Precipice sets an intimate story of a young woman’s struggle in the epic landscape of America’s mountain west. The opera, based on a concept by Susan Zeeman Rogers, with music by Rima Fand and libretto by Karen Fisher, will receive its world premiere at Prototype Festival. (Jan. 8-11) https://prototypefestival.org/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, | 1 event, Prototype Festival will present the world premiere of Hildegard, an opera with music and libretto by Sarah Kirkland Snider. The story deals with a moment in the life of the 12th-century nun, visionary, and composer. Elkhanah Pulitzer directs and Gabriel Crouch conducts. (Jan. 9-11) https://prototypefestival.org/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, A new work by Canadian composer Isabella Gellis will open the Jan. 15-17 Montreal Symphony program. Emanuel Ax will solo in Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, and Rafael Payere concludes the concert with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. https://www.osm.ca/en/concert/emanuel-ax-plays-beethoven/ | 0 events, | 1 event, A new symphony by Jeff Beal will receive its world premiere with the Las Vegas Symphony on Jan. 17. Leonard Slatkin also conducts Olga Kern in Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. https://lvphil.org/events/rachmaninoff-concerto-no-3/ | 1 event, The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, featuring pianist Seong-Jin Cho, will give the world premiere of a new work by Carlos Simon. The Jan. 18 program also includes Valerie Coleman’s Rubispheres, for flute, clarinet, and bassoon plus Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor. https://www.bso.org/events/jan-18-bso-chamber-players?performance=2026-01-18-15:00 |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, Edward Gardner leads the Dallas Symphony in the U.S. premiere of James Macmillan’s Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock on Jan. 22-24. This new concerto for euphonium will be performed by David Childs. The Dallas Symphony Chorus will open the program with Walton’s Coronation Te Deum, and Holst’s The Planets concludes the performance. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/holsts-the-planets-2/ Two New York premieres will be performed on the Jan. 22 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center program. These are works by Sean Shepherd and Ye Ziaogang. The program, part of the Sonic Spectrum series, also includes pieces by Charlotte Bray and Jörg Widmann. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/25-26/sonic-spectrum-ii/ | 2 events, Vocalist Julia Bullock, cellist Seth Parker Woods, and pianist Conor Hanick will play the world premiere of a new work by Tania León at 92NY on Jan. 23. The program also includes works by George Walker, John Tavener, Ravel, André Previn, and Nina Simone. https://www.92ny.org/event/julia-bullock-seth-parker-woods-and-conor-hanick Tap dance will be used as a percussive instrument on the Jan. 23 Carnegie Hall appearance by Sō Percussion, featuring dancer Michael J. Love. Works include a world premiere by Bryce Dressner and New York premieres by Love, Caroline Shaw, and Kendall K. Williams. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/01/23/So-Percussion-0900PM | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, On Jan. 29-31 the Atlanta Symphony will give the U.S. Premiere of Leonard Slatkin’s Schubertiade: An Orchestral Fantasy, with the composer on the podium. Slatkin will also lead Randall Goosby in Barber’s Violin Concerto, and the program concludes with Copland’s Symphony No. 3, part of the orchestra’s Copland 250 celebration. https://www.aso.org/events/detail/america250-copland-barber | 2 events, It’s an ornithology-centered program as the St Paul Chamber Orchestra performs two world premieres on Jan. 30-Feb. 1. The first is Gabriela Lena Frank’s new work inspired by naturalist John James Audubon. That’s followed by Eric Stokes’ arrangement of Robert Schumann’s Prophet Bird. Opening the program is Honneger’s Pastorale d’été. https://content.thespco.org/events/franks-sandbox-premiere/ Experimental early-music ensemble Ruckus pairs with singer Davóne Tines at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 30. The program includes New York premieres of arrangements of a wide range of songs, plus new commissioned works by Tines and Ruckus leader Doug Balliett. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/01/30/Ruckus-and-Davone-Tines-0730PM | 2 events, Lyric Opera of Orange County travels to New York’s Carnegie Hall to present the world premiere of The Yellow Wallpaper, a chamber opera by composer Brooke deRosa and librettist Diana Farrell. The opera, based on the haunting 1876 novella by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is scored for three voices and six instruments. (Jan. 31) https://lyricoperaoc.org/shows/the-yellow-wallpaper/ Swedish composer Lisa Streich’s new concerto will receive its world premiere with the Kansas City Symphony on Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The other two works are by Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tamara Stefanovich, soloist) and Symphony No. 4, under the baton of Matthias Pintscher. https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/beethoven/23639 | 0 events, |
