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Ballet Hispanico opens this year’s Festival Series Ballet Hispanico opens this year’s Festival Series BOWLING GREEN, O.—With five of six artists and ensembles making their local
debuts, the 24th season of the Bowling Green State University Festival Series will offer both fresh and traditional talent
to northwest Ohio audiences.
A feast for the senses, the series opens with a unique performance by Ballet Hispanico on Saturday, Oct. 4, as part of Hispanic
Heritage Month activities. Considered the foremost dance representative of Hispanic culture in the United States, the company
creates a spirited image of the contemporary Hispanic world. With striking choreography and a deep sense of the theatrical,
Ballet Hispanico provides a passionate and intriguing adventure in dance.
The Takacs String Quartet will perform on Thursday, Oct. 16, in the Kobacker Concert and in conjunction with BGSU’s 24th annual
New Music & Art Festival. Recognized as one of the world’s greatest string quartets, the group appears regularly in nearly
every major music capital and prestigious festival across the world. The 2003 Grammy-winning quartet pushes perfection to
the limit, combining an uncommon sense of sarcasm and sentiment.
On Friday, Dec. 5, the Waverly Consort, in a return engagement, will present a special holiday event, “A Christmas Story.”
Since the program’s 1980 premiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, it has become a favorite of audiences throughout
North America. Each holiday season, in the timeless pageantry of medieval church dramas, the Consort’s eight singers and five
instrumentalists recount the events of Christmas, as told through Biblical narrative.
The series continues on Friday, Feb. 13, 2004 with the Lois M. Nitschke Memorial Concert featuring celebrated violinist Midori.
Winner of the coveted 2001 Avery Fisher Prize, Midori began studying the violin at a very early age and performed as a guest
soloist for the New York Philharmonic’s traditional New Year’s Eve concert at age 11. No longer a child prodigy but an extraordinary
artist, she plays with a deep sense of emotion and attachment to each piece.
On Thursday, March 4, Imani Winds will appear in the Louise F. Rees Memorial Concert. The five outstanding musicians of African-American
and Latin heritage joined in 1996 to create an ensemble capable of pushing all the traditional boundaries of a wind quintet.
As Concert Artists Guild’s first-ever educational residency ensemble, Imani Winds offers a wide array of educational and uplifting
programs and performances. Their visit to Bowling Green will include a three-day community mini-residency.
The Festival Series concludes on Friday, April 2, with a performance by world-renowned pianist Lang Lang. Only 20 years old,
he has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to connect with audiences on a deeply personal level and is proving himself to
be one of the most exciting pianists of our time. Winner of the Tchaikovsky International Young Musicians Competition and,
more recently, the first-ever Leonard Bernstein Award, he has released two recordings, which both hitting the Billboard charts.
All Festival Series performances begin at 8 p.m. in Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center at the University.
Series subscriptions may be purchased until the day of the first opening concert. Adult subscription rates range from $70
in the balcony, $100 for seating on the main floor and $130 in the mezzanine. Subscription rates for students are $50, $75
and $100. Subscriptions may be charged using MasterCard, Visa or Discover. Tickets can be ordered by calling the Moore Musical
Arts Center box office at 419-372-8171 or 1-800-589-2224.
(Posted September 05, 2003 )
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