Another orchestra tour omits the UK

We won’t be seeing Gianandrea Noseda next year.

Press release:

Music Director Gianandrea Noseda will lead the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) on its European tour, February 16–28, 2024. The two-week international tour will mark Noseda’s first with the Orchestra and includes 10 concerts across nine cities in three countries, a highlight being a homecoming performance in Noseda’s hometown of Milan, Italy, at Teatro alla Scala.

On this tour, the Orchestra visits Zaragoza, Spain for the first time and will make its debut at Spain’s Auditorio de Zaragoza, Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. It will also make appearances at Berliner Philharmonie, Nuremberg’s Meistersingerhalle, Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Cologne’s Philharmonie, Barcelona’s Palau de la Música Catalana, and Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional de Música.

Music Director Gianandrea Noseda said: “This first international tour of my tenure will give the artists of the National Symphony Orchestra and me the opportunity to showcase what we have been achieving at the Kennedy Center, including works we are adding to our recording legacy. We will tour throughout Europe in our role as musical ambassadors and I’m proud that Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center’s Composer-in-Residence, will be with us as well as violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Seong-Jin Cho. One of my personal highlights will be appearing with the NSO on the stage of Teatro alla Scala in my hometown of Milan. I’m excited for this tour and everyone who will have the opportunity to experience our performances.”