Mäkelä Brings Ellen Reid Premiere to Carnegie

Under the baton of its incoming chief conductor, Klaus Mäkelä, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performs the U.S. premiere of a new work by Ellen Reid at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 22. […]

Connesson Cello Concerto Premieres in Philly

French composer Guillaume Connesson has written a new Cello Concerto, which will receive its U.S. premiere on Nov. 22-23 at the hands of Gautier Capuçon, as guest soloist with the […]

Hamada Conducts NY Phil in Fujikura Premiere

The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Kazuki Hamada (making his debut with the orchestra), will give the U.S. premiere of Dai Fujikura’s Entwine Nov. 27-Dec. 1. Young piano star Yunchan […]

Violinist Yang Premieres Work in Dallas

The Dallas Symphony will present the U.S. premiere of Kris Bowers’ For a Younger Self, featuring violinist Charles Yang. Markus Moschner also conducts Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony, From the New World, […]

William Grant Still wrote his Symphony No. 2, Song of a New Race, for the Philadelphia Orchestra to premiere in 1937, conducted by Leopold Stokowski. On Jan. 16-18, that same […]

Toledo Premieres Goodyear’s Tribute to Mom

Toledo Symphony will play the U.S. premiere of Steward Goodyear’s Life, Life, Life, a tribute to his mother, on Feb. 7-8. Goodyear will also be the piano soloist for Rachmaninoff’s […]

Two Premieres by Women for Dallas Symphony

On March 6-9, the Dallas Symphony will give the world premiere of a new work by Sophia Jani as well as the U.S. premiere of Arlene Sierra’s Kiskadee. Nelson Goerner […]

New Piano Concerto in Toledo

Lūcija Garūta’s Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor with be given its U.S. premiere by Élisabeth Pion and the Toledo Symphony under Alain Trudel, who will also be the piano soloist. […]

New Lindberg Concerto Part of SLSO Nordic Focus

Lawrence Power will be on hand to solo in the U.S. premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Viola Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony on March 14. Kaija Saariaho’s atmospheric Ciel d'hiver opens the program, which […]

A New Concerto for Trombone

Jörgen van Rijen is the soloist for the U.S. premiere of Andrew Norman’s Concerto for Trombone with the Dallas Symphony under Aziz Shokhakimov on April 10-12. The second half of the […]

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