When I was hired to run the Palladium in the summer of 2007, I was lucky enough to “inherit” Jeffrey Siegel from my predecessor, Dar Webb. Jeffrey, the renowned concert pianist, had performed the previous March.
The show had been a celebration of the hand-over of the Palladium to St. Petersburg College.
Jeffrey Siegel
I wasn’t around for that concert, but each year since, Jeffrey’s concerts have been a regular feature on our seasonal calendar. His Keyboard Conversations are more than a concert. They’re a personal history lesson. A chance to share some celebrity gossip. And an evening that takes the audience inside the head and heart of the great composers.
Over the past four years, Jeffrey has shared the beautiful and melancholy music of Chopin; told stories of the triumphs and tragedies of Beethoven; and brought the music of Geoge Gershwin vividly to life.
This year he’s taking on two of the biggest names in composition – the great Russians Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Expect power, romance, darkness and light as Jeffrey plays their music – and a few laughs and perhaps some tears, as Jeffrey shares stories of the composers lives and loves.
I’m excited about Jeffrey’s Fifth Anniversary at the Palladium. And all of us at the Palladium appreciate the friends who have supported his concerts in the past – Monroe and Suzette Berkman, Thelma Rothman, and Jacquelyn Preis. We’ve also had help and support from our friends at WEDU.
If you haven’t experience a Keyboard Conversation concert with Jeffrey Siegel, you’re in for a treat. He’s played with the greatest orchestras in the world – the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Moscow State Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, and The Philadelphia Orchestra, among many others.
Please join Jeffrey and all his Florida friends on Friday, Feb. 10 for this magnificent Fifth Anniversary concert.
For tickets and information visit www.mypalladium.org.
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Wow, what a great player JS is! And what a spiel. His virtuosity
barely overcame his glibness, arrogance, and disrespect of the audience’s
post-concert questions, which as usual he refracted to keep the attention on himself. Interesting! Surely someone other than myself must have picked up on this.