Primo celebrates our 9th Anniversary
Primo turns 9 today!
Primo turns 9 today! As we enter our tenth year, we reflect upon key highlights from the last year:
MILESTONES:
Christian Reif appointed Chief Conductor of Gävle Symphony Orchestra
Randall Goosby announced as Artist-in-Residence of Southbank Centre’s 2023/24 Season
Valerie Coleman announced as 2024/25 Sandbox Composer-in-Residence of Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru announced as Artistic Partner of the WDR Sinfonieorchester
PERFORMANCES:
Cristian Măcelaru opens George Enescu Festival in inaugural season as Artistic Director
James Gaffigan leads inaugural season as General Music Director of Komische Oper Berlin
Christian Reif leads inaugural season as Chief Conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New makes her BBC Proms debut
Joshua Bell gives World Premiere of “The Elements” Concerto with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Beatrice Rana makes her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut
Valerie Coleman’s “Giants of Light” receives World Premiere at Carnegie Hall by the National Youth Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis
Gemma New leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in her subscription debut
Seong-Jin Cho performs with Zubin Mehta and Los Angeles Philharmonic
Randall Goosby makes his LA Phil, Cincinnati Symphony and Dallas Symphony debuts
Itzhak Perlman performs at White House State Dinner honoring Australian Prime Minister
Nicola Benedetti, Wynton Marsalis and James Gaffigan make an appearance at the Verbier Festival to perform the Marsalis Violin Concerto with the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra
Randall Goosby and Gemma New make their Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra debuts
James Gaffigan leads the New York Philharmonic and pianist Yunchan Lim in three sold-out concerts
Wynton Marsalis’s Trumpet Concerto receives World Premiere by Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst
Itzhak Perlman performs at Carnegie Hall with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Gemma New leads “Susannah” at Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Joshua Bell plays U.S. Premiere of “The Elements” with the New York Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden
NEWS:
Six Primo clients receive GRAMMY® nominations
Four Primo artists featured in LA Phil’s 2023/24 Season
Two Primo artists featured in New York Philharmonic’s 2023/24 Season
Two Primo artists featured in Carnegie Hall’s 2023/24 Season
Four Primo artists featured in Chicago Symphony’s 2023/24 Season
Four Primo artists featured in San Francisco Symphony’s 2023/24 Season
Four Primo artists featured in Pittsburgh Symphony’s 2023/24 Season
Three Primo artists featured in Cincinnati Symphony’s 2023/24 Season
Four Primo artists featured in St. Louis Symphony’s 2023/24 Season
Four Primo artists featured in Seattle Symphony’s 2023/24 Season
Seong-Jin Cho awarded 2023 Samsung Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
Wynton Marsalis awarded the 34th Praemium Imperiale Award
Randall Goosby receives the 2024 Harmony for Change Award
Nicola Benedetti receives Award of Excellence at Dallas Symphony Women in Classical Music Symposium
Valerie Coleman’s “Umoja: Anthem for Unity” featured in the New York Youth Symphony’s GRAMMY®-winning album
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS:
Seong-Jin Cho, Beatrice Rana and James Gaffigan highlighted in The New York Times Spring 2023 Season Preview
James Gaffigan and Komische Oper Berlin featured in The New York Times
Randall Goosby mentioned in The New York Times’ Best Classical Music Performances of 2023
Sphinx Organization featured on Good Morning America
Verbier Festival featured in Opera News for their 30th anniversary
ALBUMS:
Joshua Bell releases“Butterfly Lovers” album on Sony Classical with Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru releases Bartok album with WDR Sinfonieorchester
Beatrice Rana releases Clara and Robert Schumann album on Warner Classics with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Seong-Jin Cho releases “The Handel Project” Deutsche Grammophon album
Randall Goosby releases Decca Classics album with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra featuring music of Bruch and Price
Sphinx Virtuosi releases debut album “Songs for Our Times” on Deutsche Grammophon including music by Valerie Coleman