MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS

MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Friday, June 24, 2022 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 2:30 pm

ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL

Yaniv Dinur, conductor

JOHN WILLIAMS

The Cowboys Overture

Theme from Jurassic Park

“The Flight to Neverland” from Hook

“Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Born on the Fourth of July

“Flying Theme” from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)

“Raiders March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark

INTERMISSION

“Superman March” from Superman

“The Shark Theme” from Jaws

Suite from Far and Away / “County Galway, June 1892” • “The Fighting Donellys” • “Joseph and Shannon” • “Blowing Off Steam” • “Finale”

“With Malice Toward None” from Lincoln

The Patriot

“Rey’s Theme” from Star Wars: The Force Awakens

“Yoda’s Theme” from Star Wars

“Main Title” from Star Wars

The length of this concert is approximately 2 hours. All programs are subject to change.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra can be heard on Telarc, Koss Classics, Pro Arte, AVIE, and Vox/Turnabout recordings. MSO Classics recordings (digital only) available on iTunes and at mso.org. MSO Binaural recordings (digital only) available at mso.org.

Yaniv Dinur, resident conductor

YANIV

DINUR

Named the 2019 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Fellow (the largest award for conductors in the U.S.), Yaniv Dinur is currently resident conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony and music director of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. The League of American Orchestras honored the New Bedford Symphony by selecting it to be one of the orchestras to perform at the 2021 League Conference. He is lauded for his bold and engaging programming, insightful interpretations, and unique ability to connect with varied audiences, from season subscribers to first time concertgoers.

Recent and upcoming highlights include subscription debuts with the symphonies of Fort Worth and Houston, Orchestra

Haydn in Italy, as well as return engagements with the San

Diego Symphony, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, and the Peninsula (Wisconsin) and Round Top (Texas) festivals. Among other U.S. guest conducting appearances are the Louisiana Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, New World Symphony, and the San Antonio Symphony.

Yaniv Dinur made his conducting debut at the age of 19 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, which led to multiple return engagements. Following his European debut, he was invited to perform with the Israel Camerata in Jerusalem, making him the youngest conductor ever to conduct a professional orchestra in Israel. Since then, he has conducted orchestras around the world, including the Israel Philharmonic, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Portugal Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Festival Orchestra/Bulgaria, Solisti di Perugia, State Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Torino Philharmonic, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. Broadcast live on Israeli radio, he was the principal conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony’s Young Artists Competition from 2003 to 2010.

An accomplished pianist, Dinur made his concerto debut with the Milwaukee Symphony in 2019, playing and conducting Mozart’s D Minor Concerto. He received critical acclaim for his “fluid, beautifully executed piano passages” and “deeply musical playing” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).

Dinur has worked closely with such world-class conductors as Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas, Pinchas Zukerman, Kurt Masur, and Jorma Panula; soloists with whom he has collaborated include Itzhak Perlman, Yefim Bronfman, Jean-EffIam Bavouzet, and Vadim Guzman. He holds a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance, where he was a student of Prof. Kenneth Kiesler.

Born in Jerusalem, Yaniv Dinur began studying the piano at the age of six with his aunt, Olga Shachar, and later with Prof. Alexander Tamir, Tatiana Alexanderov, Mark Dukelsky, and Edna Golandsky. At the age of 16, he began to study conducting with Dr. Evgeny Zirlin. While still in high school, Dinur began his formal studies with Dr. Zirlin at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. After graduating from the Jerusalem Academy, he studied privately with conductor Mendi Rodan.