Rhode Island Philharmonic
2024-09-14 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The VETS), 1 Ave of the Arts, Providence, RI, 02903, United States
Rachmaninoff & Gershwin
Celebrating Maestro Leonard Slatkin’s 80th Birthday!
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
CONCERT PROGRAM
NELSON: Sarabande: For Katherine in April
CINDY McTEE: Tempus Fugit
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
HOVHANESS: Symphony No.2 (Mysterious Mountain)
GERSHWIN: An American in Paris

Baton Rouge Symphony
2024-09-19 19:30 - 21:30 | River Center Theater, 396 St Louis St, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802, United States
The Baton Rouge Symphony is thrilled to announce an extraordinary concert featuring the world-renowned pianist Olga Kern, under the baton of the acclaimed conductor Adam Johnson. This spectacular evening will include Linda R. Coleman’s evocative piece “For A Beautiful Land,” the enchanting “The Firebird” Suite by Igor Stravinsky, and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, showcasing Kern’s virtuosic talents.
This highly anticipated performance promises to be a highlight of the season, offering a captivating experience for all classical music enthusiasts. Don’t miss this opportunity to witness a night of unparalleled artistry and musical brilliance.
Adam Johnson, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM:
Linda R. Coleman: For A Beautiful Land
Igor Stravinsky: “The Firebird” Suite
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
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Des Moines Symphony
2024-09-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-29 14:30 - 16:00 | Des Moines Civic Center, 221 Walnut St, Des Moines, IA, 50309, United States
Season Debut: The Emperor
Classical tradition meets innovative spirit in the Symphony’s Season Debut! Kevin Day’s Lightspeed kicks off the concert with kaleidoscopic textures and futuristic soundscapes. The renowned Olga Kern brings the bold spirit of Beethoven’s Emperor Piano Concerto to life. Bruckner’s majestic Symphony No. 7 is a concert finale like no other.
The Harriet S. and J. Locke Macomber Concert.
Joseph Giunta, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM
Kevin DAY: Lightspeed
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto “Emperor
BRUCKNER (200th Birthday): Symphony No. 7

MASNO’s annual gala
2024-10-06 17:00 - 21:00 | The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, 921 Canal St, New Orleans, LA, 70112, United States
Acclaimed pianist OLGA KERN to play at Nocturne XXI, MASNO’s annual gala.
This year’s Nocturne fundraiser, again held at the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans, is a chance to celebrate the magic of hearing piano in person, gathering with other music lovers and musicians, and supporting programs that help educate and nurture young pianists. In addition to the performance, Nocturne includes a festive champagne reception and a multi-course seated dinner.
Schedule of the Evening
5 p.m. – Champagne Reception
6 p.m. – Salon Concert by Olga Kern
7:30 p.m. – Seated Multi-Course Dinner
PROGRAM
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10
Lisberg: Spinning Wheel
Debussy: Préludes, “Feux d’artifice”
Gershwin: Three Prelude
Wild: Virtuoso Etude No. 7, based on Gershwin’s “Fascinatin’ Rhythm”
Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux, op. 33 (1914 ed.), No. 8, G Minor
Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3, No. 4, Polichinelle
Scriabin: 8 Études
– No. 4, F-sharp Major
– No. 5, C-sharp Minor
Balakirev: Islamey

Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series — Solo Recital
2024-10-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Seully Hall, 8 Fenway, Floor 4, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Olga will perform a solo recital at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series — Master Class
2024-10-09 16:00 - 19:00 | Seully Hall, 8 Fenway, Floor 4, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Olga will give a masterclass at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee

New Mexico Philharmonic
2024-10-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Popejoy Hall, 203 Cornell Dr, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, United States
Olga & Sergei
Olga Kern is back, this time performing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s most technically challenging concerto, one made famous by Vladimir Horowitz. This will be but the latest of Olga’s visits to New Mexico, each one building upon the last. The symphonies of Anton Bruckner, including the fourth, performed here, were also built one upon the other. His Symphony No. 4 is known for both the extensive revisions it received by the composer as well as its powerful finale.
Roberto Minczuk, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, WAB 104

