FEATURED EVENT
Haydn’s Creation: Season Opening Spectacular
September 21, 2019 through September 22, 2019
Composed in 1799 and inspired by Handel’s Messiah, Joseph Haydn composed The Creation as a musical rendition of one of the greatest stories ever written. The work is considered by…
UPCOMING EVENTS
Apollo 13 in Concert - Film with Live Orchestra
September 7, 2019
Directed by Ron Howard and nominated for nine Academy Awards®, Universal Pictures' Apollo 13 tells the incredible story of one of the most thrilling and suspenseful missions in the history…
Beethoven's 5th and Tchaikovsky
October 4, 2019 through October 5, 2019
Nothing says "classical music" like the opening of Beethoven's most famous work. Drama, darkness, and triumph, the Fifth promises a journey of power and transcendence. Add Tchaikovsky's lush, romantic piano…
Dayton Philharmonic with Amjad Ali Khan
October 11, 2019
Amjad Ali Khan will perform the stunning and acclaimed concerto for sarod, Samaagam, with the Dayton Philharmonic. This piece has been presented by orchestras throughout Europe and the United States,…
Brass Transit: The Music of Chicago
October 12, 2019
A perfect reincarnation of the “rock n’ roll band with horns,” Brass Transit brings its brass, guitars, and dead-on vocals back to Dayton to celebrate Chicago.
ABOUT ME
Aurelian Oprea
Associate Concertmaster Aurelian Oprea was born in Cluj-Napoca, the cultural capital of Romania’s Transylvania region. His parents and grandfather were string players in the Romanian National Opera House Orchestra, and his grandmother was the prima ballerina of the Opera’s ballet corps. Aurelian began playing the violin in the first grade, and he graduated in 1995 from the city’s music school with a Baccalaureate Degree in Violin Performance. He served as the music school’s concertmaster and frequently performed as a guest soloist with several Romanian orchestras. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance from Bowling Green State University in 1999, where he also won a Concerto Competition. Aurelian won his first professional audition at the age of 20, becoming the youngest member of the Michigan Opera Theater Orchestra in Detroit, a position he held until 2000 when he joined the DPO. Aurelian is fluent in Romanian, Hungarian and English. He resides in Grafton Hill with his wife, Rachel, and his daughter, Hanna.
ALL SERIES
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This season, the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance celebrates the Titans of music and dance, including Ludwig van Beethoven with the 250th anniversary of his birth. We also celebrate Neal's 25…
Ballet
2019-2020
Opera
2019-2020
Masterworks
2019-2020
Superpops
2019-2020
Rockin'
2019-2020
Family
2019-2020
Recital
2019-2020
Specials
2019-2020COMPLIMENTARY CLASSIC
"The Fairy's Kiss" is a complex and brilliant masterpiece composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1928 and revised in 1950 for George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet. ...
