Press ReleaseStuart’s Opera House welcomes the Columbus Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, March 17th at 4:00pm and tickets are on sale now! The result of over a year of collaboration between Stuart’s Opera House and the Columbus Symphony, we are thrilled to announce a very special event, for the first time ever the Columbus Symphony will perform on the Stuart’s stage right here in Nelsonvile, Ohio! The Columbus Symphony intends to collaborate with Stuart’s Opera House to present an orchestral concert along with possible opportunities educational outreach events in Nelsonville and the surrounding communities.
This performance will be conducted by the acclaimed Music Director of the Columbus Symphony, Rossen Milanov and will feature an orchestra of 42 including strings, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, and timpani. The program will be a combination of light classics and pops, creating an approachable event for all members of the community, including works from Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Strauss, and Copland. This event is sponsored in part by Ohio Arts Council, OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital, Ohio University Performing Arts & Concert Series, Nelsonville Home & Savings Bank, and Don & Mary Anne Flournoy. This show is expected to sell out, some tickets are still available right now, Reserved seats and general admission tickets are $22.50 in advance or $27.50 at the door. For more information call (740) 753-1924 or visit our website at www.stuartsoperahouse.org.
Founded in 1951, the Columbus Symphony is the longest-running, professional symphony in central Ohio. Through an array of innovative artistic, educational, and community outreach programming, the Columbus Symphony is reaching an expanding, more diverse audience each year. This season, the Columbus Symphony will share classical music with more than 175,000 people in central Ohio through concerts, radio broadcasts, and special programming. For more information, visit www.columbussymphony.com.
Possible educational opportunities in our Stuart’s Arts Education Program will involve Columbus Symphony musicians visiting schools and community venues. Our collaborations will include visits to schools where musicians will coach students in band and orchestra programs, and give demonstrations to elementary classes, along with possible performances at Stuart’s.
PERFORMANCE
- Beethoven – Symphony #2
- intermission
- Mozart – Overture to Marriage of Figaro
- Mendelssohn – Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Strauss – Die Libelle, Polka Mazurka
- Strauss – Pizzicato Polka
- Copland – Hoe Down from Rodeo
- Strauss – Thunder and Lightning Polka
ABOUT ROSSEN MILANOV
Respected and admired by audiences and musicians alike, Rossen Milanov is currently the music director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA) in Spain. In 2017, Milanov received an Arts Prize from The Columbus Foundation for presenting Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as part of CSO’s 2017 Picnic with the Pops summer series. Under his leadership, the organization has expanded its reach by connecting original programming with community-wide initiatives, such as focusing on women composers and nature conservancy, presenting original festivals, and supporting and commissioning new music.
Milanov has established himself as a conductor with considerable national and international presence, appearing with the Colorado, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Seattle, and Fort Worth symphonies, as well as the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and Link Up education projects with Carnegie Hall featuring the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Civic Orchestra in Chicago. Internationally, he has collaborated with BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra de la Suisse Romand, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Aalborg, Latvian, and Hungarian National Symphony Orchestras, Slovenain Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the orchestras in Toronto, Vancouver, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic (South Africa), Mexico, Colombia, Sao Paolo, Belo Horizonte, and New Zealand. In the Far East, he has appeared with NHK, Sapporo, Tokyo, and Singapore Symphonies, and the Malaysian and Hong Kong Philharmonics.
Milanov has collaborated with some of the world’s preeminent artists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Midori, Christian Tetzlaff, and André Watts. During his 11-year tenure with The Philadelphia Orchestra, he conducted more than 200 performances. In 2015, he completed a 15-year tenure as music director of nationally recognized training orchestra Symphony in C in New Jersey. In 2013, he wrapped up a 17-year tenure with the New Symphony Orchestra in his native city of Sofia, Bulgaria. His passion for new music has resulted in numerous world premieres of works by composers such as Derek Bermel, Mason Bates, Caroline Shaw, Phillip Glass, Richard Danielpour, Nicolas Maw, and Gabriel Prokofiev, among others. Noted for his versatility, Milanov is also a welcomed presence in the worlds of opera and ballet. He has collaborated with Komische Oper Berlin for Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk), Opera Oviedo for the Spanish premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Mazzepa and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle (awarded best Spanish production for 2015), and Opera Columbus for Verdi’s La Traviata.
An experienced ballet conductor, he has been seen at New York City Ballet and collaborated with some of the best-known choreographers of our time, such Mats Ek, Benjamin Millepied, and most recently, Alexei Ratmansky in the critically acclaimed revival of Swan Lake in Zurich with the Zurich Ballet, and in Paris with La Scala Ballet. Milanov studied conducting at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, where he received the Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship. A passionate chef, he often dedicates his culinary talents to various charities.
The Columbus Symphony Orchestra will perform at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio on Sunday, March 17th at 4:00pm. This show is expected to sell out, some tickets are still available right now, Reserved seats and general admission tickets are $22.50 in advance or $27.50 at the door. For more information call (740) 753-1924 or visit our website at www.stuartsoperahouse.org.