at Teatro La Zarzuela.\n\nBallerini is also an acclaim ed and sought-after recitalist. Last season\, he sang two recitals for the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Festival in Newport\, Rhode Island\, and gave a recital with accompanist Howard Watkins at the Savannah Music Festi val. He also sang at the Grand Opening night at the new Auburn University Performing Arts Center.\n\nBallerini\, a dual citizen of Argentina and Ita ly\, is well recognized in Latinoamérica where he started his opera caree r. He has been invited to sing lead roles for the last four seasons at the prestigious Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires to include  jüngeGraf in Zimme rman’s Die Soldaten\; Tenor italiano in Der RosenKavalier\, Mozart’s R equiem under the baton of Maestro  Evelino  Pidó\,   Lindoro in Rossin i’s  L’Italiana in Algeri and Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. In recent years\, Ballerini has also sung the role of  Conte Libenskoff i n Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims at the prestigious Teatro Bellas Artes in Mexico City and debuted at the Teatro Municipal in Chile singing Conte  Almaviva  in  Rossini’s  Il  Barbiere di Siviglia.\n\nIn 2020 Baller ini will sing the role of  Ducca di Mantova at the San Antonio Opera\, To nio  in La Fille du Regiment with the Norwegian Opera Company\, La Cenere ntola at Cincinatti Opera\,  L’elisir d’amore at Opera Phoenix\, and retuning to the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York to cover the lead r ole in La Cenerentola.\n\n\n\nJanice Carrisa\, 2022 Gilmore Young Artist\, piano\n\nIndonesian pianist Janice Carissa has been praised for radiati ng “the multicolored highlights of a mature pianist” (Philadelphia Inq uirer) and having a “fleet-fingered touch that is particularly impressiv e\,” as well as for her artistry that “conveys a vivid story rather th an a mere showpiece” (Chicago Classical Review). Recently named a Gilmo re Young Artist and winner of Salon de Virtuosi\, she has won prizes at A spen Music Festival’s Concerto Competition\, American Protégé Star Per former Award\, Indonesia Pusaka Competition and IBLA Foundation’s Piano Competition. Her performances have captivated audiences in venues such as the Sydney Opera House\, Louis Vuitton Foundation\, Weill and Stern audito riums at Carnegie Hall\, Kennedy Center\, United Nations\, Millennium Park ’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion\, Saratoga Performing Arts Center\, Mann Center \, Kauffman Center\, and Greene Space. Janice is an alumna of Lang Lang Yo ung Scholar.\n\nA pupil of Gary Graffman and Robert McDonald\, Janice left Indonesia in 2013 and entered the Curtis Institute of Music with full sch olarship from Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest. Now graduated with a Bachelor ’s Degree\, she will be attending Juilliard School of Music as a Kovner Fellow with Robert McDonald.\n\n\n\nCellist Laura Metcalf\, renowned worl dwide as a passionate solo and chamber musician\, has been acclaimed for h er “brilliant” playing (Gramophone Magazine) and described as “a ce llist whose passion for music is as evident as her artistry and talent” (I care if you listen). She has performed throughout the US and on six c ontinents\, including South Africa\, Nepal\, Argentina\, Qatar\, Mongolia\ , India\, Japan\, Korea\, New Zealand\, Kazakhstan\, and Australia.\n\nLau ra’s debut solo album on the Grammy-winning label Sono Luminus reach ed #7 on the Billboard Charts\, and was called “a way forward for class ical music” by AllMusic. As a sought-after chamber musician and collabor ator\, Laura is drawn to projects that push boundaries and expand the defi nition of classical chamber music. Boyd Meets Girl\, her duo with her hus band\, classical guitarist Rupert Boyd\, tours worldwide including appeara nces at Caramoor\, Festival Napa Valley\, the Morgan Library\, Moab Music Festival\, Newport Music Festival and many more\, has reached #3 on the Bi llboard Chart\, and has had their music streamed over 2 million times on S potify alone.\n\nLaura also performs regularly with the popular cello-perc ussion quartet Break of Reality\, selected tor an ongoing world tour as m usical ambassadors of the US State Department. During the Covid-19 pandemi c\, Laura became the founding cellist of The Overlook\, a string quartet d edicated to amplifying music by Black composers. She has appeared as a gue st with such renowned ensembles as The Knights\, eighth blackbird (in a co ncerto premiere as soloist with the Cincinnati Synphony)\, ETHEL and more\ , and appears regularly as principal cellist of the IRIS Orchestra.