Rafael Payare and OSM Embark on European Tour with Guest Soloist Daniil Trifonov
Rafael Payare and his Orchestre symphonique de Montréal embark on a European tour, joined by celebrated Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov who will perform Schumann’s Piano Concerto and Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto (November 19-30). Focusing on cultural capitals, the tour begins in London, where Javier Perianes will be the soloist for the Beethoven, and then proceeds...
Payare Returns to New York Philharmonic
Always in high demand as a guest conductor, this week Rafael Payare returns to the New York Philharmonic to lead Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with soloist Anthony McGill, Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony, and Sofia Gubaidulina’s Fairytale Poem, inspired by Miloš Macourek’s The Little Piece of Chalk, an allegory of artistic perseverance (Oct 23–25). After Payare’s debut with...
Payare and OSM’s New Schoenberg Album Out Now on Pentatone
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and its Music Director Rafael Payare celebrate Arnold Schoenberg’s 150th birthday with a recording of two of his late-Romantic masterworks: Verklärte Nacht and Pelleas und Melisande. Both pieces are based on stories evolving around love, jealousy, acceptance and forgiveness, and showcase Schoenberg’s expressive harmonic language and scintillating, multifarious orchestration. The...
Newly Renovated Jacobs Music Center Opens September 28
Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony reached a new milestone this season when they returned to their home concert hall, the newly renovated Jacobs Music Center, on September 28. The transformation of the Jacobs Music Center represents a critical component of CEO Martha Gilmer’s vision for the SDS, coupled with the hiring of Payare...
Payare Opens Season at OSM with Two Schoenberg Projects
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arnold Schoenberg, and Rafael Payare, a passionate advocate for that composer’s music, serves on the Artistic Honorary Committee of Schoenberg 150, dedicated to the worldwide celebration of the occasion. An all-Schoenberg album that includes Pelleas und Melisande and Verklärte Nacht is due for release in...
Fall Highlights: The Inauguration of San Diego’s newly renovated Jacobs Music Center with San Diego Symphony, European tour with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal & Guest Engagement with NY Phil
Rafael Payare embarks on a banner season in 2024–25 as Music Director of California’s San Diego Symphony (SDSO) and Canada’s Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra/OSM). Payare inaugurates San Diego’s newly renovated Jacobs Music Center with an Opening Night concert featuring pianist Inon Barnatan, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, SDSO concertmaster Jeff Thayer, and Korean soprano...
“Turandot” in Berlin, OSM Festivals & Tchaikovsky at the Shell
Rafael Payare kicks off the summer making his Berlin State Opera debut conducting Puccini’s Turandot (July 6–14). Philipp Stölzl’s production stars soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska (title role), tenor Arsen Soghomonyan (Calaf), soprano Adriana González (Liù), and bass René Pape (Timur). As Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM), Payare leads the ensemble at two Quebec...
San Diego Symphony Announces 2024-25 Inaugural Season in Transformed Jacobs Music Center
The San Diego Symphony and music director Rafael Payare announced the 2024-25 season, which welcomes audiences to a revitalized indoor home, Jacobs Music Center. Following a complete renovation, the nearly-100-year-old-theater has been transformed into an intimate concert hall. Elements of the renovation include new seating and finishes; restored architectural details; modernized lighting, sound, video and...
