Meet soloist Olga Kern: RI Philharmonic Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky for Gala benefit featuring Bramwell Tovey conducting, March 31

Learn more about soloist Olga Kern

• Recognized as one of her generation’s great pianists.
• Jump-started her U.S. career with her historic gold-medal win at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth–the first woman to do so in more than 30 years.
• Discography includes her Grammy-nominated recording of Rachmaninoff’s Corelli Variations and other transcriptions (2004), Brahms Variations (2007) and Chopin Piano Sonatas No.2 and 3 (2010).
• First-prize winner of the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition at 17, Ms. Kern is a laureate of many international competitions.
• Served as jury chair for both the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition and the inaugural Olga Kern International Piano Competition, for which she is the artistic director.
• Performed with the Moscow Philharmonic, Santa Fe and the St. Louis symphonies, as well as opening Pacific Symphony’s season.
• Featured soloist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, both in Glasgow, and on their spring 2019 U.S. tour.
• Appeared in the award-winning documentary about the 2001 Cliburn Competition, Playing on the Edge.
• Served as artist in residence for the San Antonio Symphony’s 2017-18 season.
• Had her Chinese debut with the National Youth Orchestra of China tour.
• Performed concerts with Detroit, Pacific and Colorado symphonies, the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Tivoli Symphony Orchestra and La Jolla Music Festival, and recitals in Santa Fe, New Haven, Scottsdale and San Francisco.
• Other season highlights included returns to the Royal Philharmonic with Pinchas Zukerman, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice with Giancarlo Guerrero, a month-long tour of South Africa for concerts with the Cape and KwaZulu Natal philharmonics, an Israeli tour with the Israel Symphony, solo recitals at Sarasota’s Van Wezel Hall, New York’s 92nd Street Y, and the University of Kansas’ Lied Center, and recitals with Renée Fleming in Carnegie Hall and Berkeley.

***At A Glance***

2019 Gala Concert with Bramwell Tovey
Sunday, March 31
Concert at 2 p.m.
The VETS, One Avenue of the Arts, Providence

Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Olga Kern, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1 with Olga Kern, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.5

Gala concert tickets start at $35 and can be purchased online at tickets.riphil.org, in person from the RI Philharmonic Orchestra Box Office in East Providence, or by calling 401.248.7000 (M-F 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.). Day of the concert, tickets may be purchased at The VETS Box Office (11 a.m.-showtime).

Gala Celebration Dinner

Immediately following the concert is the Gala Celebration and dinner honoring music industry icon George Wein with the prestigious John Hazen White Sr., Leadership in the Arts Award. It will be at the Renaissance Providence Hotel, adjacent to The VETS.

Gala Concert and Celebration packages are available by contacting Laurie Johnson-Carvalho at 401.248.7034 or ljohnson-carvalho@riphil.org.