Salina Symphony
The Salina Symphony will embark this fall on a season of New Beginnings under the baton of newly appointed Music Director Yaniv Segal.
The season opens with a 4 p.m. performance on Oct. 2 in the Stiefel Theatre, 151 S. Santa Fe Avenue.
The concert will feature Beethoven’s monumental Fifth Symphony, one of the most recognizable works of all time. Dynamic violinist and Kansas City native Maria Ioudenitch will dazzle audiences with her performance of Sibelius’ epic violin concerto. Patrick Harlin’s majestic new work, inspired by Earthrise – the iconic photograph taken from Apollo 8 – will open this can’t miss program.
Yaniv Segal
Segal was named music director in May after an extensive search. He is the third music director in Salina Symphony’s 67-year history. Segal has achieved critical success since childhood for his work as a conductor, composer, actor and violinist. A rising star who is “redefining classical music” (Esquire Magazine), he is conductor laureate and artistic advisor of the Chelsea Symphony, a former assistant conductor of both the Naples Philharmonic and Detroit Symphony Orchestra and has assisted at the New York Philharmonic. With performances described as “enthusiastic, lively and incisive” (Giornale di Sicilia) and “illuminating” (New York Times), Segal has collaborated with artists ranging from Itzhak Perlman and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg to the Beach Boys and Chris Botti. He has appeared with many orchestras worldwide including the Minnesota Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic, Sinfonietta Cracovia and Beethoven Academy Orchestra.
Guest artist
An American with a Russian heart, violinist Maria Ioudenitch completed her bachelor’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music and her master’s degree at the New England Conservatory. She is currently finishing her studies at NEC with Miriam Fried as an artist diploma candidate.
Over the past year, Ioudenitch has received first prizes in the Ysaye International Music Competition, the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition and the Joachim International Competition as well as numerous other prizes within these competitions, most notably Joachim’s Warner Classics prize, which will lead to a debut album set to release in 2022.
Recent solo engagements include the Utah Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, NFM Leopoldinum, Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, Lithuania Chamber Orchestra, the Signature Symphony at TCC, Israel Camerata and the National Orchestra of Uzbekistan. Recent chamber music performances have taken Ioudenitch across South America with Roberto Diaz and to Chicago, New York, Connecticut and Boston with Miriam Fried.
Tickets on sale now
Tickets may be purchased at the Stiefel Theatre Box Office, by calling 785-827-1998 or online at www.salinasymphony.org. Single admission is $29 or $39 and $19 for students.
Season tickets may be ordered by phone at 785-823-8309 or in person at the symphony office, located on the second floor of the Stiefel Theatre.
Pre-concert talk
A pre-concert talk with Segal and Ioudenitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. in the Stiefel Theatre Watson Room. Please enter through the main theatre doors. Doors will open at 2:30 p.m.