UPDATED September 15, 2021 Updates Are Bold
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC 2021–22 SEASON AT-A-GLANCE (all information subject to change)
WORLD PREMIERES Mahogany L. BROWNE A Country of Water (World Premiere Poem) Gabriela ORTIZ Clara (New York Philharmonic Commission) Andreia PINTO CORREIA Os passaros de noite (The Birds of Night) (New York Philharmonic Commission) Sarah Kirkland SNIDER Forward into Light19 (New York Philharmonic Commission) Gregory SPEARS & Love Story (New York Philharmonic Commission) Tracy K. SMITH Joel THOMPSON & The Places We Leave (New York Philharmonic Commission) Tracy K. SMITH Joan TOWER 1920 / 201919 (New York Philharmonic Commission)
US AND NEW YORK PREMIERES Hannah KENDALL Kanashibari (New York Premiere) Žibuoklė MARTINAITYTĖ Saudade (US Premiere) Nico MUHLY In Certain Circles (US Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Orchestre de Paris, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic) Nina SHEKHAR Lumina (New York Premiere) John WILLIAMS Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert (New York Premiere– score performed live to complete film)
Additional works, to be premiered during Sound ON and Kravis Nightcap, will be announced.
GUEST CONDUCTORS James Blachly* Santtu-Matias Rouvali Herbert Blomstedt Tugan Sokhiev Semyon Bychkov Jeannette Sorrell* Gustavo Dudamel Dalia Stasevska* Lina González-Granados Michael Tilson Thomas Manfred Honeck Thomas Wilkins Jakub Hrůša Simone Young Susanna Mälkki Long Yu
19 Project 19 commission * New York Philharmonic debut (more)
SOLOISTS Debuts Justin Vivian Bond, vocalist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Mahogany L. Browne, poet / speaker Igor Levit, piano Ray Chen, violin Beatrice Rana, piano Seong-Jin Cho**, piano Ryan Roberts, English horn Amanda Forsythe, soprano Golda Schultz, soprano Karen Gomyo**, violin Haochen Zhang**, piano John Holiday, countertenor Earl Howard, synthesizer
Returning Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Frank Huang, violin Emanuel Ax, piano Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos Joshua Bell, violin Branford Marsalis, saxophone Yefim Bronfman, piano Christopher Martin, trumpet Gautier Capuçon, cello Anthony McGill, clarinet Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor Itzhak Perlman, violin The Mary and James G. Wallach Nicholas Phan, tenor Artist-in-Residence Gil Shaham, violin Kevin Deas, bass Daniil Trifonov, piano Hilary Hahn, violin Yuja Wang, piano
HOSTS, CURATORS, AND ENSEMBLES A Better Jamaica Apollo’s Singers Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education Jon Deak El Puente Flushing Town Hall Lina González-Granados Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning Nico Muhly National Black Theatre Nadia Sirota The Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner Sarah Kirkland Snider Thomas Wilkins
** New York Philharmonic subscription debut