The National Symphony Orchestra has announced that it will perform “The Messiah” for the holiday season. The piece will be performed on Dec. 19, 20, 21, and 22, 2024, and will be conducted by Masaaki Suzuki at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Suzuki is a baroque specialist who is the founder of Bach Collegium Japan and the performances at the {…}
The National Symphony Orchestra has reached a tentative deal with its musicians. “The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has reached an agreement in principle with the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in their ongoing negotiations,” said an official press release issued by the organization. “At this time, members of the NSO are beginning rehearsals for the tomorrow’s gala. The {…}
The musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra have announced they will exercise their legal right to engage in labor activity by distributing informational leaflets to the public before the Sept. 25 performance tonight. The musicians have been in negotiations for a new contract with their employer, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, since May but the two {…}
The Kennedy Center, National Symphony Orchestra leadership, and AFM have released statements regarding contract negotiations with its musicians. In a statement by the Kennedy Center and the NSO, they said, “the Kennedy Center and NSO Leadership have offered a generous and fiscally responsible, new four-year contract to the musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), AFM Local 161-710. The NSO {…}
(Credit: Andrew Eccles) The National Symphony Orchestra is set to open its 2024–2025 season with a variety of concerts featuring classics, new works, and collaborations. In a statement, Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, The Roger Sant and Congresswoman Doris Matsui Chair said, “It is a joy for me to be returning to Washington, D.C., to open my eighth season as Music {…}
The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has announced that long-time Board member Roger Sant has pledged an additional $10 million towards the organization’s endowment. The pledge is the largest individual gift in the Orchestra’s history and brings Sant’s lifetime giving to more than $35 million, a portion of which funds the naming of the Music Director Chair for Roger Sant and {…}
National Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Jean Davidson and the Kennedy Center have announced that Eric B. Stillman will become the Chief Development Officer for the NSO. Stillman began on May 1, 2023 and comes to the Kennedy Center from the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Throughout the years, Stillman has raised more than $135 million {…}
The National Symphony Orchestra is set to present Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 this June as part of an all-Beethoven series. The performance will feature such soloists as Camilla Tilling, Kelley O’Connor, Issachah Savage, and Hanno Müller—Brachmann; Tilling and Müller-Brachmann will be making their debuts with the organization. Gianandrea Noseda leads the ensemble and the Washington Chorus under the artistic direction {…}
The National Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performance for the season. Gianandrea Noseda conducts soloists Denis Kozhukhin, Elena Stikhina, Sergey Skorokhodov, and Alexey Markov in Rachmaninoff’s “The Rock,” Piano Concerto No. 4, and “The Bells.” Performance Dates: Sept. 28-30, 2023 Kevin John Edusei and Katerina Burton lead a program that includes {…}
The National Symphony Orchestra has appointed Jean Davidson as its new Executive Director. Davidson will begin her tenure with the National Symphony Orchestra on April 1, succeeding Gary Ginstling, who left in October to become the executive director of the New York Philharmonic. Davidson, 54, is president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the largest professional chorus {…}
Washington D.C.’s National Symphony Orchestra has extended its music director Gianandrea Noseda’s contract. Noseda will continue with the orchestra for an additional two seasons, through the 2026-2027 season, his tenth at the helm of the NSO. The conductor began his tenure in September 2017 when he conducted his inaugural gala concert as Music Director, featuring artists Yo-Yo Ma and Cynthia {…}