The South Bend Symphony Orchestra presents the June H. Edwards Mosaic Series opener, Mozart Piano Concert No. 25 in C at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center on Sunday, October 20, 2024! With guest conductor Tania Miller leading the orchestra through this dynamic program and guest pianist Sara Davis Buechner performing the remarkable piece.
Guest conductor Tania Miller says, “I’m so thrilled to be working again with the extraordinary Sara Davis Buechner. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 is one of his truly great masterpieces, a work of great elegance, complexity, and beauty. I know it is a favorite of Sara’s, and she will bring us an interpretation of great depth and spirit.”
The concert begins with Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony, Op. 110. The piece weaves together intense personal expressions and haunting melodies that resonate deeply with audiences. Following this is Silvestrov’s The Messenger, featuring Sara Buechner on the piano. Finally, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, also featuring Sara Davis Buechner, is a work that shows the elegance and sophistication of the Classical era.
Sara remarks, “The magnificent Piano Concerto in C major (KV 503) of Wolfgang Mozart stands out as one of the composer’s greatest creations, written near the end of his life in the same period that he completed his finest operas and the “Jupiter” Symphony of the same key. There is an Apollonian joy to this large-scale work, and I fully expect that smiles will be the order of the day when I perform it under the baton of Tania Miller, one of the finest conductors of our time. Tania and I have collaborated frequently, and I expect this will be one of our sunniest assignments to date. I can’t wait!”
The South Bend Symphony Orchestra thanks Jack M. Champaigne for supporting the June H. Edwards Mosaic Series in memory of his friend, June, and Jordan Lexus of Mishawaka for being a proud Artistic Partner of the 2024-25 Season.
TICKETS are $13 for students and $39 for adults.
ONLINE –www.performingarts.nd.edu
PHONE – DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Box Office 574-631-2800
(Noon – 6 p.m., Monday – Friday)
IN-PERSON – Visit the DeBartolo Box Office (100 Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556) during the times listed above or one hour before any performance.
To VIEW the 2024-25 Season schedule, visit www.southbendsymphony.org
Dates, programs, and venues are subject to change.
For questions or media appearances, please contact Sarah Perschbacher, sperschbacher@southbendsymphony.org or 574-230-4875
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About the South Bend Symphony Orchestra
The South Bend Symphony inspires the community with the transformative power of orchestral music in all its forms by producing 20 mainstage programs, serving more than 29,000 attendees annually. As the region’s only professional orchestra, the Symphony is committed to diverse sound and a robust arts community in Michiana that entertains and connects people to music.
In addition to being recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts and other state and local arts funding organizations, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra is the recipient of the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County’s Leighton Award for Nonprofit Excellence, which recognizes the best-run nonprofit organization in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
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About Sara Davis Buechner, piano
In her twenties Sara Davis Buechner earned a bouquet of top prizes at the world’s premiere international piano competitions — Queen Elisabeth (Brussels), Leeds, Mozart (Salzburg), Beethoven (Vienna), and Sydney. She was a Bronze Medalist of the 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the Gold Medalist of the 1984 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition.
Buechner has performed in every state and province of North America — as recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with top orchestras like the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra; and in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Hollywood Bowl. She has toured throughout Latin and South America and Europe; and she enjoys a special following in Asia.
Sara Davis Buechner joined the faculty of Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance in 2016, after previously teaching at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University and the University of British Columbia. She has presented masterclasses and workshops at major pedagogic venues worldwide, adjudicated important international piano competitions, and is also a contributing editor for Dover Publications International. In 2017 marked her thirtieth year as a dedicated Yamaha Artist.
As a proud transgender woman, Buechner also appears as a speaker and performer at important LGBTQ events and has contributed interviews and articles about her own experience to numerous media outlets worldwide.
She is a dual American Canadian citizen who makes her home in Philadelphia.
www.saradavisbuechner.com
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About Tania Miller, Guest Conductor
Tania Miller has recently been named as Artistic Director of the Brott Music Festival in Canada. She is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and of Brott Opera. Miller served as interim Principal Conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic in the 22-23 season, and recently made her debut with the Warsaw Philharmonic, I Musici de Montreal, and the New Haven Symphony.
Miller has conducted the KBS Symphony in Seoul, and the Virtuoso Chamber Orchestra at the World Orchestra Festival in Daegu, South Korea with concerts in Daegu, Hwaseong, and Seoul. She has appeared as a guest conductor in Canada, the United States and Europe with such orchestras as the Bern Symphony Orchestra, NFM Wroclåw Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, and numerous others. Maestro Miller was Music Director of Canada’s Victoria Symphony for 14 years, and was named Music Director Emerita for her commitment to the orchestra and community.
Miller conducted Calgary Opera’s 2022 production of Lehar’s Merry Widow and numerous opera productions as Artistic Director of Michigan Opera Works and guest conductor of Opera McGill in Montreal. She was Assistant Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival for four seasons, and Assistant and Associate Conductor of the Vancouver Symphony from 2000-2004. She was Assistant Conductor of the Banff Summer Festival of the Arts opera production of Michael Daugherty’s Jackie O.
Miller has a Doctorate and master’s degree in Conducting from the University of Michigan. Maestro Miller received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Royal Roads University, and an Honorary Fellowship Diploma from Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music for her commitment to leadership in community and music education. She was recipient of the 2017 Friends of Canadian Music award from the Canadian League of Composers for her dedication to the performance of contemporary music.
www.taniamiller.com