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Directly from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Press Release:

Superstar Yevgeny Sudbin performs Mozart with the VSO, with Conductor Laureate Kazuyoshi Akiyama celebrating his 40th anniversary of conducting the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Vancouver, BC – The weekend of May 26th to the 28th sees the VSO debut of piano superstar Yevgeny Sudbin, performing one of Mozart’s most important – and most brilliant – works for piano, his Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor. Also featured on the program are Debussy’s beautiful L’isle joyeuse and La Mer, and Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture.

These performances are conducted by VSO Conductor Laureate Kazuyoshi Akiyama. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the VSO’s association with Maestro Akiyama, who served as Music Director from 1972 to 1984. In Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, as well as on tours throughout British Columbia, across Canada, to the US West Coast and Japan, Maestro Akiyama has conducted over six- hundred concerts with the VSO and can be heard on five critically acclaimed recordings. The VSO is immensely proud of its association with Maestro Akiyama, a world-renowned conductor and recipient of the Emperor’s Purple Ribbon Medal from the Japanese Government for his outstanding contribution to the country’s musical culture. We celebrate our 40th anniversary of beautiful music-making on this performance weekend.

Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin has been hailed as potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century, and the International Record Review called him “one of the most important pianistic talents of our time.” Sudbin regularly performs with many of the world’s most distinguished orchestras, and his recordings have always met with critical acclaim.

The matinee performance on Sunday, May 27th is dedicated to the many hundreds of VSO Volunteers who give generously and tirelessly of their time to assist the VSO in many aspects of operations. Volunteers staff the VSO Gift Shop; work at every concert assisting patrons, handing out information and selling lottery tickets; spend thousands of hours in the VSO offices assisting with administrative tasks, important mailouts, data entry, etc.; staff the reception desk; sell lottery tickets at malls and other locations throughout the Lower Mainland; staff the Tea & Trumpets matinee series; help raise important funds through projects such as the Volunteer Music Appreciation Program, the Symphony of Style Fashion Show, the Holland America Luncheon, and more. The VSO salutes these amazing volunteers!

CONCERT INFO

Masterworks Diamond

Saturday & Monday, May 26 & 28, 8pm, Orpheum

Rogers Group Financial Symphony Sundays

Sunday, May 27, 2pm, Orpheum

Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

Mozart          The Magic Flute: Overture

Mozart          Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

Debussy         L’isle joyeuse

Debussy         La Mer

TICKET INFORMATION:

Tickets: $26.75 - $84 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available)

Tickets available online at www.vancouversymphony.ca or by calling VSO customer service at 604.876.3434