Presented under the auspices of the Moore County Chapter of the North Carolina Symphony Society, Thursday’s concert is sponsored by U.S. Trust. Other selections on the program are Kabalevsky’s “Overture to Colas Breugnon” and the “Symphony No. 5 in E minor” by Tchaikovsky.
American pianist William Wolfram was winner of the Silver Medal in both the William Kapell and the Naumberg International Piano Competitions. He also holds the distinction of Bronze medallist of the prestigious Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow.
His concerto debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony under the baton of Leonard Slatkin was the first in a long succession of appearances and career relationships with numerous American conductors and orchestras.
Alastair Willis was appointed as resident conductor of the Seattle Symphony in the spring of 2002 after having held the post of Assistant Conductor of that orchestra since September 2000. Born in Acton, Mass., Willis lived with his family in Moscow for five years before settling in Surrey, England.
He won a scholarship in 1996 to study with Maestro Larry Rachleff at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, graduating with a master’s degree in music in 1999. In 1999, Willis was honored as one of six up-and-coming conductors chosen to participate in the American Symphony Orchestra League’s National Conductor Preview in Salt Lake City.
For ticket information, call Dillon Roberts at 295-5103. The orchestra’s next concert in Moore County will be on Thursday, Nov. 13, featuring guest conductor and pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn performing works by Mozart and Brahms.
