Mozart’s Majestic Jupiter Symphony 2024-2025
The “Jupiter” Symphony radiates majesty and awesome harmonic breadth. This concert devoted to Mozart brings together Rafael Payare and pianist Kevin Chen.
Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 27 marks the apex of a form the composer cultivated throughout his entire career and through which he expressed his innermost feelings and aspirations, while the Jupiter Symphony radiates majesty and great harmonic breadth. In both works, the prominence of wind instruments enhances the orchestral colours, lending them a characteristic shine.
Artists
Orchestre Symponique de Montréal
Rafael Payare, conductor
Kevin Chen, piano
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fantasia for Piano in C minor, K. 475 (12 min.)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595 (32 min.)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony no. 41 in C major, K. 551, ‘‘Jupiter’’ (31 min.)
Concert without intermission
Together, let's shape our musical future!
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Rafael Payare
Music DirectorRafael Payare’s prodigious musicianship, technical brilliance and charismatic presence on the podium have made him one of the world’s most sought-after conductors. A graduate of the celebrated El Sistema music education program in Venezuela, Mr. Payare began his formal conducting studies in 2004 with José Antonio Abreu. Since winning the prestigious Malko International Competition for Young Conductors in Denmark in 2012, Maestro Payare’s career has advanced rapidly. Since 2015, he has served as Principal Conductor of the Castleton Festival, founded by his mentor the late Lorin Maazel. He was Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Ulster Orchestra from 2014 to 2019 and in 2019, took up the position of Music Director of the San Diego Symphony. In recent years, Rafael Payare has conducted many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including those of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Zurich, Berlin, Vienna, London, Munich, Chicago and Paris. He has also made important opera debuts at the Glyndebourne Festival, Stockholm’s Royal Swedish Opera, the Royal Danish Opera, and most recently at London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In the 2022-2023 season, Payare became the ninth Music Director in the history of the OSM.
To consult:
rafaelpayare.com
Long biography
Kevin Chen
PianoPianist Kevin Chen began musical studies at five and gained early recognition by winning First Place at the Canadian Music Competition at eight. At age ten, he was acknowledged as one of the “Top 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians under 30” by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and featured among “100 Remarkable Canadians” in Maclean’s magazine. Kevin has earned first prizes at prestigious international competitions, including the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition, the Concours de Genève, the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, and the International Piano-e-Competition. Kevin has performed in top venues around the world such as Carnegie Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, and Taipei’s National Concert Hall. He has featured as a soloist with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, among others, and his musical journey continues to unfold.
