World Concertos: Khalife, Hovhannisyan & Krakauer

(Past) Fri, Mar 18 at 8 pm (Past) Sat, Mar 19 at 9 pm Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space $45/$37/$25; Members, Children $40/$32/$21; Students $20 music

Celebrating Jewish, Arab and Christian culture through music, World Concertos features Lebanese master ‘ud (lute) player/composer Marcel Khalife in the US premiere of his Concerto Al Andalus for ‘ud and orchestra; Armenia's most renowned kanun (zither) virtuoso, Karine Hovhannisyan, performing the concerto for kanun and orchestra by Khachatur Avetisyan; and the brilliant clarinetist David Krakauer presenting the NY premiere of the Klezmer Concerto by Ofer Ben-Amots, for strings, harp, percussion and clarinet. The Orchestra Celebrate!, which was founded in 1995 to present works honoring New York's cultural diversity, is conducted by Maestro Laurine Celeste Fox.