Festival Orchestra: Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
About this event
Opening night of the Festival Orchestra Series features not one but two popular monuments of the orchestral canon. Montana native and 2021 Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition winner Tanner Jorden returns to the Grand Teton Music Festival to perform Rachmaninoff’s timeless and melodically rich Second Piano Concerto. Rounding out the program is Tchaikovsky’s dramatic symphonic reckoning with the immensities of fate. program Key: Star Spangled Banner Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Tanner Jorden, piano – 2021 Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship winner Festival Orchestra sponsored by Ari Rifkin, in memory of Leonard Rifkin Maestro Runnicles sponsored by Susan Jane & Nicholas J. Sutton Music Director Initiatives sponsored by Peter Fenton & Kate Greer This week’s concerts sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. Robert Spetzler Guest artist Tanner Jorden sponsored by Louise & Ralph Haberfeld and Barbara & John Vogelstein Program sponsored by Katherine Brooks & George Beller meet the musician Tanner Jorden Piano Tanner Jorden Piano Shortly before leaving his home in Montana, Tanner Jorden received first prize at the Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition. In 2023, Jorden won second prize at the Music Teacher National Association (MTNA) Young Artist National Piano Competition, being the youngest among finalists who were deep into their graduate studies. In 2024, he won first prize in the MTNA National Chamber Music Competition with the Aspen Grove Trio as well as second prize at the PianoArts North American Piano Competition. Jorden is a frequent soloist with professional symphonies. Recent engagements include Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Sir Donald Runnicles and the Montana Youth Symphony, Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C with Yaniv Danur and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Anne Harrigan and the Billings Symphony. Jorden ...
Location
📍 Jackson Hole High School Auditorium, 1910 High School Road, Jackson, WY, 83001
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