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Sarasota News Leader March 8, 2013 Page 100 CONCERT ASSOCIATION TO PRESENT BEETHOVEN ORCHESTRA OF BONN Sarasota Concert Association's 2013 Great Performers Series will present the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn with Stefan Blunier, conductor, and Louis Lortie, pianist, on March 19 at 8 p.m. Blunier, who was born in 1964 in Bern, Germany, became the general musical director of the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn in 2008, the release continues. He has since appeared as a guest conductor with more than 90 symphony orchestras across Europe and Asia, the The concert will be held at the Van Wezel Per- release adds. forming Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, SaraFrench-Canadian pianist Lortie has attracted sota. critical acclaim throughout Europe, Asia and Since its founding more than 100 years ago, the United States, "renowned for his interprethe 106-piece Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn tations of Chopin, Ravel and Beethoven," the "has maintained a busy schedule of domes- release points out. "Lortie has extended his tic and international touring," a news release interpretative voice across a broad range of says. In addition to presenting master class- repertoire rather than choosing to specialize es and operas, the orchestra's wide-ranging in one particular style," it adds. The London commitment to social causes has become a Times, describing his playing as "ever immacfixture in the German cultural spectrum, the ulate, ever imaginative," has identified the artist's "combination of total spontaneity and release notes. The Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn/Photo courtesy of the orchestra