Miltonians are invited to get swept away by Tchaikovsky with world-renowned conductor Kerry Stratton at the Milton Centre for the Arts Friday, Feb. 20.
Featuring violinist Christoph Seybold, the event will feature the Toronto Concert Orchestra in the arts centre’s Mattamy Theatre at 8 p.m.
“I am thrilled to welcome Kerry Stratton and the Toronto Concert Orchestra back to the Milton Centre for the Arts for this exciting concert with Seybold,” said Rob Mackay, manager, cultural services for the Town of Milton. “Kerry and Christoph are talented artists with extensive international experience.
“They made regular appearances with Milton Concert Presentations for many years, and their membership is very much looking forward to their return. This concert promises to be a moving and uplifting experience.”
Stratton is conductor of the Toronto Concert Orchestra as well as Wish Opera. In the course of his international career, Stratton has conducted orchestras in Europe, North America and Asia including: Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, The Czech Philharmonic, Budapest Concert Orchestra, Hungarian Chamber Soloists, Prague Chamber Philharmonic, Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic, Slovak Radio Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Prague Radio Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic, and Janacek Philharmonic. In December of 2004 he made his debut with the Beijing Symphony in a concert at the Forbidden City. Having earned a degree in conducting from McGill University, Stratton later completed graduate studies at the Vienna Conservatory, Academia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and L’Ecole Pierre Monteux.
Young German violinist Seybold has performed both as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, North and South America, Israel and Japan. Recent performances have taken him to major concert venues such as the Konzerthaus and the Philharmonie Berlin, Leiszhalle Hamburg, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Meistersingerhalle in Nürnberg, Herkulessaal Munich, Glocke Bremen and the Kurhaus Wiesbaden as well as the Opera City Tokyo and venues in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv.
Tickets, which cost $42 for adults and $38 for students/seniors, are available at the Chudleigh’s Box Office and online at www.miltoncentreforthearts.ca. High school students can take advantage of the eyeGo to the Arts program, which provides a limited number of discounted tickets at $5.
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