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New World Symphony Opens 2026-27 Season with Denève, Anne Akiko Meyers and Ravel’s Boléro
The New World Symphony, America’s premier orchestral academy, has opened its 2026–27 season at the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center in Miami Beach, with Artistic Director Stéphane Denève leading the NWS Fellows in a vibrant Latin-focused program on October 3 and 4.
Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers made her NWS debut performing Fandango by Arturo Márquez — the Latin Grammy-winning concerto she commissioned. NWS Conducting Fellow Ziwei Ma opened the program with Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari, and the concert concluded with Debussy’s Iberia and Ravel’s Boléro, the latter accompanied by custom visuals featuring Miami City Ballet principal dancers Stanislav Olshanskyi and Macarena Giménez performing choreography by MCB principal dancer Natalia Arja.
Denève — whose contract as artistic director has been extended through the 2031-32 season — welcomed 32 new Fellows joining 55 returning musicians this season. The opening weeks continued October 10–11 with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 alongside the Master Chorale of South Florida, and the season ahead includes Mozart’s Requiem, Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 “Titan,” and an all-Prokofiev program with violinist James Ehnes.
WQXR and Carnegie Hall have announced the lineup for the 2026–27 season of Carnegie Hall Live, the broadcast series that brings performances from the legendary New York venue to audiences nationwide and around the world. Now in its 16th season, the series airs live on WQXR-FM and streams at WQXR.org and CarnegieHall.org, with broadcasts also distributed to public radio stations across the country.
The season opened on October 9 with the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, joined by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in a program of Brahms and Strauss — part of the orchestra’s four-concert Carnegie Hall residency that launched the Hall’s 2026–27 season.
Among the season’s highlights, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs an all-Berlioz program on November 5, 2026, led by Louis Langrée and starring tenor Benjamin Bernheim in a rare New York appearance, pairing Les nuits d’été with the Symphonie fantastique. On January 19, 2027, Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, with soloists Golda Schultz, Taylor Raven, Julian Prégardien, and Anthony Robin Schneider.
The series also carries performances by the Vienna Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of Carnegie Hall’s season-long Mahler symphony cycle led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, alongside chamber music programs spotlighting Beethoven and Brahms.
Carnegie Hall Live is hosted by WNYC and WQXR’s John Schaefer, with guest hosts Elliott Forrest and Paul Cavalconte. The series is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall and American Public Media. For the full broadcast schedule, visit carnegiehall.org.
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