Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, April 2025

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

ASO | IN TUNE

DEAR FRIENDS,

Welcome and thank you for joining us for this Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performance!

The month of April brings a wealth of great music, including the continuation of our Beethoven Project with his “Triple Concerto” paired with Strauss’ monumental Alpine Symphony; a program of Tchaikovsky and Ravel, and the return of British conductor Andrew Manze in a colorful program of works by Khachaturian, Sibelius and Borodin.

The big news this month is that we just announced our 2025-26 season—an exciting moment for all of us as we unveil the treasures ahead for you. Every single concert has exciting twists and turns, old favorites, and new discoveries.

The season features timeless masterworks, such as Bach’s Mass in B minor, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, and the final installment of the Beethoven Project, Symphony No. 9 with the mighty ASO Chorus. We will be joined by renowned pianists Lang Lang and Hélène Grimaud, cellists Alisa Weilerstein and Kian Soltani, and violinists Isabelle Faust and Daniel Lozakovich, to name just a few, along with our own virtuosic musicians as soloists. Leonard Slatkin, Gemma New, David Danzmayr, and Music Director Laureate Robert Spano are among the conductors returning to the podium, joined by a slate of exciting conducting debuts, including Liubov Nosova, Nicholas Collon, Teddy Abrams, Kevin John Edusei, the intriguing German composer/conductor Jörg Widmann, Giancarlo Guerrero, and the eminent Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan.

In recognition of the 250th birthday of our country, we have curated a selection of works reflecting the history and present of American culture, including works crossing the line between classical and jazz; prominent works that were commissioned and premiered in America; works by Russian and European expats living in America; and the tapestry that is America today. In addition to great works by Bernstein, Copland, Barber and Ellington, we’ll hear works by living American composers, including Philip Glass, Reena Esmail (her concerto for Hindustani violin), Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra, and Valerie Coleman.

Plus, we are ecstatic about expanding our Music for the Very Young Concerts and youth programming as the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families opens in 2026. Our Family Concert Series returns with three installments: Halloween at Hogwarts, Deck the Halls and Mo Willems' Because.

Our subscribers and members make every performance special—we see your returning faces and know that you understand the power and importance of musicmaking in our community. Whether you have joined us for decades or you are new to the ASO, thank you for being here.

With gratitude, Jennifer Barlament, Executive

Director

TODD HALL

ASO | NATHALIE STUTZMANN

Nathalie Stutzmann is the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra. She was Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 2021 to 2024.

Nathalie made big news in the opera pit in 2023 with her debut at the Bayreuth Festival with Wagner's Tannhäuser. The performances resulted in her being named 'Best Conductor' of the year in the 2024 Oper! Awards. She returned to Bayreuth in 2024 for a revival of Tannhäuser and will be back in 2026 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Festival, conducting a new production of Rienzi.

Her opera debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2023 was declared by The New York Times as “the coup of the year.”

With several notable debuts including the Czech Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and her conducting debut at the Musikverein with Wiener Symphoniker; her current season also includes returns to the New York Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, and Philadelphia Orchestra. In June 2025 she will return to Bruxelles La Monnaie to conduct Carmen.

Nathalie Stutzmann has signed an exclusive recording contract with Warner Classics/ Erato and her first symphonic recording for the label of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 and American Suite with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was released in August 2024.

Awarded the 2023 Opus Klassik

“Concerto Recording of the Year” for her recording of Glière and Mosolov Harp concertos with Xavier de Maistre and WDR Sinfonieorchester, 2022 also saw the release of complete Beethoven Piano Concertos recorded with Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Nathalie started her studies at a very young age in piano, bassoon, cello and studied conducting with the legendary Finnish teacher Jorma Panula.

As one of today’s most esteemed contraltos, she has made more than 80 recordings and received the most prestigious awards. Nathalie was named “Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur”, France’s highest honor; and “Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French government.

MUSIC DIRECTOR'S CORNER

Recently, Nathalie conducted the Orchestre de Paris in her interpretation of The Ring Without Words, which was heard in Atlanta in June 2024. Her commitment to Beethoven this season (in his Fourth Piano Concerto with Emanuel Ax) was also a part of that engagement. She performed Shostakovich and Schumann in Philadelphia with cellist Edgar Moreau, who appeared with the ASO in September. In February, Nathalie debuted with the Boston Symphony featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Stravinsky's Firebird. The Boston Globe reported, "Stutzmann conducted with the sort of ease that should not be mistaken for complacency, and nothing sounded complacent in this performance."

ASO | LEADERSHIP | 2024/25 Board of Directors

OFFICERS

Patrick Viguerie chair

Janine Brown immediate past chair

Bert Mills treasurer

Angela Evans secretary

DIRECTORS

Phyllis Abramson

Keith Adams

Juliet M. Allan

Susan Antinori

Rona Gomel Ashe

Andrew Bailey

Jennifer Barlament*

Keith Barnett

Paul Blackney

Janine Brown

Betsy Camp

Lisa Chang

Susan Clare

Russell Currey

Sheila Lee Davies

Carlos del Rio, M.D. FIDSA

Lisa DiFrancesco, M.D.

Lynn Eden

Yelena Epova

Angela Evans

Craig Frankel

Sally Bogle Gable

Anne Game

Rod Garcia-Escudero

Sally Frost George

Robert Glustrom

Julie Goosman

Bonnie B. Harris

Charles Harrison

Michael Hoffman

Tad Hutcheson, Jr.

Roya Irvani

Joia M. Johnson

Chris Kopecky

Carrie Kurlander

Scott Lampert

James H. Landon

Daniel Laufer*

Donna Lee

Susan Antinori vice chair

Lynn Eden vice chair

Grace Lee, M.D.

Sukai Liu

Kevin Lyman

Deborah Marlowe

Shelley McGehee

Arthur Mills IV

Bert Mills

Molly Minnear

Hala Moddelmog*

Caroline Moïse

Anne Morgan

Terence L. Neal

Galen Lee Oelkers

Dr. John Paddock

Margie Painter

Howard D. Palefsky

Cathleen Quigley

Doug Reid

James Rubright

Ravi Saligram

BOARD OF COUNSELORS

Neil Berman

Benjamin Q. Brunt

John W. Cooledge, M.D.

John R. Donnell, Jr.

Jere A. Drummond

Carla Fackler

Charles B. Ginden

John T. Glover

Dona Humphreys

Aaron J. Johnson, Jr.

James F. Kelley

Patricia Leake

Karole F. Lloyd

Meghan H. Magruder

LIFE DIRECTORS

Howell E. Adams, Jr.

John B. White, Jr.

* Ex-Officio Board Member

^ On Sabbatical

James Rubright vice chair

William Schultz

V Scott

Charles Sharbaugh

Fahim Siddiqui

W. Ross Singletary, II

John Sparrow

Elliott Tapp

Brett Tarver^

Valerie Thadhani, M.D.

Yannik Thomas

Maria Todorova

Ben Touchette

S. Patrick Viguerie

Kathy Waller

Chris Webber

Richard S. White, Jr.

Mack Wilbourn

Kevin E. Woods, M.D., M.P.H.

Penelope McPhee

Patricia H. Reid

Joyce Schwob

John A Sibley, III

H. Hamilton Smith

G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.

Michael W. Trapp

Connie Calhoun Azira G. Hill

Ray Uttenhove

Chilton Varner

Adair M. White

Sue Sigmon Williams

Ben F. Johnson, III

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Advisory Council is a group of passionate and engaged individuals who act as both ambassadors & resources for the ASO Board and staff. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra extends heartfelt gratitude to the members listed on this page.

2024/25 CHAIRS

Jane Morrison

advisory council chair

Justin Im

internal connections task force co-chair

Robert Lewis, Jr.

internal connections task force co-chair

Frances A. Root

patron experience task force chair

Eleina Raines

community connections & education task force co-chair

Tiffany Rosetti

community connections & education task force co-chair

Otis Threatt community connections & education task force co-chair

MEMBERS

Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes

Krystal Ahn

Kristi & Aadu Allpere

Logan Anderson & Ian Morey

Evelyn Babey

Asad & Sakina Bashey

Herschel Beazley

Meredith W. Bell

John Blatz

Jane Blount

Carol Brantley & David Webster

Johanna Brookner

Stacey Chavis

Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D

Kate Cook

Daniel I. DeBonis

Donald & Barbara Defoe

Paul & Susan Dimmick

Bernadette Drankoski

John & Catherine Fare Dyer

Jerry H. Evans

Mary Ann Flinn

Bruce & Avery Flower

Annie Frazer

John D. Fuller

Alex Garcias

Dr. Paul Gilreath

Mary Elizabeth Gump

Elizabeth Hendrick

Mia Frieder Hilley

Caroline Hofland

Justin Im

Dr. Lillian Ivansco

Frank & Janice

Johnston

Baxter Jones & Jiong Yan

Lana Jordan

Rosthema Kastin

Andrea Kauffman

Brian & Ann Kimsey

Jason & Michelle Kroh

Dr. Fulton Lewis III & Mr. Neal Rhoney

Robert Lewis, Jr.

Eunice Luke

Erin Marshall

Alfredo Martin

Belinda Massafra

Doug & Kathrin Mattox

Ed & Linda McGinn

Erica McVicker

Suneel Mendiratta

Keyeriah Miles

Berthe & Shapour Mobasser

Bert Mobley

Sue Morgan

Bill Morrison & Beth Clark-Morrison

Jane Morrison

Gary Noble

Regina Olchowski

Bethani Oppenheimer

Ralph Paulk

Suzanne Redmon Paulk

Ann & Fay Pearce

Jonathan & Lori

Peterson

Dr. John B. Pugh

Eliza Quigley

Eleina Raines

Joseph Rapanotti

Leonard Reed

Dr. Jay & Kimberley Rhee

Vicki Riedel

Felicia Rives

David Rock

Frances A. Root

Tiffany & Rich Rosetti

Noelle Ross

Thomas & Lynne Saylor

Beverly & Milton Shlapak

Suzanne Shull

Baker Smith

Cindy Smith

Janice Smith

Victoria Smith

Peter & Kristi

Stathopoulos

Tom & Ani Steele

Beth & Edward Sugarman

Stephen & Sonia Swartz

George & Amy Taylor

Bob & Dede Thompson

Otis Threatt Jr.

Cathy Toren

Roxanne Varzi

Robert & Amy Vassey

Juliana Vincenzino

Emily C. Ward

Dr. Nanette K. Wenger

Kiki Wilson

Taylor Winn

Camille Yow

For more information about becoming an Advisory Council member, please contact Beth Freeman at beth.freeman@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.4532.

