Heroic Reflections
A Hero’s Life and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G
Flint Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, October 11, 2025 7:30PM
FIM Whiting Auditorium
Enrique Diemecke music director and conductor
Marika Bournaki piano
The Program
Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (“A Hero’s Life”)
Imagine music as a mirror – what might one see in its reflection? For Strauss, he saw a hero as reflected in his unabashedly autobiographical and self-congratulatory tone-poem, Ein Heldenleben. For Ravel, who grew up in the culturally eclectic Basque region of France, his musical reflection revealed a fusion of cultural and modern influences that shaped his unique voice.
Pianist Marika Bournaki, hailed as “the Celine Dion of classical music,” will illuminate that fusion of cultures in Ravel’s Piano Concerto, which blends American jazz rhythms with colorful Spanish traditions of the Basques.
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Inside the Music • 6:30pm
Title: Season Secrets with Maestro
Guest Speaker: Ashley Poirier, FIM manager of patron communications interviews Enrique Diemecke, music director and conductor, regarding his vision for the 2025-26 season.
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What you need to know:
No one under 5 admitted (including babies in arms)
Runtime: approximately 2 hours 30 minutes
(including intermission)
Sensory warning: Live, full orchestra with percussion and loud volume.
Tickets starting at $24.90 / $18.60 for Genesee County residents (total price includes fees)
Ticket packages on sale May 20. This performance is eligible for a special limited-time 20% package discount. Click to learn more and purchase a package.
Single tickets go on sale May 23 (Capitol Theatre) and July 1 (Whiting Auditorium, Flint Symphony Orchestra and Flint Repertory Theatre).
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