Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic: War & Peace
$35 ($30 senior/military; $5 ages 18 & under)
- Stanislav Khristenko, piano
- Anna Binneweg, conductor
Augusta Mary Anne Holmès — Irlande
Myroslav Skoryk — Piano Concerto No. 3
On Sunday March 2nd at 3pm, the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic performs at the GW Masonic Memorial under the baton of Music Director Anna Binneweg with heroic "War and Peace" music. The iconic Beethoven's Fifth Symphony caps a concert which includes Ukrainian-American pianist Stanislav Khristenko playing Myroslav Skoryk's Piano Concerto No. 3, and features French/Irish female composer Augusta Holmés' evocative Irlande.
AfterChats with Anna is Back: AfterChats are relaxed, post-concert conversations with Music Director Anna Binneweg, moderated by Executive and Artistic Planning Director Caroline Mousset, and featuring our guest artists. Grab a glass of bubbly, bring your questions, and join us for these engaging sessions! You'll gain insight into the music you've just experienced and have the chance to meet the artists. Best of all, AfterChats are free for all ticket holders.
Free parking.
About Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
WMPA is a 501 c (3) organization dedicated to bringing high-quality innovative and classical live music to the greater Alexandria community. For more information about the WMPA, our TWO youth orchestras, our Summer Sunday Chamber Music series at the Lyceum or our bi-lingual children's story concerts, visit https://www.wmpamusic.org/.
https://www.wmpamusic.org/About Stanislav Khristenko, piano
About Anna Binneweg, conductor
Overwhelmingly selected as the new Music Director of the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic following a nationwide search culminating in June 2023, Dr. Binneweg brings her enthusiasm for fine community orchestras and innovative programs. Binneweg has worked with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Daniel Barenboim, Robert Spano, James Paul, Michael Morgan, Duaine Wolfe, Nurhan Arman and David Effron through various engagements sponsored by the League of American Orchestras, the Conductors Institute of New York and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She was elected to the board of directors of the International Conductors Guild (2021).
Earning a doctorate degree of music in orchestral conducting from Northwestern University where she studied with Victor Yampolsky, Binneweg has also served on the conducting faculties at Loyola University, the Sherwood Conservatory of Music, and American University.
https://www.wmpamusic.org/annabinneweg.html