Modest Mussorgsky – San Diego Story

Payare Opens Summer Season at The Rady Shell with Mussorgsky and a New Piano Concerto by Reinaldo Moya

By Ken Herman | June 25, 2022 |

San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare opened the Symphony’s summer season Friday, June 24, 2022, at The Rady Shell.

Music Performance and the Visual Arts Collide Creatively at SummerFest

By Ken Herman | August 16, 2019 |

Thursday’s SummerFest 2019 theme at The Conrad-–Music at an Exhibition—explored the connection between the visual arts and music performance. Zach Smithey’s bold brushstrokes moved to the music of Biber, Ravel, and J. S. Bach in one hall, while in the main concert hall Inon Barnatan gave a thrilling performance of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”

Payare and Weilerstein Soar in Tchaikovsky in the San Diego Symphony’s Hearing the Future Festival

By Ken Herman | January 11, 2019 |

Brandishing his new title as Music Director Designate, Rafael Payare opened his weekend blitz of San Diego Symphony performances with a stunning concert Thursday at Copley Symphony Hall, the first performance on the orchestra’s month-long “Hearing the Future” festival.