2024/25 Musician Roster

FIRST VIOLIN

David Coucheron concertmaster

The Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair

Justin Bruns

associate concertmaster

The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair

Lauren Roth

assistant concertmaster

Jun-Ching Lin

assistant concertmaster

Kevin Chen

Carolyn Toll Hancock

The Wells Fargo Chair

John Meisner

Christopher Pulgram

Juan R. Ramírez Hernández

Olga Shpitko

Kenn Wagner

Lisa Wiedman Yancich

Sissi Yuqing Zhang

SECTION VIOLIN ‡

Judith Cox

Raymond Leung

The Carolyn McClatchey Chair

SECOND VIOLIN

Anastasia Agapova

principal

The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair

Sou-Chun Su

associate principal

The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair

Jay Christy

assistant principal

Rachel Ostler

Robert Anemone

Noriko Konno Clift

Paolo Dara

David Dillard

Paul Halberstadt

Eun Young Jung

Eleanor Kosek

Yaxin Tan

VIOLA

Zhenwei Shi principal

The Edus H. & Harriet H.

Warren Chair

Paul Murphy

associate principal

The Mary & Lawrence

Gellerstedt Chair

Catherine Lynn assistant principal

Marian Kent

Yang-Yoon Kim

Yiyin Li

Lachlan McBane

Jessica Oudin

Madeline Sharp

CELLO

Daniel Laufer

acting / associate principal

The Miriam & John Conant Chair

Karen Freer

acting associate / assistant principal

The Livingston Foundation Chair

Thomas Carpenter

Joel Dallow

The UPS Foundation Chair

Ray Kim

Isabel Kwon

Nathan Mo

Brad Ritchie

Denielle Wilson

Nathalie Stutzmann

music director

The Robert Reid Topping Chair

BASS

Joseph McFadden

principal

The Marcia & John Donnell Chair

Gloria Jones Allgood

associate principal

The Lucy R. & Gary Lee Jr. Chair

Karl Fenner

Michael Kurth

The Jane Little Chair

Jungsu Lee

Nicholas Scholefield

Daniel Tosky

FLUTE

Christina Smith principal

The Jill Hertz Chair

The Mabel Dorn Reeder

Honorary Chair

Robert Cronin

associate principal

C. Todd Skitch

Gina Hughes

PICCOLO

Gina Hughes

OBOE

Elizabeth Koch Tiscione principal

The George M. & Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair

Zachary Boeding

associate principal

The Kendeda Fund Chair

Jonathan Gentry

Emily Brebach

ENGLISH HORN

Emily Brebach

William R. Langley

resident conductor & atlanta symphony youth

orchestra music director

The Zeist Foundation Chair

CLARINET

Jesse McCandless

principal

The Robert Shaw Chair

Ted Gurch*

associate principal

Ivan Valbuena

associate principal

Julianna Darby

Marci Gurnow*

Alcides Rodriguez

E-FLAT CLARINET

Ted Gurch*

Ivan Valbuena

BASS CLARINET

Alcides Rodriguez

BASSOON

Cameron Bonner principal

The Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Chair

Anthony Georgeson

associate principal

Laura Najarian

Juan de Gomar

CONTRABASSOON

Juan de Gomar

HORN

Ryan Little principal

The Betty Sands Fuller Chair

Andrew Burhans

associate principal

Kimberly Gilman

Bruce Kenney

Norman Mackenzie

director of choruses

The Frannie & Bill Graves Chair

TRUMPET

Michael Tiscione

acting / associate principal

Finan Jones conducting fellow

The Madeline & Howell Adams Chair

Mark Maliniak

acting associate principal

William Cooper

Ian Mertes

TROMBONE

Nathan Zgonc

acting / associate principal

The Terence L. Neal Chair, Honoring his dedication & service to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

The Home Depot Veterans Chair

Jason Patrick Robins

BASS TROMBONE

Vacant

Jordan Milek Johnson fellow

TUBA

Michael Moore principal

The Delta Air Lines Chair

Joshua Williams fellow

Zeist Foundation ASO Fellowship Chair

TIMPANI

Michael Stubbart

acting / assistant principal

The Walter H. Bunzl Chair

PERCUSSION

Joseph Petrasek

principal

The Julie & Arthur

Montgomery Chair

Michael Jarrett

assistant principal

The William A. Schwartz Chair

Michael Stubbart

The Connie & Merrell

Calhoun Chair

HARP

Elisabeth Remy Johnson

principal

The Sally & Carl Gable Chair

KEYBOARD

The Hugh & Jessie Hodgson

Memorial Chair

Sharon Berenson †

LIBRARY

Joshua Luty principal

The Marianna & Solon

Patterson Chair

Sara Baguyos

associate principal

James Nelson

GUEST CONDUCTOR

Neil and Sue Williams Chair

By James L. Paulk

In the 2025-26 ASO Season, Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann will lead concerts of major works by Mahler and Bruckner, iconic choral works including Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Bach’s Mass in B minor, and piano concertos with marquis guest artists. The season will also include a special focus on American classical music, some Latin American adventure, and much more.

The season opens on September 19th with Lang Lang performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”. Conducted by Gemma New, the program also includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” and his Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

Gaetan Le Divelec, ASO Vice President for Artistic Planning, explained that the Beethoven Project and the special focus on the Classical style in the current season was important for “grounding the audience” in preparation for everything that follows, but also for “establishing the foundation for a true musical understanding between Nathalie and our musician: to drill down on idioms, details of articulation, and phrasing. This journey has really paid off, and we are hearing the results already.”

Maestro Stutzmann’s programs for next season complete the Beethoven project with his 9th Symphony and three of his piano concertos, but will now move forward into the Romantic period, with Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6, and works by Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss.

The renowned ASO Chorus and the ASO Chamber Chorus will be featured in eight different concerts this season. In addition to the Beethoven 9th Symphony in November, Stutzmann will lead performances of Franz Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G major and Bach’s magnificent Mass in B minor. One interesting touch: several of her concerts will include Bach Cantatas, performed by the elite ASO Chamber Chorus.

Nathalie’s first concert, in October, will open with Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, to introduce the ASO’s American focus. That spotlight, which will continue into the 2026-27 season, coincides with the United States’ 250th anniversary. American works will appear throughout the season and in several special concerts.

In January, Leonard Slatkin will conduct the American premiere of his own work, Schubertiade: An Orchestral Fantasy, on a program

that includes Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, with Randall Goosby as soloist, and Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3. Then, in April, Jerry Hou, our gifted former Associate Conductor, will return to lead a program featuring Jennifer Koh performing Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto No. 1—an “iconic work that spoke to a generation and has had considerable impact on minimalism”, according to Le Divelec. That concert will include Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 1, as well as the world premiere of a work by Nicky Sohn, winner of the Rapido! Competition, which the ASO co-sponsors.

American composers will also be featured in a Valentines Concert led by Teddy Abrams, which will feature charismatic clarinetist Martin Fröst in Artie Shaw’s Jazz Concerto and Copland’s Clarinet Concerto. This concert will introduce Valerie Coleman’s Renaissance: Concerto for Orchestra, an ASO co-commission. Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story will round out the program.

ASO Music Director Laureate Robert Spano will return for two concerts in April and May. The first program includes Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah” with soprano Kelley O’Connor as soloist, and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with Stephen Hough as soloist. That concert will open with a work by Christopher Theofanidis: On the Bridge of the Eternal.

Spano’s second program will include two soloists. Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety”, will feature Conrad Tao as piano soloist. And ASO Principal Violist Zhenwei Shi will be the soloist for Berlioz’s Harold in Italy

In April, Giancarlo Guerrero, a native of Costa Rica, will conduct a program of Latin American music, to include works by five composers from different Latin countries. One highlight will be Venezuelan trumpeter Pacho Flores, soloist for his own composition: Morocota, and for Arturo Márquez’s Concierto de Otoño. Le Divelec described Flores as “one of a kind, even in the world of Latin American trumpets.”

Piano repertoire will have a special focus next season. In addition to the opening concert with Lang Lang (Beethoven 5th Concerto), Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 will be performed in November, with Francesco Piemontesi as soloist and Stutzmann conducting. And in March, Leif Ove Andsnes will be soloist for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, also under Stutzmann’s baton.

An October concert led by Vinay Parameswaran will celebrate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, and will include Nina Shekhar’s Lumina and The Voice of Nature (Concerto for Hindustani Violin) by Reena Esmail and Kala Ramnath. This program will also include Holst’s The Planets, which do appear to us as beacons of light in the night sky.

Renowned Conductor Philippe Jordan will lead a program in April featuring Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture and Symphonie fantastique, as well as Saint-Saëns’ Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”, with Chamayou as soloist.

Fast-rising Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen will lead a December program featuring Sergey Khachatryan performing the Khachaturian Violin Concerto, and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2.

Other violin soloists next season will include Isabelle Faust, Alina Ibragimova, and Daniel Lozakovich. And in January, ASO Concertmaster David Coucheron will again perform as soloist and director for Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, on a program which also includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 25.

ASO’s Holiday Season programming in December will feature performances of Christmas with the ASO, led by ASO Director of Choruses Norman Mackenzie and featuring the Morehouse Glee Club Mackenzie will also lead the ASO Chamber Chorus in concerts featuring Part One of Handel’s Messiah.

ASO’s 2025-26 Season, which runs from September 19 to June 7, combines traditional repertoire with adventure, with an exciting roster of marquee guest artists. You’ll want to renew early.

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The 4,137th and 4,138th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Friday, April 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Atlanta Symphony Hall

NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor

DAVID COUCHERON, violin

DANIEL

LAUFER, cello

JULIE COUCHERON, piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto in C major for Violin, Violoncello, Piano and Orchestra, Op. 56 ("Triple Concerto") (1803-1804) 36 MINS

I. Allegro

II. Largo

III. Rondo alla polacca

David Coucheron, violin

Daniel Laufer, cello

Julie Coucheron, piano

INTERMISSION

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)

20 MINS

The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited. Please be kind to those around you and silence your mobile phone and other hand-held devices.

Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 (An Alpine Symphony) (1911-1915) 53 MINS

Nacht (Night)

Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise)

Der Anstieg (The Ascent)

Eintritt in den Wald (Entering the Forest) Wanderung neben dem Bache (Wandering Near the Stream)

Am Wasserfall (At the Waterfall)

Erscheinung (Apparition) (Eine Alpensinfonie continues)

Presented with generous support from

Friday's concert is dedicated to MARGIE PAINTER in honor of her extraordinary support of the 2023/24 Annual Fund.

by Noel Morris Program Annotator

(Eine Alpensinfonie continued)

Auf blumige Wiesen (On Blooming Meadows)

Auf der Alm (On the Alpine Pasture)

Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen (Going Astray)

Auf dem Gletscher (On the Glacier)

Gefahrvolle Augenblicke (Dangerous Moments)

Auf dem Gipfel (At the Summit)

Vision (View)

Nebel steigen auf (Fog Arises)

Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich (The Sun Gradually Darkens)

Elegie (Elegy)

Stille vor dem Sturm (Calm Before the Storm)

Gewitter und Sturm (Thunder and Storm)

Sonnenuntergang (Sunset)

Ausklang (Vanishing Sound)

Nacht (Night)

Notes to Know

• Ludwig van Beethoven’s Triple Concerto comes from the start of his “Heroic Decade” (1802-1812). At this point, he began to come to terms with his hearing loss and overcame a bout of depression to write this piece and a series of expansive and innovative works.

• Richard Strauss was a genius at turning stories into music through orchestral works called tone poems. He scored his first hit at 25 with Don Juan and followed it with one blockbuster after another. An Alpine Symphony, completed in 1915, is the last in the series.

• For Richard Strauss, Mark Twain’s adage “write what you know” applied to his tone poems. Several have autobiographical elements, including Ein Heldenleben, Symphonia domestica, and An Alpine Symphony.

First ASO performance: November 16, 1972

Robert Shaw, conductor

Most recent ASO performance: March 29, 2019

Robert Spano, conductor

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto

Ludwig van Beethoven had a lot going on in 1802. With Napoleon’s rise, the composer hoped for a new society built upon principles of freedom and brotherhood of man. It was a time for optimism. And his reputation as a musician soared. He was a hotshot composer and the greatest pianist living in Vienna. Surely, he thought, he belonged in Napoleon’s Paris. He talked about it enthusiastically and taunted his Viennese patrons, angling for a counteroffer.

In an age of revolution, Beethoven stood poised to become the north star for a new kind of music: bold, expansive, dramatic, tumultuous, and victorious.

The labor pains of Beethoven’s transformation were another matter.

Disability loomed. Emperor Franz II created a police state. Napoleon would soon be a war-mongering, self-dealing megalomaniac, and Beethoven’s dreams of Paris would fizzle. But the Triple Concerto preceded all that and shows no hint of personal upheaval.

1802 brought Beethoven to the village of Heiligenstadt, where he’d hoped to recover his hearing. Instead, he considered suicide. How could he live without music? How could he live with the humiliation of being a pianist who couldn’t hear?

INSIDE THE SCORE

Beethoven may have had his 16-year-old piano student, Archduke Rudolph, in mind when he scored the Triple Concerto. The piano part holds up very well and demands great musicality from a young royal, but it isn’t as hard as the music Beethoven wrote for his own hands.

The solo cello part is another matter. It’s easy to lose a cello’s dark, mellow tones in a sea of sound. Beethoven avoids this by giving the cello choice moments alone. He also pushes the player to the top of the register, where it can cut through thicker textures, giving the player a much tougher ride.

Over the following months, he came around to the idea that he would write music with or without his hearing and rediscovered his sense of purpose. In early 1803, he scribbled some ideas for a Triple Concerto and then plunged headlong into a “Bonaparte” Symphony (later renamed Eroica). He resumed work on the Triple Concerto later that year and made plans for a trip to Paris. To grease the wheels, he wrote the Triple Concerto using a popular French form: the sinfonia concertante, a piece with multiple soloists (Beethoven was the only composer ever to attempt a concerto for violin, cello, and piano).

STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

Richard Strauss was a toddler when Edward Whymper summited “the impossible mountain”— the Matterhorn. Whymper’s climb became one of the hottest news stories of the year; the fact that he lost four men added romance to his adventure, and mountaineering became a popular sport.

First ASO performance: January 17, 1985

Hiroyuki Iwaki, conductor

Most recent ASO performance: February 1, 2009

Donald Runnicles, conductor

As a fifteen-year-old, young Strauss and friends set out in the dead of night to climb Heimgarten mountain. They marveled at an Alpine sunrise and reached the summit by late morning. From there, things took a dangerous turn. They got lost on the descent and wandered the wilderness until a violent storm pummeled them. Finally, the sodden boys found their way to a country inn. The next day, Strauss turned his adventure into music.

“I described the whole hike on the piano,” he wrote. “Naturally huge tone paintings and smarminess a la Wagner.” Nothing came of this music.

As an adult, Strauss returned to the idea.

“When Richard Strauss conducted his opera Salome on May 16, 1906, in the Austrian city of Graz, several crowned heads of European music gathered to witness the event,” wrote Alex Ross. This included Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schoenberg, and Giacomo Puccini. But Strauss declined to bask in his own glory; instead, he and Mahler spent the day together in the mountains and returned just in time for curtain. Musically,

the two mountaineering composers had much in common. Philosophically—not so much. Mahler aspired to know God. Strauss embraced the work of Friederich Nietzsche, who rejected Christian notions of meekness, selfsacrifice, and humility.

Mahler died suddenly in 1911, giving Strauss a terrible shock. Through his grief, the Alpsinspired symphonic poem came back to him, and he started to compose. He toyed with throwing a nod to Nietzsche’s 1895 book called Der Antichrist (not to be confused with the figure of Biblical prophecy).

INSIDE THE SCORE

Richard Strauss was a genius at tone painting and assembled a veritable zoo of instruments to achieve the desired effect for An Alpine Symphony (1915). This includes Wagner tubas, an organ, a wind machine, a thunder machine, and a sizeable off-stage brass choir. He also included a rare bird called the heckelphone, which looks like a cross between an English horn and a bassoon but with a bulbous bell. Made by the German bassoon company Wilhelm Heckel, this hard-to-find double-reed sometimes gets dropped from performances of An Alpine Symphony. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra assigns heckelphone-playing duties to a member of the oboe section.

“I shall call my alpine symphony: Der Antichrist, since it represents: moral purification through one’s own strength, liberation through work, worship of eternal, magnificent nature,” the composer wrote. He (wisely) dispensed with that title and settled on An Alpine Symphony This brings us to the predawn hours at the foot of a mountain. The ascent ahead is daunting, but the trekker sets out. Strauss conjured 22 tableaux for the journey and forged a mountain from a hulking symphony orchestra.

DAVID COUCHERON, violin

David Coucheron joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as Concertmaster in September 2010. At the time, the youngest concertmaster in any major U.S. orchestra. He has performed as soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sendai Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra among others, and given solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Olympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City, Utah), as well as in Beograd, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Serbia, Singapore and Shanghai.

Coucheron serves as the Artistic Director for the Kon Tiki Chamber Music Festival and is on the artist faculty for the Aspen Music Festival and Brevard Music Festival.

An active recording artist, recordings with sister and pianist Julie Coucheron include “David and Julie” (Naxos/Mudi) and “Debut” (Naxos). He is the featured soloist on the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, which was released in Fall 2014.

Coucheron earned his Bachelor of Music degree from The Curtis Institute of Music, his Master of Music from The Juilliard School and his Master of Musical Performance from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Coucheron plays a 1725 Stradivarius, on kind loan from Anders Sveaas Charitable Trust.

DANIEL LAUFER, cello

Daniel Laufer began studying cello with his father, Wolfgang Laufer, former cellist of the Fine Arts Quartet. He won a section position with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at age 18 and joined a year later under Eduardo Mata. In 1991, after two years with the DSO, Mr. Laufer joined the ASO as the Associate Principal Cello.

A regular chamber musician, Laufer is a founding member of the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta and the Franklin Pond Chamber Music Program. He

has performed at chamber music festivals, such as the Kfar Blum Chamber Music Festival in Israel, the Barge Chamber Music Series in New York, the Highlands Chamber Music Festival, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, the Amalfi Coast Festival in Italy, and the prestigious Pablo Casals Festival in Prades, France.

Mr. Laufer has collaborated with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Sadao Harada, Robert Spano, Donald Runnicles, Alan Gilbert, James Ehnes, and Pinchas Zukerman, among others. Since 2012, Mr. Laufer has enjoyed being associated with the Grand Teton Music Festival as Principal Cellist under Maestro Donald Runnicles.

JULIE COUCHERON, piano

Born in Oslo, Norway, Julie Coucheron began playing the piano at age four. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the age of 32, established an international career.

Ms. Coucheron has worked with musicians Claude Frank, Emanuel Ax, Chee-Yun Kim, Christopher O’Riley, Steve Miller Band, Yo-Yo Ma, and Elton John. She has toured Europe, America, South America and Asia, and performed with the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Jena Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra, the 2003 Winter Olympic Games, and the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

She has performed at the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Bergen International Music Festival, Amelia Island Music Festival, among others. She is the Artistic Director of the Fjord Cadenza Festival, the Kon Tiki Chamber Music Festival, and Georgian Chamber Players.

Ms. Coucheron has released two recordings, ‘Debut’ and ‘David and Julie’ on the Naxos label, in collaboration with her brother, David Coucheron.

In August 2014, she was appointed Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University.

The 4,139th and 4,140th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Atlanta Symphony Hall

NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor

ANNA GENIUSHENE, piano

The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited. Please be kind to those around you and silence your mobile phone and other hand-held devices.

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23 (1874-1888) 35 MINS

I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso

II. Andantino semplice

III. Allegro con fuoco

Anna Geniushene, piano

INTERMISSION

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)

20 MINS

Le tombeau de Couperin (1919) 19 MINS

I. Prélude. Vif

II. Forlane. Allegretto

III. Menuet. Allegro moderato

IV. Rigaudon. Assez vif Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) 6 MINS

La valse (1919-1920) 13 MINS

This weekend’s concerts are dedicated to SHEILA LEE DAVIES & JON DAVIES in honor of their extraordinary support of the 2023/24 Annual Fund.

by Noel Morris Program Annotator

Notes to Know

• Maurice Ravel was an intensely private man. He kept friends at arm’s length. He left no composition notes and no record of ever having had a romantic relationship.

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wore his heart on his sleeve. He left behind hundreds of letters detailing his feelings about life and his compositional process, which have been a valuable resource for biographers.

• Through the 1920s, Ravel’s celebrity skyrocketed. He toured extensively, including the United States and Canada, where he conducted and performed his works. He celebrated his 53rd birthday with George Gershwin at Carnegie Hall.

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1

“Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the composer who put Russia on the international musical map,” wrote critic Tim Ashley. His Piano Concerto No. 1 became the first classical record to go platinum, featured on TV mainstays such as Mad Men and The Simpsons

Tchaikovsky successfully merged Russian and European musical traditions yet, such a future didn’t seem possible when he was a child.

