Independent Arts News Reporting Photo Share: Maestro Rossen’s 60th Celebration Concert
Reported Tuesday, January 14, 2024.
Pictured Above: Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov celebrated his 60th birthday over the weekend, conducting concerts featuring rarely performed masterworks by two of his favorite composers, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. Photo Credit: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Staff.
NEWSROOM POST: PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
Princeton, NJ – The Princeton Symphony Orchestra held concerts this weekend for Rossen’s 60th Birthday Celebration at Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University. The orchestra’s assistant conductor, Kenneth Bean, led musicians and the audience through “Happy Birthday” with featured violinist Leila Josefowicz joining in. A surprise in the form of a birthday cake rolled on stage further underscored Edward T. Cone Music DIrector Rossen Milanov’s landmark birthday, and Executive Director Marc Uys presented the Maestro with an enormous bouquet of roses at the conclusion of Sunday’s performance. The program for both Saturday and Sunday’s concert featured rarely heard masterworks by two of Rossen Milanov’s favorite composers: Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony and Igor Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with Ms. Josefowicz as soloist.
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Pictured Above: With his friend violinist Leila Josefowicz by his side, Rossen Milanov was surprised by a birthday cake rolled on stage at the start of his 60th birthday concert with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. The Orchestra and Ms. Josefowicz also performed “Happy Birthday” with the audience joining in at performances over the weekend.. Photo Credit: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Staff.
Pictured Above: A side balcony view of Rossen Milanov conducting the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s performance Sunday of Igor Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with Leila Josefowicz as soloist. Photo Credit: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Staff.
Pictured Above: Violinist Leila Josefowicz’s energy and enthusiasm for Igor Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto was apparent in memorable performances this weekend with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov. Photo Credit: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Staff.
Pictured Above: Maestro Rossen Milanov brought the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto featuring Leila Josefowicz to a rousing finish at concerts this weekend at Richardson Auditorium. Photo Credit: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Staff.
Pictured Above: Maestro Rossen Milanov was presented with an enormous bouquet of roses by Executive Director Marc Uys at the culmination of Sunday’s Princeton Symphony Orchestra concert celebrating the Maestro’s 60th birthday. Photo Credit: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Staff.
ABOUT THE PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is a cultural centerpiece of the Princeton community and one of New Jersey’s finest music organizations, a position established through performances of beloved masterworks, innovative music by living composers, and an extensive network of educational programs offered to area students free of charge. Led by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov, the PSO presents orchestral, pops, and chamber music programs of the highest artistic quality, supported by lectures and related events that supplement the concert experience. Its flagship summer program the Princeton Festival brings an array of performing arts and artists to Princeton during multiple weeks in June. Through PSO BRAVO!, the orchestra produces wide-reaching and impactful education programs in partnership with local schools and arts organizations that culminate in students attending a live orchestral performance. The PSO receives considerable support from the Princeton community and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, regularly garnering NJSCA’s highest honor. Recognition of engaging residencies and concerts has come from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the PSO’s commitment to new music has been acknowledged with an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and a Copland Fund Award. The only independent, professional orchestra to make its home in Princeton, the PSO performs at historic Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.
