{"id":82123,"date":"2025-12-13T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/82123\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:40:09","slug":"south-florida-symphony-orchestra-opens-28th-key-west-season-with-sibelius-and-ravel-at-tennessee-williams-theatre-miami-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/82123\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida Symphony Orchestra Opens 28th Key West Season with Sibelius and Ravel at Tennessee Williams Theatre Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Florida Symphony Orchestra<\/a>\u00a0(SFSO) will open its 28th\u00a0Key West Masterworks season with a sparkling evening of music\u00a0led by SFSO\u2019s award-winning music director and multi-generation Key West Conch native\u00a0Sebrina Mar\u00eda Alfonso.\u00a0Rhythmic drive meets lyrical beauty in an exhilarating program brimming with wit\u00a0and brilliance, anchored by the sweeping power of\u00a0Sibelius\u2019\u00a0Symphony No. 2.\u00a0SFSO fan-favorite\u00a0Svetlana\u00a0Smolina\u00a0also\u00a0returns for\u00a0Ravel\u2019s\u00a0jazzy and spirited\u00a0Piano Concerto in G major, and\u00a0Vaughan Williams\u2019\u00a0ethereal\u00a0Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis\u00a0opens the evocative evening.\u00a0The concert will take place\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday, January 24, at 7:30 p.m.,\u00a0at the Tennessee Williams Theatre at The College of the Florida Keys\u00a0(5901 College Road).<\/p>\n

Among her many accolades, pianist Svetlana Smolina has performed with major orchestras and in recitals worldwide, including the New York Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Salzburg Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Ravinia, White Nights in Saint Petersburg, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Moscow Easter Festival, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Hanoi Opera House, London\u2019s Royal Opera Covent Garden, and Rome\u2019s Accademia Santa Cecilia. She has appeared frequently with South Florida Symphony Orchestra, including during its 25th\u00a0anniversary season and will also be the featured guest artist at the Symphony\u2019s 2026 gala on January 17 in Fort Lauderdale at the Coral Ridge Yacht Club.<\/p>\n

Her discography includes the solo album\u00a0Romantic Journey\u00a0and a 2025 recording of Rachmaninoff\u2019s\u00a0Piano Concerto No. 3\u00a0with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, both produced by Luca Rustici for L\u2019n\u2019R Productions\/Universal Music. Other recordings include Chopin for iTunes, Scriabin on Pentatone, a live concert with Christopher O\u2019Riley in Montana, and a Walt Disney Concert Hall recording for BCM+D Records. Her performances have aired on NPR, WQXR, BBC, PBS, RAI, and Kultura TV. Her recording of Stravinsky\u2019s\u00a0Les Noces\u00a0with Valery Gergiev received an International Classical Music Award (ICMA).<\/p>\n

Smolina has collaborated in chamber music with Ida Haendel, Vadim Repin, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Kian Soltani, Charlie Siem, and others, performing at venues including Koerner Hall (Toronto), Salle Garnier de Monte Carlo, and Teatro Lirico di Cagliari. Recent engagements include tours in China, Peru, Brazil, Japan, Greece, and Spain, and festival appearances at iPalpiti, Classical Tahoe, and Triumph Music Festival.<\/p>\n

SFSO\u2019s 28th\u00a0season of \u201cJuxtapositions\u201d explores beauty in contrasts, where the bold and the sublime intersect, and timeless masterpieces share the stage with today\u2019s most compelling and celebrated musical voices. The sweeping emotion of\u00a0Sibelius\u2019\u00a0Violin Concerto\u00a0performances burst with color and power,\u00a0Dvo\u00e1k\u2019s\u00a0Bohemian\u00a0Eighth\u00a0deepen the journey, and\u00a0Rimsky-Korsakov\u2019s\u00a0Capriccio espagnol\u00a0whirls with Spanish flair. SFSO is also proud to present upcoming orchestra firsts by contemporary, GRAMMY-nominated composers, including the Florida premiere of\u00a0Had to Be\u00a0by Haitian American\u00a0Nathalie Joachim, featuring breakout cellist\u00a0Seth Parker Woods,\u00a0and\u00a0Carlos Simon\u2019s\u00a0Four Black American Dances.<\/p>\n

From sold-out masterworks performances to accompanying today\u2019s musicians such as Natalie Merchant and performing modern musical scores including\u00a0Tim Burton\u2019s The Nightmare Before Christmas\u00a0and\u00a0Back to the Future, featuring the iconic films screened live with audio and musical accompaniment, South Florida\u2019s largest symphonic orchestra is continuing its journey of excellence inspiring audiences of all ages and musical genres.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Three Masterworks concerts will be held at the Tennessee Williams Theatre in Key West from January through March 2026.<\/p>\n

Tickets are on sale now beginning at $35 (plus ticketing fees). Three-concert packages in Key West start at $92; Flexible ticket packages are also available. Subscribers receive a 20% discount off single ticket prices and have access to the best seats in the house. Tickets may be purchased by visiting\u00a0southfloridasymphony.org<\/a>\u00a0 or keystix.com; or by calling (305) 295-7676.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

For additional information, visit\u00a0southfloridasymphony.org<\/a>, call (954) 522-8445 or email\u00a0info@southfloridasymphony.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Florida Symphony Orchestra\u00a0(SFSO) will open its 28th\u00a0Key West Masterworks season with a sparkling evening of music\u00a0led by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-82123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}