CAMA's Masterseries Presents Benjamin Grosvenor, piano ⫽ Friday, March 18, 2022 ⫽ Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara ⫽ 7:30PM
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2022, 7:30PM CAMA's Masterseries Presents BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, piano “His solo recitals recall an earlier generation of wizards of the piano.” —Financial Times British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor (b.1992) has been described as “the best pianist to come out of England in the last 50 years.” One only needs to listen to his playing to understand that the accolades are well deserved. Grosvenor’s promise was evident from a young age; he was the winner of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young Musician Competition at the age of eleven, and was invited to perform with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Opening Night of the 2011 BBC Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall at age nineteen. Turned away from performance by suddenly imposed pandemic precautions while already in Santa Barbara in March 2020, CAMA is delighted to welcome Benjamin Grosvenor back for his proper Santa Barbara and Masterseries debut! PROGRAM: FRANCK: Prélude, Chorale et Fugue, FWV 21 (1884) R. SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op.16 ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, Book I RAVEL: Jeux d’eau RAVEL: La valse •
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2022, 7:30PM
CAMA's Masterseries Presents
BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, piano
“His solo recitals recall an earlier generation of wizards of the piano.” —Financial Times
British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor (b.1992) has been described as “the best pianist to come out of England in the last 50 years.” One only needs to listen to his playing to understand that the accolades are well deserved. Grosvenor’s promise was evident from a young age; he was the winner of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young Musician Competition at the age of eleven, and was invited to perform with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Opening Night of the 2011 BBC Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall at age nineteen. Turned away from performance by suddenly imposed pandemic precautions while already in Santa Barbara in March 2020, CAMA is delighted to welcome Benjamin Grosvenor back for his proper Santa Barbara and Masterseries debut!
PROGRAM:
FRANCK: Prélude, Chorale et Fugue, FWV 21 (1884)
R. SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op.16
ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, Book I
RAVEL: Jeux d’eau
RAVEL: La valse
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CAMA and Music Academy of the West co-present the London Symphony Orchestra<br />
in concert in celebration of the Music Academy’s 75th anniversary<br />
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022, 7:<strong>30PM</strong><br />
LONDON SYMPHONY<br />
ORCHESTRA<br />
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director<br />
Works by Berlioz, Sibelius, Bartók,<br />
Ravel and Hannah Kendall.<br />
Join CAMA and the Music<br />
Academy of the West for this<br />
not-to-be-missed historic<br />
Santa Barbara classical<br />
music concert collaboration.<br />
The London Symphony Orchestra’s 2022 North American Tour is made possible through an<br />
intercontinental partnership with the Music Academy of the West.<br />
The lead sponsors of the Music Academy of the West and London Symphony Orchestra<br />
partnership are Linda & Michael Keston and Mary Lynn & Warren Staley.<br />
Additional support has been provided in remembrance of Léni Fé Bland.<br />
CAMA thanks our generous sponsors who have made this performance possible:<br />
International Series Season Sponsor: SAGE Publishing<br />
Primary Sponsor: Bitsy & Denny Bacon and The Becton Family Foundation<br />
Photo by Mark Allan<br />
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