ESO to perform in Batavia, Schaumburg and Elgin
Submitted by ESO
On Jan. 10-13, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra presents world-renowned conductor and pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn, an ESO music director finalist, with the talented Jennifer Frautschi, featured on Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.”
Recognized as one of today’s most gifted artists, and enjoying an active career as both conductor and pianist, Ignat Solzhenitsyn’s lyrical and poignant interpretations have won him critical acclaim throughout the world. Principal guest conductor of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Ignat Solzhenitsyn has just stepped down after six seasons as music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, to become its conductor laureate. He is much in demand as a guest conductor, having recently led the symphonies of Baltimore, Buffalo, Dallas, Indianapolis, Nashville, New Jersey, North Carolina, Seattle, Toledo, and Toronto.
The ESO will make its debut appearance at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre in Batavia at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10. The ESO will perform the same concert at the Schaumburg Prairie Center of the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11. The ESO will end the concert weekend in Elgin at the Hemmens Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13.
Tickets start at $28 and can be purchased through the ESO Box Office at (847) 888-4000 or online at elginsymphony.org.
The concerts also will include performances of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C major and Stravinsky’s Concerto in E-flat (“Dumbarton Oaks”).