The winner will receive two (2) premium price level A subscription tickets to the Las Vegas Philharmonic's 2014-2015 Masterworks Concert Series.

The series includes five classical Masterworks performances. The two subscription seats will be located on the orchestra floor in Reynolds Hall at the Smith Center.

For more information please visit lvphil.org.

Masterworks I: Introducing Maestro Cabrera with special guest Deborah Voigt

Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 7:30pm / pre-concert lecture at 6:45pm

Las Vegas Philharmonic

Donato Cabrera conductor

Deborah Voigt soprano

Celebrate a new era for your Las Vegas Philharmonic with the first concert by Maestro Donato Cabrera as our Music Director. The season opens in star-studded style with special guest soprano Deborah Voigt, internationally renowned opera superstar. Ms. Voigt’s regard for Maestro Cabrera brings her to Las Vegas for a breathtaking program created particularly for this occasion. Be part of Las Vegas music history and join us for this momentous inaugural concert!

Masterworks II: Great European Mastery

Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 7:30pm / pre-concert lecture at 6:45pm

Las Vegas Philharmonic

Danail Rachev conductor

Markus Groh piano

Weber Overture to Oberon

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4

Brahms Symphony No. 1

Bulgarian conductor Danail Rachev, Music Director of the Eugene Symphony, leads the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s premiere performance of Brahms’ First Symphony, a work that was to reinforce the public’s high opinion of the composer as successor to Beethoven. The program opens with the spirited overture from Weber’s Oberon and powerful German pianist Markus Groh performs Beethoven’s complex and compelling Fourth Piano Concerto.

Masterworks III: Rising Star

Saturday, January 10, 2015

7:30pm / pre-concert lecture at 6:45pm

Las Vegas Philharmonic

Rei Hotoda conductor

Bella Hristova violin

Ravel Mother Goose Suite

Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1

DvoÅA?ák Symphony No. 8

Each season the Las Vegas Philharmonic showcases the talents of an internationally rising star. Acclaimed for her passionate performances, and compelling command of her instrument, violinist Bella Hristova will perform Max Bruch’s romantic First Violin Concerto. A young musician with a growing career as a soloist and recording artist, The Strad has praised, “Every sound she draws is superb.” Rei Hotoda, who conducted our 2014 Youth Concert Series mwith verve and vivacity, returns to conduct the program which also features Maurice Ravel’s delightful Mother Goose Suite and Antonin DvoÅA?ák’s evocative Eighth Symphony.

Masterworks IV: Cabrera Conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann

Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 7:30pm / pre-concert lecture at 6:45pm

Las Vegas Philharmonic

Donato Cabrera conductor

Sergey Antonov cello

Schubert Overture to Rosamunde

Schumann Cello Concerto

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 (Italian)

Music Director Donato Cabrera leads the orchestra in its first-ever performance of Mendelssohn’s joyous Fourth Symphony, known as the “Italian” symphony having been inspired by the composer’s travel south to Italy. Schubert’s charming Overture to Rosamunde opens the program and gold medal winner of the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Sergey Antonov, hailed as a “brilliant cellist” by Mstislav Rostropovich, performs Schumann’s lyrical Cello Concerto.

Masterworks V: 100 Years of Music

Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 7:30pm / pre-concert lecture at 6:45pm

Las Vegas Philharmonic

Donato Cabrera conductor

Joyce Yang piano

Adams The Chairman Dances

Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Music Director Donato Cabrera completes his first Masterworks Series with a program featuring composers over a one hundred-year span including the stunning keyboard showcase of Rachmaninoff’s 24 variations based on Paganini’s Caprices for violin to be performed by thrilling young pianist Joyce Yang. Iconic American composer John Adams’, The Chairman Dances, a “foxtrot for orchestra” opens the program and the series closes in stunning style with Tchaikovsky’s lush Fifth Symphony.