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2014-15 top six season Guest Conductor for Saturday, May 9, 2015
ROGER KALIA
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6:30pm pre-concert talk by Jerome Kleinsasser, Professor of Music, Emeritus, CSU Bakersfield
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HOW TO ENJOY A BSO CONCERT Do I need to know the music before I attend a performance? We encourage you to attend the pre-concert lecture hosted by Jerome Kleinsasser, Professor of Music Emeritus, CSU Bakersfield. This lecture is included with your ticket and covers the background of the composers and explains the story of the music for the evening’s performance. The lecture starts at 6:30pm and is located in the Potato Room at the East end of the lobby.
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How do I best enjoy the concert? Getting the most from BSO concerts is one of our top priorities. To help you and those around you fully enjoy the performance, here are some helpful tips. • Generally, you clap only after a piece is finished. Composers often use movements to have a dramatic pause during a piece. Usually, there is a 10- to 20-second pause between movements. The program page outlines the movements with Roman numerals. • So, clapping is encouraged after the last movement. If you’re unsure, you can wait for the rest of the audience to clap before you join in. • Limit photography, video, and cell phone usage to activities in the lobby • Minimize noise to show respect to those around you and the performers • Take in the experience and let the music inspire you What if I arrive late? The main doors to the auditorium close promptly at 7:30pm. As a courtesy to the musicians and to our patrons, we ask that latecomers enter the auditorium upstairs and find an empty seat in the terrace section until intermission. Can I take food or beverages into the theater? Food and beverages can be purchased and consumed in the lobby but are not allowed at any time in the theater. What if I need special assistance? The BSO staff is happy to accommodate all patrons. Please look for a BSO staff member to let us know how we can make your symphony experience a pleasant one. BSONOW.ORG
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This program is a donor based endeavor that exposes our local students to live symphonic music by providing them with a free concert experience. Our hope is that such exposure will inspire future musicians and concert-goers and develop the next generation’s appreciation for symphonic orchestra music. Not only is BSO NEXT benefitting several hundred students from our local schools, but the addition of these students has created a palpable vibe of youth and excitement both in the lobby and in the seats. The program is in need of additional donors for the remainder of this season and on a continuing basis thereafter. We invite you to participate in this rare giving opportunity which allows you to directly invest in our local youth, observe the results for yourself, and connect the next generation to the BSO experience. For more information or to become a sponsor, please contact Cynthia Smizer at cynthia@bsonow.org.
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WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TOP LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO EXPAND OUR CONCERT EVENTS TO INCLUDE DINNER. • Present your tickets at a BSO DINE member restaurant on the date of the performance, and you will receive a 15% discount on your bill. • During our inaugural BSO DINE season, the discounts will be available on March 14, April 11 and May 9.
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President’s Letter May 9th, 2015 xcellent! This word captures the essence of this season. We have been fortunate to experience a concert season led by incredible conductors. Tonight we are pleased to have Roger Kalia, our final candidate, who is making a name for himself throughout the conducting world. The BSO’s Putting on the Ritz Gala is next week, Friday May 15th at the CSUB Amphitheater. This is BSO’s one and only fundraising event and is a fun time to socialize, have dinner, and hear great music. As you may know, concert ticket sales only account for one-third of our revenue, and we rely heavily on community support. Gala tickets are available in the lobby. Interested in winning $5,000? As part of the Gala, we have an opportunity drawing for a chance at $5,000. Only 500 tickets will be sold for $100 each. These are great odds, plus you will be supporting the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Please join us for the Gala and purchase an opportunity ticket tonight. If you are unable to attend, you can still win. People wonder how we will make a decision between these wonderful conductors. Our search committee did a fabulous job in choosing our six finalists and now they will review all the feedback forms from the community and the musicians. We plan to have a conductor chosen before the end of May with an announcement in early June. This whole process has been very exciting and I hope you will join us next season to support our new conductor. We appreciate your continued support and enthusiasm for the BSO. Please fill out a contact card to receive the latest information via email. There are many new programs and events planned for the 2015-2016 season. Enjoy tonight’s concert.