Two Russian boys older than Tchaikovsky cracked the door. Anton and Nikolai Rubinstein studied music in Western Europe and returned to Russia to open conservatories in St. Petersburg (1862) and Moscow (1866). Tchaikovsky was part of their first graduating class in St. Petersburg.

Between November 1874 and February 1875, he squeezed his work on the piano concerto between teaching, concert appearances, and a trip to Ukraine.

First ASO performance: November 17, 1953

Henry Sopkin, conductor

Most recent ASO performance: November 17, 2018

Robert Spano, conductor

“It’s going with much difficulty and rather badly,” he wrote of the piece. “I’m routinely having to be strict with myself, and to compel piano passages to come into my head.” In the end, he proudly presented the manuscript to his boss, Nikolai Rubinstein, who savaged the work.

Ironically, Tchaikovsky was often self-critical—not with this piece. He walked away from Rubinstein and handed the concerto to the famous conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow, who happily played the world premiere in Boston.

Today, the gushy opening of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto is one of the most famous in classical music. Curiously, after about four minutes, the composer abandons the material to spin new melodic delights, starting with a Ukrainian folk melody suggested within blistering octaves.

Tchaikovsky revised his concerto twice, and the world’s orchestras hurried to play it. Eventually, even Nikolai Rubinstein played it in Moscow and Paris. Tchaikovsky went on to write two more piano concertos, but neither reached the showstopping star power of the First.

First ASO performance: March 5-6, 1959

Henry Sopkin, conductor

Most Recent ASO performance: June 15-18, 2023

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductorr

RAVEL

Le tombeau de Couperin

“He drove a truck or an ambulance in the war,” recalled Igor Stravinsky, “And I admired him for it because at his age and with his name, he could have had an easier place—or done nothing.”

When Germany declared war on France in August 1914, the 39-year-old composer Maurice Ravel attempted to enlist but failed the physical. In the meantime, he started a patriotic suite based on French Baroque dances for piano, an homage to François Couperin and a golden age in French composition. Then, in 1915, he enlisted as a truck driver.

“He looked rather pathetic in his uniform,” said Stravinsky. “So small. He was two or three inches smaller than I am.” Stravinsky was around 5’3”.

Ravel left the battlefield a broken man in 1917; he suffered a heart condition, frostbite, and complications from dysentery. During a slow recovery, he returned to work on his French suite, now titled Le tombeau de Couperin. Each movement became a memorial to a friend who had died in the war (tombeau means tomb or musical memorial). In 1920, Ravel arranged four of the movements for orchestra. Some critics noted that Le tombeau de Couperin

is not particularly somber, to which Ravel replied: “The dead are sad enough in their eternal silence.”

RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte

In 1889, 14-year-old Maurice Ravel entered the Paris Conservatoire, initially as a piano student, although he hated to practice. Over time, he gravitated toward composition, settling in for an unusually long stay (he left school in 1903).

The son of a Swiss engineer, Ravel loved gadgets and a good puzzle. When he penned a piano piece in 1899 based on 16th-century dance, he chose a title for the sound of it: Pavane pour une infante défunt—ahn FONT deh FOONT—or dead girl. To his eternal amusement, audiences readied themselves for a lamentation.

“It is not a pavane for a dead child,” Ravel grinned. “But, rather, an evocation of the pavanes which could have been danced by such a little princess as painted by Velázquez at the Spanish Court.”

In the pavane, partners approach and retreat from one another in graceful harmony to flatter their elegant attire.

RAVEL La valse

The ballet La valse has the unique distinction of almost causing a duel. Francis Poulenc remembered the day in 1920 when composer Maurice Ravel sat at the piano and performed his new piece for impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who commissioned the ballet.

“I knew Diaghilev very well,” said Poulenc. “And I saw the false teeth begin to move, then the monocle; I saw he was embarrassed.” Ravel played through La valse to its explosive ending, at which point Diaghilev sputtered, “Ravel, it’s a masterpiece . . . but it’s not a ballet . . . It’s the portrait of a ballet . . . It’s the painting of a ballet.” Ravel quietly picked up his score and left.

With Diaghilev’s rejection, orchestral conductors happily championed La valse, and it became a smashing success.

First ASO performance: January 10, 1956

Henry Sopkin, conductor

Most recent ASO performance: June 15-16, 2022

Jerry Hou, conductor

First ASO performance: March 16, 1954

Atlanta Municipal Auditorium

Henry Sopkin, conductor

Most recent ASO performance: October 21, 2017

Ludovic Morlot, conductor

But Ravel never got over Diaghilev’s slight. When the two men crossed paths in 1925, Ravel refused to shake Diaghilev’s hand, prompting the Russian impresario to challenge him to a duel. Thankfully, bystanders intervened.

World War I was the pivot point in Ravel’s life. Before the war, he’d been part of a lively group of radicals. He emerged a shell of his former self and stopped writing music for two years. Meanwhile, a new crop of radical creatives, fueled by booze and disillusionment, descended on Paris. (The “lost generation” included Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein.) They had little use for Ravel, although his international reputation soared.

From the first performance of La valse, gleeful listeners detected decay and bitterness. They argued that the piece alludes to the war and a great civilization that destroyed itself. Ravel, who was intensely private, vehemently disagreed, prefacing his score with the descriptive note:

“Whirling clouds give glimpses, through rifts, of couples dancing. The clouds scatter, little by little. One sees an immense hall peopled with a twirling crowd. The scene is gradually illuminated. The light of the chandeliers bursts forth, fortissimo. An imperial court, in or about 1855.”

ANNA GENIUSHENE, piano

Anna Geniushene’s fresh, layered, and powerful interpretations defined her participation at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition— and won her the coveted silver medal and the adoration of fans around the globe. And the critics couldn’t get enough: “powerhouse sound, forceful musical personality, and sheer virtuosity…had this critic on the edge of his seat” (Musical America); “a performance of rare devotion and insight” (Onstage NTX); “a fresh version…that had this listener hanging on every bar” (La Scena).

Accolades ensued—Musical America named her Young Artist of the Month in July 2022 and Pianist magazine featured her on the cover in June 2023—and invitations from wellrespected institutions followed. Recent and upcoming

highlights include debut recitals for Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center, Wiener Konzerthaus, Tonhalle Zurich, and the Bravo! Vail and Grand Teton Music Festivals, and collaborations with the Taipei and Lithuanian Symphony Orchestras and conductors Gábor Takács-Nagy, Eliahu Inbal, and Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Anna’s newest album—a deeply personal project of lullabies spanning several centuries—was released in September 2023.

Born in Moscow on New Year’s Day in 1991, Anna made her recital debut just seven years later in the small hall of the Berlin Philharmonic. She has since developed a diverse and versatile career as an artist: performances in major venues in North and South America, Europe, and Asia; and a dedication to chamber music, including duo piano repertoire with her husband, Lukas Geniušas. She currently resides in Lithuania with her husband and their two young sons.

The 4,141st and 4,142nd concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Atlanta Symphony Hall

ANDREW MANZE, conductor

CLARA-JUMI KANG, violin

ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)

"Sabre Dance" from Gayane Suite No. 3 (1943) 2 MINS

"Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia" from Spartacus Suite No. 2 (1955) 9 MINS

"Lezginka" from Gayane Suite No. 1 (1943) 3 MINS

JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47 (1903) 33 MINS

I. Allegro moderato

II. Adagio di molto

III. Allegro, ma non tanto Clara-Jumi Kang, violin

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INTERMISSION 20 MINS

ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887)

Symphony No. 2 in B minor ("Heroic Symphony") (1869-1875) 33 MINS

I. Allegro

II. Scherzo: Prestissimo

III. Andante

IV. Finale: Allegro

by Noel Morris Program Annotator

Notes to Know:

• Aram Khachaturian used a battery of percussion instruments for his folk-inspired ballets, including the vibraphone, which uses vibrating fans to create vibrato. He also used the tubaphone—a row of metal tubes of increasing length. Both are cousins of the xylophone.

• Alexander Borodin was a brilliant melodist. In the 1950s, Broadway producers pinched his tunes for Kismet, which won the 1954 Tony Award for Best Musical. Their source material includes Borodin’s Prince Igor and his Second Symphony.

• The third movement of Borodin’s Second Symphony features an extended horn solo, echoing the mythical traveling minstrel Boyan from The Tale of Igor’s Campaign. Borodin worked on his opera Prince Igor for eighteen years, leaving it unfinished at his death. Believing he’d never finish it, he wove some of its material into the Second Symphony.

ARAM KHACHATURIAN

In 2003, the documentarian Peter Rosen released the award-winning film Khachaturian, which featured reflections by many who knew the composer, including journalist Solomon Volkov.

“In [him], there is a very important strain of Armenian nationalism. He’s a very, very Oriental—specifically Armenian—composer, and he expressed his Armenianness . . . very openly on the sleeve,” he said.

To a Russian like Volkov, “Oriental” meant southern—the people of the Caucasus Mountains. Aram Khachaturian hailed from Tbilisi, 720 miles from Tehran (about the distance between Houston and El Paso). Although Khachaturian is one of the great Soviet-era composers, he brought a completely different flavor of music to that identity.

The Russian Revolution opened a door for the young composer. He followed his older brother to Moscow to study music, became a celebrated member of the Soviet musical establishment, and survived Joseph Stalin.

Khachaturian’s highly rhythmic and alluring musical voice

First and most recent ASO performance of Gayane: Suite No. 3

Sabre Dance:

December 30, 1984

Jere Flint, conductor

Spartacus Suite No. 2

Adagio: This is the first ASO performance.

First and most recent ASO performance of Gayane: Suite No. 1

Lezginka: December 13, 2011

Jere Flint, conductor

grew out of a natural affinity for Armenian folk music. His star rose as the tyrant’s noose tightened around creative people.

During World War II, the Soviets evacuated the Kirov Ballet from Leningrad. Khachaturian produced his ballet Gayane (1942), which revolves around an Armenian couple living in a multiethnic collective in the Caucasus. Reaching back to his childhood in Tbilisi, he incorporated various folk traditions. Ballet rehearsals took place in a munitions factory in the city of Perm, amid workers and grinding machinery, and he wrote his famous “Sabre Dance” as a last-minute addition.

In 1948, Khachaturian fell to the arbitrary wrath of Stalin; officials condemned the composer as “antipeople,” along with Prokofiev and Shostakovich. The Soviets dismissed them from their jobs and banned their works.

