Season Finale Classical Concert:
VIENNA WAITS FOR YOU

Wednesday, August 13 – 7:30 PM
This event is SOLD OUT. Please email tickets@sunrivermusic.org to be added to the waitlist.
Sunriver Resort Great Hall, 57081 Great Hall Loop, Sunriver
Festival Orchestra

Brett Mitchell, conductor
Vitaly Starikov, piano

HAYDN  Symphony No. 96, “Miracle“
MOZART  Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 5

The Festival season finale program centers around Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the most iconic and beloved symphony of all time, paired with a work by his teacher, Haydn. Haydn’s “Miracle” Symphony clearly foreshadows Beethoven 5’s main 4-note idea (‘da-da-da-dumm’). The evening includes Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major performed by Vitaly Starikov, 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Silver Medalist. 

Leonard Bernstein once remarked that if pressed to name an “all-time favorite piece of music,” it would be the G Major Concerto’s 2nd movement (Andante), in which Mozart stands “at the peak of his lyrical powers, combining serenity, melancholy, and tragic intensity in one great lyric improvisation.”

Russian/Israeli pianist Vitaly Starikov has found distinction with “raw, deeply felt, and powerful” (La Scena) performances, while having an unassuming onstage presence and a “willingness less to play at the audience than to draw [them] into musical intimacies” (Dallas Morning News). His bold approach won him silver at the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the admiration of fans around the globe.

6:30-7 PM – Pre-Concert Talk

Tickets start at $45; age 25 & under $25

This event is SOLD OUT. Please email tickets@sunrivermusic.org to be added to the waitlist.

Read the recent Source Weekly article:
Van Cliburn Winning Pianist Coming to Sunriver, Medalist from prestigious piano competition to play two concerts this summer

With thanks to our Concert Sponsors:

Bob & Jean Maina
Dan Flaxman, in memory of Mal Murphy