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TONIGHT’S GUEST CONDUCTOR ROGER KALIA
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It is with great enthusiasm that I write this letter to introduce myself to all of you, as I am thrilled to be making music with the wonderful Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. I am filled with excitement and anticipation to meet all of you and I am very much looking forward to creating music that strives to serve your needs as a community. The BSO has a rich musical history, and it is a true honor to be considered for the position of Music Director. Classical music is a living and breathing art form that is best experienced live. I believe that it is vital to perform music that is diverse and eclectic in order to grow and bring in new audiences into the concert hall. My concert program is all about variety, and I believe that there is truly something for everyone on this program. We start with a rare concert piece titled Music for Orchestra by the legendary film composer Jerry Goldsmith. Stark and evocative, this little-known composition makes the most out of the underappreciated 12-tone technique, and was commissioned after he wrote his score for Planet of the Apes. The work is a true tour de force for the orchestra, and one that is influenced by the early work of John Williams and other early film composers. I am ecstatic to introduce to you our guest artist on the program, classical guitarist Marcin Dylla who will be performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. The Rodrigo is arguably the most famous guitar concerto ever written, and the work references the flamenco tradition of the Spanish guitar in the outer movements, while the central movement is one of the most gorgeous melodies ever composed. Marcin is an artist of remarkable talent and musical skill and I am thrilled to be working with him here in Bakersfield. I felt that it was necessary to end the concert (and season) with a work that highlights every section of the orchestra, and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition does just that. Ravel’s arrangement of this work creates unique orchestral colors and moods that draw on the paintings of Viktor Hartmann, who was a friend of Mussorgsky’s. The work opens with the famous “Promenade” theme in the solo trumpet and ends with the triumphal and majestic “Great Gate of Kiev.” Thank you for welcoming me to Bakersfield and for making me feel at home in your wonderful city. Being a Music Director is not only about making music but it is about creating relationships and being a vital part of the community. I look forward to meeting many of you, and I cannot thank you enough for your support and enthusiasm for the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Music is life,
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THANK YOU The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors who generously contributed to
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2 LIVE AUCTION ITEMS 1) Chance to conduct the orchestra 2) Dinner for 8: Dine with BSO’s new conductor with incredible food from Chef Robert Alimirzaie.
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GENEROUS SUPPORTERS OF THE SYMPHONY We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, businesses and foundations for their generous support. This listing includes contributions received before March 27, 2015.
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FRIENDS OF THE SYMPHONY $100 and above Bob Abrams Beverly Banks Bill and Sarah Bartling Jim and Donna Bell Ken and Gianna Beurmann Jeanne Burdick Katina Chan David Cothrun William and Mary Crommett Bill and Marla Decker Jess Diamond Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Dodson Win and Norma Eaton Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Eaves Werner Epp Linda Fiddler David George George and Sharon Giboney John Giumarra Jr. Ben Goossen Ronald and Patricia Graffius
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ROGER KALIA BIO inner of the 2013 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award, Roger Kalia has been hailed as a conductor who conducts with “vigor” and “commitment” by the Charlotte Observer and for bringing a “fresh view to classical music” by The Republic. He began his tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Charlotte Symphony in September 2013 and he is in his third and final season as Music Director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra of Los Angeles. Roger recently served as cover conductor with the St. Louis Symphony and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and was a finalist in the Assistant Conductor audition with the New York Philharmonic. During the summer, Roger serves as Music Director of the Lake George Music Festival in Upstate New York. As Assistant Conductor of the Charlotte Symphony, Roger conducts a variety of performances including Family, Education, Pops, and Parks concerts. He has assisted Music Director Christopher Warren-Green and many visiting artists including Itzhak Perlman and Stephen Hough. Roger frequently collaborates with the Charlotte Ballet, including more than a dozen performances of The Nutcracker every December, and is an ardent proponent of collaborations with dancers, visual artists, and the use of technology to enhance the concert experience. He regularly leads pre-concert conversations and has been featured on Charlotte’s WBTV. As a recipient of the BMI/Lionel Newman Conducting Scholarship and YMF Conducting Grant, Roger has led the Debut Orchestra in a variety of repertoire from Mozart through music by acclaimed video game and film composers. Winner of YMF’s 2012 National Conductor Search, he follows in the footsteps of such illustrious conductors as Michael Tilson-Thomas, Andre Previn,
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and Myung Whun Chung. Highlights of his tenure include four world premieres, collaborations with violinist Glenn Dicterow and pianist Misha Dichter at UCLA’s Royce Hall, a production of Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat” with actors Jack Black and Michael Lerner at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and a collaboration with the Angel City Chorale of Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in celebration of Shakespeare’s 450th anniversary. Roger recently collaborated and shared the stage with Randy Newman for the orchestra’s 60th Anniversary Gala concert. As co-founder and Music Director of the Lake George Music Festival, Roger conducts the Lake George Festival Orchestra and chamber ensembles every summer in upstate New York. The first classical music festival of its kind in Lake George, the orchestra brings together young professionals and current students from many prestigious institutions including the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the symphonies of Atlanta, Charlotte, Richmond, Kansas City, New World, Dallas, Detroit, and the premier conservatories in the nation. His concerts with the Festival Orchestra have been featured numerous times on NPR’s Performance Today with Fred Child. A native of New York, Roger received his Doctorate from Indiana University. He has been a fellowship recipient at major music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, Cabrillo Festival, and the Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar at the Manhattan School of Music.