“My father was devastated,” said Khachaturian’s son. Apparatchiks paraded him around Armenia as an example of an “anti-people formalist.” The locals performed concerts for his “re-education.” The experience set his creative wheels turning.

Envisioning a grand ballet, Khachaturian seized upon the story of Spartacus, the leader of the ancient Roman slave rebellion. He finished the score in early 1954.

Spartacus choreographer Yuri Grigorovich remarked, “It’s very characteristic of Russian choreography. Even love scenes, where feelings and physicality should dominate, are colored with pain, tears, and the anticipation of tragedy (Spartacus’s demise).” It was the perfect story for those troubled times. Khachaturian managed to placate Soviet officials with a story about a worker-led uprising while thumbing his nose at a tyrant.

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto

It was a brutal winter. Crops failed, and typhoid swept through the hospital wards of Hämeenlinna. Dr. Christian Sibelius worked tirelessly to save his patients until the plague caught up with him. He left behind crushing debt, a pregnant widow, and two kids.

Biographers argue that the fallout from Christian’s death left two-year-old Johan, or “Janne,” with permanent scars. Nevertheless, his extended family rallied around him. Janne attended good schools. He spent many happy hours exploring the forests around the family home. Musically, Aunt Julia gave him piano lessons, and Uncle Pehr gave him his first violin. Young Sibelius formed a piano trio with his siblings and wrote music for them to play.

First ASO performance: November 18, 1952

Henry Sopkin, conductor

Most recent ASO performance: February 22, 2020

“I wanted to be a celebrated violinist at any price,” said the composer. With his uncle’s blessing, he started lessons in 1881. While still a student, he took the name “Jean” after his father’s brother. Finally, he took an audition with the Vienna Philharmonic—it didn’t work out. “It was a very painful awakening when I had to admit that I had begun my training for the exacting career of a virtuoso too late.”

His personal “tragedy,” as he called it, was Finland’s gain. Without the distraction of violin practice, Sibelius became a composer.

Thomas Søndergård, conductor

He wrote patriotic music that supercharged the Finnish struggle for independence from Russia, and his government awarded him a pension for life.

Unfortunately, his outward success belied his reality. Sibelius overindulged, and his hero’s pension couldn’t keep up with his bar tab.

Musically, it’s easy to merge this music with impressions of the man who wrote it: a burning passion for the violin and the dark, snow-covered forests of the North—a quality that prompted Sir Donald Tovey to refer to the piece as a “polonaise for polar bears.”

First ASO performance:

November 27, 1948

Henry Sopkin, conductor

Most Recent ASO performance:

February 21, 1952

Henry Sopkin, conductor

BORODIN Symphony No. 2

Alexander Borodin was the bastard love child of a Georgian Prince. His father registered him as the son of Borodin, one of his serfs. The old man freed the boy and set up a house for him to live with his “aunt” (his biological mother). Borodin became a prominent surgeon and chemist but wrote gorgeous music on the side. He dropped dead at midnight at a masquerade ball and left behind a pile of unfinished music.

His Second Symphony is the most important, largescale work that he completed.

When Russia’s first conservatory opened in 1866, Borodin worked as a professor at the Medico-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg. On the side, he took composition lessons from the ardent nationalist Mily Balakirev, who dictated that composers draw from the native music—folk songs and Orthodox chant. With the widespread success of Borodin’s First Symphony, Balakirev boasted that he’d tinkered with every bar. And so, the Second Symphony stands as the shining example of pure Borodin.

He started work on the symphony and his opera Prince Igor in 1869. Losing steam on the opera, he repurposed its material for the symphony. Meanwhile, he continued to collect accolades in the scientific community and, in 1872, founded a program to train women as doctors. He finished the Second Symphony in 1876. It bombed at its 1877 premiere, prompting his friend Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to suggest revisions. Borodin gladly accepted the advice and went to work. The 1879 premiere brought down the house.

ANDREW MANZE, conductor

Andrew Manze is widely celebrated as one of the most stimulating and inspirational conductors of his generation.

Manze was Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover from 2014 until 2023. Since 2018, he has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and in April, was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Manze’s time as Chief Conductor in Hannover included successful tours to China in 2016 and 2019, and a return to Japan in 2022.

This period also yielded a series of award-winning recordings for Pentatone, focused on the works of Mendelssohn and Mozart. The first recording in the Mendelssohn series won the Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik.

In great demand as a guest conductor across the globe, Manze has long-standing relationships with the Royal Concertgebouworkest, the Munich Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphoniker, Oslo Philharmonic, among others. In the 24/25 season, Manze will make debuts with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and return to the Hallé Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Salzburg Festival.

Recent engagements have included conducting the Boston Symphony, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic and Swedish Radio Orchestras.

After reading Classics at Cambridge University, Manze studied the violin and rapidly became a leading specialist in the world of historical performance practice. He became Associate Director of the Academy of Ancient Music in 1996, and then Artistic Director of the English Concert from 2003 to 2007.

Manze is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and Visiting Professor at the Oslo Academy. He also teaches, writes about, and edits music, as well as broadcasting regularly on radio and television. In November 2011 Andrew Manze received the prestigious ‘Rolf Schock Prize’ in Stockholm.

CLARA-JUMI KANG, violin

Clara-Jumi Kang is internationally renowned for her musicality and virtuosity, receiving many awards and accolades, including first prize at the Indianapolis International Violin Competition, Sendai Violin Competition and the Seoul Violin Competition.

Upcoming highlights include festival appearances at the BBC Proms, following her debut in 2022 to perform the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante alongside Timothy Ridout, at the Hollywood Bowl alongside the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and her debut at the Salzburg Festival.

Later in the 24/25 season, she returns to the Israel Philharmonic and Seoul Philharmonic before debuts with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Ottawa, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, among others. She will also perform a recital tour across Korea, and make her recital debuts at the Boulez Saal in Berlin and the Hong Kong City Hall, and perform solo recitals in Rome and Torino.

Since making her concerto debut with Hamburg Symphony at five, Kang has regularly worked with leading conductors including P. Järvi, Xavier-Roth, Denève, V. Petrenko, Yamada, Ollikainen, Bancroft, Mena, Shani, T. Fischer, Dutoit, Reif, Bihlmaier, Edusei and Long Yu.

Clara-Jumi Kang has made two recordings for Decca: “Modern Solo” featuring Schubert’s “Last Rose”, “Erlkönig” and Ysaÿe Sonatas, and a Brahms/Schumann album with Yeol-Eum Son.

Born in Germany to a musical family, Clara-Jumi Kang took up the violin at three, and a year later enrolled as the youngest ever student at the Mannheim Musikhochschule. She went on to study at the Lübeck Musikhochschule and was awarded a

full scholarship to the Juilliard School at seven. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Korean National University of Arts before completing her studies at the Munich Musikhochschule.

Clara-Jumi Kang plays on the “Thunis” Stradivarius from 1702, on generous loan by KIA.

Campaign for the

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has begun an ambitious campaign to generate new endowment funding. Our Campaign for the Next Era will allow the ASO to achieve its vision while maintaining its financial health and ensuring long-term sustainability.

This Campaign will create sustainable funding to:

• Enable the ASO to continue to attract and retain the finest musicians in the world,

• Maintain and expand our community-wide education programs

• Fully fund our nationally-recognized Talent Development Program

Investments in the Campaign for the Next Era will help the ASO continue to enrich our beloved community with brilliant performances and music education for decades to come.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is grateful to the following donors and volunteers who have supported our Campaign for the Next Era Endowment Campaign.

CAMPAIGN CHAIRS:

Kathy Waller

John B. White, Jr.

$1,000,000+

A Friend of the Symphony (3)

Mr. Eric Bressner

The Family of Ann Grovenstein Campbell

The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$500,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

Emerald Gate Charitable Trust

Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins

$250,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman

Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley

Mary & Jim Rubright

Patrick & Susie Viguerie

$100,000+

Balloun Foundation

Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr.

CAMPAIGN CABINET:

Bert Mills

Anne Morgan

Jim Rubright

$100,000+ continued

Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney

Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp

Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies

Marcia & John Donnell

Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow

Ms. Angela L. Evans

Dick & Anne Game

Mr. Fahim Siddiqui & Ms. Shazia Fahim

Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.

$50,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

The Antinori Foundation

Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD

Bonnie & Jay Harris

James H. Landon

Ms. Molly Minnear

Bert & Carmen Mills

John R. Paddock, Ph.D.

& Karen M. Schwartz

Patty & Doug Reid

Ross & Sally Singletary

Ross Singletary Ray Uttenhove

Patrick Viguerie

$50,000+ continued Slumgullion Charitable Fund

John & Ray Uttenhove

Up to $50,000

A Friend of the Symphony (2)

Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward

Juliet & John Allan

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey

Wright* & Alison Caughman

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Georgia Power Company

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Tad & Janin Hutcheson

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Donna Lee & Howard Ehni

Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman

Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence

Massey Charitable Trust

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills IV

Lynn & Galen Oelkers

Victoria & Howard

Palefsky

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Charlie & Donna

Sharbaugh

Elliott & Elaine Tapp

ASO | SUPPORT

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continues to prosper thanks to the support of our generous patrons. The list below recognizes the donors who have made contributions since June 1, 2023. Their extraordinary generosity provides the foundation for this worldclass institution.

$1,000,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

$100,000+

Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies

Barney M. Franklin & Hugh W. Burke Charitable Fund

$50,000+

The Antinori Foundation

Ms. Lynn Eden

Ms. Angela L. Evans∞

John D. Fuller

The Gable Foundation

Robert & Roberta** Setzer

Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.°∞

$35,000+

Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow

Sally & Walter George

Sally & Pete Parsonson ∞

Patty & Doug Reid

Mary & Jim Rubright

June & John Scott∞

Slumgullion Charitable Fund

Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins

Patrick & Susie Viguerie

$25,000+

John & Juliet Allan

Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney

Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr.

