Kimmel Center Presents Keyboard Conversations© with Jeffrey Siegel: The Power and Passion of Beethoven
October 7, 2005
Kimmel Center Presents hosts the first of three Keyboard Conversations© with Jeffrey Siegel concerts led by internationally acclaimed pianist and music educator Jeffrey Siegel on Monday, November 7, 2005 at 7:30pm in Perelman Theater, as a highlight of the Kimmel Center’s ongoing Monday’s at the Merck adult education classes. The Power and Passion of Beethoven performance will look at “Für Elise” and the muse behind this poetic and legendary Beethoven composition. Siegel will also explore the “Moonlight” sonata to see how the composer purposely created a shocking, revolutionary work, as well as the “Les Adieux” sonata, inspired by the departure of a very special person from Beethoven’s life.
The second concert in the series is There’s More to Mozart Than Amadeus on February 20 at 7:30pm. The series concludes with Sensuous Sonorities of Chopin on March 20 at 7:30pm.
Tickets for Keyboard Conversations© with Jeffrey Siegel are $26 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online or at the Kimmel Center Box Office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply) for group sales call 215-790-5883.
For 32 years Jeffrey Siegel has been presenting Keyboard Conversations© to thousands of enthusiastic concertgoers in eighteen countries and across the United States. As Siegel continues to provide educational and entertaining performances, his audience becomes more knowledgeable of the music geniuses of the past before hearing a piece in its entirety. His pre-performance conversation which combines history and humor is enjoyed by both classical music newcomers and connoisseurs.
Admired as a distinguished pianist, Siegel has been a soloist with some of the world’s great orchestras including: the Berlin Philharmonic, Moscow State Symphony, all the major London orchestras, Bayerischer Rundfunk (Munich), Oslo Philharmonic, Stockholm Philharmonic, The Hague Residentie Orkfest, Orchestra of La Scala and the NHK Symphony of Japan. Performances with U.S. orchestras include The Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
In addition, Jeffrey Siegel has appeared as a conductor with the Pittsburgh, Milwaukee and Saint Louis Symphony Orchestras, The Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, as well as various orchestras abroad. Siegel also recorded Gershwin’s complete works for piano and orchestra with Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets for Keyboard Conversations© with Jeffrey Siegel are $26 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online or at the Kimmel Center Box Office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply) for group sales call 215-790-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased the 2.5 hours prior to evening performances and 11:30am for matinees.
Sponsors of the 2005/2006 Kimmel Center Presents season include Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Sovereign Bank, The American Express Company, and Verizon Foundation. Special Student Matinees at the Kimmel Center are generously supported by Merck & Co., Inc. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte and Southern Wine and Spirit.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Keyboard Conversations©: The Power and Passion of Beethoven
November 7, 2005, 7:30pm
Perelman Theater
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
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