About The Concert
Triple-threat composer, conductor, and pianist Dinuk Wijeratne makes his ESO debut. A JUNO Award-winner who made his Carnegie Hall debut while still a student in 2004, Wijeratne has performed with everyone from Yo-Yo Ma to tabla legend Zakir Hussain. Experience a provocative program featuring Wijeratne’s Fantasy Variations for Piano and Strings, recent music by Kareem Roustom and Luis Ramirez, and Chris Brubeck’s colourful Bass Trombone Concerto.
Robert Uchida on Dinuk Wijeratne's Inspiring Debut
Program to Include
DINUK WIJERATNE
The Spirit and the Dust
Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems
Gajaga Vannama - Fantasy Variations on a Traditional Theme
KAREEM ROUSTOM
Dabke
LUIS RAMIREZ
Chido
CHRIS BRUBECK
Concerto for Bass Trombone
Program subject to change.
This concert will not include an intermission.