Connie & Merrell** Calhoun

John W. Cooledge

Sally** & Larry Davis

Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes∞

Paulette Eastman & Becky

Pryor Anderson**

Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD∞

Bonnie & Jay Harris

Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Harrison

Donna Lee & Howard Ehni

John & Linda Matthews∞

John R. Paddock, Ph.D. & Karen

M. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Ms. Margaret Painter

Bill & Rachel Schultz°

Mrs. Edus H. Warren

$17,500+

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey

Jennifer Barlament & Kenneth Potsic∞

Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp

Wright** & Alison Caughman

Ms. Lisa V. Chang

Ms. Yelena Epova & Mr. Neil Chambers

Florencia & Rodrigo Garcia Escudero

Dick & Anne Game°

Pam & Robert Glustrom

Ms. Joia M. Johnson

Dr. & Mrs. Scott I. Lampert

Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman

Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence

Ms. Molly Minnear

Caroline & Phil Moïse

Moore Colson, CPAs & Bert & Carmen Mills

Terence L. & Jeanne Perrine Neal°

Victoria & Howard Palefsky

Martha M. Pentecost

Joyce & Henry Schwob

Mr. Fahim Siddiqui & Ms. Shazia

Fahim

Ross & Sally Singletary

Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor & Ms. Triska Drake

Dr. Ravi & Dr. Valerie Thadhani

John & Ray Uttenhove

Mrs. Sue S. Williams

Drs. Kevin & Kalinda Woods

$15,000+

Phyllis Abramson, Ph. D.

Madeline** & Howell E. Adams, Jr.

Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward°

Aadu & Kristi Allpere°

Mr. Neil Ashe & Mrs. Rona Gomel Ashe

Keith Barnett

Mr. David Boatwright

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Clare

Russell Currey & Amy Durrell

Mr. & Mrs. Erroll B. Davis, Jr.∞

Lisa DiFrancesco, MD & Darlene Nicosia

Eleanor & Charles Edmondson

Craig Frankel & Jana Eplan

In Memory of Betty Sands Fuller

Roya & Bahman Irvani

Sarah & Jim Kennedy

Brian & Carrie Kurlander∞

James H. Landon

Drs. Joon & Grace Lee

Mr. Sukai Liu & Dr. Ginger J. Chen

Mr. & Mrs. David Goosman

John F.** & Marilyn M. McMullan

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills IV

Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley

Lynn & Galen Oelkers

Ms. Regina Olchowski & Mr. Edward Potter

Barbara & Andrew Paul

Ms. Cathleen Quigley

Mr. and Mrs. Ravi Saligram

V Scott

Beverly & Milton Shlapak

Mr. John A. Sibley, III

Elliott & Elaine Tapp°

Judith & Mark K. Taylor

Mr. Yannik Thomas

Maria Todorova

Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund

Mr. Ben Touchette

Adair & Dick White

Mr. Mack Wilbourn

$10,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

Paul & Melody Aldo∞

Mr. & Mrs. Calvin R. Allen

Farideh & Al Azadi Foundation

Estate of Elizabeth Ann Bair

Jack & Helga Beam∞

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Benjamin

Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman

Karen & Rod Bunn

Lisa & Russ Butner∞

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Chubb III

Ms. Tena Clark & Ms. Michelle LeClair

Janet & John Costello

Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Culpepper

Donald & Barbara Defoe°

Peter & Vivian de Kok

Marcia & John Donnell

Dr. John Dyer & Mrs. Catherine Faré Dyer

Marina Fahim

Dr. & Mrs. Leroy Fass

Dr. V. Alexander Garcias

Dr. Paul Gilreath

Mr. Max M. Gilstrap

The Graves Foundation

The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.

Azira G. Hill

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Hill

Clay & Jane Jackson

Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III°

James Kieffer

Ann & Brian Kimsey∞

Stephen & Carolyn Knight

Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Mattox

Jane Morrison∞

Gretchen Nagy & Allan Sandlin

Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson

Margaret H. Petersen

David F. & Maxine A.** Rock

Ms. Frances A. Root

Thomas & Lynne Saylor

Tom & Ani Steele

John & Yee-Wan Stevens

Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Stroetz, Jr.

Stephen & Sonia Swartz

George & Amy Taylor∞

Carolyn C. Thorsen

Mr. & Mrs. Benny Varzi

Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter

Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr.

Camille W. Yow

$7,500+

Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes

Carol Brantley & David

Webster

Ms. Johanna Brookner

Judith D. Bullock

Patricia & William Buss∞

John Champion & Penelope Malone

Mark Coan & Family

Ms. Diane Durgin

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Flinn

Grace Taylor Ihrig**

Jason & Michelle Kroh

Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & S. Neal Rhoney

Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. & G.

Wesley Holt

Elvira & Jay Mannelly

Belinda & Gino Massafra

Ed & Linda McGinn

Berthe & Shapour Mobasser

Mr. Cesar Moreno & Mr. Greg Heathcock

Sue Morgan∞

Ms. Eliza Quigley∞

Mr. Ron Raitz

Leonard Reed

Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves

Hamilton & Mason Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Toren

Ms. Juliana T. Vincenzino

Kiki Wilson

Mr. David J. Worley & Ms. Bernadette Drankoski

$5,000+

A Friend of the Symphony (2)

Mr. & Mrs. Louis Alrutz

Mr. Logan Anderson

Dr. Evelyn R. Babey

Lisa & Joe** Bankoff

Asad & Sakina Bashey

Herschel Beazley

Meredith Bell

Mr. John Blatz

Rita & Herschel Bloom

Jane & Greg Blount

Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal

Mrs. Sidney W. Boozer

Ms. Jane F. Boynton

Margo Brinton & Eldon Park

Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown, Jr.

CBH International, Inc

Ms. Stacey Chavis

Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D

Ned Cone & Nadeen Green

Malcolm & Ann Cole

Matt & Kate Cook

Carol Comstock & Jim Davis

Mr. & Mrs. DeBonis

Mr. Christopher J. Decoufle & Ms. Karen Freer

Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Dimmick∞

Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett

Dieter Elsner & Othene Munson

Robert S. Elster Foundation

Jerry H. Evans & Stephen T. Bajjaly

Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler

Ellen & Howard Feinsand

Bruce W. & Avery C. Flower∞

Mr. David L. Forbes

Annie Frazer & Jen Horvath

Gaby Family Foundation

Charles Ginden

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Goodsell

Mr. & Mrs. Louis Gump

Sally W. Hawkins

Ms. Elizabeth Hendrick

Hilley & Frieder

Richard & Linda Hubert

Tad & Janin Hutcheson

Mr. Justin Im & Dr. Nakyoung

Nam

Lillian Kim Ivansco & Joey Ivansco

Mr. W. F. & Dr. Janice Johnston

Mr. & Mrs. Baxter Jones

Cecile M. Jones

Lana M. Jordan∞

Dr. Jennifer Kahnweiler & Dr.

William M. Kahnweiler

Paul** & Rosthema Kastin

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman

Mona & Gilbert Kelly°

Mr. Charles R. Kowal

Pat & Nolan Leake

Ms. Cynthia Smith

Ms. Eunice A. Luke

Dr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Malone

Ms. Erin M. Marshall

Beau and Alfredo Martin

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Martin

Ms. Darla B. McBurney

Mr. Suneel Mendiratta

Ms. Keyeriah Miles

Mr. Bert Mobley∞

Mr. Charles Morn

Mr. William Morrison & Mrs.

Elizabeth Clark-Morrison

Ms. Bethani Oppenheimer

Ms. Amy H. Page

Ralph Paulk & Suzanne

Redmon Paulk

Ann & Fay Pearce°

Jonathan & Lori Peterson

In Memory of Dr. Frank S. Pittman III

Dr. & Mrs. John P. Pooler

Dr. John B. Pugh

Mr. John Rains

Mr. Joseph Rapanotti

Mrs. Susan H. Reinach

Dr. Jay Rhee & Mrs. Kimberley Rhee∞

Vicki & Joe Riedel

Ms. Maria Rivera

Ms. Felicia Rives∞

Ms. Noelle Ross and Mr. Tim

Dorr

Tiffany & Rich Rosetti∞

Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral

Katherine Scott

Suzanne Shull∞

Baker & Debby Smith

Ms. Victoria Smith

Ms. Lara Smith-Sitton

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stathopoulos

Dr. Steven & Lynne Steindel°

In memory of Elizabeth B.

Stephens by Powell, Preston

& Sally∞

Beth & Edward Sugarman

Dede & Bob Thompson

Trapp Family

Dr. Brenda G. Turner

Chilton & Morgan** Varner

Amy & Robert Vassey

Emily C. Ward

Alan & Marcia Watt

Ruthie Watts

Mr. & Ms. Robert L. Welch

Dr. Nanette K. Wenger

John F. Wieland, Jr.

Suzanne B. Wilner

Mr. & Mrs. M. Beattie Wood

$3,500+

A Friend of the Symphony

Anthony Barbagallo & Kristen Fowks∞

Drs. Jay & Martin Beard-Coles

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Chorba

Jean & Jerry Cooper

Mr. David S. Dimling

Mr. Ramsey Fahs

Sandra & John Glover

John** & Martha Head

Barbara M. Hund

Cameron H. Jackson

Ms. Rebecca Jarvis

Mrs. Gail G. Johnson

Wolfgang** & Mariana Laufer

Molly McDonald & Jonathan Gelber

Hala & Steve Moddelmog

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Owen, Jr.

Ms. Kathy Powell

S.A. Robinson

Gerald & Nancy Silverboard

Janice B. Smith

Ms. Martha Solano

Mrs. Dale L. Thompson

David & Martha West

Ms. Sonia Witkowski

Zaban Foundation, Inc.

$2,000+

A Friend of the Symphony (3)

Mr. James L. Anderson

Dr. & Ms. Bruce Beeber

Dr. & Mrs. Joel E. Berenson

Susan & Jack Bertram

Leon & Joy Borchers

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Boyte

Martha S. Brewer

Harriet Evans Brock

George & Gloria Brooks

Benjamin Q. Brunt

Dr. Aubrey Bush & Dr. Carol Bush

Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe

Mr. & Mrs. Ricardo Carvalho

Betty Fuller Case

Mr. Jeffery B. Chancellor & Mr.

Cameron England

Julie & Jerry Chautin

Mr. James Cobb

Susan S. Cofer

Liz & Charlie Cohn°

Ralph** & Rita Connell

William & Patricia Cook

Dr. & Mrs. John E. Cooke

Mary Carole Cooney & Henry R. Bauer, Jr

Mr. William Raymond Cranshaw

R. Carter & Marjorie A. Crittenden Foundation

Claire & Alex Crumbley

Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly, Jr.

