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  • May 26 & 27 2023

    San Diego Symphony

    The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, San Diego, US
    FAURÉ: Suite from Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80
    DUKAS: La Péri, Poème Dansé (Dance Poem in One Scene)
    CASTELLANOS: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua
    ESTÉVEZ: Cantata criolla, “Florentino, el que canto con el Diablo” (Florentino, the One who Sang with the Devil)

    San Diego Master Chorale
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  • May 31, June 2 & 3 2023

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    Maison Symphonique, Montréal, Canada
    MAHLER: Symphony no. 3 in D minor

    Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
    OSM Chorus
    Andrew Megill, chorusmaster
    Children’s choir
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  • June 30, 2023

    The Rady Shell

    San Diego, CA
    BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
    SIERRA: Salseando for Trumpet and Orchestra
    RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
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  • August 24, 2023

    Edinburgh International Festival (Usher Hall)

    Edinburgh, UK
    Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
    Rafael Payare Conductor

    Edinburgh Festival Chorus
    Aidan Oliver Chorus Director

    Natalya Romaniw Soprano
    Karen Cargill Mezzo Soprano
    Andrew Staples Tenor
    Christopher Maltman Bass

    Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 7
    Beethoven Symphony No 9
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  • September 7 & 8, 2023

    Philharmonie, Berlin, Main Hall

    Berlin, Germany
    CHIN: Cello Concerto for cello and orchestra (2006 – 2008/2013)

    MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (1901 – 1904/1911)

    Alisa Weilerstein violoncello
    Staatskapelle Berlin
    Rafael Payare conductor
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  • September 12-14, 2023

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    JANACEK Glagolitic Mass
    STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

    Rafael Payare, conductor
    Camilla Tilling, soprano
    Rose Naggar-Tremblay, alto
    Ladislav Elgr, tenor 1st time with the OSM
    Matthew Rose, bass
    Jean-Willy Kunz, OSM organist-in-residence
    OSM Chorus
    Andrew Megill, chorusmaster

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  • September 21-23, 2023

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    AUERBACH Icarus
    PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, op. 26
    MAHLER Symphony no. 1 in D major, “Titan”

    Rafael Payare, conductor
    Alexander Malofeev, piano
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  • November 4 2023

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    Steven Banks, saxophone
    Liv Redpath, soprano
    TEXU KIM: Welcome Home!! Fanfare for Jacobs Music Center
    (World Premiere, San Diego Symphony Commission)
    R STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
    BILLY CHILDS: Saxophone Concerto (West Coast Premiere, San Diego Symphony Co-commission)
    MOZART: Exsultate jubilate
    DEBUSSY: La Mer
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  • November 11 & 12 2023

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    THE CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL 2023
    Jacobs Music Center
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    Angela Meade, soprano
    Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano
    San Diego Symphony Festival Choir
    CARLOS SIMON: New Work (San Diego Symphony Commission)
    MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”
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  • November 17 & 18 2023

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    THE CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL 2023
    Jacobs Music Center
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    BARTOK: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
    VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7
    VLADIMIR TARNOPOLSKI: Danse Macabre (World Premiere, San Diego Symphony Commission)
    STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring
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  • November 23, 2023

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    GINASTERA Variaciones concertantes, op. 23
    LOPEZ BALLIDO Ephemerae, Piano Concerto
    VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas brasileiras no. 8
    RAVEL Bolero

    Rafael Payare, conductor
    Javier Perianes, piano
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  • December 1, 2, 3, 2023

    Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra

    Philadelphia, PA
    LOPEZ BELLIDO: Ephemerae Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (U.S. premiere—Philadelphia
    Orchestra co-commission)
    MAHLER: Symphony No. 1

  • December 5 & 6, 2023

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    MESSIEAN Turangalîla-Symphony

    Rafael Payare, conductor
    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

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  • January 16, 17 & 20, 2023

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 35
    MAHLER Symphony no. 7 in E minor

    Rafael Payare, conductor
    Simone Lamsma, violin
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  • January 26 & 27 2024

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    MOZART: Symphony No. 29 in A Major
    BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
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  • January 31, 2024

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stockholm, Sweden
    BARBER Cello Concerto
    STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

    Rafael Payare, Conductor
    Alisa Weilerstein, Cello
    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
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  • February 16 & 17 2024

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    Pacho Flores, trumpet
    RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
    GABRIELA ORTIZ: Altar de bronce (West Coast premiere, San Diego Symphony Co-commission)
    RAVEL: La Valse
    DEBUSSY: Images
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  • February 24 & 25 2024

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    Gil Shaham, violin
    MASON BATES: Violin Concerto (West Coast Premiere)
    WAGNER: Ring Without Words
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  • February 28 & 29, 2024

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    Rafael Payare, conductor
    Barbara Hannigan, soprano

    DI CASTRI In the Half-light
    BRUCKNER Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104, “Romantic”
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  • March 6, 7 & 10, 2024

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21
    SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65

    Rafael Payare, conductor

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  • March 16, 2024

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    CARRENO Margariteña, excerpt
    VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas brasileiras no. 2: III. Dansa
    GINASTERA Estancia op. 8: “Danza del Trigo” [Wheat Dance]
    ALDERAMO ROMERO Suite for Strings: “Fuga con Pajarillo”, excerpt
    FALLA El Sombrero de tres picos [The Three-Cornered Hat], Suite no. 1: “Danza de la molinera” [Dance of the Miller’s Wife]
    GINASTERA Estancia, op. 8: “Danza final”

    Rafael Payare, conductor
    Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon, actor
    Ximena Ferrer Olaso, adaptation and translation
    Charles Dauphinais, stage director
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  • Marzo 29 & 30 2024

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    Gerard McBurney, director
    SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, “Spring”
    PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet

  • April 24 & 25, 2024

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured Night], op. 4
    BEETHOVENPiano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58
    SCHOENBERG Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem, op. 5 (41 min.)

    Rafael Payare, chef d’orchestre
    Maria João Pires, piano
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  • April 30 & May 1, 2024

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    BRAHMS Tragic Overture, op. 81 (13 min.)
    MEYER Symphony no. 7 in F minor (30 min.)
    BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77 (38 min.)

    Rafael Payare, conductor
    Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

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  • May 7 2024

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    Yo-Yo Ma, cello
    WAGNER: Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music from Götterdämmerung
    ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor
    TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor
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  • May 11 & 12 2024

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
    SOFIA GUBAIDULINA: Fairytale Poem
    RAVEL: Piano Concerto
    BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, “Eroica”

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  • May 18 & 19 2024

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    Daniel Lozakovich, violin
    BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
    MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor
    BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
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  • May 24 & 25 2024

    Jacobs Music Center

    San Diego, CA
    Rafael Payare, Music Director
    Jeremy Denk, Piano
    BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major
    R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben
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  • May 28-30, 2024

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

    MAISON SYMPHONIQUE, MONTRÉAL, CANADA
    BARBER Toccata festiva, for organ and orchestra, op. 36
    JONGEN Symphonie concertante, for organ and orchestra, op. 81
    GOUGEON Work for organ and orchestra, world premiere – OSM commission
    SAINT-SAENS Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78, “Organ Symphony”

    Rafael Payare, conductor
    Shin-Young Lee, organ
    Isabelle Demers, organ
    Jean-Willy Kunz, OSM organist-in-residence
    Olivier Latry, OSM organist emeritus



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