Community Concerts Closes Season with Ukraine Symphony

Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony and Barcelona Flamenco Ballet

To Perform in Fort Myers

FORT MYERS, FLA., February 15, 2024 – Internationally-acclaimed performers from Spain and the Ukraine will headline the final two concerts of the season by the Fort Myers Community Concert Association.

Tickets are now on sale for the Barcelona Flamenco Ballet on March 7 and the Kyiv (Ukraine) Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra on-March 19.  Both performances will be at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the Florida SouthWestern State College campus in Fort Myers.

“We are so happy to bring these two outstanding performances to Fort Myers to round out our 2024 season,” said Community Concert Association President Mary Lee Mann.  “Classical music and dance enthusiasts will love the Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra from the Ukraine, as well as the Royal National Dance Company performing both traditional and more modern flamenco dance.”

Tickets may be purchased at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall box office at 239-481-4849 or online at www.bbmannpah.com. Prices are $55 for orchestra and mezzanine seats, $35 for lower balcony seats and $25 for upper balcony seats.  Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m.

Years of friendship and collaboration between a group of talented Ukrainian laureates and world famous conductor and cellist Dmitry Yablonsky led to the creation of the Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra. During this year’s “Tour of Freedom,” the orchestra will be joined by MultiPiano, a unique piano ensemble ranging from one piano with four hands to several pianos in a variety of multi-hand combinations.

Known for its outstanding and unforgettable productions, the Barcelona Flamenco Ballet offers an innovative combination of both traditional and more modern and contemporary flamenco dance set to musical styles ranging from classical to jazz to conventional flamenco.

The Fort Myers Community Concert Association, now in its 74th concert season, is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization founded by the legendary Barbara B. Mann in 1949 to bring world-class entertainment to Southwest Florida at affordable prices.  The association consists of more than 1,200 members, underwriters and sponsors.  Performers brought to Fort Myers in the past by the association include The Israel Ballet, The Boston Brass, Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Pianist Andre Watts, Violinist Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and many others.