ANNOUNCING NEW CONDUCTORS...
CHRISTOPHER DRAGON
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
ANDRES LOPERA
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Following a comprehensive international search and audition process with more than 200 candidates, the Colorado Symphony is proud to announce that Christopher Dragon will join the Colorado Symphony as Associate Conductor and Andres Lopera will join as Assistant Conductor.
Mr. Dragon will make his official debut conducting the opening Pink Martini set of the Colorado Symphony with Diana Krall concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 12. Mr. Lopera will join the Colorado Symphony during the upcoming 2015/16 season, which begins September 18.
Click below to learn more about the two new members of the Colorado Symphony family!
UPCOMING EVENTS
DIANA KRALL
WITH THE
COLORADO SYMPHONY
AND SPECIAL GUEST
PINK MARTINI
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
AUG 12
Join Grammy® - Winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer, Diana Krall with your Colorado Symphony for an unforgettable evening at Colorado concert landmark, Red Rocks Ampitheatre. Known for her contralto vocals, Diana has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide and is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debuting at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums.
COLORADO SYMPHONY 5K RUN / WALK
Sloan's Lake Park
SEPT 19
Leave your headphones at home and help the Colorado Symphony kick off its 15/16 concert season by participating in the Colorado Symphony 5K Run/Walk. Put a team together; bring your family, friends and pets, and join us for a fun-filled event featuring live music along the course. Post-race activities include an awards ceremony for top finishers and most successful fundraisers, as well as a performance featuring musicians of the Colorado Symphony, and vendors galore!
Title Sponsor: St. Anthony Hospital
OPENING WEEKEND:
TCHAIKOVSKY PIANO CONCERTO NO.1
Boettcher Concert Hall
SEPT 18-20
Music Director Andrew Litton conducts the Colorado Symphony through an all-Russian slate to start the season with a bang. The weekend also brings Italian-born pianist Alessio Bax to Denver for the first time since the 2010-11 season, with a technique that's a perfect match for Tchaikovsky's bold Piano Concerto No. 1. Shostakovich's triumphant Symphony No. 5 in D minor provides an apt finish that is a work of high art.
THE MUSIC MAN
IN CONCERT
Boettcher Concert Hall
SEPT 26-27
The Colorado Symphony's self-produced take on the Meredith Willson classic brings River City, Iowa to Denver for two performances. The timeless story of slick con man Harold Hill wooing Marian the Librarian features such showstoppers as "Ya Got Trouble," "The Wells Fargo Wagon," and the signature "76 Trombones." Hear this classic score the way the composer intended it – with a full symphony orchestra accompanied by an amazing cast of local and national singers and actors.
MOZART PERFORMED BY MICHAEL THORNTON
Boettcher Concert Hall
OCT 2-3
Colorado Symphony Principal Horn Michael Thornton performs works by two Mozarts: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's well-known Horn Concerto No. 3, then trades his French horn for an eight-foot alphorn for Sinfonia pastorella by Leopold, Wolfgang's father. In his Colorado Symphony debut, former Cleveland Orchestra staff conductor James Feddeck opens with Dvorák's Carnival Overture and rounds out the program with Brahms' lush Symphony No. 4, the last symphonic work of his career.
OCT 2 SOLD OUT!
INSIDE THE SCORE: SYMPHONY 101
Boettcher Concert Hall
OCT 9
Assistant Principal Viola and Director of Education Catherine Beeson hosts an informative and educational evening that meshes musical performances with a behind-the-scenes peek into the symphony world. For this event, the focus is on debunking myths and explaining the orchestra to newbies and veteran Symphony-goers alike. It's the ultimate entry point into the Colorado Symphony experience.
