The 28th International Liana & Ruben Cohen Music Competition was set up in memoriam of Colburn alumni Liana & her brother Ruben Cohen, piano & violin. The Cohen family’s purpose for the competition and concert is to encourage youth to study classical music. On March 24, in honor of Liana's birthday, the competition winners will perform and receive awards in this concert [...]
In a program of grandeur fitting for Walt Disney Concert Hall, two monumental 20th century works take centerstage: Prokofiev’s powerful second piano concerto and Shostakovich’s crowd-pleasing fifth symphony. A fast-paced work by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Colburn’s Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies, opens the concert.
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Helix PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5