The Curtis Institute of Music

Curtis Mourns the Loss of Orlando Cole

The Curtis Institute of Music mourns the loss of beloved emeritus faculty member Orlando Cole, who passed away at age 101. Among the students who entered the Curtis Institute of Music on the day its doors first opened in 1924, "Landy" had a profound impact on music in the twentieth century both as the cellist of the Curtis String Quartet and as a teacher at Curtis for over fifty years. His former students can be found throughout the world in major orchestras, chamber ensembles, and on the recital stage. We will miss him deeply and extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and former students.

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2009-10 Season
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2009-10 SEASON

JoAnna Falletta conducts with violin soloist Elissa Lee Koljonen
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at 8 p.m.
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
JOANN FALLETTA, conductor
ELISSA LEE KOLJONEN, violin ('94)

R. STRAUSS Don Juan
RANJBARAN Violin Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade

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Sunday, February 7, 2010, at 2 p.m.
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
ROBERT SPANO, conductor ('85)
JENNIFER MONTONE, horn

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
PENDERECKI Horn Concerto
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 (“Romantische”)

Program notes

Single tickets: $5–$36
Kimmel Center Box Office or Ticket Philadelphia:
(215) 893-1999, www.ticketphiladelphia.org

CONCERT UPDATE:
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra concert at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 7 at Verizon Hall will take place as planned.

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; John Relyea, bass-baritone
Saturday, April 24, 2010, at 8 p.m.
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
GIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor
JOHN RELYEA, bass-baritone ('96)

BARBER Symphony No. 1
MUSORGSKY Songs and Dances of Death
LIGETI Atmosphères
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra

Single tickets: $5–$36
Kimmel Center Box Office or Ticket Philadelphia:
(215) 893-1999, www.ticketphiladelphia.org

ABOUT THE CURTIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra has been called "an orchestra that any city would be lucky to have as its professional ensemble" (Philadelphia Inquirer) and has been praised for its "otherworldly ensemble and professional level of sophistication" (New York Times). Composed of more than 100 young musicians, the orchestra performs a three-concert season in Verizon Hall at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts as well as annual concerts in Carnegie Hall in New York, under such visiting conductors as Christoph Eschenbach, Alan Gilbert, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Robert Spano. This real-world training has enabled Curtis alumni to assume prominent positions in major orchestras across the United States, Canada, and abroad. The Curtis Symphony Orchestra is under the direction of Otto-Werner Mueller and David Hayes.

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