Posts Tagged ‘Jahja Ling’
Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody and a New Work by Mason Bates Crown Edo de Waart’s Second Week with the San Diego Symphony
A significant advantage of conductor Edo de Waart’s frequent guest appearances with the San Diego Symphony is the array of new music he brings to Copley Symphony Hall. On Friday, October 12, he offered Mason Bates’ 2014 intriguing “Garages of the Valley” followed by Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” with the brilliant pianist Joyce Yang.
Read MoreBernstein’s “Jeremiah” Symphony Makes Its Belated Debut at the San Diego Symphony
The San Diego Symphony elevated its current Leonard Bernstein retrospective on Saturday, May 12, 2018, with a stirring, trenchant account of his 1942 “Jeremiah” Symphony under the assured baton of Conductor Laureate Jahja Ling.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Music Director Designate Rafael Payare Welcomed at the Jacobs Music Center
Surrounded by civic leaders and members of the San Diego Symphony board and orchestra, Symphony C.E.O. Martha Gilmer introduced Music Director Designate Rafael Payare to the press, symphony patrons, and representatives of other San Diego arts organizations Monday (April 30) at Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MoreVenezuelan Conductor Rafael Payare New San Diego Symphony Music Director
The 37-year-old Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare made an auspicious debut leading the San Diego Symphony last month, and the San Diego Symphony announced today that Payare will be its next Music Director, filling the vacancy left by maestro Jahja Ling, who retired in May 2017.
Read MoreMastro Jahja Ling’s San Diego Symphony Swan Song
The end of an era: Maestro Jahja Ling conducted the final concert of his 13-year stint as the San Diego Symphony’s Music Director on Sunday (May 28) at the Jacobs Music Center . . .
Read MoreLing and the San Diego Symphony: A Mahler III to Remember!
On Friday, May 5, Maestro Jahja Ling commenced his valedictory month as San Diego Symphony Music Director with a sweeping and at times sumptuous account of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in D Minor . . .
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