Toronto commissions new work for Hannigan
NewsHighlights from Gustavo Gimeno’s first season at Toronto Symphony:
– Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan will perform the World Première of a TSO Commission from Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno in May.
– Canadian composer Samy Moussa will be Spotlight Artist, making his TSO début with five works in the repertoire.
– Gimeno has commissioned Spanish composer Francisco Coll to create a work, which celebrates the TSO’s enduring relationship with its city. Patricia Kopatchinskaja will perform his violin concerto.
– Three early-career composers—Roydon Tse, Bekah Simms, and Adam Scime—will be mentored and have a five-minute piece performed in the season.
A Valencian conductor commissioning a Valencian composer to write a piece of music about the relationship an orchestra from Toronto has with its city of Toronto…..one needs to admire the terminal arrogance, obliviousness and ineptitude of the Valencians.
The text says “a work which celebrates”, not “a work about…”
However , more remarkable than that is that the TSO is going to premiere 13 works in total, 12 of which are (by the way) by Canadian composers.
Not bad 😉
Karl, independently of your opinion , no matter what the topic is, it is unacceptable the way you refer to those who come from a particular place in such an insulting and discriminatory and way.
[A Valencian conductor commissioning a Valencian composer to write a piece of music about the relationship an orchestra from Toronto has with its city of Toronto…..]
No one will notice. Anyone could write it. Nevertheless, I’m homesick.