Rafael Payare
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...
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...
On May 11-13, Rafael Payare will make his previously postponed San Francisco Symphony debut, leading the orchestra in its premiere performance of William Grant Still’s Darker America at Davies Symphony Hall. The program also includes Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben and Brahms’s Violin Concerto, performed with violinist Hilary Hahn. There will be an open rehearsal for...
At the end of March, Rafael Payare travels to Montreal to conduct two evenings of Mahler and Strauss, featuring soloist Sonya Yoncheva. The Bulgarian soprano performs Mahler’s serene Rückert-Lieder, in a program that also includes R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben and Johanna Müller-Hermann’s Heroische Ouvertüre, marking the work’s first performance by the OSM. In April, Payare...