Musical Fiestas! Meet the Artist: Olga Kern!
2024-10-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Los Rancho, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Music • Dinner • Wine • You are invited to join us for a Musical Fiesta at Dr. Charles & Eugenia Eberle’s beautiful home in Los Rancho and featuring the incomparable pianist, Olga Kern.
Tickets • $300 per person. Includes appetizers, dinner and wine. Tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Fair market value of the event $50.
RSVP • October 10, 2024.
Call 505 323 4343 x 1 or purchase tickets online.

Concerto Sinfonico
2024-10-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, Via G. Garibaldi, Messina, ME, 98122, Italy
Lera Auerbach, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
Orchestra del Teatro Vittorio Emanuele
PROGRAM
Mussorgsky: “Night on Bald Mountain” (version by Rimsky-Korsakov)
Rahmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”
Tickets

XIV Festival KLAVER
2024-10-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Estonia Concert Hall, Estonia pst 4, Tallinn, 10148, Estonia
Olga Kern is an internationally celebrated pianist, renowned for her captivating performances and extraordinary technique. She gained global acclaim after winning the Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2001, becoming the first woman to do so in over 30 years. Olga’s extensive repertoire and dynamic interpretations have made her a sought-after performer in major concert halls around the world.
In collaboration with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM
Rahmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák

Exclusive Benefit Concert for OKIPC and Foundation "Aspiration" donors
2024-10-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Steinway Hall, 1133 6th Avenue, New York, NY, 10036, United States
Exclusive benefit concert for Kern Foundation “Aspiration” and Olga Kern International piano competition donors hosted by Steinway & Sons

Detroit Symphony
2024-11-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-11-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Orchestra Hall, Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, 48201, United States
Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev

Music Director Laureate Leonard Slatkin takes the DSO on a musical joyride. Hold on to your seat for Prokofiev’s bold, brassy, and technically marvelous Fifth Symphony—it’s the piece that put Prokofiev on the cover of Time magazine. Olga Kern launches into the rollercoaster thrills and lavish melodies of Rachmaninoff’s final piano concerto. Opening the concert: a new work by Daniel Slatkin.
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM

DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4

SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5

Johannesburg Philharmonic
2024-11-07 19:30 - 21:30 | The Linder Auditorium, 27 St Andrews Rd, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa
Spring Season Concert 3
Rory Macdonald, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM

GLINKA: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla

PRICE: Symphony No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

KZN Philharmonic
2024-11-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Playhouse Opera Theatre, 231 Smith St, Durban Central, Durban, 4001, South Africa
Spring Season Concert 3
Rory Macdonald, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM

ROSSINI: Semiramide – Overture
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 3, Op. 52 in C major

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

Porto Pecital
2024-11-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Sala Suggia, Casa da Musica, Av. da Boavista 604-610, Porto, 4149-071, Portugal
PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations on a Theme by Salieri
Robert Schumann – Carnaval
George Gershwin – 3 Preludes and Fascinating Rhythm
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Sergei Rachmaninoff – 3 pieces (Musical Moment in E minor, Op. 16 No. 4; Étude tableau in G minor, Op. 33 No. 8; Polichinelle, Op. 3 No. 4)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Variations on a Theme by Corelli
Modest Mussorgsky (transcription by Rachmaninoff): Hopak
Mili Balakirev – Islamey

Mumbai Recital
2024-12-03 19:00 - 20:30 | TATA Theatre, NCPA, WRG9+6J4, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Rd, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400021, India
PROGRAM
Beethoven: Variations on a Theme by Salieri
Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
Gershwin: Three Preludes
Gershwin/Earl Wild: Fascinating Rhythm
Rachmaninoff: No. 4 from Six Moments Musicaux
Rachmaninoff: No. 8 from Etude-Tableau
Rachmaninoff: Polichinelle, Op. 3 No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Meditation, Op. 72 No. 5
Scriabin: Etudes Op. 42, No. 4 & No. 5
Balakirev: Islamey