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BAKERSFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROGER KALIA, GUEST CONDUCTOR SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015 7:30PM – RABOBANK THEATER
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GOLDSMITH & CO. IN A PHOTO FINISH JERRY GOLDSMITH Music For Orchestra (1929 – 2004) JOAQUÍN RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez (1901-1999) I. Allegro con spirito II. Adagio III. Allegro gentile Soloist: Marcin Dylla, Guitar – INTERMISSION – MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
6:30pm Concert Preview presented by Jerome Kleinsasser, Professor of Music, Emeritus, California State University, Bakersfield
Pictures at an Exhibition 1. Promenade 2. The Gnome 3. Promenade 4. The Old Castle 5. Promenade 6. Tuileries Gardens 7. Cattle 8. Promenade 9. Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in Their Shells 10. Samuel Goldenburg and Schmuÿle 11. The Market at Limoges 12. Catacombs 13. With the Dead in Dead Language 14. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs 15. The Great Gate of Kiev
Marcin Dylla appears through arrangement with Aranjuez Artistic Services
No photography or recording of any kind is permitted during any part of the concert.
aranjuezartserv@gmail.com 323.875.8008.
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ABOUT THE MUSIC JEROME S. KLEINSASSER MAY 9, 2015
Music for Orchestra
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Jerry Goldsmith (1929 – 2004)
From the advent of motion pictures near the turn of the 20th century, filmmakers sought to embellish their creations by collaboration with the foremost composers of concert art music. In 1908, Camille Saint-Saëns was among the earliest composers to fashion a musical score to accompany motion pictures. In the intervening decades the history of film music was festooned with names of prominent film composers who went the other direction, swapping their screen successes for the riskier path of composing concert art music. Giants such as Bernard Herrmann and Miklós Rózsa were as familiar with the symphonic concert hall as the cinematic recording studio. More recently, spectacularly successful composers such as John Williams frequently retreat to the beguiling sphere of “serious” music. Music for Orchestra places the late Jerry Goldsmith in that distinguished company. Goldsmith first came to prominence working in varied television series such as Gunsmoke, or Rawhide, and edgier fare such as Twilight Zone and Thriller. His was a career that would eventually amass over 175 titles, including multiple generations of Star Trek, Planet of the Apes and Rambo. A native of Los Angeles, he was a natural choice to provide scores for Chinatown and L. A. Confidential. In 1970 (the year of one of Goldsmith’s greatest triumphs: Patton) American conductor Leonard Slatkin, himself one raised amid the Hollywood musical colony, asked Goldsmith to fashion a brief piece for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble Slatkin was bringing to prominence. The result was Music for Orchestra, a brief work in which Goldsmith invaded unfamiliar territory, specifically, the nettlesome methods of 12-tone composition, a style one rarely encounters in film music. Concerning Music For Orchestra, in 2002 Goldsmith wrote: While I was thrilled with the commission, the year [1970] was not a good one for me. I was going through a divorce and my mother was seriously ill with cancer. All of my personal turmoil, pain, anger and sorrow went into writing “Music for Orchestra” in strict dodecaphonic form. There has been much negative criticism about composing in the 12-tone system, and in today’s musical climate, I do think the style is almost anachronistic. But for me thirty years ago, it was a liberating way to express my deepest feelings. The piece is written in three sections, each based and developed from the same 12-tone row. The first section is quite turbulent, the second introspective, and the third very agitated as it sums up all my feelings in one cathartic release.
