Jason Tramm to conduct the Long Island Concert Orchestra in “Mozart: An Evening with the Master”April 27 in NYC

(March 28, 2019, NYC, New York) Noted conductor Jason Tramm will lead the Long Island Concert Orchestra (LICO) and internationally acclaimed pianist Julia Zilberquit in “Mozart: An Evening with the Master” on April 27th at 8 PM in New York City’s historic Good Shepherd- Faith Presbyterian Church (152 W 66th Street NY, NY 10023). Tickets on sale now: Gen Admission $30; Seniors $20; Students $15; Group Rates for parties of 10 LIconcertorchestra.org or by calling1(877) 444-4488.

LICO principal guest conductor Jason Tramm curates an inspirational concert program which chronicles a spectacularly innovative period in Mozart’s musical life with three Mozart masterworks composed between 1786-1788: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 and the Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550. All three works provide insight into Mozart’s evolving genius and express in parallel the pinnacle of Classicism and the beginnings of Romanticism.

Tramm, praised by Opera News and Symphony Magazine alike, bookends the concert with selections that illustrate musical historian Bruce Lamott’s statement “the instrumentally-inclined critics of the nineteenth century praised Mozart’s later operas as symphonies-with-singers, a better understanding … now allows us to appreciate (Mozart’s) symphonies as operas-with-instruments.” The concert begins with Mozart’s Overture to Le Nozze Di Figaro, famously reputed to have been written just a few hours before the opera’s premiere and concludes with Mozart’s magnificent and evocative Symphony in G Minor, No. 40 which Richard Wagner called the symphony “pivotal to the romantic world.”

Central to the concert will be Mozart’s Piano concerto in A Major No. 23 to be performed by the virtuosic international performing artist, pianist Julia Zilberquit. The Russian-born American pianist has earned critical acclaim as a recitalist, orchestral soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. The New York Times praised Julia Zilberquit as "an outstanding soloist" after her 2012 Carnegie Hall performance of Cesar Franck's symphonic poem Les Djinns for piano and orchestra with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra. 

With “Mozart: An Evening with the Master” Tramm and the musicians of the Long Island Concert Orchestra intend to leave audiences uplifted with a new vision of Mozart through his masterworks which profoundly influenced the composers of the Romantic era, and those of future musical and artistic genres (literature, theatre and cinema) as well.

As the 20^th century composer Aaron Copland observed “Mozart tapped the source from which all music flows,” … “expressing himself with a spontaneity, refinement and breath-taking rightness that has never since been duplicated.

About the Long Island Concert Orchestra (LICO) 

Long Island Concert Orchestra (LICO), was established in September of 2016 by David Winkler, Executive Director of Sea Cliff Chamber Players. The orchestra's mission is to meet Long Island's growing need for a fully professional symphony orchestra. LICO fills a cultural vacuum by providing the Long Island community with professional symphony orchestral programs, free parks concerts, in-school Arts-In-Education programs and other vital endeavors. Completing its first full year of programming in May 2018 LICO has articulated its mission throughout Long Island with successful and well attended summer park concerts and impactful educational programs in performances at The Morgan Park Summer Festival, Tilles Center (Music to the "The Godfather", May 19, 2017) Huntington Arts Festival, Heckscher State (Johnny Mathis Holiday Celebration concert of December 9, 2017) and the Patchogue Theatre. Coverage of the Long Island Concert Orchestra (LICO) has been featured in Newsday and Broadway World.

Long Island Concert Orchestra's Music Director Enrico Fagone and Principal Guest Conductor Jason Tramm, are performing artists with vast experience in both standard repertoire as well as popular fare. The orchestra consists of 60 outstanding young professional musicians and soloists. LICO's Board of Directors is composed of 14 civic and business leaders who also serve on the board of LICO's parent organization, the Sea Cliff Chamber Players. Established in 1971 the Sea Cliff Chamber Players is one of the country's first fully professional regional chamber music societies.

About Jason Tramm

Jason C. Tramm's work in the symphonic, operatic, and choral repertoire has received acclaim nationally and internationally. Beginning his 12th season as Director of Music, in Residence, of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association in the summer months, Tramm leads the choral, orchestral, and oratorio performances in the historic 6,500-seat Great Auditorium, which include the 64th Annual Ocean Grove Choir Festival. He has appeared on two National Public Radio broadcasts with organ virtuoso Gordon Turk and symphonic orchestra. Maestro Tramm also serves as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor with the MidAtlantic Opera with whom he made his Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium) debut in 2015. The program, entitled "A Prayer for Peace," featured works of Bernstein, Vaughan Williams, and Saygun. The second concert of this critically acclaimed series took place on October 27, 2017 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, featuring works of Vasks, Schoenberg and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Metropolitan Opera baritone, Mark Delavan.

As Music Director of Teatro Lirico D'Europa, a touring professional opera company, Tramm's upcoming tour repertoire for the 2018-19 season includes fully staged performances of Puccini's Tosca and Rossini's Barbiere di Siviglia to take place in Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Boston, Baltimore and South Carolina. Tramm is also the Principal Guest Conductor of both the Palmetto Opera (Columbia, SC) and Opera New Hampshire (Manchester, NH). He served as Artistic Director of the New Jersey State Opera from 2008 to 2012, where he collaborated with some of the finest voices in opera, including Samuel Ramey, Vladimir Galouzine, Angela Brown, Gregg Baker, and Paul Plishka. His 2009 HDTV broadcast with PBS affiliate NJN of "Verdi Requiem: Live from Ocean Grove," garnered an Emmy Award nomination. Tramm serves as Music Director of two excellent community choral societies, the Morris Choral Society (Morristown, NJ), with whom he will begin his third season and the Taghkanic Chorale (Yorktown Heights, NY). Tramm serves as a member of the faculty at Seton Hall University (Assistant Professor and Director of Choral Activities, College of Communication and the Arts) Tramm leads the University Choir, Chamber Choir and Orchestra.

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