Jan 9, 2024 |Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall

Courtney Lewis, Music Director
Conrad Tao, piano

The Jacksonville Symphony is one of Florida’s oldest and most important cultural institutions. They will return to the Kravis Center with Music Director, Courtney Lewis, who has established himself as one of his generation’s most dynamic conductors. Joined by young piano phenom, Conrad Tao, their program will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue as well as Rachmaninoff’s seldom-heard Fourth Piano Concerto.

Program to include:
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40
Carl Nielsen, Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, FS 76 “The Inextinguishable”

Beyond The Stage Pre-Concert Talk
6:30pm-7pm
Rinker Playhouse
Hosted by the Kravis Center’s Classical Artistic Advisor, Phillip Bergmann, gives the inside story of the music, musicians and composers for each classical performance. Pre-concert talks include interesting facts and background about the music and highlight elements of interest to all audience members and feature interviews with special guests from the ensembles.

Classical Concert Series sponsored by Leonard and Sophie Davis
With support from

Beyond The Stage sponsored by Nancy and Jay Parker