SOI Chamber Orchestra
2024-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 | TATA Theatre, NCPA, WRG9+6J4, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Rd, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400021, India
Jeroen Weierink, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
Zhasulan Abdykalykov, trumpet
An NCPA and Mehli Mehta Music Foundation Presentation
The SOI Chamber Orchestra and Olga Kern will present Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35, featuring piano, trumpet and strings. The concerto exudes a topical, light, humorous, satirical and eclectic personality, at moments reminiscent of a chase scene from a silent movie or a circus sideshow. The evening will also showcase the music of Jean Sibelius, a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods, whose music is often credited with having helped Finland develop a strong national identity.
PROGRAM

DAG WIRÉN: Serenade for Strings, Op. 11

SIBELIUS: Impromptu for Stings, Op. 5
SIBELIUS: Romanze in C major, Op. 42
SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, Op. 41 No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35

Milan Recital
2024-12-18 20:30 - 22:00 | Sala Verdi, Via Conservatorio, 12, Milano, MI, 20100, Italy
PROGRAM
L. van Beethoven: 10 variazioni in si bemolle maggiore su un tema di Salieri WoO 73
L. van Beethoven: Sonata in do maggiore op. 53 “Waldstein”
J. Brahms: Variazioni su un tema di Paganini op. 35 – primo libro
R. Schumann: Kinderszenen op. 15
R. Schumann: Carnaval op.9

Artist-in-residence (Masterclass)
2025-01-24 13:30 - 17:00 | Crowder Hall, 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85721, United States
Acclaimed pianist Olga Kern will visit the University of Arizona School of Music on Jan. 24 and 26, thanks in part to the Sandra F. Lai Residency in Piano program.

Artist-in-residence (Solo Recital)
2025-01-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Crowder Hall, 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85721, United States

Sioux City Symphony
2025-02-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Orpheum Theatre Sioux City, Orpheum Electric Building, 528 Pierce St, Sioux City, IA, 51101, United States
Olga Kern Performs Shostakovich

Olga Kern winner of the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will bring her extraordinary talent to the Orpheum stage to perform Shostakovich’s riveting 1st Piano Concerto. This program will include Shostakovich’s powerful Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905.”

Charlotte Symphony
2025-02-14 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Belk Theater, 130 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202, Charlotte, NC, 28202, United States
Pianist Olga Kern captivates with her rendition of Robert Schumann’s uplifting Piano Concerto, setting the stage for Elgar’s evocative Enigma Variations in an evening led by Ruth Reinhardt.
Ruth Reinhardt, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM
SUK Fairy Tale
R. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
Intermission (20′)
ELGAR Enigma Variations

The Florida Orchestra
2025-02-22 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-23 14:00 - 17:00 | Mahaffey Theater, 400 1st St S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701, United States
Michael Francis welcomes world-renowned soloist Olga Kern to perform one of the most memorable passages in music, Tchaikovsky’s striking Piano Concerto No. 1. This epic concert also features William Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, which brings back baritone Donnie Ray Albert and The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. The dramatic oratorio is sure to bring down the house.

Culiacan Concert
2025-02-27 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-02 12:30 - 14:30 | Teatro Pablo de Villavicencio, P.º Niños Heroes S/N, Primer Cuadro, Culiacán, Sinaloa, 80000, Mexico
The Russian-American pianist Olga Kern will showcase her phenomenal and dazzling piano technique, accompanied by the Sinaloa de las Artes Symphony Orchestra, with Canadian Alexandre Da Costa as Guest Conductor.
She will delight us with highly complex musical pieces composed by Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky.
Alex Da Costa, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM

Sibelius: Finlandia
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4

North Carolina Symphony
2025-03-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Memorial Hall, 208 E Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
North Carolina Symphony
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
PROGRAM

Cindy McTee: Timepiece
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
