For immediate release:
April 18, 2023
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PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES CHANGES OF SOLOIST AND PROGRAM FOR CLASSICAL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS FOR MAY 19-21, 2023
Pianist Alice Sara Ott to Perform Grieg Piano Concerto
PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra today announced two changes to its Spring concert calendar, with changes in both soloist and program for the BNY Mellon Grand Classics subscription series concerts on May 19 and 21, 2023 at Heinz Hall.
Pianist Khatia Buniatishvilli has withdrawn from her engagement with the Pittsburgh Symphony for the BNY Mellon Grand Classics subscription series concerts on May 19 and 21, 2023, due to the joyful news of her pregnancy, which will make it not possible for her travel to Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce that much sought-after German pianist Alice Sara Ott will come to Pittsburgh that weekend and make her Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra debut. Ms. Ott will perform Edvard Grieg’s Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, a change in program from the previously announced Liszt piano concerto.
Revised program:
BNY Mellon Grand Classics 18: The Rite of Spring
Friday May 19 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday May 21 at 2:30 p.m.
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Alice Sara Ott, piano (debut)
BOULANGER: D’un matin de printemps (Pittsburgh premiere)
GRIEG: Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 16
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
ABOUT ALICE SARA OTT
One of classical music’s most creative minds, Alice Sara Ott has worked with conductors at the highest-level including Gustavo Dudamel, Pablo Heras-Casado, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Edward Gardner, Paavo Järvi, Sir Antonio Pappano, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrés Orozco- Estrada, Francois Leleux, Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sakari Oramo, Osmo Vänskä, Myung-Whun Chung and Robin Ticciati. She continues to perform with ensembles such as Berliner Philharmoniker, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, Camerata Salzburg, Münchner Philharmoniker, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra, and Wiener Symphoniker.
Alice released her tenth album Echoes Of Life, on Deutsche Grammophon, for whom she is an exclusive recording artist. Echoes Of Life is Alice Sara Ott’s personal musical reflection on life, built around Chopin’s Preludes op.28 and interspersed with seven works by the likes of György Ligeti, Nino Rota, Chilly Gonzales, Tōru Takemitsu, Arvo Pärt, Francesco Tristano and Ott herself. Her collaboration with architect Hakan Demirel results in an album-length digital video installation accompanying the recital, taking the audience on their own virtual journey and creating a wholly original concert experience.
The project had its world premiere in London’s Southbank in November 2021, followed by dates at Paris' La Seine Musicale, Munich Prinzregententheater, Lucerne KKL, Budapest MUPA, Antwerp de Singel, Klavierfest Ruhr, Istanbul Music Festival, Festival Internacional de Música de Espinho plus a major tour in Japan in spring 2022. Echoes Of Life follows on from seminal albums such as Nightfall, Wonderland and The Chopin Project, taking her total number of album streams to over 150 million.
Her future engagements include, Ravel G Major with Orchestre de Paris and St. Louis Symphony, Beethoven 3 with London Symphony Orchestra, Ravel Left Hand Concerto with Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Munich Philharmonic, as well as her Echoes Of Life tour continues in Barcelona (Palau de la Musica), Rotterdam (De Doelen), Prague (Rudolfinum) and more.
Also, a talented illustrator and designer, Alice Sara Ott created a signature line of bags for JOST, one of Germany’s premium fashion brands. She has also been global brand ambassador for Technics, collaborated with French luxury jewelry house, Chaumet, part of the LVMH group and with German luxury jewelry brand Wempe.
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