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Guest Artist – Anton Nel, piano

April 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM

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Feature Artist: Anton Nel, Piano

Winner of the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall, Anton Nel continues to tour internationally as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. Highlights in the U.S. include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle, and Detroit Symphonies as well as recitals coast to coast. Overseas he has appeared at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, major venues in China and Korea and undertakes regular tours to South Africa. Much sought after as a chamber musician he regularly appears with some of the world’s finest instrumentalists at festivals on four continents. He holds the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, is currently also a Visiting Professor at the Manhattan School of Music, and annually presents masterclasses at the Glenn Gould School inToronto. 


During the summers he is on the artist-faculties at the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Orford Music Academy in Quebec, and at the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival. Mr. Nel also frequently performs as harpsichordist and fortepianist. His recordings include four solo CDs, several chamber music recordings, and works for piano and orchestra by Franck, Faure, Saint-Saens, and Edward Burlingame Hill. The Johannesburg-born Mr. Nel is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand, where he studied with Adolph Hallis and the University of Cincinnati where he worked with Bela Siki and Frank Weinstock. 


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Orchestra

  • Violins

    Violin

    1st Violins 

     

    Amanda Swartz, Concertmaster

    Allen Cornford

    Meghan Knowles 

    Joe Berendse 

    Anthony Nesland

    Patrick Knowles

    Kolton Arthur

    Brady Riker


    2nd Violins


    Marilyn Maxvold, Principal 

    Dori O’Connor 

    Katie Sprague

    Connor Stuck

    Rachael Bunger

    Nicole Free

    Katie Redinius

    Carol Knowles

  • Violas

    Viola

    Cullen Knowles, Principal

    Emily Pflaum

    Charlie Savot

    Laura Wilsey

    Jennifer May

    Susan Guthrie

    Avery Massey

    Chris Budd

    Isabelle Schild

    Caleb Van Fleet

    Dominick Davis

  • Cellos

    Cello

    Elizabeth Benusis, Principal

    Carlynn Savot 

    Marta Koscak

    Martha Robinson 

    Caitlin Gerdes

    Karina Riggert

    Cordelia Grey

  • Double Basses

    Double Bass

    Kraig Long, Principal

    Christopher Johnson  

    Kate Mathews 

    Manuelito Trujillo

    Sue Griffith

  • Flutes

    Flute

    Julie Anderson, Principal

    Helen Van Dam


  • Oboes

    Oboe

    Nancy Olney, Principal

    Paige Werner

  • Clarinets

    Clarinet

    Deb Knowles, Principal

    Jackie Ott

  • Bassoons

    bassoon

    Julie Anderson, Principal

    Helen Van Dam

  • Horns

    bassoon

    Skye van Duuren, Principal

    Victoria Palmreuter 

  • Trumpets

    bassoon

    Christopher Hahn, Principal

    Rick Hamil

  • Timpani

    bassoon

    Andrew Simco

Program



Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43 – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)


Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

I. Molto Allegro

II. Andante

III. Menuetto – Allegretto

IV. Finale – Allegro assai


Intermission


Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 “Emperor” – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Anton Nel - piano

I. Allegro

II. Adagio un poco mosso

III. Rondo


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