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Philadelphia Presenting Project

HAROLD PRINCE THEATRE

The Philadelphia Presenting Project, a program funded by the Virginia S. Mulconroy Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation, provides area performing artists and organizations, and community groups with program-related subsidies supporting their performances at the Annenberg Center. The following participants were selected on a competitive basis, chosen by an outside panel of performing arts experts.



ORCHESTRA 2001
James Freeman, Artistic Director
THE STRING ORCHESTRA
Music of Gyorgy Ligety, George Rochberg and Leonard Bernstein

Suzanne DuPlantis, mezzo soprano
Randall Scarlatta, baritone

Explore different approaches to the string orchestra… Ligeti's Ramifications, Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles, and Rochberg's Transcendental Variations. Pianist Marcantonio Barone makes his conducting debut with this work.

  • Saturday, September 16 @ 8:00 PM
    $30, $20 for seniors, $10 for students

Sruti, The India Music and Dance Society
BHARATHANATYAM BY PRIYADARSINI GOVIND

Priya Govind will be presenting 'traditional Indian repertoire' accompanied by a live orchestra.

  • Saturday, October 7 @ 6:30 PM
    $10–$20

Sangeet
USTAD SHAFAATULLAH KHAN—SITAR AND TABLA CONCERT

Shafaatullah Khan hails from an illustrious Indian musical family which has established the distinctive vocal-influenced style of Sitar.

  • Saturday, October 14 @ 6:00 PM
    $15, $10 for Sangeet members and students

Dancefusion
20TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

Dancefusion will mark its 20th Anniversary with two powerful concerts, featuring the reconstruction of historic works by legendary choreographers Anna Sokolow and Mary Anthony along with a retrospective of choreography from the Dancefusion repertory.

Performances

  • Friday, February 9 @ 8 PM
  • Saturday, February 10 @ 8 PM

    $25, $10 for Students/Children

FIDDLEKICKS
presents
SPRING FEETBEAT

FiddleKicks brings Appalachian clogging to life with a whoop and a holler, dancing to the driving rhythms of live old-time music. Other forms of percussive dance and music are also featured.

  • Friday, March 2 @ 8 PM
    $20, $12 for Students


Markus Pawlik
The Bach Festival of Philadelphia
BACH FESTIVAL WEEK PIANO RECITAL WITH MARKUS PAWLIK

"One of the most talented of the young German pianists" according to Herbert van Karajan, Naxos-artist Markus Pawlik will delight the audience with a chromatic (greek for "colorful") program juxtaposing Bach's Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue and works by Reger, Liszt, and Busoni inspired by Bach. Reception following.

  • Sunday, March 18 @ 3 PM
    $20, $12 for Students


Ovidu Marinescu, Photo: Don Hunstein
Chamber Music Now!
"FOUR WAYS of Looking At A City"

A multi-media recital featuring cellist Ovidiu Marinescu performing new music by the city's brightest young composers presented alongside original films about their home, Philadelphia.

  • Saturday, May 19 @ 3 PM & 8 PM
    $15, $10 for Students & Seniors

Tickets for Philadelphia Presenting Project events may be ordered by calling 215-898-3900. These events may not be included in a Pick-A-Series.

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