The Michael Steinberg & Jorja Fleezanis Fund 2025 Commission
The Wild Iris
World Premiere Performance: Sunday, June 7, 2026, 3pm
Celebrate the premiere of this compelling new chamber work by composer Ivette Herryman Rodriguez, inspired by a poem by the late Louise Glück, winner of the Nobel Prize.
Also featured: Brahms Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8, featuring Evren Ozel, Bronze Medalist at the 2025 Van Cliburn Competition.
Commission Artists: Alan Snow, violin; Anthony Ross, cello; Kathryn Nettleman, bass; Marni Hougham, English horn; Erich Rieppel, percussion; and narrator Stephen Yoakam. Violinist Susie Park will join cellist Anthony Ross and pianist Evren Ozel for the Brahms Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8, after intermission.
Stefan L. Smith
Westminster Hall
1200 S. Marquette Ave.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Parking in Westminster Church
underground lot ($12)
Tracy K. Smith
Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Jorja
Jorja Fleezanis, our beloved founder of the Michael Steinberg and Jorja Fleezanis Fund and former concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra, died suddenly September 9, 2022. The Fund’s Board of Directors was pleased to honor Jorja’s legacy with the Sunday, May 5, 2024, premiere of Stone Pond.
The Michael Steinberg and Jorja Fleezanis Fund was established by Jorja Fleezanis as a memorial to her husband, Michael, who believed deeply in the power of curiosity as the driving force in creating art and understanding it.
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“To spur curiosity and growth through the performing arts and written word”.
— Jorja Fleezanis
