André Raphel
(Derek Brad)
March 29, 2018
André Raphel returns to the Mann Center of the Performing Arts to
conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra in "A Night of Gershwin" on Friday,
July 27, 2018 at 8pm. The All-Gershwin program will include the Cuban
Overture, the Piano Concerto in F with Curtis pianist Micah McLaurin,
making his Mann Center debut, Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture and
also An American in Paris. The concert is the closing of the
Philadelphia Orchestra's Mann Center Residency. It will be a return
appearance with the Philadelphia Orchestra for Raphel who last conducted
the Orchestra in 2014 and is a Curtis Institute alumnus.
Born in Brooklyn, New York
in 1898, Gershwin was one of the first American composers to bring jazz
and Broadway into the concert halls and opera houses. This program pays
tribute to his legacy from An American in Paris to his Concerto in F to
his operatic masterpiece, Porgy and Bess.
Tickets are priced at $20 to $65 and available now via Ticketmaster.com (800) 745-3000, or at the Mann Box Office. The doors open at 6pm with an 8pm curtain. The Mann Center for the Performing Arts is located in West Fairmount Park at 5201 Parkside Avenue, Philadelphia and is easily accessible by public transportation, care, rideshare or bike.
About André Raphel
A dynamic and versatile
conductor hailed for his profound musical performances, André Raphel is
renowned for his technical brilliance. An adventurous programmer, he has
also developed a reputation as an orchestra builder. In his fifteenth
season as Music Director of the Wheeling Symphony
Orchestra, he has led the orchestra in critically acclaimed festivals,
world premieres and commissioned works by composers including Richard
Danielpour, Kenneth Fuchs, Jennifer Higdon, Avner Dorman and Ellen
Taaffe Zwilich.
Raphel enjoys an active career as guest conductor. In recent seasons he has appeared with the San Antonio Symphony, Toledo Symphony and made his Los Angeles
debut conducting at the gala opening of the Broad Museum. He returned
to the Philadelphia Orchestra to conduct the world premiere of Uri
Caine's Passion of Octavius Catto. Raphel has led the Bamberg Symphony
in two recordings for Bayerischer Rundfunk. He has appeared with most
of the major American orchestras including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.
André Raphel made his
European debut with the Neubrandenburger Philarmonie, and has also led
the Moravska Philharmonie. In the United States he has appeared with the
orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Oregon,
Pittsburgh, Saint Louis, Seattle, the National Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra among others. He made his Carnegie Hall
debut leading Robert Shaw and the Orchestra of St. Luke's in a concert
celebrating the centennial of legendary mezzo-soprano Marian Anderson.
Raphel's international engagements have further included appearances
with the Auckland Philharmonia, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Columbia
and Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Costa Rica.<
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