Led by Marin Alsop, the Juilliard Orchestra performs a world premiere by Joan Tower on April 6 at Carnegie Hall. The rest of the program, part of the America250 celebration, is still to be announced. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/04/06/Juilliard-at-Zankel-Hall-0730PM
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1 event, | 0 events, | 1 event,A new work by George Lewis for two pianos and percussion will receive its world premiere on April 8-10 with the New York Philharmonic under Kwamé Ryan. The program also includes Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, featuring Golda Schultz, and Ives’ The Unanswered Question. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/golda-schultz-sings-barber-and-stravinsky/ | 1 event,The world premiere of a new work by jazz-inspired composer Nicky Sohn will open the Atlanta Symphony’s April 9-10 program. Jerry Hou conducts a lineup the continues with Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring Jennifer Koh, and concludes with Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony. https://www.aso.org/events/detail/rachmaninoffs-first-symphony | 0 events, | 1 event,On April 11, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will mark the 25th anniversary of their Sound Investment new-works commissioning project. The progrem inlcudes premieres of works by Eric Whitacre and Juhi Bansal as well as well-loved repertoire by Vaughen Williams, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev. Jaime Martín conducts violin soloist Anne Akiko Meyers. https://www.laco.org/events/martin-bansal-shostakovich/ | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,Ana María Patiño-Osorio conducts the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Four Scenes from Childhood with the Dallas Symphony and viola soloist Meredith Kufchak on April 16-19. Julian Steckel is the soloist for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, and the program concludes with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 (Italian). https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/mendelssohns-italian-symphony/ Susanna Mälkki will conduct the world premiere of a new work by Andrew Norman for two pianos and orchestra. Piano duo Lucas and Arthur Jussen join the Boston Symphony for this program April 16-18. Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances completes the bill. https://www.bso.org/events/apr-16-18-ravel-norman-rachmaninoff?performance=2026-04-16-19:30 | 1 event,The world premiere of safronia, with score and libretto by Chicago’s poet laureate, avery r. young, will be given by the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Triumph and tragedy converge in this universal yet personal story of the Great Migration, marrying folklore, poetry, and history, with music inspired by gospel, blues, funk, and soul. (April 17-18) […] | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The world premiere of Sleepers Awake, a new opera by Gregory Spears, will be presented by Philadelphia Opera. “In this opera, the chorus has the starring role.” Spears creates a dream-like rendering of the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty,” inspired by modernist writer Robert Walser. Corrado Rovaris conducts. (April 22-26) https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2526-season/sleepers-awake/ | 1 event,Toronto Symphony affiliate composer Liam Ritz’s latest orchestral work will have its world premiere April 23-26. Elina Vähälä will play Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2, and music director Gustav Gimeno concludes the program with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/tchaikovskys-fifth | 1 event,Seattle Symphony’s principal oboe, Mary Lynch VanderKolk, leads the second part of a program featuring works written for and with her as part of Through Her Window, an ongoing commissioning and performance project that brings together female-identifying composers. This program will feature world premieres curated by composer, flutist and founder of Imani Winds, Valerie Coleman. (April 24) https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2025-2026/25octave5 | 0 events, | 0 events, |
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