The 1812 Overture is back with a bang! From the sumptuous Sleeping Beauty Suite to the virtuosity of the Violin Concerto, this evening is full of power and passion!

All Tchaikovsky Program (subject to change)
1812 Overture (with live cannon effects)
Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty Suite
Violin Concerto
Excerpts from The Nutcracker


Andrew Grams is in his third season as Assistant Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra/American Symphony Orchestra League Conducting Fellow, having been appointed to the post by Franz Welser-Möst in June 2004. A Maryland native, Andrew Grams began conducting at 17, when he led the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. He received a bachelor of music degree in violin performance from the Juilliard School of Music and a conducting degree from the Curtis Institute of Music.

Winner of the 1998 International Violin Competition “Premio Paganini,” Ilya Gringolts was also awarded two special prizes for the youngest ever competitor to be placed in the final and the best interpreter of Paganini’s Caprices. Ilya studied violin and composition at the St. Petersburg Special Music School with Tatiana Liberova and Jeanna Metallidi and at the Juilliard School in New York with Itzhak Perlman and the late Dorothy Delay. He was also one of twelve young artists selected by the BBC for their New Generation Artists Scheme.

Join us an hour before show time for a Pre-Performance Preview on the Old Farmhouse Lawn for lectures and demonstrations that offer insight and interpretation of the evening’s performance. More Information on the Pre-Performance Preview Series