Maestro Ignat Solzhenitsyn

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia performs ten pairs of concerts during its subscription season from September through May in the Kimmel Center’s intimate, 600-seat Perelman Theater. The 2008 – 2009 season features five major themes: Masters of All Time, Great Soloists, Baroque Perspectives, Classical Discoveries and A Composer’s Portrait, this season featuring Sir John Tavener’s world première commission entitled Tu ne sais pas. To date, the Orchestra has over seventy commissions and première performances to its credit, including seven works written since the turn of the century.

The season opens and closes with Beethoven – Maestro Solzhenitsyn leading the ensemble in Beethoven’s Second and Seventh Symphonies to open the season in September, and concluding in May with the Eighth Symphony and the magnificent “Emperor” Piano Concerto, with Maestro Solzhenitsyn leading from the keyboard. Guest conductors this season include Rudolf Werthen, Mischa Santora, and Scott Yoo. Great Soloists series performers include pianist Shai Wosner, a 1999 Queen Elisabeth Competition finalist, and violinist Boris Garlitsky, by special arrangement with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Orchestra has performed with such internationally acclaimed guest artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mstislav Rostropovich, Issac Stern, Rudolph Serkin, The Eroica Trio, Jean-Pierre Rampal, The Romeros Guitar Quartet, Sylvia McNair, Steven Isserlis, Joseph Silverstein, Ransom Wilson, Gerard Schwarz, Jahja Ling and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. The ensemble also travels regularly, having toured the United States, Europe and Israel.

Call 215-545-5451 for subscriptions and information or visit the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Web site.