Posts Tagged ‘Jahja Ling’
Gil Shaham and San Diego Symphony Give the West Coast Premiere of Mason Bates’ ‘Nomad Concerto’ for Violin and Orchestra
Sunday’s San Diego Symphony concert at the San Diego Civic Theatre celebrated a reunion of long-standing friends of the San Diego Symphony, acclaimed violinist Gil Shaham and composer Mason Bates.
Read MoreLaureate Conductor Jahja Ling Returns to San Diego Symphony to Conduct Brahms and Grieg
Jahja Ling, Conductor Laureate of the San Diego Symphony, returned to the podium Saturday at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park to conduct the orchestra in a program devoted to Brahms and Grieg.
Read MoreRafael Payare and Strings of the San Diego Symphony Offer Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Elgar Online
In a laudable effort to keep musicians of the San Diego Symphony playing together and audiences engaged with the orchestra, Music Director Rafael Payere offered another streamed online concert Friday, April 30, from the stage of Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MoreWei Luo Makes Impressive Debut with San Diego Symphony in Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto
Conductor Laureate Jahja Ling made another felicitous visit to the San Diego Symphony podium Friday, December 6, bringing a robust program of Dvořák and Prokofiev to Copley Symphony Hall. Young Chinese pianist Wei Luo made her impressive San Diego debut giving a riveting, muscular account of Serge Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto in C Major.
Read MoreOrganist Chelsea Chen Brings Her Artistry to the San Diego Symphony
Much to the delight of audiences at Copley Symphony Hall this weekend, the San Diego Symphony under Jahja Ling presented concert organist Chelsea Chen in the Poulenc Concerto for Organ, Timpani and String as well as the Saint-Saëns Third “Organ” Symphony.
Read MoreJoshua Bell Scores with Bruch’s Violin Concerto at the San Diego Symphony
Either by chance or some mysterious plan, world-class violinists have decided to zero in on San Diego this April. Last week, Midori played a recital at The Conrad in La Jolla, and next week, Gil Shaham will flex his musical muscles at The Conrad. Sunday, Joshua Bell returned to the Jacobs Music Center in downtown San Diego to play Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with the San Diego Symphony under its Laureate Director, Jahja Ling.
Read More