"Music is music whether it is for the stage, rostrum, or cinema," said Erich Korngold, an Austrian-born composer of Hollywood s Golden Age. New Philharmonic, the only professional orchestra based in DuPage County, opens 2023 with a program featuring Korngold s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, or "Hollywood Concerto," and showcasing award-winning prodigious young violinist Esme Arias-Kim.
The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra is proud to present the Arthur D. Montzka Memorial Concert, on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at 7:30 pm, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall inside the Music Building, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. This concert is sponsored by the Mary E. Stevens Concert Trust, and Annette and Jerry Johns. There will be a free pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm in the Recital Hall. <br/><br/>On the evening’s program will be Carnival Overture, Op. 92, by Antonin Dvořák; Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold featuring violin soloist Esme Arias-Kim, winner of the 2022 Arthur D. Montzka Young Artists Concerto Competition; and Symphony No. 9 in Eb Major, Op. 70 by Dmitri Shostakovich. <br/><br/>Tickets go on sale 30 minutes prior to each concert in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall lobby, NIU Music Building. All seats are general admission (no reserved seating); it is recommended to arrive early. Individual ticket pric