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Concierto de Aranjuez (1939)
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) To a significant degree, the role Manuel de Falla fulfilled in Spanish concert music in the first half of the 20th Century was assumed in the second by Joaquín Rodrigo. At age 3 Rodrigo’s sight was lost to diphtheria, and he turned to music as a means of personal expression. Encouraged by de Falla himself, the youngster first studied composition with Francisco Antich in Valencia, then, like other Spanish composers such as de Falla, he relocated to Paris in 1927 for a 12-year period that included work with composer Paul Dukas. In 1939 Rodrigo returned to Madrid, confident in his abilities to incorporate classical concepts into music reflecting his Spanish heritage. He brought back with him the completed Concierto de Aranjuez, composed for Regino Sainz de la Maza. Unable himself to play the guitar, or to use traditional score paper, Rodrigo wrote it in Braille and dictated it to an assistant who transcribed it in score form. The 1940 premiere in Barcelona played by de la Maza immediately attracted the attention of the broader concert world. The Concierto de Aranjuez was viewed as a felicitous combination of traditional concerto practices seasoned with the musical flavors of Spain. It remains one of the most frequently played concertos of the last century, a musical creation that never cloys even with repeated hearings, as it falls ever fresh upon the ear. Set in the traditional tri-movement order, the concerto opens unexpectedly with the solo instrument in sonorous rasqueado strumming of chords over a soft pedal tone in the string basses. A texture quickly forms and stirs the bows of the strings, and soon the violins sing a melody with unmistakably Spanish zest. The spirit of flamenco is present in frequent rhythmic alternations between 6/8 and 3/4. A model of formal clarity and freshness, the movement continues with cheerful interplay between the solo instrument and other individuals within the orchestral ensemble. The first movement ends with flurry of excitement that is calmed by the gentle guitar at the close. In the Adagio, the solo instrument is a sympathetic confidante of a weeping Andalusion lament heard from the english horn, a tune alternatively said to have been inspired by the death of the composer’s infant son, or by Pablo Picasso’s 1937 Guernica painting. Midway through the Adagio an extended cadenza exploits the unique tonal qualities and charms of this great instrument. Its dramatic finish arouses an anguished response in G-flat minor from the ensemble. In time the guitar rejoins for a pensive conclusion in a gentle B-major close. The power of the previous movement seemingly belies the words of the composer, that this concerto “should only be as strong as a butterfly… a suggestion of times past.” The gentle finale features a type of variations, launched by the soloist with an aura of folk-like simplicity. BSONOW.ORG
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Pictures at an Exhibition
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Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
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Victor Hartmann
Like many another Russian composer of the nineteenth century, Modest Mussorgsky came from privileged circumstances and was largely self-taught. Life as a professional musician was not in the cards for him, so he pursued a military career and later held a menial job as a civil servant. By turns his music reflects the crudities of his slender preparation and also a reverence for traditional Russian subjects. Contemporaries, such as Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov, considered him a musical illiterate and endlessly revised and “corrected” his music. Only in the last fifty years have efforts been extended to present Mussorgsky’s music, particularly his popular opera Boris Godunov, in his original versions. In 1873 his close friend Victor Hartmann, a prominent Russian architect and painter, died. Shortly thereafter the composer visited an art exhibition of drawings and watercolors by Hartmann, and the idea for a piano piece, a tour de force depicting a musical stroll through the display, was born. Early in this century, Serge Koussevitzky, the Russian-born conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, encouraged Maurice Ravel to re-orchestrate several pieces by Mussorgsky. In 1922 the completed orchestral version of the piano masterwork was first presented in the Paris Opera, led by Koussevitzky. Since then dozens of individuals and ensembles have separately orchestrated Mussorgsky’s piano version, including names such as Leopold Stokowski, Vladimir Ashkenazy (who also recorded the piano version), and rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer. A solo trumpet ushers the listener into the display with a theme in mixed meters that is said to represent the lumbering walk of the rotund composer himself. It will reappear in various instrumental guises as a promenade interlude ushering the listener from each painting to the next, and ultimately comprise the basic theme for the finale, the depiction of the Great Gate at the Imperial capital of Kiev.
