September 2022 Artist Updates from Primo Artists
James Gaffigan, conductor: On the eve of closing a successful run of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at Santa Fe Opera, James Gaffigan was featured on the front page of The New York Times Arts section on August 18 in an in-depth profile by David Allen. Gaffigan’s recently announced 2022/2023 season includes returns to the Metropolitan Opera, Orchestre de Paris and two programs at the National Symphony Orchestra, including the finale of the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Center with September 15-18 performances of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS, which premiered 51 years ago at the Center’s 1971 opening and which features baritone Will Liverman as Celebrant.
Gemma New, conductor: Gemma New has announced her 2022/2023 season working with her titled orchestras and making debuts at Mozartwoche Salzburg, Orchestre National de Lyon, Berner Symphonieorchester, New World Symphony, Houston Symphony and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. On September 9, New leads the New Zealand Symphony Orchestrain its 75th anniversary “Jubilee” concert, and from September 15 to 17, she conducts the Dallas Symphony on a program including Holst’s The Planets. New leads the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in the world premiere of Abigail Richardson-Schulte’s The Path Illuminates on September 24 and from there conducts the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on Saint-Saёns’ Organ Symphony on September 29, October 1 and 2.
Itzhak Perlman, violin: Itzhak Perlman play/conducts the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl on September 13 in a program of Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 and Bach Concerto for Two Violins with Randall Goosby. He opens the Colorado Symphony and Vancouver Symphony seasons on his popular Cinema Serenade program featuring many of John Williams’ greatest film scores on September 10 and September 15, respectively.
Randall Goosby, violin: On the heels of debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra and at the Lucerne Festival and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Randall Goosby's NPR Tiny Desk Concert was released yesterday. Joined by pianist Zhu Wang, Goosby performs works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Dvořák, and Ponce. He continues on to the Hollywood Bowl to perform Bach's Concerto for Two Violins with his former teacher, Itzhak Perlman, and the LA Philharmonic on September 13 and makes his debut with the San Francisco Symphonyand Esa-Pekka Salonen on September 24 in Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2.
Nicola Benedetti, violin: Nicola Benedetti returns to the BBC Proms on September 6 and 7 to perform Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto in the work’s Proms debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Thomas Søndergård. On September 28 to 30, Benedetti gives the world premiere of Sir James Macmillan’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanychev. From there, she embarks on an 9-city U.S. tour with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Emelyanychev to Amherst, MA; Troy, Ithaca, and Brookville, NY; Lewisburg, PA; East Lansing, MI; Goshen, IN; Akron, OH; and Kansas City, MO.
Joshua Bell, violin: Joshua Bell opens the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra season with Manfred Honeck playing the Tchaikovsky Concerto on September 17 before joining the Houston Symphony and Juraj Valčuha to perform the Sibelius Violin Concerto in the Music Director’s subscription opening concerts on September 23 to 25. Bell ends the month performing recitals with Peter Dugan at The Center for the Performing Arts in his homestate of Indiana on September 29 and at Spivey Hall in Atlanta on September 30.
Wynton Marsalis, composer: Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto received its BBC Promspremiere on September 6 by Nicola Benedetti and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with conductor Thomas Søndergård. On September 8, Marsalis appears with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl on his massive jazz symphony All Rise,led by James Gaffigan and featuring Damien Sneed, Anitra McKinney, Markita Knight, Daniel Ozan, Brandie Sutton, the Selah Gospel Choir and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles.
Apollo Chamber Players, ensemble: September 2 saw the release of PR clients Apollo Chamber Players and Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s new album MoonStrike (Azica Records), featuring Tate’s piece of the same name alongside new works by Jennifer Higdon and Pierre Jalbert.
Allison Loggins-Hull, flute/composer: PR client Allison Loggins-Hull announced her 2022-2023 season, marking her inaugural season (of three) in residence with The Cleveland Orchestra and eight world premieres, performed by artists such as Alisa Weilerstein, Alarm Will Sound and Toshi Reagan, yMusic, ETHEL, Cygnus Ensemble, and Castle of Our Skins; plus an East Coast Tour with Flutronix and Third Coast Percussion.
Marie-Eve Munger, soprano: On September 16, PR client and coloratura soprano Marie-Eve Munger releases Maestrino Mozart, an album of arias Wolfgang Amadeus composed between the ages of 10-16, on ATMA Classique.
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor/violinist: PR and social media client Dmitry Sitkovetsky announces 2022/2023 as his final season as Music Director of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, marking two remarkable decades at the helm of the orchestra. His international season also includes concerts in Havana, Cuba; Istanbul, Turkey; Baku, Azerbaijan; Mexico City and Guadalajara, Mexico; Sofia, Bulgaria; Ljubljana, Slovenia; and Verbier, Switzerland; as well as serving on the Juries of the Enescu, Fritz Kreisler, and Montreal Violin Competitions.