Berkshire Symphony Orchestra: Vienna, City of Dreams
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass - The Berkshire Symphony Orchestra will give a concert on Friday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus. The concert will be preceded by a pre-concert talk with Ronald Feldman in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall in Bernhard Music Center. These free events are open to the public. Guest pianist Adam Neiman will also give a master class for Williams College students on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 4:15 p.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall.As the center of European music and culture for centuries, Vienna has given birth to many of history’s most revered composers. The Berkshire musicians pay tribute to four of the most famous: Schubert (Rosamunde Overture), Anton Webern (Fünf Sätze), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Theme and Variations) and Johannes Brahms (the great B flat Piano Concerto) with guest pianist Adam Neiman.
American pianist Adam Neiman is hailed as one of the premiere pianists of his generation, praised for possessing a truly rare blend of power, bravura, imagination, sensitivity, and technical precision. With a burgeoning international career and an encyclopedic repertoire that spans over fifty concertos, Neiman has performed as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Belgrade, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Umbria, and Utah, as well as with the New York Chamber Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C. He has collaborated with such conductors as Jiri Belohlavek, Giancarlo Guerrero, Carlos Kalmer, Uros Lajovic, Yoel Levi, Andrew Litton, Peter Oundjian, Leonard Slatkin, and Emmanuel Villaume.
An acclaimed recitalist, Neiman has toured throughout North America, playing in the major halls of La Jolla, Miami, New York, Phoenix, Seattle, Vancouver, Washington D.C., and at Caramoor and Ravinia. His European recital tours have brought him throughout Italy, France, Germany, and Japan, where he made an eight-city tour culminating in his debut at Tokyo's Suntory Hall.
The Berkshire Symphony is conducted by Ronald Feldman and includes nearly 70 members, half of whom are students and half of whom are professional musicians. The ensemble presents four major concerts each season. In addition to performing the great standards of orchestral repertoire a recurring theme each year is the performance of contemporary works. Championing the works of living American composers has been an integral part of the mission of the Berkshire Symphony.
