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 […]

Emerging Composers Showcased in Chicago Area

The world premiere of new works from the Illinois Philharmonic’s two emerging-composer initiatives will open the March 22 program, under the baton of Stilian Kirov. Principat clarinet Trevor O’Riordan will […]

CSO’s MusicNOW Promises Eclectic Fusion

In its spring edition of the MusicNOW series on March 23, the Chicago Symphony orchestra will provide players to perform works chosen by composer/curator Jimmy López Bellido. These include Boulez’s […]

Harada Leads Cincy in ‘Sheherazade’

Keitaro Harada, former Cincinnati Symphony associate conductor, makes his CSO subscription debut with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers joins the program for Arturo Márquez’s Fandango, a work commissioned by Meyers. The March 28-29 […]

Milwaukee: Kevin Puts’ Marimba Concerto

The Milwaukee Symphony welcomes Ji Su Jung, the first percussion player to win an Avery Fisher Career Grant, to debut with Kevin Puts’ Marimba Concerto on April 4-5. MSO assistant […]

Matthias Pintscher will lead the Kansas City Symphony in the world premiere of a new work by Catalan composer Jan Magrané Figuera. This April 5-6 program also features Jean-Yves Thibaudet playing […]

Flutist Makes St. Paul Chamber Debut

Flutist Jasmine Choi makes her debut with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on April 24-27, playing Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 2. The program also includes two works by Prokofiev: Sonata […]

Peer Gynt Onstage in St. Louis

While Grieg’s Peer Gynt is an orchestral standard, staging the work is a novel idea. This production, written and directed by Bill Barclay adapted from the play by Henrik Ibsen, […]

All-Gershwin Finale for Madison

The Madison Symphony closes its season May 9-11 with an all-Gershwin program under the baton of John DeMain. The Cuban Overture gets things off to an energetic start, followed by […]

Father-Son Collaboration in Harrisburg

On May 17-18, the Harrisburg Symphony will play the world premiere of a new work by Zev Malina, son of music director Stuart Malina. As the program’s name, “Malina Madness […]

Huỳnh Premiere Paired with Poulenc in Chicago

Composer-in-residence Oswald Huỳnh’s third commission for the Illinois Philharmonic will receive its world premiere on May 17 in a program featuring Peter Richard Conte performing Poulenc’s Organ Concerto. Elgar’s Enigma […]

Indianapolis Premieres Bass Concerto

The Indianapolis Symphony will present the world premiere of James Beckel’s Double Bass Concerto on May 30-31, with ISO Principal Bass Ju-Fang Liu as soloist. This program, conducted by David […]

Premiere by ‘Get Out’ Composer in Detroit

Detroit Symphony music director Jader Bignamini leads a world premiere by Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Abels (known for composing the scores to Jordan Peele’s films Get Out, Us, and Nope) and the Detroit […]

Pittsburgh: Mahler 4 and a World Premiere

The world premiere of Reza Vali’s newest work will occur June 6-8, with Manfred Honeck conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony. Alice Sara Ott will play Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and […]

Gershwin Opens Grant Park Festival

At the Grant Park Festival’s 2025 season opener on June 11, conductor and pianist Andrew Litton will lead the festival orchestra in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. The program also features […]

Stravinsky Opera in Des Moines

Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress closes the Des Moines Metro Opera’s season. Its libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman was inspired by William Hogarth’s famous series of paintings about […]

Bonds’ ‘Credo’ at Grant Park

On July 11-12, the Grant Park Festival Orchestra and Chorus, with soprano Janai Brugger and baritone Sankara Harouna, will perform Margaret Bonds’ spirituals-inspired Credo. The program, conducted by Anthony Parnther, […]

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