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Jorge Federico Osorio

October 21 & 22, 2005

Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

Alan Heatherington, conductor

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83

Brahms

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

Jorge Federico Osorio
Jorge Federico Osorio has been internationally acclaimed for his superb musicianship and absolute command of the instrument. He has performed with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, and Seattle Symphonies; the Concertgebouw, French National, Philharmonia, Moscow State, and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras; and the Israel and Warsaw Philharmonics. Osorio has played under the batons of such distinguished conductors as Lorin Maazel, Bernard Haitink, Klaus Tennstedt, Eduardo Mata, and Enrique Bátiz. His concert tours have taken him to Europe, Asia, North, Central and South Americas. His American festival appearances have included the Hollywood Bowl, Ravinia, and Grant Park Festivals. Mr. Osorio is also an avid chamber musician; he has served as artistic director of the Brahms Music Festival in Mexico, and has performed with the late Henryk Szeryng, the Moscow Quartet, and the Tel Aviv Quartet.

Born in Mexico, Mr. Osorio began his musical studies at the age of five. He studied at the conservatories of Mexico, Paris, and Moscow; his teachers have included Luz Maria Puente, Bernard Flavigny, Jacob Milstein, Nadia Reisenberg, and Wilhelm Kempff. This is Jorge Federico Osorio's first recording for Cedille. His extensive discography on labels such as EMI, CBS, Artek, IMP, and ASV include recent Brahms recordings that have received accolades from Gramophone, American Record Guide, and the Chicago Tribune. Other recordings include Beethoven's Five Piano Concertos and Choral Fantasy; concertos by Brahms, Mozart, Ponce, Rodrigo (world premiere recording), Rachmaninov, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky; several Beethoven Sonatas; and solo piano works of Manuel Ponce.


8:00pm

The James Lumber Center
for the Performing Arts in Grayslake
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Pre-Concert Lecture at 7:00pm

For tickets, call 847.295.2135

The Los Angeles Times on Mr. Osorio:

"One of the more elegant and accomplished pianists on the planet."

Concert Sponsor:

Schiff Hardin LLP