David Robertson News

The St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, led by Music Director Gemma New, is set to begin its 48th season.

Chief Conductor and Artistic Director David Robertson and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra are set to round out the 2017 season this month with two choral blockbusters and Bart k's rarely performed one-act opera Bluebeard's Castle.

Mr. Trifonov has already developed an international career as a solo artist, a champion of the concerto repertoire, a collaborator at the keyboard in chamber music and song, and as a composer artistic facets that will all be showcased in his seven-concert Perspectives series this season, beginning with a solo recital in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage today, October 28. At 26 years of age, Mr. Trifonov is the youngest artist ever to curate a Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's 50th anniversary at historic Powell Hall is being celebrated this season. Built in 1925 as a Vaudeville theater and movie house, the St. Louis Theatre was purchased in 1966 by the St. Louis Symphony Society, and repurposed into a celebrated concert hall. It reopened its doors in January 1968 as the first permanent home of the SLSO. The public is invited to be part of several activities celebrating Powell Hall, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announced earlier this fall a three-year extension of Marie-H l ne Bernard's contract as President & CEO through 2021. Bernard, appointed in 2015, begins her third season with the SLSO.

Marin Alsop and the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) will be featured on an upcoming broadcast of NPR's From the Top with Host Christopher O'Riley, the preeminent showcase for young musicians.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's 2017-2018 season opened with a two-week celebration of Mozart. Pianist Emanuel Ax was the featured guest artist.

The China NCPA Orchestra - resident orchestra of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing - makes its Carnegie Hall debut on Monday, October 30 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage as part of a six-city coast-to-coast US tour, with programs emphasizing East-West influences in classical music and cultural exchange.

Today, at its Annual Meeting, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra celebrated the significant artistic achievements and community impact of its 2016/2017 season.

Edo de Waart will replace Christoph von Dohn nyi in concerts featuring the World Premiere-New York Philharmonic commission of Bent S rensen's Evening Land; Emanuel Ax as soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 (replacing the previously announced Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27); and Brahms's Symphony No. 2.

The China NCPA Orchestra - resident orchestra of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing - makes its Carnegie Hall debut on Monday, October 30 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage as part of a six-city coast-to-coast US tour, with programs emphasizing East-West influences in classical music and cultural exchange.

Mr. Trifonov has already developed an international career as a solo artist, a champion of the concerto repertoire, a collaborator at the keyboard in chamber music and song, and as a composer artistic facets that will all be showcased in his seven-concert Perspectives series this season, beginning with a solo recital in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Saturday, October 28. At 26 years of age, Mr. Trifonov is the youngest artist ever to curate a Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall.

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center's famed acoustics will be put to the test when PREformances with Allison Charney fills the celebrated New York City concert hall with the sound of music on October 16 at 1PM.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with the St. Louis Blues, is set to score the perfect performance on stage for Athletes of the Orchestra on October 15.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra honors the legacy of Music Director David Robertson, whose remarkable 13-year tenure will conclude at the close the SLSO's 138th season.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced the rescheduled performance dates for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert. The new concert dates are Thursday, April 5, 2018, and Saturday, April 7, 2018.

Each spring, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders take over Powell Hall for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's Link Up concerts.

Ninety-seven musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra arrive home this morning after performing to a full house on Saturday night with Chief Conductor and Artistic Director David Robertson at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts.

Due to today's events in St. Louis, this evening's 7:00pm performance of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets In Concert has been cancelled.

Acclaimed American soprano Ren e Fleming performs in recital with pianist Inon Barnatan on Monday, October 23 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The program includes works by Brahms, Egon Kornauth, Andr Previn, selections from Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, and the world premiere of a new work by Caroline Shaw, commissioned by Carnegie Hall as part of its 125 Commissions Project.