Atlantic Classical Orchestra Series III

CONCERT 3
Friday, March 2, 2012 
4pm and 8pm
Twilight (8 PM) Concert Series Sponsored by Price Wealth Management/UBS

Stewart Robertson
Artistic Director and Conductor 
Elmar Oliveira, Violin

“A major artist in the very top international echelon.” –The New York Times

Unsurpassed in his combination of elegance and impeccable artistry, Elmar Oliveira is one of the most distinguished violinists in the world today. His rigorous international itinerary includes appearances with many of the world's great orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the Zurich Tonhalle, to name a few. He has also made extensive recital tours of North and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Mr. Oliveira remains the only American violinist to win the Gold Medal at Moscow's prestigious Tchaikovsky International Competition. He was also the First Prize winner at the Naumburg International Competition and the first violinist to receive the coveted Avery Fisher Prize.  

Oliveira returns to the Treasure Coast to perform Schumann’s recently discovered Violin Concerto with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra for its third 2012 Season performance.  

This concert also includes Gerald Plain's toe-tapping Clawhammer and Schubert's Symphony No. 2.  

PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture, The Marriage of Figaro

Gerald Plain
Clawhammer

Robert Schumann
Violin Concerto in D Minor

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major

ABOUT THE ATLANTIC CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA

The Atlantic Classical Orchestra (ACO) is one of the finest regional orchestras in the country.  This 100% professional orchestra is led by Grammy-nominated artistic director and conductor, Stewart Robertson.  Maestro Robertson is recognized internationally for artistic excellence having been the music director of the 70 year-old Florida Grand Opera and New York's prestigious Glimmerglass Opera.  His artistic reputation attracts top musicians from as far away as Chicago, Hartford and South America.  Experience excellence as the Atlantic Classical orchestra performs the world’s greatest music on Florida’s Treasure Coast.