PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: THE PAINTINGS OF BOB PEAK

The orchestrated performance will be presented together with projections of the artworks in one historic concert. Featuring paintings, illustrations and movie posters created by one of the most sought-after illustrators of the 20th Century, Bob Peak. The evening will feature the artwork inspired by the films and simultaneously the scores inspired by the films including Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, John Williams’ Superman: The Movie, Jerry Goldsmith’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady & Camelot.
The second half of the concert features the world premiere of the new piece Pictures at an Exhibition: The Paintings of Bob Peak, featuring original works by leading composers inspired by specific artwork by Bob Peak including, Maria Newman’s Rhapsody for a Golden Age, 1937 Academy Players Directory, Mychael Danna’s Mother Teresa, Time Magazine cover portrait, Marco Beltrami’s Special Olympics, The Spirit of Sport - Jack Nicklaus, Jeff Beal’s New York World’s Fair 1964-65, and Michael Abel’s Golden Moments: Jesse Owens 1936 Olympics

Bob Peak

Bob Peak is the award-winning American illustrator best known for his thirty-year contribution to the film industry, creating vibrant and unique designs for movie posters. Some of his most famous posters include West Side Story, Camelot, My Fair Lady, Hair, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Superman: The Movie, Apocalypse Now, Pennies from Heaven, Silverado, The Spy Who Loved Me and Excalibur. His paintings of Anwar Sadat, Mother Teresa, and Marlon Brando hang in the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection. He also received special commissions from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the United Nations and produced the iconic poster for the 1964 New York World’s Fair.  Peak won more than 150 awards including honors from The Society of Illustrators, New York; The Artists Guild, New York; Art Directors Club of New York; Art Directors Club of Philadelphia; Advertising Club of Boston, and The Hollywood Reporter. In 1997 the Society of Illustrators elected Peak to its Hall of Fame. In 1983 Peak was asked to create a painting of New York’s Brooklyn Bridge, to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of construction.  For the 1984 Olympics, the United States Postal Service commissioned Peak to design thirty stamps. He also created thirty-one water colors depicting various sports events in the history of the Olympics for the book Golden Moments, commissioned by the United States government.

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Los Angeles Film Orchestra

The Los Angeles Film Orchestra is a premiere orchestra whose members consist of an all-star group of leading studio and concert musicians in Hollywood. The orchestra players can be heard on countless Hollywood blockbusters to Award-winning films, TV projects and videogames.

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Leonard Slatkin

Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the DetroitSymphony Orchestra, Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria. He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting throughout the world and is active as a composer, author, and educator.  Slatkin has received six Grammy awards and 35 nominations.  

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