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Saturday, December 28, 2024

Orchestra of St. Luke's Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary Season by Ken Smith

Next year, Carnegie Hall's house band will perform Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony, unfinished works by Schubert, and the final concert of Conductor Bernard Labadie.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PM
Thursday, February 1, 2024

New York Philharmonic's Émigré Is Telling a Story of Jewish Refugees in Shanghai by Ken Smith

The project is a cross cultural collaboration between conductor Long Yu and composer Aaron Zigman.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Composer Qigang Chen Brings a Bicultural Collaboration to the New York Philharmonic by Ken Smith

With Reflet d’un temps disparu, Chen masters the delicate balancing act of being true to his home country, his new home, and his own voice.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM
Friday, January 18, 2019

New York Philharmonic Premieres Julia Wolfe's Fire in my Mouth by Ken Smith

The composition is inspired by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 that killed more than 100 immigrants.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PM
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