Week of Events
Conrad Tao Premieres ‘A Thing Made Whole’
Working with the U.K.-based collective Distractfold, pianist Conrad Tao will play the world premiere of Andrew Greenwald’s A Thing Made Whole VIII. Also on this May 23 program at Kaufman Music Center are recent works by Jürg Frey, Hanna Hartman, and Mauricio Pauly. https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/distractfold-with-conrad-tao/
Petrenko Conducts Basevi Premiere
The Dallas Symphony has commissioned a new work from Italian composer Andrea Basevi, which will receive its world premiere under the baton of Vasily Petrenko at the DSO’s season finale on May 23-26. Basevi, a tenor himself, specializes in vocal writing; his new work will feature the Dallas Symphony Children’s Chorus. Guest soloist for the […]
Welser-Möst Premieres Violin, Harp Concerto
Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Möst will conduct the world premiere of Jüri Reinvere’s Concerto for Violin and Harp, featuring violinist Leila Josefowicz and harpist Trina Struble. This May 23-25 program also includes the “Prelude and Liebestod” from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and Mozart’s Serenade No. 10, the Gran Partita, for 12 wind instruments and […]
LACO Premieres ‘Sound Investment’
Although she is not yet 30, composer Nina Shekhar has already won a long list of awards and accepted commissions from some of America’s leading orchestras. The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will give the world premiere of her work Sound Investment on the May 24-25 concert conducted by Jaime Martín. Gabriela Montero will be the […]
New Opera Considers Refugee Children’s Plight
Composer Layale Chaker and librettist Lisa Schlesinger will see the world premiere of their opera Ruinous Gods May 24-June 1 at Spoleto USA. With stage direction by Omar Abi Azar and Maya Zbib and conducted by Kamna Gupta, the opera, loosely based on the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, explores the psychological toll experienced […]
