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Beethoven’s Emperor at Segerstrom Concert Hall

Start Date: May 1, 2025
End Date: May 3, 2025
Start Time: 8:00 PM

Location:
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Dr., Costa Mesa, CA

2025-05-01 2025-05-03 America/Los_Angeles Beethoven’s Emperor at Segerstrom Concert Hall Artists Alexander Shelley, conductor George Li, piano Pacific Symphony Program TAN DUN: "Jubilation" from Heaven Earth Mankind BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor" ~ Intermission ~ IMAN HABIBI: Jeder Baum spricht (Every Tree Speaks) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 Preview Talk at 7 p.m. with KUSC midday host Alan Chapman Experience Pacific Symphony’s next artistic and music director, Alexander Shelley, in his first concert since his appointment! “A natural communicator, both on and off the podium” (The Daily Telegraph), with a conducting technique described as “immaculate” (Yorkshire Post), Shelley will serve as Music Director Designate during the 2025-26 season, before assuming full artistic leadership in 2026-27. Praised by The Washington Post for combining "staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression," pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace, poised authority, and brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years. He returns to Pacific Symphony to perform one of Beethoven’s most powerful, most groundbreaking works, the ever-popular "Emperor" Concerto. Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Event Description

Artists
Alexander Shelley, conductor
George Li, piano
Pacific Symphony

Program

TAN DUN: "Jubilation" from Heaven Earth Mankind
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor"
~ Intermission ~
IMAN HABIBI: Jeder Baum spricht (Every Tree Speaks)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

Preview Talk at 7 p.m. with KUSC midday host Alan Chapman

Experience Pacific Symphony’s next artistic and music director, Alexander Shelley, in his first concert since his appointment!

“A natural communicator, both on and off the podium” (The Daily Telegraph), with a conducting technique described as “immaculate” (Yorkshire Post), Shelley will serve as Music Director Designate during the 2025-26 season, before assuming full artistic leadership in 2026-27.

Praised by The Washington Post for combining "staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression," pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace, poised authority, and brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years. He returns to Pacific Symphony to perform one of Beethoven’s most powerful, most groundbreaking works, the ever-popular "Emperor" Concerto.