Cascade Symphony Will Perform 'Petrushka' March 11

EDMONDS, WA - From Cascade Symphony: Classical cellist Nathan Chan will be the featured soloist when the Cascade Symphony Orchestra — under the direction of maestro Michael Miropolsky — performs “Petrushka, a Puppet’s Life,” featuring the musical works of Russian composers Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Igor Stravinsky, as well as that of German composer Robert Schumann on Monday, March 11.

The concert will commence at 7:30 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA), 410 4th Ave. North. A pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m. by KING-FM radio personality Dave Beck will preview the musical highlights for the evening.

Chan will perform Schumann’s “Cello Concerto in A minor” with the Cascade Symphony. The orchestra also will play Tchaikovsky’s “Dances from Oprichnik” and Stravinsky’s “Petrushka.”

A member of the Seattle Symphony, Chan has previously been a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, Reno Philharmonic, and Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra. The young virtuoso has worked with conductors who include Leonard Slatkin, James Gaffigan, Donato Cabrera, Alexander Prior, Alasdair Neale, Edwin Outwater, Laura Jackson, and David Allen Miller.

Chan made his musical debut at the age of 3 by conducting the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, having discovered his musical interests by emulating the styles of conductors he saw on videos; they included Seiji Ozawa, Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein. His imitations while a toddler were viewed as so intuitive that he caught the attention of San Francisco Opera assistant conductor Sara Joblin, who took the young Nathan under her wing.

Ticket prices for Cascade Symphony concerts at the ECA are $27 for adults, $22 for seniors, $15 for students with an ID, and $10 for youngsters 12 and younger. This is the first season that all tickets are for assigned reserved seats.

Due to the demand for tickets, Cascade Symphony Orchestra (CSO) encourages patrons to return any tickets to the ECA box office that they will not be able to use. Even though a concert may be “sold out,” returned tickets do become available, including at the door the day of the event. Patrons can call the ECA at (425) 275-9595 or come early (around 6:15 p.m.) on concert night.

Additional information about the Cascade Symphony Orchestra and the “Petrushka, a Puppet’s Life” concert is available at www.cascadesymphony.org.

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