NOTICE OF ARTIST CHANGE: NATASHA PAREMSKI TO STEP IN FOR RÉMI GENIET IN SEATTLE SYMPHONY’S APRIL 29 PERFORMANCE

CONCERT PROGRAM CELEBRATES 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF RACHMANINOV’S BIRTH

PAREMSKI TO PERFORM RACHMANINOV’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 WITH GUEST CONDUCTOR KATHARINA WINCOR 

Seattle, WA – Pianist Natasha Paremski will step in to perform in the Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 program on Saturday, April 29, at 8 p.m. Regretfully, Rémi Geniet is unable to travel to Seattle this month due to delays with artist visa processing. This change does not affect the scheduled program, which celebrates the 150th anniversary of Sergey Rachmaninov’s birth and features the composer’s Third and Fourth piano concertos.

Over two nights, conductor Katharina Wincor leads the Symphony in performances of Rachmaninov’s full cycle of four piano concertos at Benaroya Hall, with pianist Natasha Paremski performing the Third Piano Concerto on April 29. Rachmaninov, who had a 14-note finger span, created some of the most challenging works in the piano repertoire, with four tour-de-force concertos that require immense technique to perform. His Third Piano Concerto solidified his reputation as a significant composer and is a repertoire staple for classical piano, renowned for its technical difficulty. The Symphony is thrilled to be joined by virtuoso pianist Paremski to perform the work for Seattle audiences at Benaroya Hall. 

Ticket Information

For more information on tickets for Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4, please visit seattlesymphony.org or contact the Seattle Symphony Ticket Office. The Seattle Symphony Ticket Office is located in Benaroya Hall, at Third Avenue and Union Street. The Ticket Office can be reached by phone at 206.215.4747 during the following times: Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

NATASHA PAREMSKI | PIANO

With her consistently striking and dynamic performances, pianist Natasha Paremski reveals astounding virtuosity and voracious interpretive abilities. She continues to generate excitement from all corners as she wins over audiences with her musical sensibility and powerful, flawless technique. A passionate chamber musician, Paremski is a regular recital partner of Grammy Award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey, with whom she has recorded a number of CDs. Their Britten album on Telarc debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Chart, remaining there for a number of weeks, in addition to being featured on The New York Times Playlist. Paremski was awarded several prestigious prizes at a very young age, including the Gilmore Young Artists prize in 2006 at the age of 18, the Prix Montblanc in 2007, the Orpheum Stiftung Prize in Switzerland. In September 2010, she was awarded the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year. Her first recital album was released in 2011 to great acclaim, topping the Billboard Classical Charts, and was re-released on the Steinway & Sons label in September 2016 featuring Islamey recorded on Steinway’s revolutionary new Spirio technology. In 2012, she recorded Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Fabien Gabel on the orchestra’s label distributed by Naxos. 

She has toured extensively in Europe with such orchestras as Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vienna’s Tonkünstler Orchester, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestre de Bretagne, the Orchestre de Nancy, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester in Zurich and Moscow Philharmonic. Paremski has given recitals at the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Wigmore Hall, Schloss Elmau, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Verbier Festival, Seattle’s Meany Hall, Kansas City’s Harriman Jewell Series, Santa Fe’s Lensic Theater, Ludwigshafen BASF Series, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Tokyo’s Musashino Performing Arts Center and on the Rising Stars Series of Gilmore and Ravinia Festivals.

Born in Moscow, Paremski moved to the United States at the age of 8, becoming a U.S. citizen shortly thereafter. She is now based in New York.

SEATTLE SYMPHONY

The Seattle Symphony unleashes the power of music, brings people together and lifts the human spirit. Recognized as one of the “most vital American orchestras” (NPR), the Seattle Symphony is internationally acclaimed for its inventive programming, community-minded initiatives and superb recordings on the Seattle Symphony Media label. With a strong commitment to new music and a legacy of over 150 recordings, the orchestra has garnered five Grammy Awards, 27 Grammy nominations, two Emmy Awards and was named Gramophone’s 2018 Orchestra of the Year. The Symphony performs in Benaroya Hall in the heart of downtown Seattle from September through July, reaching over 750,000 people annually through live performances and radio broadcasts, and through the Seattle Symphony+ streaming service, the orchestra’s concerts reach audiences at home and around the world.

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RACHMANINOV PIANO CONCERTS NOS. 3 & 4 
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES 
Saturday, April 29, at 8 p.m.

Katharina Wincor conductor
Natasha Paremski piano 
Albert Cano Smit piano 
 
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4 

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos is generously supported by Nader and Oraib Kabbani, and Mika Nakamura and Gary Wood.