Artist Updates from Primo Artists

Itzhak Perlman, violin : Itzhak Perlman heads to the West Coast in November for his Itzhak Perlman and Friends tour with?Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Emanuel Ax and?The Juilliard String Quartet where they play at the Los Angeles' Disney Hall on November 6, Santa Barbara's?Granada Theater ?on?November 7 and?San Francisco‘s?Davies Symphony Hall on November 12.?

Randall Goosby, violin : Randall Goosby embarks on a U.S tour with the London Philharmonic Orchestra led by Principal Conductor Ed Gardner. They perform the Barber Violin Concerto at the Mondavi Center in Davis, CA (October 9); The Soraya in Northridge, CA (October 10); the Wharton Center in East Lansing, MI (October 17) and the Tilles Center on Long Island, NY (October 20).?

Joshua Bell, violin : Joshua Bell performs recitals with pianist Peter Dugan at the Long Center in Austin (October 2),?McCoy Center in New Albany, OH (October 4) and the Ware Center in Lancaster, PA (October 10).?Bell is joined by soprano Larisa Martínez in a recital presented by the?Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on October 6 and by the Harriman-Jewell Series in Kansas City on October 8.

Cristian M?celaru, conductor : Cristian M?celaru returns to the States this week to lead the?St. Louis Symphony on October 4 and 6 in a program of works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Ginastera and Dvo?ák. On?October 10 and 11, he makes his debut with the Oslo Philharmonic ?on a program of Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater and Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, followed by performances as?Music Director with the Orchestre National de France on Mahler Symphony No. 2 on October 24 and 25.?

Gemma New, conductor :?Gemma New makes her debut with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales on October 24 to lead two UK premieres – Jessie Montgomery’s Coincident Dances and Elena Kats-Chernin’s Fantasie im Wintergarten.?In North America, she leads the Milwaukee Symphony ?in a performance with violinist Vadim Gluzman on October 11 and 12 and the Indianapolis Symphony in Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, with Geneva Lewis on October 18 and 19.

American Composers Orchestra : PR client American Composers Orchestra holds its first concert of its Carnegie Hall season, The New Virtuoso: Borders , on October 30, led by Mei-Ann Chen. The program includes the world premieres of Nightlife by Kebra-Seyoun Charles ?and Forest Migrations by Paul Novak; the NYC premieres of The Bell by Victoria Polevá, Borders by Michael Abels, and Embrace by Curtis Stewart.?

Apollo Chamber Players, ensemble : On October 5, PR client Apollo Chamber Players kicks off their season with an opening program, LIBERTY , featuring a special appearance by actor, author, and activist George Takei. The performance also includes the world premiere of John Corigliano’s One Sweet Morning and a newly commissioned work by Afghani-born composer Homayoun Sakhi.

Santiago Ca?ón-Valencia, cello : PR client Santiago Ca?ón-Valencia?and pianist Victor Asunción perform in a recital presented by?The Phillips Collection ?on October 27. The program focuses on performing lesser-known works, featuring music by Henri Duparc, Claude Debussy, John Pasthas, Alfred Schnittke, Arturo Márquez, and Igor Stravinsky.

Enescu Festival : The 2024 edition of PR client Enescu Festival's biennial George Enescu International Competition has announced the winners in all four divisions - Cello, Violin, Piano, and Composition - along with additional special prizes in multiple categories. This year's competition, which received a record volume of applications, concluded on September 27 with its Closing Concert at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. Winners received a total of approximately €150,000 in cash prizes.

The Knights : On October 24, PR client The Knights begins their 2024-2025 Carnegie Hall Series in a concert with pianist Aaron Diehl, inspired by the centennial of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. The program includes the world premiere of?Keith Jarrett's Book of Ways (arranged by Michael P. Atkinson),?Michael Schachter's Being and Becoming, and Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.

