PORT ANGELES — Cellist Julian Schwarz will be featured during Saturday night’s Concert No. 3 by the Port Angeles Symphony.
The concert will be in the Port Angeles High School auditorium, 304 E. Park Ave.
The symphony will perform excerpts from Richard Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, with Schwarz performing a solo performance of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto.
A chat will precedethe concert at 6:40 p.m., with music set to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Concert tickets are $30, $20, $15 and $12, depending on seating. They are available in advance and at the door.
Free admission is available for youths 16 and younger who are accompanied by an adult.
For more information, call 360-457-5579, email pasymphony@olypen.com or visit www.portangelessymphony.org.
Bus service
Bus service from Sequim to Saturday’s symphony concert is available.
However, the bus is expected to arrive at 7:15 p.m., too late for participation in the pre-concert chat.
Service will be provided from:
■ SunLand at 135 Fairway Drive at 6:30 p.m.
■ Walmart Supercenter, 1110 W. Washington St., at 6:40 p.m. Pickup will be in the large parking lot west of the building and the pharmacy drive-through.
Bus travel costs $18.75 per person, with reservations required by calling the symphony office at 360-457-5579.
Encore recital
At 2 p.m. Sunday, Schwarz, accompanied by a pianist, will present an encore recital of all-new music in Peninsula College’s Maier Performance Hall, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
During the recital, Schwarz will perform selections by Schumann, Lalo, Beethoven, Diamond, Strauss and Kreisler.
Tickets for the recital and reception are $25 and can be obtained by calling the symphony office.
A reception with hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be included.
Musical pedigree
Schwarz, born in Seattle, started piano lessons at the age of 5 and began his cello studies the following year with the late David Tonkonogui.
Subsequent teachers included Toby Saks, Lynn Harrell, Neal Cary and Ronald Leonard.
He made his orchestral debut at the age of 11, playing Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 1 with the Seattle Symphony, conducted at the time by his father, Gerard Schwarz.
Schwarz received his Bachelor of Music in May 2014 from The Juilliard School in New York City, where he studied with Joel Krosnick and is currently pursuing his master’s in music.
He currently performs on a cello made in Naples by Gennaro Gagliano in 1743.
In August 2012, Schwarz recorded the Samuel Jones Cello Concerto, which was written for him, with the newly formed All Star Orchestra, founded by Gerard Schwarz.
In August 2013, Schwarz was awarded first prize in the professional cello division of the inaugural Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition in Hong Kong.
He has appeared with the Seattle; San Diego; Puerto Rico; Columbus; Syracuse, N.Y.; Virginia; Sarasota, Fla.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Omaha, Neb.; Wichita, Kan.; and Modesto, Calif., symphonies, and performed recitals at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico and Palm Springs, Fla.
Schwarz has performed at the Aspen, Interlochen, Eastern, California Summer and Encore music festivals.
He has been the featured young artist at both the Seattle Chamber Music Festival and the Cape Cod Music Festival, and attended and performed at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.
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Reporter Chris McDaniel can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5074, or cmcdaniel@peninsuladailynews.com.
