The Orchestra of The Southern Finger Lakes ended July with a big announcement of their 24-25 season tickets.
Their 30th season in history also celebrates another important anniversary. This is the 15th season with Maestro Toshiyuki Shimada leading the group of musicians. The performances of the season include the Orchestra Series and the Musicians Choice Chamber Music Series.
This fall, on Oct 12, the orchestra will start the season with “Oktoberfest at the Symphony,” a celebration of German composers like Beethoven and Brahms. Korean violinist, Jinyoung Yoon will perform the Brahms Violin Concerto. To end the Orchestra Series, on May 4, 2025 pianist Svetlana Smolina will perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The “May The Fourth Be With You” performance will also include the classic cinematic Star Wars theme.
For fans of smaller ensembles’, on Nov 1, principal flute Jeanne Sperber and pianist Michael Salmirs will perform lyrical repertoire from composers such as Arthur Foote and Charles Griffes. Next year on Feb. 11, a trio of wind instrumentalists, Lesley McClelland, David Resig and Claire Tuxill McKenney, will perform pieces both with and without narration.
The Orchestra Series is conducted by director Toshiyuki Shimada. Shimada studied under highly esteemed conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Herbert Blomstedt and more. From 2005 to 2019 he was the director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra of Yale University. He also directed the Portland Symphony Orchestra in Portland, ME from 1986 to 2006. Not only does he conduct in the U.S. but he’s made guest appearances at international orchestras like Royal Scottish National Orchestra; L’Orchestre National de Lille in France, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Chamber Orchestra and a seemingly endless list of others.
To experience all The Orchestra of The Southern Finger Lakes has to offer, you can purchase season tickets on the website here.
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