Jerome J. Dobson

Mr. & Mrs. Graham Dorian

Gregory & Debra Durden

Mr. Trey Duskin & Ms. Noelle Albano

Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Edgar

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge

Erica Endicott & Chris Heisel

Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Farnham

Mr. Nigel Ferguson

Karen Foster

Dr. Donald & Janet Filip

Tom & Cecilia Fraschillo

Dr. Elizabeth C. French

Mr. & Mrs. Sebastien Galtier∞

Marty & John Gillin°

Mrs. Janet D. Goldstein

Mr. Robert Golomb

Mr. James N. Grace

Mrs. Beverly Green

Richard & Debbie Griffiths

Mr. & Mrs. George Gundersen

Deedee Hamburger

Phil & Lisa Hartley

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hauser°

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hawk

Mr. & Mrs. John Hellriegel∞

Ann J. Herrera & Mary M. Goodwin

Kenneth & Colleen Hey

Sarah & Harvey Hill, Jr.°

Laurie House Hopkins & John D. Hopkins

James & Bridget Horgan°

Mrs. Nicole L. House

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Huband

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Huesken

Dona & Bill Humphreys

Silvey James & Rev. Jeanne

Simpson

Nancy & John Janet

Sally C. Jobe

Aaron & Joyce Johnson

Coenen-Johnson Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Eike Jordan

Teresa M. Joyce, Ph.D

Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr.

William R. Kenny

Mr. & Mrs. Randolph J. Koporc

Dr. & Mrs. William C. Land, Jr.

Lillian Balentine Law

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Le

Mr. & Mrs. Van R. Lear

Elizabeth J. Levine

Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey

Deborah & William Liss°

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Levingston

Thomas and Marianne Mabry

Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie

Dr. Marcus Marr

Mrs. Sam Massell

In Memory of Pam McAllister

Mr. & Mrs. James McClatchey

Martha & Reynolds McClatchey

Birgit & David McQueen

Anna & Hays Mershon

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms, Jr.

Mr. Jamal Mohammad and Mr.

Marcus Dean

Ms. Helen Motamen & Mr. Deepak Shenoy

Janice & Tom Munsterman

Melanie & Allan Nelkin

Agnes V. Nelson

Mr. and Mrs. Denis Ng

Gary R. Noble, MD & Joanne Heckman

Mr. & Mrs. Berk Nowak

Mr. & Mrs. James Pack

Dana & Jon Parness

Mr. Doug F. Powell

Ms. Patricia U. Rich

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Riffey, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Roberts

Betsy & Lee Robinson

Dr. Judith Rohrer

Ms. Lili Santiago-Silva & Mr. Jim Gray

Drs. Lawrence and Rachel Schonberger

Ms. Donna Schwartz

Dick Schweitzer

Mr. David C. Shih

Alan & Marion Shoenig

Nick & Annie Shreiber

Helga Hazelrig Siegel

Diana Silverman

Ms. Charlotte Skidmore & Maj.

Gen. Arnold Fields

Anne-Marie Sparrow

Peggy & Jerry Stapleton

James & Shari Steinberg

Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans

Kay R Summers

Ms. Linda F. Terry

Johnny Thigpen & Clay Martin

Duane P. Truex III

Ms. Cathryn van Namen

Wayne & Lee Harper Vason

Vogel Family Foundation

Dr. James L. Waits

Mr. Charles D. Wattles & Ms.

Rosemary C. Willey

Russell F. Winch & Mark B. Elberfeld

Mrs. Lynne M. Winship

Herbert** & Grace Zwerner

Patron Leadership (PAL) Committee

We give special thanks to this dedicated group of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra donorvolunteers for their commitment to each year’s annual support initiatives:

Linda Matthews chair

Kristi Allpere

Helga Beam

Bill Buss

Pat Buss

Kristen Fowks

Deedee Hamburger

Judy Hellriegel

Belinda Massafra

Sally Parsonson

June Scott

Milt Shlapak

Lara Smith-Sitton

Kay Summers

Jonne Walter

Marcia Watt

° = We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers.

** = Deceased

∞ = Leadership Council: We salute these extraordinary donors who have signed pledge commitments to continue their support for three years or more.

CORPORATE PARTNERS

$1,000,000+

Boston Consulting Group

Delta Air Lines

$100,000+

1180 Peachtree, LLC

AAA Parking

Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Coca-Cola Company

Georgia Power Company

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.∞

The Home Depot Foundation Invesco QQQ

$75,000+

Alston & Bird LLP

Norfolk Southern Foundation

$50,000+

Accenture∞

BlackRock

KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees

PwC

The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University

$25,000+

AFFAIRS to REMEMBER

Aspire Media Bank of America Charitable Foundation

BlueLinx Corporation

Cadence Bank∞

Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Dan Cathy∞

Eversheds Sutherland

Google

Grady Health System

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Northside Hospital

Porsche Cars North America Inc.

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

Troutman Pepper

$15,000+

Cisco

Council for Quality Growth

Deloitte

Georgia-Pacific

The Home Depot

Van Dang Fragrances

WABE 90.1 FM

Warner Bros. Discovery

FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

$250,000+

Emerald Gate Charitable Trust

Lettie Pate Evans Foundation∞

Goizueta Foundation∞

The Halle Foundation

$100,000+

Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation∞

Amy W. Norman Charitable Foundation

Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.

The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$75,000+

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation∞

The Molly Blank Fund of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation∞

$50,000+

City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs

Robert and Polly Dunn Foundation, Inc.

National Endowment for the Arts

The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc.

$25,000+

Choate Bridges Foundation

The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation

The Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation

Fulton County Board of Commissioners

Georgia Council for the Arts

League of American Orchestras∞

The Marcus Foundation, Inc.∞

Massey Charitable Trust

$20,000+

The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc.

The Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation

$10,000+

Costco Wholesale

Davis Broadcasting's WJZA Smooth Jazz 101/100

Hamilton Capital Partners, LLC

Jazz 91.9 WCLK

King & Spalding LLP

La Fête du Rosé WVEE-FM | V-103.3 FM

$5,000+

A Friend of the Symphony

Chickadee Photo Booth

Marietta Neonatology

Music Matters

Parker Poe

Perkins&Will

The St. Regis Atlanta

WhoBody Inc.

Yellow Bird Project Management

$2,000+

Legendary Events

The Piedmont National Family Foundation

Ticketmaster

$10,000+

The Breman Foundation, Inc.

The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation

The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation∞

$5,000+

Azalea City Chapter of Links

The Fred & Sue McGehee Family Charitable Fund

The Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation, Inc.

$2,000+ 2492 Fund

Paul and Marian Anderson Fund

The Parham Fund

The Alex & Betty Smith DonorAdvised Endowment Fund

TEGNA Foundation

HENRY SOPKIN CIRCLE

Named for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s founding Music Director, the HENRY SOPKIN CIRCLE celebrates cherished individuals and families who have made a planned gift to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. These special donors preserve the Orchestra’s foundation and ensure success for future generations.

A Friend of the Symphony (22)

Madeline* & Howell E. Adams, Jr.

Mr.* & Mrs.* John E. Aderhold

Paul & Melody Aldo

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori

Elizabeth Ann Bair*

Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer

Helga Beam

Mr. Charles D. Belcher*

Neil H. Berman

Susan & Jack Bertram

Mr.* & Mrs.* Karl A. Bevins

The Estate of Donald S. & Joyce Bickers

Ms. Page Bishop*

Mr.* & Mrs.* Sol Blaine

John Blatz

Rita & Herschel Bloom

The Estate of Mrs. Gilbert H. Boggs, Jr.

W. Moses Bond

Mr.* & Mrs. Robert C. Boozer

Elinor A. Breman*

Carol J. Brown

James C. Buggs*

Mr. & Mrs.* Richard H. Burgin

Hugh W. Burke*

Mr. & Mrs. William Buss

Wilber W. Caldwell

Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun

Cynthia & Donald Carson

Mrs. Jane Celler*

Lenore Cicchese*

Margie & Pierce Cline

Dr. & Mrs. Grady S. Clinkscales, Jr.

Suzanne W. Cole Sullivan

Robert Boston Colgin

Mrs. Mary Frances Evans Comstock*

Miriam* & John A.* Conant

Dr. John W. Cooledge

Dr. Janie Cowan

Mr. & Mrs. William R. Cummickel

Bob* & Verdery* Cunningham

Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes

John R. Donnell

Dixon W. Driggs*

Pamela Johnson Drummond

Mrs. Kathryn E. Duggleby

Catherine Warren Dukehart*

Ms. Diane Durgin

Arnold & Sylvia Eaves

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge

Geoffrey G. Eichholz*

Elizabeth Etoll

Mr. Doyle Faler

Brien P. Faucett

Dr. Emile T. Fisher*

Moniqua N Fladger

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Flower

A. D. Frazier, Jr.*

Nola Frink*

Betty* & Drew* Fuller

Sally & Carl Gable

William & Carolyn Gaik

Dr. John W. Gamwell*

Mr.* & Mrs.* L.L. Gellerstedt, Jr.

Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn

Micheline & Bob Gerson

Max Gilstrap

Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover

Mrs. David Goldwasser

Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund

Billie & Sig Guthman

Betty G.* & Joseph* F. Haas

Ms. Alice Ann Hamilton

Dr. Charles H. Hamilton*

Sally & Paul* Hawkins

John* & Martha Head

Ms. Jeannie Hearn*

Barbara & John Henigbaum

Jill* & Jennings* Hertz

Mr. Albert L. Hibbard

Richard E. Hodges

Mr.* & Mrs. Charles K. Holmes, Jr.

Mr.* & Mrs.* Fred A. Hoyt, Jr.

Jim* & Barbara Hund

Clayton F. Jackson

Mary B. James

Nancy Janet

Mr. Calvert Johnson & Mr. Kenneth Dutter

Joia M. Johnson

Deforest F. Jurkiewicz*

Herb* & Hazel Karp

Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley

Bob Kinsey

James W.* & Mary Ellen* Kitchell

Paul Kniepkamp, Jr.

Vivian & Peter de Kok

Miss Florence Kopleff*

Mr. Robert Lamy

James H. Landon

Ouida Hayes Lanier

Lucy Russell Lee* & Gary Lee, Jr.

Ione & John Lee

Mr. Larry M. LeMaster

Mr.* & Mrs.* William C. Lester

Liz & Jay* Levine

Robert M. Lewis, Jr.

Carroll & Ruth Liller

Ms. Joanne Lincoln*

Jane Little*

Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr.*

Nell Galt & Will D. Magruder

K Maier

John W. Markham*

Mrs. Ann B. Martin

Linda & John Matthews

Mr. Michael A. McDowell, Jr.

Dr. Michael S. McGarry

Richard & Shirley McGinnis

John & Clodagh Miller

Ms. Vera Milner

Mrs. Gene Morse*

Hal Matthew Mueller* and Constance Lombardo

Ms. Janice Murphy*

Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin

Mrs. Amy W. Norman*

Galen Oelkers

Roger B. Orloff

Barbara D. Orloff

Dr. Bernard* & Sandra Palay

Sally & Pete Parsonson

James L. Paulk

Ralph & Kay* Paulk

Dan R. Payne

Bill Perkins

Mrs. Lela May Perry*

Mr.* & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr.