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The Promenade Theme The first picture we encounter is entitled “The Gnome,” in which a misshapen dwarf is depicted by grotesquely angular melodic lines. After a promenade led by horn and woodwinds, next in line is “The Old Castle,” in which a Medieval troubadour (represented by the solo alto saxophone) serenades an unseen lover in the castle. Following a curiously incomplete promenade led by brass, we enter the “Tuileries Gardens,” in which boisterous children play in the park, and then, in “Cattle,” a lumbering oxcart approaches from the distance to a typically Russian melody, only to fade away in the opposite direction. A woodwind promenade assisted by dark strings brings us to the staccato pointillism of “The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in Their Shells.” Next we hear a musical argument between two Polish Jews, one rich, one poor - “Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle” - Goldenberg depicted by the gruffly unison lower strings, and Schmuÿle by the whining muted trumpet. The bustling “Market at Limoges” is populated by gossiping women, after which ominous trombones plunge us into the darkness of Parisian “Catacombs.” This is followed by the haunting and mysteriously beautiful setting of the Promenade theme in “With the Dead in Dead Language.” It is joined by “The Hut on Fowl’s Legs,” depicting the shanty erected on grotesque fowl’s legs belonging to the hideous witch of Russian folk lore, who nightly flies through darkened skies in search of human remains. In conclusion, “The Great Gate of Kiev,” depicting Hartmann’s architectural plan for a commanding entrance to the ancient Ukrainian capital, gloriously restates the promenade theme in full and powerful orchestral splendor. Copyright 2015 J. S. Kleinsasser
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BAKERSFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS VIOLIN 1 Julia L. Haney - Concertmaster Donna Fraser Asst. Concertmaster Lee Smith Elizabeth Kinney Tim Swanson Jeff Fritz Lisa Fritz Debbie Ellis Manoela Wunder Lynne Garrett Lisa Grzanka Chris Reutinger VIOLIN 2 Amy McGuire - Principal Deborah Perkins Elvira Arambula Marci Maynard Elaine LeCain Andrea von Schriltz Nicole Barnett Peter Marcos Jason Gomez Kay Sanderson VIOLA Paulette Shires - Principal Stan Holcombe Alex Navarro Helen Crosby Tom Meyer Sandra Caudel Isabel Thiroux Kim Wilkens CELLO Pam De Almeida - Principal continued... Alex Wilson
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Aaron Conner Caroline Coward Anna McCoy Erin Esses Regina Golovina Natosha Ramirez BASS John Hester - Principal Pete Scaffidi - Co-Principal Igor Stebaev Whitney Herbst Jay Rubottom Stewart Rosen PIANO Liz Cervantes HARP Kathleen Moon - Principal PERCUSSION Ernie Cervantes - Prinicipal Ray Ayala Cyndi Hicks Matt Bornong Robert Cervantes Rebecca Spickler FLUTE Nancy Wallace - Principal Audrey Boyle PICCOLO Jeanne Johnson/Hurry OBOE Brett Clausen - Principal Aaron Miller
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MARCIN DYLLA, Classical Guitarist
ailed by Washington Post as “among the most gifted guitarists on the planet” Polish guitarist, Marcin Dylla is a rare phenomenon in recent history of Classical Guitar. Many music critics, connoisseurs and music lovers certify that he is among the world’s elite of classical guitar players. He has earned this position, among others, to unparalleled number of awards including 19 First Prizes from 1996-2007 at the most prestigious international music competitions around the world culminating with the Gold Medal of the ‘2007 Guitar Foundation of America International Competition’ in Los Angeles, also known as the most prestigious guitar contest which earned him tour of over 50 cities in North America, Mexico and Canada during 2008-2009 season, live recital video recording for Mel Bay Publications and CD recording for Naxos that reached the Naxos ‘Top 10 Bestselling Albums’ in September 2008. His live recital DVD “Wawel Royal Castle at Dusk” was nominated for 2010 Fryderyk Award (equal to American Grammy) in the category of Solo Classical Music Album of the Year. Mr. Dylla’s recent tour highlights included his Carnegie Hall debut during a two-month tour of North America with recitals covering both coasts and opening concert of the 2013 Guitar Foundation of America Festival. Apart from his guest performances at virtually every major North American guitar festival, in Europe, he returned to Konzerthaus in Vienna and he has been regularly invited to appear at the Koblenz International Guitar Festival and Competition where he’s a beloved regular. Mr. Dylla’s orchestral engagements included subscription concerts with the Warsaw Philharmonic conducted by Christian Arming performing two concerti (Ponce’s Concierto del Sur and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez) on two consecutive nights, in addition to recitals throughout Europe every year. This season he will perform as soloist with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra during their new music director search. Furthermore, he has appeared as soloist with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (USA), Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Television Espanola (RTVE Madrid, Spain), St. Petersburg Philharmonia Orchestra (Russian Federation), Orchestra Filharmonica di Torino (Italy) and the Essen Chamber Orchestra (Germany) under the baton of JoAnn Falletta, Alexander Rahbari and Mariusz Smolij. In 2006, Cecilia Rodrigo, daughter of the legendary Spanish composer, Joaquin Rodrigo, chose Mr. Dylla to perform the world premiere of a lately discovered new guitar work by her father entitled ‘Toccata’ (1933) at Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art in Madrid. In 2002, at the 7th International Guitar Convent in Alessandria, he was granted a “gold guitar” musical critics’ award for the best coming young guitar player. Marcin Dylla was born in Chorzow, Poland in 1976 and received his first guitar lessons at the Ruda Slaska Music Conservatory in his native Poland. From 1995 to 2000 he studied at the Music Academy of Katowice with Adi Wanda Palacz and later completed his studies with Oscar Ghiglia, Sonja Prunnbauer and Carlo Marchione at the Music Academies of Basel (Switzerland), Freiburg (Germany) and Maastricht (The Netherlands), respectively. He is currently a Professor at the Music Academy in Kraków and Katowice.
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