Pianist

Tortured by comparisons to Beethoven, it took Brahms 21 years to finish writing his first symphony. Some critics hailed the piece as “Beethoven’s Tenth” in recognition of Brahms’ ultimate triumph.

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Brahms Obsessions

Lesher Center for the Arts

The iconic Overture to Marriage of Figaro from legendary Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will open the evening, followed by the Pulcinella Suite from the late-Romantic and early modern era Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. According to Maestro Nowak, Mozart and Stravinsky are two composers “who just go well together.” The evening closes with guest piano soloist Robert Thies returning for a performance of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, a piece which exemplifies Beethoven as both a master of the neoClassical style and transformative Romantic figure.

 In the Classical Style

Grace Baptist Church

Experience the wonder of this magical season as a choir of angelic voices and virtuosic soloists join with your SBSO for a holiday concert like no other! And, as a special gift to our patrons, we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of one of the greatest and most technically dazzling concertos ever written: Sergei Prokofiev's tempestuous Second Piano Concerto, performed by the incomparable piano prodigy, Rob Thies.

A Christmas Festival 2023

Historic California Theatre for the Performing Arts

After a 13-year hiatus, the COS is proud to have pianist Robert Thies return to Central Oregon performing Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. Robert, a Gold Medal Winner at the International Prokofiev Competition in Russia, has been described by the LA Times as “a pianist of unerring warm-toned refinement, revealing judicious glimmers of power.” The rousing “Jubilee” from American composer George Whitefield Chadwick’s Symphonic Sketches will open the second half of the concert followed by the iconic Firebird Suite, the composition that launched the storied career of twentieth-century musical pioneer, Igor Stravinsky.

Fall Concert Series 2023

Bend Senior High School

The Thies Consort

Los Angeles Harbor College

Pacific Unitarian Church

Mozart and Beethoven

Join acclaimed pianist Robert Thies and SBSO Principals for the music of Schumann, Brahms, Vlasse, Rachmaninoff, and Debussy.  Buy Single Tickets

Robert Thies

Pianist

Events

Upcoming events

14 - 16 Feb, 2025

Thies Consort · South Bay Chamber Music Society

Past events

4 - 5 May, 2024

Brahms Obsessions · California Symphony

Feb 24, 2024

In the Classical Style · Santa Maria Philharmonic Society

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