Ithaca College

The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Hege, music director, and violinist Elmar Oliveira will present the second concert in the “Ensembles Great and Small” Ithaca College Concerts season. Oliveira will perform the Barber violin concerto, and the orchestra will offer Mendelssohn’s fourth symphony and Respighi’s “Roman Festivals.”

The concert takes place Monday, February 2, at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall.

For tickets, call (607) 273-4497 or (800)-284-8422 or visit Ithacaevents.com. Individual ticket prices are as follows:

• Children, senior citizens, and Ithaca College students—$11
• Ithaca College alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators; Friends of Ithaca College; other students—$19
• General public—$22

Ithaca College Concerts Website

The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra quickly evolved from its beginning in 1961 as a community orchestra into a fully professional resident orchestra serving the entire Central and Northern New York State region. Today an ensemble of national acclaim, the symphony boasts 79 musicians and a conducting staff of international caliber, and performs 193 full-orchestra and chamber ensemble concerts throughout Central and Northern New York, reaching more than 225,000 audience members during its 39-week season.

Now in his eighth season as music director of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Hege is recognized as one of America's finest young conductors, and has earned acclaim for his fresh interpretations of the standard repertoire and his commitment to creative programming. In 2001, he finished a five-year tenure as resident conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, where he worked closely with David Zinman and Yuri Temirkanov.

Unsurpassed in his combination of elegance and impeccable artistry, Elmar Oliveira is one of the most distinguished violinists in the world today. His commitment to a wide spectrum of the violin world manifests itself in numerous ways, such as consistently expanding repertoire boundaries as a champion of both contemporary music and rarely heard works of the past, devoting considerable energy to the development of younger artists, and enthusiastically supporting the efforts and art of modern violin makers.