Sarasota Concert Association Announces Choose 3 and Save

July 10, 2023 – Sarasota

The Sarasota Concert Association today announced the launch of its Choose 3 concerts campaign, enabling subscribers the opportunity to create their own 3-concert series at a discount from the six concerts being presented in the 2023-24 season.  

Available concerts include the five Great Performers Series concerts as well as one holiday concert being presented by the Sarasota Concert Association.  Choose 3 subscribers save 10% off regular single ticket prices.

*The Choose 3 series can be purchased by calling the Sarasota Concert Association Box Office at 941-966-6161. Choose 3 subscribers save 10% off the price of full price single tickets.

*Five-concert subscriptions to the Great Performers Series are still on sale and range from $125 to $415 with up to a 30% discount for the 5-concert package. To purchase subscriptions, visit www.SCAsarasota.org or call the box office at 941-966-6161. 

*Full price single tickets to all concerts will go on sale September 5.

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2024 GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES

Presented by the Sarasota Concert Association

SOFIA PHILHARMONIC

Nayden Todorox, conductor

Liya Petrova, violin

Monday, January 15, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Praised as “Bulgaria’s most illustrious musical institution by Gramophone Magazine, the acclaimed Sofia Philharmonic performs Beethoven’s beloved Symphony No. 7 and Brahms’ romantic Violin Concerto.

HARLEM QUARTET

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Riverview Performing Arts Center

The Grammy Award-winning Harlem Quartet, dazzling audiences from Carnegie Hall to the White House, performs Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E-flat major, Britten’s String Quartet No. 2, and jazz standards.

DETROIT SYMPHONY WITH CELLIST ALISA WEILERSTEIN

Jader Bignamini, conductor

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Monday, February 19, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

World-renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein, described as “a new generation’s cello superstar,” joins the Detroit Symphony in Elgar’s Cello Concerto.  Music Director Jader Bignamini also leads the Orchestra in Wynton Marsalis’ Fanfare as well as Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral showpiece, Scheherazade.

ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC WITH PIANIST DANIIL TRIFONOV

Lahav Shani, conductor

Daniil Trifonov, piano

Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Led by renowned conductor Lahav Shani, the program includes excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.  Described by The Times of London as “the most astounding pianist of our age,” Daniil Trifonov joins the orchestra for Prokofiev’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2.

PIANIST BRUCE LIU

Friday, March 29, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Riverview Performing Arts Center

First Prize winner in the 2021 Chopin International Piano Competition, and the pianist who brought down the house two years ago in Sarasota with his incredible virtuosity, Bruce Liu performs a recital including works by Rameau, Ravel, Chopin and Liszt.

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SPECIAL HOLIDAY CONCERT:  CANADIAN BRASS

Monday, December 4, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Sarasota Opera House

The world’s most famous brass quintet performs festive holiday favorites, from Carol of the Bells, to A Charlie Brown Christmas, swinging Glenn Miller tunes, and more.

About the Sarasota Concert Association

The Sarasota Concert Association (SCA) is a nonprofit organization that fosters greater appreciation for world-class classical music by offering the community two engaging concert series. The Great Performers Series, in its 79th season, brings world-renowned orchestras, recitalists and chamber groups to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the Riverview Performing Arts Center. Music Matinees feature outstanding regional artists in free community concerts at First Presbyterian Church, and Special Events are presented in other venues throughout the region. For more information about SCA, visit www.scasarasota.org.