Winner, 2003 Eduardo Mata
International Conducting Competition
Music Director, Riverside Philharmonic
NEXT CONCERT
April 18, 2020
Riverside Philharmonic
Tomasz Golka, Music Director
Riverside, California
Neal Stulberg, piano
T. GOLKA Variations on "The Battle Cry of Freedom"
GERSHWIN - Piano Concerto
(intermission)
T. GOLKA Celsius 233
ROZSA Prelude from "The Killers"
BHERRMANN Overture to "North by Northwest"
BARRY James Bond Medley
WILLIAMS Escape, Chase & Saying Goodbye from "E.T."
NEWS
April 21, 2018
Short film "Shaking Cup" (Directed by Arkan Asaad / Produced by Ina Rose Farestad / Music by Tomasz Golka) to be released soon.
"The ensemble of 30-plus players closed the evening with an eye-opening reading of Mendelssohn's familiar "Symphony No. 4 (Italian)." Golka and the players opened the first movement with tremendous vigor, maintaining a crackling energy throughout. Soaring musical statements, delicately layered, cohesive ensemble playing and constant awareness of the piece's structure created a thrilling performance of the entire piece.... Intimacy and well-balanced ensemble interplay were the elements that conductor Tomasz Golka and the players brought to [Wagner's 'Siegfried Idyll']. Hearing them play felt like being part of a private conversation, or perhaps reading a tender letter."