BSO’s March 23 “Making Waves” Concert Features Works by Mozart, Debussy, Rautavaara, and John Williams

Bellingham local Jelača Jovanović was born into a family of professional musicians in Belgrade, Serbia, and began giving recitals at the age of 8. She has appeared as a soloist with the Seattle Philharmonic in Benaroya Hall, the Bainbridge Symphony, Lake Union Civic Orchestra (LUCO), Whatcom Symphony, Western Washington University Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, and Radio TV Belgrade Symphonic Orchestra.  She opened the 2018/19 Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra season in Benaroya Hall, and the 2023/24 Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra season. Later this year, to mark 50 years since Shostakovich’s death, she will perform as a soloist in his Piano Concerto No. 1 with LUCO. 

Jelača Jovanović’s daughter, Sehome High School junior Maria Horja, recently performed with the symphony, as well, to nearly 1,500 area students at BSO's annual Educational Concert. Horja was the winner of BSO’s 2024 Young Artist Competition.

Tickets and more details are available at https://www.bellinghamsymphony.org/event/making-waves 

The concert repertoire is as follows and will run approximately 100 minutes with intermission:

Einojuhani Rautavaara | Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 A major K. 488  John Williams | Theme From “Jaws" Claude Debussy | La Mer