The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
A resident company of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, The
ChamberOrchestra of Philadelphia boasts new artistic
leadership for the 2004-2005 season, with the appointment in January 2004 of
Ignat Solzhenitsyn as Music Director. Mr. Solzhenitsyn has been with the
Chamber Orchestra since 1994 and had served as Principal Conductor since 1997. The
Orchestra was founded in 1964 by Marc Mostovoy, who was its primary conductor
until 1997 and Artistic Director until 2004. The Orchestra has established a
reputation for distinguished performances of Baroque, Classical and twentieth-century
works, and has toured the United States, Europe, and Israel. The New
York Times enthused about “the most impressive small ensemble to come
through Carnegie Hall in quite some time. The Philadelphia players have
a wonderful control at extremely quiet levels, an admirable enthusiasm and a
sure sense of style.”
A brilliant concert pianist and conducting graduate from The Curtis
Institute of Music, Mr. Solzhenitsyn has been hailed by the Washington Post as “an
interpreter of probing intellect as well as an avid risk taker.” His
artistic vision has led the Chamber Orchestra to program more works from the
late Classical and early Romantic periods, as well as to emphasize the great
twentieth-century repertoire. Meanwhile, a 2004-2005 Baroque Perspectives series
conceived by Solzhenitsyn aims, in the Maestro’s own words, “to honor
the great Baroque tradition in looking back at it through the prism of intervening
centuries, providing a perspective that we hope will fascinate and enthrall every
music-lover.”
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The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia has performed with such internationally
acclaimed guest artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mstislav Rostropovich,
Issac Stern, Rudolph Serkin, Jean-Pierre Rampal, The Romeros Guitar Quartet,
Sylvia McNair, and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. The 2004-2005 subscription
season will feature, among others, cellist Steven Isserlis, violinist Leila Josefowicz,
hornist Eric Ruske, and guest conductors Joseph Silverstein, Randall Craig Fleischer
and Vladimir Feltsman.
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia has fostered and championed the
creation of much new music. In December 2003 the Orchestra presented
world premiere performances of Vladimir Ryabov’s In the Land of the Midnight Sun and in January
2004 the ensemble premiered a challenging collaboration with Canadian percussion
ensemble Scrap Arts Music. In June 2005 Solzhenitsyn will lead the ensemble in
a newly commissioned World Premiere by Michael Hersh. To date, The Chamber
Orchestra of Philadelphia has over seventy commissions and premiere performances
to its credit.
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia performs ten pairs of concerts
during its season subscription in the Kimmel Center from September through June. The ensemble
also tours regularly, and next embarks on a tour of East Coast and Midwest cities
in April of 2005.
For more information call 215-545-5451 or
visit, http://www.chamberorchestra.org
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