Rafael Payare
Rafael Payare is already making his mark on the music of Shostakovich. Recorded with the San Diego Symphony, where the Venezuelan conductor is currently in his fourth season as Music Director, his 2022 account of the composer’s Eleventh Symphony, “The Year 1905,” has been hailed as “a mandatory purchase,” in which “the ferocity unleashed by Payare...
Fall begins with Rafael Payare’s inaugural season as Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM). Joined by vocal soloists Dorothea Röschmann and Karen Cargill, they kick off 2022-23 with Mahler’s Second Symphony (“Resurrection”), paired with the world premiere of Time, a new OSM co-commission from his countryman, Thomas Larcher (Sep 14–17). Symphonies by Shostakovich and Mahler anchor both Payare’s upcoming international OSM tours. Their first European...
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal has announced the programming for its 89th season, which marks Rafael Payare’s first season as Music Director. Highlights will include 4 world premieres, 17 concerts for young audiences, tours in Europe and the US, and a spotlight on choral singing. In total, musicians will give over 100 concerts at the Maison...
In February 2020, Music Director Rafael Payare led the San Diego Symphony in a live performance of Shostakovich’s searing Eleventh Symphony, “The Year 1905.” Now that performance – their last concert together before the pandemic lockdowns – is due for release by Platoon on May 6. The album marks Platoon’s first title to feature an...
