Enter a soundscape where love, madness, and sleeplessness collide in a dazzling storm of music. The night opens with the world premiere of Joshua Decker’s Symphony Insomnia — a relentless, pulse-pounding dive into the brain’s late-night chaos. Schumann’s Piano Concerto follows, weaving delicate beauty and stormy passion, with virtuoso Bryan Wallick at the keys.
But the climax? Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, a wild, theatrical masterpiece that shatters the line between fantasy and nightmare - a piece about romantic obsession and its dark twists and turns. Come for the beauty, stay for the madness — this concert promises to take you on a journey through the emotional corridors of the mind.
Symphony Insomnia by Josh Decker (15 minutes)
Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 by Robert Schumann featuring Bryan Wallick (33 minutes)
Symphony Fantastique, op. 14 by Hector Berlioz
Concert vibe: intriguing, emotional, thrilling, heart-pounding.
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Bryan Wallick - Piano Soloist
Bryan Wallick is gaining recognition as one of the great American virtuoso pianists of his generation. Gold medalist of the 1997 Vladimir Horowitz International Piano Competition in Kiev, he has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa. He made his New York recital debut in 1998 at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and made his Wigmore Hall recital debut in London in 2003. He has also performed at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with the London Sinfonietta and at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church.
Over the years, Bryan Wallick has graced the stages of numerous orchestras, including the Arizona Musicfest Orchestra, Boise Philharmonic, Boulder Symphony, Brevard Symphony, Cape Town Philharmonic, Cincinnati Pops, Evansville Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, Johannesburg Philharmonic, Kentucky Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Portland Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Western Piedmont Symphony, and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. His recitals have taken him to esteemed venues such as the Chateau Differdange in Luxembourg, Tivoli Artists Series in Copenhagen, Ravinia Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Xavier Piano Series (Cincinnati), Scottsdale Center’s Virginia Piper Series, Sanibel Island Music Festival, Tri-C Classical Series at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Classics in the Atrium Series in the British Virgin Islands.
Bryan Wallick is an avid chamber musician and has performed with violinists Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Rachel Lee Priday, Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, Miriam Contzen, Sergei Malov, and cellists Zuill Bailey, Alexander Buzlov, Alexander Ramm, and Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt. He is a member of the Mendelssohn Trio in residence at Colorado State University. He most recently performed with them on a European tour in September 2022, visiting Switzerland, Austria, and Germany.
Mr. Wallick studied with Jerome Lowenthal in New York City, where he was the first Juilliard School graduate to receive both an undergraduate Honors Diploma (2000) and an accelerated master's Degree (2001). He continued his studies with Christopher Elton in London at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was the recipient of the Associated Board International Scholarship, receiving a Post-graduate Diploma with Distinction. He previously studied with Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Mr. Wallick has recently been promoted to associate professor of piano at Colorado State University, where he lives with his wife and three children.