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GIDEON GRAU LEADS WAYNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA IN SEASON FINALE Gideon Grau, who has garnered wide acclaim as an orchestral and opera conductor, violinist, concertmaster, and chamber music performer, will lead the Wayne Chamber Orchestra in the final concert of the season on April 23, 1999. The concert begins at 8 p.m. in the Shea
Center for Performing Arts at Also on the program are two works by Mozart from "Cosi Fan Tutte," featuring Jocelyn Lieberfarb, soprano, in a performance of "Per pieta, ben mio, perdona." Rebecca Racusin of Mendham, a 15-year-old violinist and winner of the Mae and Fletcher Fish Young Artist Competition sponsored by the Wayne Chamber Orchestra, will also perform. Grau was born in Berlin, Germany, and educated in Israel and the United States. He has conducted the Palo Alto Symphony for the past two seasons, commuting from the New York area where he was also performing as concertmaster, violin soloist, and guest conductor of the Garden State Orchestra, New Jersey and as leader of several chamber music ensembles. For fourteen years, Grau was musical director
of the Saginaw Michigan Symphony Orchestra, which grew to attain
the status of Metropolitan Orchestra nationally, and the Saginaw
Choral Society. As director of the Delta College Summer Festival
of Arts, he was also music director of the Delta Festival Orchestra
and Conservatory of Music. Artists who have appeared under his
baton include such renowned soloists as the late Leonard Rose,
Gary Graffman, Emanuel Ax, Carlos Montoya, and Metropolitan Opera
stars Rosalind Elias and Blanche Thebom. Lieberfarb has been featured in concerts
in Mexico and performed with the Mexican National Orchestra under
the baton of the late conductor Eduardo Mata. Along with operatic
and musical theatre productions in the United States, Lieberfarb
performs as a soloist with several orchestras in the metropolitan
area. She has also appeared at Town Hall and Merkin Concert
Hall in New York. Lieberfarb is completing her doctorate in
opera performance at New York University. Tickets for the concert are $30, $25, and $20, depending on the location. Students may purchase two tickets for the rear loge at $5 each; a valid I.D. card is required. The Wayne Chamber Orchestra is supported in part by grants from the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council, through a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State. In addition, the orchestra is underwritten in part by William Paterson University and supported by gifts from private individuals, area businesses and corporations. The ensemble has gained national recognition both for its excellence of performance and imaginative programming. For additional information, please call the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371.
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