Rafael Payare
This October, Payare and the San Diego Symphony make a three-stop US tour, culminating in a performance at Carnegie Hall. The New York performance marks the orchestra’s first appearance at the hall in a full decade. The tour program includes Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, featuring MacArthur award winner Alisa Weilerstein; the New York premiere of Wake...
On September 14, Université de Montreal chancellor Frantz Saintellemy and rector Daniel Jutras presented Rafael Payare with an Honorary Doctorate. Jutras shared “We are proud that the first honorary doctorate awarded to Rafael Payare bears the seal of Université of Montréal,” continuing “In the short time he has been at the OSM, he has already...
This fall, Rafael Payare enters his second season as Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, leading the orchestra in its landmark 90th anniversary season. From September 12-14, Payare conducts the orchestra’s Opening Night concerts, which bring together Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass. The mass features vocal soloists Camilla Tilling,...
An exciting summer begins for Rafael Payare with the launch of Rady Shell’s 2023 Summer Season on June 30. Payare leads the San Diego Symphony in s night of dancing and iconic melodies, including Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances and the West Coast premiere of Roberto Sierra’s Salseando for Trumpet...
