The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra April 9 at 3:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Joseph Young will conduct an all-Rachmaninoff program that includes Vocalise and Symphonic Dances. Guest pianist Stephen Hough will join the orchestra for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1.
Young is currently the assistant conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. His numerous conducting engagements have included the Colorado Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Germany’s Bamberger Symphoniker, Portugal’s Orquestra Sinfonica do Porto Casa da Musica and the Orquesta Sinfonica y Coro de RTVE in Madrid. He returns to Hodgson Concert Hall where he conducted the Atlanta Symphony’s popular New Year’s Eve concert.
Hough is not only a distinguished pianist but also an accomplished writer and composer. In 2001, he was the first classical artist to receive a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and in 2013, he was named a Commander of the British Empire. He regularly writes for The Guardian, The Times, Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine, and he recently completed his first novel, The Final Retreat.
Hough’s international appearances this season include recitals in Sweden, the U.K. and Mexico and performances with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Hong Kong Philharmonic and Sao Paulo Symphony. He has recorded more than 50 albums for the Hyperion label.
Tickets for the concert are $62 to $72 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling the box office at 706-542-4400. UGA students can purchase tickets for $6 with a valid UGA ID, limit one ticket per student.
A pre-concert lecture will be given by Ken Meltzer, author of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s program notes and host of the weekly radio show Meet the Classics on Atlanta’s AM-1690. The lecture begins at 2:45 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center.