Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA: Schumann's Concerto for Piano with Orli Shaham
$36-$48 ($15 student) | Stream: $20
- Portland Symphonic Choir
- Salvador Brotons, conductor
- Orli Shaham, piano
- Katherine Goforth, vocalist
- Anton Belov, baritone
Robert Schumann — Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Giacomo Puccini — Messa a quattro voci (Messa di Gloria)
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra invites you to hear Artist-in-Residence and virtuoso pianist Orli Shaham performing Robert Schumann’s beautiful Piano Concerto in A minor under the baton of Maestro Salvador Brotons. Written for and premiered by the composer’s wife Clara Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor is at turns powerful and lyrical, and is one of the most widely performed and recorded piano concertos of the period. Also on the program is the Intermezzo from Pietro Mascagni’s 1905 opera Amica and Giacomo Puccini’s great Messa di Gloria featuring the Portland Symphonic Choir and soloists Katherine Goforth and Anton Belov.
Tickets to this performance at the Skyview Concert Hall are available for in-person attendance or to watch live online at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s website, vancouversymphony.org. Discounted student tickets are also available.
About Portland Symphonic Choir
Established in 1945, the Portland Symphonic Choir has carried out this mission for almost eight decades: "To sing choral masterworks with excellence and passion and to engage, educate, and inspire its members and the community." With a notable reputation and long-standing commitment to the Pacific Northwest, the 100-person chorus includes musicians, students, retirees, and an assortment of working professionals. A central figure in the legacy of choral music in Portland, the Choir achieves excellence in musicianship, celebrates community through music, builds a sustainable musical legacy, and curates an inclusive musical space.
https://www.pschoir.org/About Salvador Brotons, conductor
About Orli Shaham, piano
A consummate musician recognized for her grace, subtlety and brilliance, pianist Orli Shaham is in demand for her prodigious skills and admired for her interpretations of both standard and modern repertoire. The New York Times called her a "brilliant pianist," The Chicago Tribune referred to her as “a first-rate Mozartean,” and London's Guardian said Ms. Shaham's playing at the Proms was "perfection."
She has performed with most of the major orchestras in the United States, on stage internationally from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House, and at music festivals around the world. Since 2007, she has been artistic director for Pacific Symphony’s chamber music series, and is artistic director of the interactive children's concert series Orli Shaham’s Bach Yard, which she founded in 2010.
Ms. Shaham is on faculty at The Juilliard School, and is co-host and creative for NPR’s “From the Top.” In addition to her musical education at the Juilliard School, Orli Shaham has a BA from Columbia University. She is a member of the board of trustees of Kaufman Music Center, serving as chair through 2023.
https://www.orlishaham.com/About Katherine Goforth, vocalist
American vocalist Katherine Goforth shares the "thrilling tenor power" (Opera News) of her "noble, colorful and iridescent vocal sound" (Magazin Klassik) in vivid character portraits and heartfelt performances that "[do] not hold back" (The New York Times). A transgender woman, Katherine is undeterred by historical barriers in the performing arts and is finding new ways to show up authentically on stage, in the rehearsal room, and as a creative artist.
Katherine is the recipient of Washington National Opera's inaugural True Voice Award for transgender and non-binary singers and the Career Advancement Award from the fourth Dallas Symphony Orchestra Women in Classical Music Symposium. She won critical acclaim as part of the cast that premiered Philip Venables and Ted Huffman’s The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions at Manchester International Festival, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and Bregenzer Festspiele. Based in Portland, OR, she has appeared extensively as a soloist with Pacific Northwest-based arts organizations, including Portland Opera, Bozeman Symphony, Walla Walla Symphony, Yakima Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Opera Bend, Harmonia Seattle, Opera Theater Oregon, Sound Salon (formerly Byron Schenkman and Friends), Ping and Woof Opera, Artists Repertory Theatre, Fuse Theatre Ensemble, and Pink Martini.
Equally at home as a creative artist, Katherine was most recently part of the team that developed and produced Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea's Story, a collaboration with Rose Ann Abrahamson, Sacajawea's familial descendant, Hovia Edwards, Native American flutist, and Justin Ralls, composer and artistic director of Opera Theater Oregon, starring mezzo soprano Marion Newman and baritone Richard Zeller. She has written for Opera Canada, and spoken at Boston Conservatory, Whitman College, Renegade Opera, the Beyond Travesti podcast, and the League of American Orchestras Anne Parsons Leadership Program. She is a member of the Beth Morrison Projects Producer Academy 2023 Cohort.
Katherine was a member of the International Opera Studio of Oper Köln, received her Bachelor's degree from St. Olaf College, her Master's degree from the Juilliard School, and attended the Franz-Schubert-Institut, Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie, Georg Solti Accademia, and Boston Wagner Institute.
https://katherinegoforth.com/