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October 23, 2007
Binghamton Philharmonic Plays Music of Revueltas, Mozart and Schumann
Concert Continues Season-Long Focus on Latin America.
Brazilian Born Pianist José Feghali Performs as
Guest Artist.
On Saturday, November 17, 2007, at 8:00 p.m. in the
Anderson Center at Binghamton University, the Binghamton
Philharmonic, José-Luis Novo music director and conductor, continues
its 2007-2008 Season: South of the Border, A Latin American Festival with
a concert titled Getting Personal: Revueltas, Mozart and Schumann.
The program is made up of exceptionally personal musical statements from
three unique composers: Silvestre Revueltas' Redes ("Nets") Suite,
drawn from his score to the landmark Mexican film of the same title,
Mozart's proto-Romantic Piano Concerto No. 24
in C minor (K. 491) and Schumann's
Symphony No. 4, a work he worked on for more than ten
years. Brazilian born pianist José Feghali, Gold Medal
winner in the Seventh Van Cliburn Competition, will be the soloist in the Mozart
concerto.
Tickets range from $29-$40 for adults, $26-$37 for seniors (over 60) and $10
for students and children. Call 607-723-3931 for tickets and
information. Tickets may be purchased online at
www.binghamtonphilharmonic.org. The Binghamton
Philharmonic has recently improved its website so patrons can now choose their
seats online.
This concert is sponsored by IBM. The Binghamton
Philharmonic's 2007-2008 Classical Series is sponsored by M&T Bank.
The Binghamton Philharmonic will also present a pre-concert talk by
composer-in-residence Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez at 7:00 p.m. in
the Anderson Center Chamber Hall. The pre-concert talk is free to all
ticket holders and is sponsored by The Golub Foundation of Price
Chopper.
Also, a pre-concert dinner will be held in the Anderson
Center Reception Room at 6:00 p.m., presented by Sodexho Catering Service at
Binghamton University. Call 607-777-2925 for dinner reservations and
information.
This performance is made possible with public funds from the New York
State Council on the Arts, a state agency. General Operating
Support is provided to the Binghamton Philharmonic by a grant from the
United Cultural Fund, a program of the Broome County Arts
Council. The Binghamton Philharmonic's 2007-2008 Season is also
made possible by a grant from The New York State Music Fund,
established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy
Advisors.
Jose Feghali
 Winner of the Gold Medal at the Seventh Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition, José Feghali has been a major presence on the concert stage, having
appeared in over 800 performances worldwide. These include concerts with such
renowned orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, Gewandhaus, Royal Concertgebouw,
Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony, Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic and, in the United States, with
the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Saint Louis, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Houston,
Dallas, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Baltimore and the National Symphony.
Mr. Feghali has performed with such eminent conductors as Kurt Masur, Neeme
Järvi, John Nelson, James DePriest, Yuri Temirkanov, Leonard Slatkin, Kurt
Sanderling, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Christoph Eschenbach, Eduardo Mata,
Sergiu Comissiona, Philippe Entremont, Andrew Litton, Zdenek Macal, Hans Graf,
David Zinman and Hans Vonk.
Equally active as a recitalist, Mr. Feghali has appeared on such prestigious
stages as Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Ambassador Auditorium and Chicago's
Orchestra Hall. He has also performed in the major concert halls of the United
Kingdom, Germany, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Eastern Europe, Canada, Hong Kong,
Singapore and Latin America. In addition, Mr. Feghali has regularly collaborated
in chamber music performances, including recitals with renowned flutist James
Galway, cellists Truls Mørk, Antonio Meneses and Daniel Gaisford, violinists
Régis Pasquier, Olivier Charlier and Emanuel Borok, duo piano with André Watts,
and performances of Strauss' "Enoch Arden" with Jon Vickers. He is an
Artist/Faculty member and Associate Director of the Mimir Chamber Music Festival
in Fort Worth, and a regular performer at the "Classical Action/Performing
Artists Against Aids" benefit concerts.
Recent and upcoming engagements include performances with the Dallas,
Chicago, Houston, Nashville and Jacksonville symphonies as well as appearances
at the Kravis and Meyerson Symphony centers, the Cliburn Concerts series and the
Ravinia Festival. He participated in the Shanghai Piano Summer Sessions in 2003
and was invited to return to China for a concerto and recital tour last season.
A child prodigy in his native Brazil, Mr. Feghali made his recital debut at
the age of five and concerto debut three years later with the Brazilian Symphony
Orchestra. Feghali moved to London at fifteen to study with Maria Curcio Diamand,
then continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Christopher Elton.
His recordings include a CD of music inspired by dance on the Koss Classics
label and a live recording from the Van Cliburn Competition on the VAI label.
New recordings to be released this season include an all Schumann program and an
all-Brahms CD with cellist Daniel Gaisford on the Anacapa Music Label. Feghali
has also recorded Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras no.3 with the Nashville
Symphony for the Naxos label.
Mr. Feghali is Artist-in-Residence at Texas Christian University. He has a
special interest in recording technology and was the producer and re-mastering
engineer for the retrospective set of nine compact disks (V.A.I. label)
featuring past medalists' live performances in the Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition. Mr. Feghali also serves as Vice President and Executive
Producer for the new Anacapa Music label.
Programs and guest artists are subject to change.
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