Janet M. Pierce*

Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.

Dr. John B. Pugh

William L.* & Lucia Fairlie*

Pulgram

Ms. Judy L. Reed*

Carl J. Reith*

Mr. Philip A. Rhodes

Vicki J. & Joe A. Riedel

Helen & John Rieser

Dr. Shirley E. Rivers*

David F. & Maxine A.* Rock

Glen Rogerson*

Tiffany & Richard Rosetti

Mr.* & Mrs.* Martin H. Sauser

Bob & Mary Martha Scarr

Mr. Paul S. Scharff & Ms. Polly G. Fraser

Dr. Barbara S. Schlefman

Bill & Rachel Schultz

Mrs. Joan C. Schweitzer

June & John Scott

Edward G. Scruggs*

Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions

Mr. W. G. Shaefer, Jr.

Charles H. Siegel*

Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith

Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall*

Ms. Margo Sommers

Elliott Sopkin

Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel

Mr. Daniel D. Stanley

Gail & Loren Starr

Peter James Stelling*

Ms. Barbara Stewart

Beth & Edward Sugarman

C. Mack* & Mary Rose* Taylor

Isabel Thomson*

Jennings Thompson IV

Margaret* & Randolph* Thrower

Kenneth & Kathleen Tice

Mr. H. Burton Trimble, Jr.*

Mr. Steven R. Tunnell

Mr. & Mrs. John B. Uttenhove

Mary E. Van Valkenburgh

Mrs. Anise C. Wallace

Diane Woodard & Bruce Wardrep

Mr. Robert Wardle, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr.

Adair & Dick White

Mr. Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr.*

Sue & Neil* Williams

Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr.

Mrs. Elin M. Winn

Ms. Joni Winston

George & Camille Wright

Mr.* & Mrs.* Charles R. Yates *Deceased

ASO | STAFF

EXECUTIVE

Jennifer Barlament executive director

Lizzy Clements executive assistant, senior management

Alvinetta Cooksey executive & finance assistant

ARTISTIC

Gaetan Le Divelec vice president, artistic planning

Kelly Edwards director of operations

RaSheed Lemon artistic coordinator

Virginie Claudel

interim artistic coordinator

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Sarah Grant vice president of education & community engagement

Ryan Walks

atlanta symphony youth orchestra & teen programs manager

Elena Gagon Dunn family programs & community engagement manager

Michael Kralik manager of school engagement

Jadonna Brewton

interim talent development program manager

OPERATIONS

Emily Liao Master vice president & general manager

Paul Barrett director of production

Justin Richardson manager of production administration

Richard Carvlin senior stage manager

Ebner Sobalvarro interim orchestra personnel manager

Meagan Rwambaisire orchestra personnel

Melissa Nabb orchestra personnel

Jeremy Tusz audio recording engineer & producer

Marcia Chandler chorus administrator

Joshua Luty principal librarian

Sara Baguyos associate principal librarian

James Nelson assistant librarian

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Ashley Mirakian

vice president, marketing & communications

Camille McClain director of marketing & communications

Matt Dykeman director of digital content

Adam Fenton director of multimedia technology

Delle Beganie content & production manager

Mia Jones-Walker marketing manager

Whitney Hendrix creative services manager, aso

Amy Godwin communications manager

Sean David video editor

Bob Scarr archivist & research coordinator

SALES & REVENUE MANAGEMENT

Russell Wheeler vice president, sales & revenue management

Nancy James front of house supervisor

Erin Jones

senior director of sales & audience development

Jesse Pace senior manager of ticketing & patron experience

Dennis Quinlan manager, business insights & analytics

Robin Smith

guest services coordinator

Jake Van Valkenburg

group sales & audience development supervisor

Anna Caldwell guest services associate

ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL LIVE

Nicole Panunti

vice president, atlanta symphony hall live

Will Strawn director of marketing

Christine Lawrence director of ticketing & parking

Lisa Eng

creative services manager

Caitlin Buckers marketing manager

Dan Nesspor

ticketing manager, atlanta symphony hall live

Liza Palmer

event manager

Jessi Lestelle

event manager

Nicole Jurovics

booking & contract manager

Meredith Chapple marketing coordinator, live

Shamon Newsome booking & contract associate

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Susan Ambo

executive vice president & cfo

Kimberly Hielsberg vice president of finance

April Satterfield controller

Brandi Reed staff accountant

DEVELOPMENT

Grace Sipusic vice president of development

William Keene senior director of development

James Paulk senior annual giving officer

Renee Contreras director of development, institutional giving

Beth Freeman senior manager of major gifts

Sharveace Cameron senior development associate

Rachel Bender manager of donor stewardship and events

Sarah Wilson manager of development operations

Jenny Ricke foundation & corporate giving associate

Are you facing Family Law issues? We know how stressful this can be and want YOU to start considering your needs, wants, hopes, dreams, and aspirations as important pieces to the puzzle.

Are you facing Family Law issues? We know how stressful this can be and want YOU to start considering your needs, wants, hopes, dreams, and aspirations as important pieces to the puzzle.

Are you facing Family Law issues? We know how stressful this can be and want YOU to start considering your needs, wants, hopes, dreams, and aspirations as important pieces to the puzzle.

We are committed to providing unparalleled legal service and concierge-level support to every client we serve. Give us a call today, we can help you calm the chaos and reach your goals.

We are committed to providing unparalleled legal service and concierge-level support to every client we serve. Give us a call today, we can help you calm the chaos and reach your goals.

We are committed to providing unparalleled legal service and concierge-level support to every client we serve. Give us a call today, we can help you calm the chaos and reach your goals.

ASO | CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

The Woodruff Arts Center’s unprecedented $67 million capital campaign will bring new life to our campus, expand access to our proven educational programming, and secure our place as Atlanta’s center for the arts. Scan the QR code to learn more about Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff.

$1,000,000+

Anonymous Delta Air Lines

James M. Cox Foundation

Norfolk Southern Foundation

Patricia & Douglas Reid* PNC

Robert W. Woodruff Foundation

Sarah & Jim Kennedy

$500,000 - $999,999

Acuity, Inc. Anonymous

Cisco Systems, Inc. Georgia Power Foundation

$250,000 - $499,999

Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Dan Cathy Fraser-Parker Foundation

$100,000 - $249,999

A friend of the Woodruff Arts Center

Ann & Jeff Cramer* Courts Foundation

Emerald Gate Charitable Trust

$10,000 - $99,999

Alfredo Martin

Annie Adams

Barry & Jean Ann McCarthy*

Candace Steele Flippin

Chuck & Kathie Palmer

Cousins Properties

D. Richard Williams & Janet Lavine

Dave Stockert & Cammie Ives

David, Helen, and Marian Woodward Fund

Edelman Public Relations Worldwide

Galen & Lynn Oelkers

H. Ross & Claire Arnold

Hala & Steve Moddelmog*

John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Foundation

Joia Johnson

Kathy Waller & Kenny Goggins*

Janine Brown & Alex Simmons

John & Ellen Yates

John F. McMullan

*

John Scott

John Wieland

Johnson & Margaret Cook

Julia Houston

Kavita & Ashish Mistry

Kenneth Neighbors & Valdoreas May

Kent & Talena Moegerle

Kilberg Family Foundation KPMG

Lauren & Andrew Schlossberg

Mark & Jennifer Pighini

The Goizueta Foundation

The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.*

The Home Depot Foundation

Kelin Foundation

Phil & Jenny Jacobs

Robert & Margaret Reiser*

The Imlay Foundation

The Marcus Foundation

The Tomé Foundation

The Zeist Foundation

Stephanie Blank*

The Hearst Foundations, Inc.

The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.

The Fay S. & W. Barrett Howell Family Foundation

Thomas & Aimee Chubb

Truist Charitable Fund

Michael & Mindy Egan

Mike Doss

Pat Mitchell & Scott Seydel

Patrick & Susan Viguerie

Patrick Gunning & Elizabeth Pelypenko

Philip Harrison & Susan Stainback

Rand & Seth Hagen

Richard & Wimberly McPhail

Robin & Hilton Howell

Sally Westmoreland

Sara Giles Moore Foundation

Southface Energy Institute

Terrence Hahn

Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Dennis Lockhart and Mary Rose Taylor Memorial Fund

The Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation

The Rockdale Foundation

Tim and Lauren Schrager Family Foundation

Tony Conway, Legendary Events

Tull Charitable Foundation

Vasser Woolley Foundation

Vicki Escarra

Warren Culpepper

*Denotes additional support for the Alliance Theatre’s Imagine Campaign

THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE

We are grateful to our dedicated Annual Fund donors for ensuring that everyone in Atlanta can experience the power of the arts. Their gifts support the arts and education work of the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art.

$1,000,000+

A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

$500,000 - $999,999

A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Anonymous

$250,000 - $499,999

Accenture

Art Bridges Foundation

Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation

Mr. Joseph H. Boland, Jr.

Thalia and Michael C. Carlos Advised Fund

Chick-fil-A Foundation |

Rhonda and Dan Cathy

Sheila Lee Davies and Jon Davies

$100,000 - $249,999

1180 Peachtree

A Friend of the High Museum of Art

Alston and Bird

AT&T Foundation

Atlantic Station

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Helen Gurley Brown Foundation

Cadence Bank Foundation

City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Cousins Foundation

Forward Arts Foundation

Art Bridges

Emerald Gate Charitable Trust

Georgia Power Company

Sara Giles Moore Foundation

The Home Depot Foundation

Google

The Halle Foundation

Invesco QQQ

Sarah and Jim Kennedy

Ms. Anne H. Morgan and Mr. James F. Kelley

Norfolk Southern Foundation

Novelis, Inc.

The Rich’s Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Alfred A Thornton Venable Trust

Truist Trusteed Foundations: The Greene-Sawtell Foundation, Guy Woolford Charitable Trust, and Walter H. and Majory M. Rich Memorial Fund

UPS

Smurfit Westrock

Barney M. Franklin and Hugh W. Burke

Charitable Fund

Fulton County Board of Commissioners

Dick and Anne Game

Georgia Council for the Arts

Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning

Georgia-Pacific

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.

John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland

Charitable Foundation

The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.

Karen and Jeb Hughes

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation

King and Spalding, Partners & Employees

KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees

Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc

The Marcus Foundation, Inc.

Northside Hospital

PNC

Patty and Doug Reid

Southern Company Gas

Carol and Ramon Tomé Family Fund

Warner Bros. Discovery

Kelly and Rod Westmoreland

wish Foundation