- April 30, 2024
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Pianist Michael Rickman and the Daytona Solisti Classical Players will perform a concerto that one music historian called “one of the greatest wonders of the world” — Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, KV 271 “Jeunehomme.”
Solisti will perform the concerto as part of its “Mozartiana – Music of Mozart” concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church, 1035 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach. A $15 donation is requested at the door.
The piano concerto referred to as “Jeunehomme,” which Mozart composed in 1777 when he was 21 years old, will feature pianist and Solisti Artist in Residence Dr. Michael Rickman. The all-Mozart concert also will include Divertimento in D Major, KV 136, and Grand Sestetto Concertante in E-flat Major, KV 364/320d, an 1808 arrangement for strings of his beloved Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola with symphony orchestra.
Daytona Solisti was founded in 2005 by violinist Susan Pitard Acree after she moved to Daytona Beach from Atlanta. She previously played violin in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for 22 years, performing in New York (Carnegie Hall), London, Chicago, Paris and other major musical centers.
Daytona Solisti presents an annual concert series featuring performances by the Daytona Solisti Classical Players and the Rickman-Acree-Corporon Piano Trio, plus occasional solo recitals by pianist Michael Rickman. The ensembles are composed of professional musicians from throughout Central Florida and Northeast Florida.
The musical collaboration between Acree and Rickman has spanned 18 years. Rickman has performed at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and at venues in London, Paris, Toronto, Chile, Latvia and across the United States.
He retired from Stetson University in April 2017 after 34 years as professor of piano at the DeLand school, where he has been named professor emeritus. He also is a Steinway Artist, an honor bestowed by the prestigious piano maker, and is the Daytona Solisti Artist in Residence.
“Mozartiana – Music of Mozart” concludes Solisti’s 2023-2024 concert season. For more information go online at daytonasolisti.com or call 386-562-5423.