\n\nAs the cellist of string quintet Sybarite5 from 2008-2021\, the first-ever s tring quintet to win the Concert Artists Guild competition and reach #1 on the Billboard Classical Charts\, she toured extensively\, performing in C arnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Library of Congress\, and countless other major venues. Laura is also a concert curator and artistic director\, hav ing founded the weekly Sunday morning concert series GatherNYC\, as well as guest curating for the Museum of Arts and Design\, Fotografiska\, and Wave Hill. She has appeared onstage with artists including Adele\, John Legend\, Cher\, Shawn Mendes and Nas.\n\nAs a devoted educator\, Laura ha s given masterclasses and workshops at Curtis Institute of Music\, The Jui lliard School\, New England Conservatory and countless others\, and holds a cello faculty position at Riverdale Country School. Laura  lives in New York City with her husband and young son Milo.\n\n\n\nPraised by the crit ics for her "technically fluid\, dramatically convincing\, and sonically f ull-bodied supportive collaborations" (Boston Globe) - Milana Strezeva i s a Moldovan-American pianist. At the age of 11\, she began playing chambe r music with her clarinetist father and her mother\, a renowned soprano. M ilana's love for family collaboration eventually grew into a passionate ad vocacy of vocal and instrumental chamber music.\n\nA founding member of th e award-winning Manhattan Piano Trio\, one of the most creative and dynam ic young ensembles in America\, Milana has performed with them in over 30 American states\, in Australia\, South Africa\, and Italy\, and in venues such as Alice Tully Hall\, Merkin Hall\, and the Ravinia Festival. The Was hington Post described the Trio as "impressive" and "outstanding." At the same time\, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune said\, "one seldom is privileged t o enjoy the music of such a wide range of styles performed with self-effac ing skill and relaxed assurance." In honor of the composers' bicentennials \, a CD of Schumann and Chopin trios was successfully released on the Marq uis Classics label in 2009.\n\nMilana's most enduring and treasured collab oration is with her mother\, the renowned Soprano\, Svetlana Strezeva (a .k.a. "The Russian Nightingale" and winner of the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competi tion). With programs that reflect their love of Russian vocal literature\, they have  given recitals across the US as well as in Italy\, Denmark\, Germany\, Ukraine\, Romania\, Moldova\, and China.\n\nMilana received her Bachelor and Master degrees from The Juilliard School on a full scholars hip. Currently\, Milana lives in Naples\, FL\, and is a President &\; A rtistic Director of Grand Piano Series.\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\nGranados:  Allegro de Concierto 8'\nMaiden and Nightingale 6'\nEl Pelele 5'\n\nLiszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole (Piano) 13'\nJanice Carissa\, Pian o\n\nTurina: Poema en forma de canciones 11'\nSantiago Ballerini/Milana St rezeva (tenor/piano)\n\nGranados: INTERMEZZO" from Goyescas (5')\nGranados : Danzas españolas\, Oriental (4')\nGranados:Danzas españolas\, Andaluza (4')\nCassado: Requiebros (4')\nLaura Metcalf/Milana Strezeva (cello/pian o)\n\nDeFalla: Suite Populaire Espagnole 15'\nSantiago Ballerini/Milana St rezeva (tenor/piano)\n\nRodrigo: Aranjuez con tu amor (4')\nLara: Granada (4.5')\n\n\nSantiago Ballerini/Milana Strezeva/Laura Metcalf (tenor/piano/ cello)\n\nJoin opera star Santiago Ballerini\, pianists Janice Carissa and Milana Strezeva\, and renowned cellist Laura Metcalf in this picturesque celebration of Spain and its cultural heritage. Sunlit\, outsized passions abound in this program full of the greatest hits.\n\n\n\nFor help purchas ing tickets\, please call 469-333-3231.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \ ;\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/01/78983_event_md.png?fit=2550%2C1700&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events LOCATION:St Leo Auditorium\, 28290 Beaumont Rd\, Bonita Springs\, Florida\, 34134\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=28290 Beaumont Rd\, Bonita Springs\, Florida\, 34134\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St Le o Auditorium:geo:0,0 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