David T. Little, composer : PR client David T. Little’s new monodrama What Belongs to You, directed by Mark Morris, conducted by Alan Pierson, and starring Karim Sulayman and Alarm Will Sound, was featured in The New York Times . His GRAMMY? -nominated opera Black Lodge, praised for "indefatigable goth aplomb" by The New York Times, comes to Los Angeles for its West Coast Premiere on October 19. Black Lodge will be performed at The United Theater on Broadway, presented by UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance in partnership with Beth Morrison Projects for a unique seasonal production.?

London Philharmonic Orchestra : PR client London Philharmonic Orchestra embark on its first nationwide tour of the United States in 10 years from October 9 to 21, led by Principal Conductor Edward Gardner. Violin soloists Randall Goosby and Patricia Kopatchinskaja join the orchestra on tour and the program will include the U.S. premiere performance of LPO Composer-in-Residence Tania León's 2023 work Raíces (Origins).?

Lucas Meachem, baritone : PR client Lucas Meachem stars as Count di Luna in Houston Grand Opera's production of Verdi's Il Trovatore from October 18, 20, 26, 29, and November 3.

Hera Hyesang Park, soprano : On October 5, PR client Hera Hyesang Park makes her debut with Boston Baroque in Haydn’s The Creation , led by Martin Pearlman. She takes the role of Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni at Staatsoper Hamburg on October 25, 29, 31, and November 3; and makes her K-Music Festival debut in the UK with a fresh reinterpretation of traditional Korean songs on October 26.?

Seth Parker Woods, cello : On October 11 , WNYC’s The Greene Space presents a special performance by PR client Seth Parker Woods, featuring Julius Eastman’s “The Holy Presence."?He makes his New York Philharmonic debut on October 17 and 18 in?Afromodernism: Music of the African Diaspora,?which includes the New York premiere of Nathalie Joachim's cello concerto Had To Be, conducted by?Thomas Wilkins.

Rachel Lee Priday, violin : PR client Rachel Lee Priday's new album Fluid Dynamics with pianist David Kaplan will see its live multimedia world premiere at the Meany Center for the Performing Arts in Seattle on October 8. The album and recital feature world premieres of works commissioned specifically for this project by Gabriella Smith, Paul Wiancko, Cristina Spinei, Timo Andres, Leilehua Lanzilotti, and Christopher Cerrone.

Sphinx Organization : On October 16, PR client Sphinx Organization returns to Carnegie Hall in a program titled American Form/s. The concert features Curtis Stewart as Composer-in-Residence, including the world premiere of his?Double Down, the New York Premiere of his new drum set concerto, Drill; and the New York premieres of Carnegie Hall co-commissions by composers Jannina Norpoth and Derrick Skye.

Jerod Impichchaa-chaaha' Tate, composer : October brings the world premiere of PR client Jerod Impichchaa-chaaha' Tate's first opera, Loksi' Shaali' (Shell Shaker), which receives its premiere by Canterbury Voices and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic on October 27. TianHui Ng will conduct the two-act opera and feature soprano Katelyn Morton in the lead role of Loksi' (Turtle).

Orion Weiss, piano : PR client Orion Weiss joins violinist James Ehnes for his return to London's Wigmore Hall on October 24 before their performance at Teatro Marrucino in Italy on October 27. The program features substantial works from the 18th and 20th centuries, including works by Bach, Williams, Korngold, Short, and Prokofiev.?

Curtis Stewart, violin : Sphinx Virtuosi will perform PR client Curtis Stewart's compositions on their nationwide tour as its Composer-in-Residence, including the world premiere of his concerto for chamber orchestra and drum set Drill on October 16, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall . On October 30, the American Composers Orchestra will perform Curtis Stewart’s ACO commission, Embrace, as part of The New Virtuoso: Borders at Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall.

Young Concert Artists : On October 10, 2024, PR client Young Concert Artists Benett Tsai, cello makes his Washington D.C. debuts with a season opening concert at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater . Michael Yeung, percussionist will make his New York debut in The Peter Marino Concert, the season opener at Carnegie Hall , featuring a world premiere by YCA Composer-in-Residence Alistair Coleman.