The broadcasts will air in San Francisco on KDFC's “California Symphony Broadcast” program.
California Symphony and its music director, Donato Cabrera, are joining forces with the state's top Classical music stations, KUSC FM in Los Angeles and KDFC FM in San Francisco, to present a new, limited-run series. Each concert program on the radio series will showcase California Symphony's impact on the classical music canon through the talent nurtured in its nationally recognized Young American Composer-in-Residence program. By broadcasting past concerts featuring freshly inked works, the Symphony continues its mission to promote a range of classical music spanning centuries, with a special focus on American repertoire and works by living composers.
Hosted by Brian Lauritzen, the broadcasts will air in Los Angeles on KUSC's "SoCal Sunday Night" program, the station's weekly local concert spotlight, starting Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. The broadcasts will air in San Francisco on KDFC's "California Symphony Broadcast" program, the station's monthly spotlight on the Orchestra, starting Sunday, September 27, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. Check local listings at kusc.org and kdfc.com for more information. Renowned among composers and conductors across the U.S., California Symphony's intensely competitive residency provides an emerging American composer with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to collaborate with Maestro Cabrera and California Symphony over three consecutive years to create, rehearse, premiere, and record three major orchestra compositions, one each season. Since the residency was established in 1991, nine talented American composers have completed the program: Katherine Balch (2017-20); Dan Visconti (2014-17); DJ Sparr (2011-14); Grammy award-winner Mason Bates (2007-10), Kevin Beavers (2003-05), Pierre Jalbert (1999-2002), Kevin Puts (1996-99) - winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music, Christopher Theofanidis (1994-96), and Kamran Ince (1991-92). Seven former alumni have gone on to be awarded the Rome Prize, including Balch who was recently named a 2020 Rome Prize winner. The Symphony's current - and 10th - composer is Viet Cuong (2020-2023).CONDUCTOR Donato Cabrera
GUEST ARTIST Ilya Yakushev, Piano
COMPOSER DJ Sparr (in residence: 2011-2014)
CONDUCTOR Donato Cabrera
GUEST ARTIST Adam Golka, Piano
COMPOSER Dan Visconti (2014-2017)
CONDUCTOR Donato Cabrera
GUEST ARTIST Annie Wu, Flute
COMPOSER Kevin Puts (1996-1999)
CONDUCTOR Donato Cabrera
GUEST ARTIST Maria Radutu, Piano
COMPOSER Christopher Theofanidis (1994-1996)
CONDUCTOR Donato Cabrera
GUEST ARTIST Inbal Segev, Cello
COMPOSER Dan Visconti (2014-2017)
CONDUCTOR Donato Cabrera
GUEST ARTIST Haochen Zhang, Piano
COMPOSER Katherine Balch (2017-2020)
CONDUCTOR Donato Cabrera
GUEST ARTIST Robyn Bollinger, violin
COMPOSER Katherine Balch (2017-2020)
CONDUCTOR Donato Cabrera
GUEST ARTIST Annie Wu, flute
COMPOSER Kevin Puts (1996-1999)
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