Chamber Music Festival Brings Two Grand Piano Men to Orcas

— from Linda Slone for Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival —

For large-hall, big-piano-sound aficionados, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival brings two concert grand pianos to the Orcas Center stage on Saturday, October 22.

One week before Jon Kimura Parker performs the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 at Carnegie Hall, hear him perform it at OICMF’s special Carnegie Hall Concerto Preview concert, with live piano accompaniment!

The October 22 concert starts at 1 p.m. Jon Kimura Parker opens the program playing Prokofiev’s spirited and dynamic Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, with up-and-coming star pianist Scott Cuellar playing the orchestral accompaniment on a second concert grand piano.

Scott Cuellar

The second half of the program will feature Scott Cuellar playing Rachmaninoff’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor. Mr. Cuellar is performing the Rachmaninoff Concerto with conductor Jerry Hou and the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra in Stude Concert Hall in Houston on December 2, and in tonight’s performance Jackie performs the orchestral accompaniment on second piano.

Scott Cuellar has been honored with many prestigious awards, including the gold medal at the 2016 San Antonio International Piano Competition. He is a doctoral student at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, Texas, studying with Jon Kimura Parker.

Meet the artists at the post-concert reception in the Madrona Room with Thurston Wolfe wines and light appetizers provided by Ron and Mary Rebman from the Orcas Village Store. Tickets for this concert are $50 each and $5 for students 18 and under.

Information and tickets for both events can be obtained by contacting the OICMF office, either by phone at 360-376-6636 or email at info@oicmf.org.

And save the date: this year’s OICMF Leaves of Gold concert in the Music Room at Rosario Resort will be offered one evening only, on Thursday, December 8th.