LA Philharmonic gives NY premiere of Ortiz concerto at Carnegie Hall

Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel conducts A Midsummer Night's Dream

By David Wolfson, 10 October 2024

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“evokes not only travel through a gorgeous landscape, but the awe it inspires”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 9 October 2024

Ortiz, Cello Concerto 'Dzonot' (New York premiere)

Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Incidental Music)

Alisa Weilerstein, Cello

María Valverde, Actor

Jana McIntyre, Soprano

Deepa Johnny, Mezzo-soprano

Musica Sacra

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel, Director

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If Prokofiev’s original intention in his Second Piano Concerto was shock and awe, Yuja Wang gives exactly the right performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Salonen and the LA Philharmonic take on the forces of nature

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Reflections of nature and humanity's place within it in Salonen's 2026 return

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David Wolfson

David Wolfson holds a PhD in composition from Rutgers University, and has taught at Rutgers University, Montclair State University and Hunter College. He is enjoying an eclectic career, having composed opera, musical theatre, touring children’s musicals, and incidental music for plays; choral music, band music, orchestral music, chamber music, art songs, and music for solo piano; comedy songs, cabaret songs and one memorable score for an amusement park big-headed-costumed-character show. You can find more information here.

Los Angeles Philharmonic gives NY premiere of Ortiz concerto at Carnegie Hall