Itzhak Perlman, Christian Tetzlaff, Vadim Gluzman, Nicola Benedetti,
Javier Perianes, Jamie Barton, Truls Mørk, Håkan Hardenberger,
Daniel Müller-Schott, Miloš, Benjamin Grosvenor, Emanuel Ax, Ian
Bostridge, James Ehnes, and Rufus Wainwright.
Francis’ discography includes the Rachmaninov piano
concertos with Valentina Lisitsa and the London Symphony
Orchestra, Wolfgang Rihm’s Lichtes Spiel with Anne-Sophie Mutter
and the New York Philharmonic, and the Ravel and Gershwin piano
concertos with Ian Parker.
Now entering his third season as Music Director of The Florida
Orchestra, Michael Francis’ contract has already been extended to
Diego, where he has launched an ambitious multi-year exploration
of Mozart’s life. He was recently chief conductor and artistic advisor
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Praised for his “dazzling technique and rhythmic
fire” in the Seattle Times and dubbed a “formidable
virtuoso” by The Times of London, Cuban pianist
and composer Aldo López-Gavilán excels in
both the classical and jazz worlds as a recitalist,
concerto soloist, chamber-music collaborator, film
composer, recording artist, and performer of his own
electrifying jazz compositions.
He has appeared in such prestigious venues as the Amadeo
Roldán, Teatro del Museo de Bellas Artes, Teresa Careño, Carnegie
Hall, Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, and Royal Festival Hall. A
milestone in López-Gavilán’s professional and personal life came
founded by his brother Ilmar, the quartet’s first violinist—for concerts
in Calgary, Seattle, and Phoenix. His partnership with Harlem
concerts and residency activities.
Havana Chamber Orchestra, led by his wife Daiana Garcia, in a
“Seasons of Cuba” concert at California’s Festival Napa Valley,
and he returned to Chautauqua, where he performed his own music
with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra under Garcia. Later that
month he debuted with Nevada’s Classical Tahoe Orchestra as
soloist in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and in the premiere of his
new piano concerto Emporium.