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The Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University will host its biggest night of classical music in the center’s 16-year history at 8 p.m. tonight, March 24.The concert will feature Lang Lang, the world’s most-recognized classical pianist; the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, an ensemble comprised of top young musicians; under the baton of legendary maestro Christoph Eschenbach. “This concert is surely the high point of our season,” said Lillian Harder, director of the performing arts center. “For lovers of classical music, it doesn’t get any better than this.” The artists are on a 23-performance North American tour, and it's the first-ever visit to the United States tour for the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, which was founded by Leonard Bernstein nearly 25 years ago. “We’re extremely fortunate to have such tremendous talent coming here,” Harder said. “The Clemson performance is the only small-town stop on the tour. Other performances take place in Miami, Houston, Chicago, San Diego, and San Francisco.” The program will feature Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major. This will be the third Brooks Center performance by Lang Lang. His first was in 1999 and the other in 2003. “The Brooks Center was standing-room-only, with nearly 150 patrons listening in the lobby through the public address system,” Harder said. “He’s a global phenomenon, performing in front of sold out venues all over the world.” All tickets to the concert are $85. Tickets and additional information are available at www.clemson.edu/Brooks or by calling the Brooks Center box office from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. (Images provided by The Brooks Center.)
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