Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medal Winner Cristina Ortiz To Make New West Symphony Debut

Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medal winner Cristina Ortiz will make her New West Symphony debut on the next 2013/2014 Masterpiece Series concert playing Momoprecoce by Heitor Villa-Lobos

New West Symphony music director Marcelo Lehninger will lead three performances of the program that also includes Maurice Ravel's Suite from Ma Mère L'oye ("Mother Goose") and Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky in the Ravel orchestration. The first performance will take place on Friday, February 21, 2014 at 8:00 pm at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, located at 800 Hobson Way in Oxnard. The program will be repeated on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 8:00 pm at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks and on Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 4:00 pm at Santa Monica's Barnum Hall, located at 601 Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica.

. Tickets: Tickets priced from $25 to $98 are available by phone, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday at 1-866-776-8400. Tickets are also available in person at the New West Symphony office, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday and through the Symphony web site at newwestsymphony.org, 24/7. Tickets are also available at the respective concert hall box offices.