Colburn Orchestra Featuring Ronald Leonard September 26, 2009

Colburn Orchestra
Yehuda Gilad, Music Director and Conductor
Saturday, September 26, 8:00PM
Barnum Hall
Santa Monica High School
600 Olympic Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405

Ravel: Alborada del Grazioso
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by C.M. von Weber
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

Featuring faculty soloist Ronald Leonard

Ronald Leonard has been acclaimed as one of America's finest cello soloists, chamber musicians and teachers. He has been a member of the Cleveland Orchestra and was the principal cellist of the Rochester Philharmonic; he was principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 24 years. He has performed concertos with many renowned conductors, including Zubin Mehta, Michael Tilson Thomas, Andre Previn, Simon Rattle, Carlo Maria Giulini, Valery Gergiev and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Leonard has been a member of the Hartwell, Eastman and Vermeer Quartets and has been a guest performer with the Juilliard, American, Guarneri, Chillingarian, Borromeo, Manhattan and Mendelssohn quartets.

Mr. Leonard performs on a cello made by Pietro Guarnerius of Mantua.

Official Website: http://www.colburnschool.edu