Gilmore Artist Award Winner Ingrid Fliter Performs Beethoven Piano Concerto with Santa Rosa Symphony Feb. 16, 17 & 18

News Release Contact:
Sara Obuchowski, (707) 546-7097 ext 218

January 11, 2008

(SANTA ROSA, CA) –For the Santa Rosa Symphony’s February 16-18 concerts at the Wells Fargo Center, Music Director Bruno Ferrandis and the orchestra welcome Argentinean pianist Ingrid Fliter. In 2006, she was the recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award, only the fifth pianist to have been so honored. Fliter will play Beethoven’s 2nd piano concerto. Also on the program is an audience favorite, La Mer by Debussy, as well as Masques et Bergamasques by Fauré and Métaboles for Orchestra by contemporary French composer Henri Dutilleux (now in his nineties). This is the fifth of seven classical performances during the Symphony’s 80th Anniversary Season.

The Chicago Tribune says that 34-year old Ingrid Fliter is a pianist of “prodigious technique and a blazing temperament combined with a poetic sensibility.” Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times says this impressive musician has garnered “the most buzz in the business.” She began playing public recitals at the age of eleven and made her professional orchestra debut at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires at the age of 16. After winning several competitions in Argentina, she went on to win first prizes at the Cantu International Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni Competition in Italy.

She was the silver medalist in the Frederic Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2000. Fliter has performed with orchestras and in recital at major concert halls worldwide. In the 2006-2007 season, she performed at the Hollywood Bowl, the Caramoor and Chautauqua Festivals, with the Detroit and Columbus symphonies, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and in recital in San Francisco, Chicago, New York at Carnegie Hall and London at Wigmore Hall.

Concert Underwriters
The February performances of the Santa Rosa Symphony Classical Series are underwritten by Lambert Bridge Winery; Bruno Ferrandis is underwritten by Margaret and Harry Wetzel; guest artist Ingrid Fliter is underwritten by Diana Forney in loving memory of Lewis Forney.

Concert Times
Concert times are Saturday and Monday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. Conversations with the Conductor begin in the main concert hall one hour prior to each concert. The popular Discovery Series of open rehearsals continues at 2 p.m. on February 16. These concerts, priced at $10 for adults and $6 for youth, offer a sneak peek into the final rehearsal process before each concert set.

Tickets
For tickets, call (707) 546-8742, purchase online at santarosasymphony.com, or come in person to the Symphony Box Office at 50 Santa Rosa Avenue (North Coast Bank building, off the elevator lobby), from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased at the door 1½ hours before each performance (based on availability.)
Single tickets are $27-50, with student and senior discounts available. $10 Student Rush tickets (student I.D. required) can be purchased a half hour prior to curtain.
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Photos of Ingrid Fliter and Maestro Ferrandis are available on request.