Tucson Symphony Orchestra is six weeks away from kicking off its 2018-19, 90th anniversary season.
Single tickets (starting at $30) went on sale Wednesday through Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.com) and the TSO Box Office, 2175 N. Sixth Ave.; 882-8585.
The only exception: Kristin Chenoweth’s Jan. 17 concert. Tickets for that show go on sale Sept. 19.
The season opens Sept. 21 with TSO Conductor José Luis Gomez at the podium and guest violinist Anne Akiko Meyers performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
Other season highlights:
- The return of the famed international violinist Midori on Nov. 2.
- The cine concert “Star Wars: A New Hope” on Nov. 24.
- Pianist Barry Douglas will tickle out a little Tchaikovsky — he took gold in the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition — on Feb. 15.
Most concerts are held at Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. Details: tucsonsymphony.org
Fred Balazs was the first full-time conductor for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra from 1952-1966. On Dec. 12 he will turn 98 years old. He spends his days reading and writing is memoir at Sierra Del Sol Memory Care. He uses a manual typewriter. November 30, 2017
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Before his health started to fail, Frederic Balazs spent hours reading at the kitchen table of his foothills condo. He moved into Sierra del Sol memory care in spring 2017. He read thick biographies and history books.
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Seminal conductor
Frederic Balazs, conductor of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra from 1952 to 1966, transformed a volunteer ensemble into a professional orchestra of regional stature.
- Bill Hopkins / Tucson Citizen 1955
Frederic Balazs led the Tucson Symphony Orchestra during it’s 25th anniversary concert in 1952. Balazs helped transform TSO from a small community group to a artistically accomplished ensemble.
- Wong-Sutton Photo 1952
Fred Balazs was the first full-time conductor for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra from 1952-1966. On Dec. 12 he will turn 98 years old. He spends his days reading and writing is memoir at Sierra Del Sol Memory Care. He uses a manual typewriter. November 30, 2017
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Frederic Balazs continued to travel the globe as a guest conductor into his 90s. He died Saturday in Tucson.
- David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
Services for Frederic Balazs will include full military honors.
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Before his health started to fail, Frederic Balazs spent hours reading at the kitchen table of his foothills condo. He moved into Sierra del Sol memory care in spring 2017. He read thick biographies and history books.
- Cathalena E. Burch / Arizona Daily Star
Frederic Balazs, 98, sits down for lunch at Sierra Del Sol Memory Care.
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Balazs has been typing his memoirs on an old Royal typewriter, although his work has stopped.
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Balazs, right, plays to a crowd in Budapest in 1938. His father bought Balazs his first violin.
- Courtesy of Frederic Balazs
• Single tickets ($32) also are on sale for Artifact Dance Project, which opens its season Sept. 20 with “Positions of Power” at the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre on the University of Arizona campus.
Order online at artifactdanceproject.tix.com
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