Payare Returns to Philadelphia Orchestra
Rafael Payare’s first guest conducting appearance in the new year is with the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he conducts German violinist Carolin Widmann in Kaija Saariaho’s Graal théâtre along with Ravel’s Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé and Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony (Jan 23–26). When the conductor made his debut in Philadelphia in 2021, the Wall Street...
Rafael Payare, OSM, and Guest Soloist Daniil Trifonov Triumph on European Tour
Rafael Payare and his Orchestre symphonique de Montréal received rave reviews for their November 2024 European tour with guest artist Daniil Trifonov. Beginning in London at the Barbican Theatre, Payare and his OSM were joined by soloist Javier Perianes for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on opening night. The program also included Iman Habibi’s Jeder...
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...
