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Curtis Musicians Perform at the Mann Center
Curtis students and recent graduates make their Philadelphia Orchestra debuts at the Mann Center June 29, June 30, and July 1 under the direction of Rossen Milanov, artistic director of the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center and a 1994 graduate of Curtis.
On Monday, June 29 at 8 p.m., works by Beethoven are featured. Benjamin Beilman performs Romance No. 2 for violin and orchestra, and 2009 graduate Kyu Yeon Kim performs Piano Concerto No. 4.
Twins Christina and Michelle Naughton, second-year Curtis students, perform on Tuesday, June 30 at 8 p.m. The concert includes an appearance by Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, narrating Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals.
On Wednesday, July 1 at 8 p.m., fourteen-year-old Curtis violinist Yu-Chien Tseng performs Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with conductor and harpsichordist Lio Kuokman, a 2009 graduate. Lio also leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in a performance of Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro.
For more information, visit www.manncenter.org
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