For Immediate Release: Pianist/composer Conrad Tao is proud to announce a 2017/18 season that will take him from major U.S. orchestras to tours across the world. The former prodigy continues to emerge as a mature, thoughtful and thought-provoking artist, confidently pushing boundaries as a leading performer, composer, curator, and commissioner, championing new music while continuing to present core repertoire in a new light.
Conrad makes his Lincoln Center debut with a solo recital including a work by American composer Jason Eckhardt (December 3), and will also both perform in his own recital and have his solo violin commission performed by Paul Huang at Washington Performing Arts Society (April 21 & 27). As Artist in Residence with the Utah Symphony, Conrad will perform both Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety (February 23-24) and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 2 (April 6-7) with Karina Canellakis & Thierry Fischer. Conrad also opens ProMusica Chamber Orchestra’s season with a commission and world premiere performance in Ohio (October 8). Additionally, a new multimedia work, Ceremony, developed with vocalist Charmaine Lee, will receive its premiere at Brooklyn’s Roulette (October 30).
Conrad will be performing Bernstein and Gershwin with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra (February 2-3) and the Buffalo Philharmonic (March 11). Other notable U.S. appearances include at the New Jersey Symphony with Xian Zhang, Seattle Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony with Christian Arming.
Outside of the U.S., Conrad has been re-invited to perform with the Berner Symphoniker and Mario Venzago in Switzerland (September 2-3), and will also make his debut with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and James Gaffigan (April 27). He will also return to Italy with the Orchestra Verdi Milano and Vladimir Fedoseev, and Malaysia with the Malaysian Philharmonic and Eiji Oue.
Full 2017-2018 season information is below
For more information go to http://conradtao.com/
CONRAD TAO 2017-18 SEASON DATES
September 2 & 3, 2017
Berner Symphoniker
Bern, Switzerland | Kursaal
September 23, 2017
Plano Symphony
Plano, TX | Eisemann Center
October 8, 2017
ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
Columbus, OH | Southern Theatre
October 19, 2017
Eugene Symphony
Eugene, OR | Hult Center for the Performing Arts
October 21 & 22, 2017
Spokane Symphony
Spokane, WA | Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox
October 30, 2017
Performance with vocalist Charmaine Lee
New York, NY | Roulette
November 2, 3, 4 & 5, 2017
New Jersey Symphony
Newark, NJ | New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Richardson Auditorium, State Theatre New Jersey
November 11, 2017
Mississippi Symphony
Jackson, MS
December 3, 2017
Lincoln Center Debut Solo Recital
New York, NY | Lincoln Center – Walter Reade Theatre
December 7, 2017
Berkeley Symphony
Berkeley, CA | Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
January 14, 2018
Solo Recital
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur City Centre
January 18, 2018
Seattle Symphony
Seattle, WA | Benaroya Hall
January 27 & 28, 2018
Santa Fe Pro Musica
Santa Fe, NM | Lensic Performing Arts Center
February 2 & 3, 2018
Charleston Symphony
Charleston, SC | The Gaillard Center
February 12-19, 2018
Recital Tour in Italy
February 23 & 24, 2018
Utah Symphony
Salt Lake City, UT | Abravanel Hall
March 11, 2018
Buffalo Philharmonic
Buffalo, NY | Kleinhans Music Hall
April 6 & 7, 2018
Utah Symphony
Salt Lake City, UT | Abravanel Hall
April 10, 2018
Symphony of the Americas
Boca Raton, FL | Broward Center for the Performing Arts
April 12 & 14, 2018
Atlanta Symphony
Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Symphony Hall
April 19, 2018
Hamilton Philharmonic
Hamilton, ON | FirstOntario Concert Hall
April 21, 2018
Washington Performing Arts Society – Recital
Washington, D.C. | Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 27, 2018
Washington Performing Arts Society – Premiere of Commission for Solo Violin
Washington, D.C. | Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
April 27, 2018
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki Music Centre
