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Welcome and thank you for joining us for this Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performance!
The month of April brings a wealth of compelling concerts, including the return of violinist Jennifer Koh performing Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto in a concert that also features a new work by the brilliant young composer Nicky Sohn (APR 9/10). Noted pianists Bertrand Chamayou (with the Orchestra APR 16/18) and Alexandre Kantorow (in recital APR 19) take the stage, and we finish this month with trumpeter Pacho Flores and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, who was recently featured in this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
The big news this month is that we just announced our 2026/27 season—an exciting moment for all of us as we unveil a new season of treasures ahead. The orchestra will embark on a season-long exploration of Brahms’ works, including all of his symphonies and concertos. The ASO Chorus joins the orchestra to perform major masterworks such as the Fauré and Brahms Requiems; superstar guest artists like Joshua Bell join us in concert; and our own tremendous orchestra musicians take the stage as soloists.
Next season, we feature pianist Anna Geniushene as artist in residence. She will perform three concerts, featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Schumann and Brahms. We also highlight Nathalie Stutzmann’s celebrated interpretation of operatic works in selections from Wagner’s Rienzi, Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre, and Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust, among others.
Plus, we are ecstatic about expanding our Music for the Very Young Concerts and youth programming at the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families, which opened in January. Our Family Concert Series returns with three new concerts for the young music lovers in your life.
Our subscribers and members make every performance special. As a part of the ASO family, 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
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 has renewed her collaboration with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for a further three years, extending her tenure through the 2028–29 season. Starting from the 2026–27 season, she will also be the Artistic and Musical Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. Nathalie was Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 2021–2024.
Nathalie’s 2025-26 season includes major debuts with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Berlin, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. She also returns to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Oslo Philharmonic.
Named Best Conductor of the Year at the 2024 Oper! Awards, she earned acclaim for Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival in 2023 and 2024, with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praising her as “a genius who makes music irresistible.” In 2026, she returns for the festival’s 150th anniversary with a new production of Rienzi, and debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper conducting Faust. She also opens the 2025–26 season at Dutch National Opera with Tosca.
An exclusive recording artist with Warner Classics/Erato, Nathalie’s first symphonic release with the Atlanta Symphony— Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and American Suite—earned her cover recognition from Gramophone magazine. The album was highlighted by The New York Times and received OPUS Klassik nominations for Best Conductor and Best Symphonic Recording of the Year. This followed her 2023 OPUS Klassik win for Concerto Recording of The Year, for her album featuring the Glière and Mosolov harp concertos with Xavier de Maistre and the WDR Sinfonieorchester. In 2022, she released the complete Beethoven piano concertos with Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra, which Gramophone hailed as “a brilliant collaboration”.
Nathalie started her studies at a young age in piano, bassoon, and cello, and studied conducting with legendary Finnish teacher Jorma Panula. As one of the world’s most celebrated contraltos, she has made over 80 recordings and received numerous international accolades. Named “Chevalier de la Le gion d’Honneur” and “Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French government, she is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music.
MUSIC DIRECTOR'S CORNER
Recently, Stutzmann was guest conductor at Bayerische Staatsoper, receiving high praise for her interpretation of Faust. Diapason raving “Stutzmann leads the dance! Symphonic ecstasy” and, “The secret star of the evening is conductor Nathalie Stutzmann.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Stutzmann also recently conducted Wagner with the New York Philharmonic, described as “a might force with the baton.” (ConcertoNet)
Catherine Lynn acting principal / assistant principal
Paul Murphy
associate principal
The Mary & Lawrence
Gellerstedt Chair
Marian Kent
Yang-Yoon Kim
Yiyin Li
Lachlan McBane
Patrick Miller
Jessica Oudin
Madeline Sharp
Nathalie Stutzmann
music director
The Robert Reid Topping Chair
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
Charles Zandieh
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
second flute
Gina Hughes
piccolo / flute
William R. Langley
resident conductor & atlanta symphony youth orchestra music director The Zeist Foundation Chair
OBOE
Elizabeth Koch Tiscione principal
The George M. & Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair
Zachary Boeding
associate principal The Kendeda Fund Chair
William Dunlop second oboe
Emily Brebach english horn / oboe
CLARINET
Jesse McCandless
principal
The Robert Shaw Chair
Iván Valbuena second clarinet
Alcides Rodriguez acting associate principal / e - flat
BASSOON
Cameron Bonner principal
The Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Chair
Anthony Georgeson associate principal
Laura Najarian second bassoon
Juan de Gomar contrabassoon / bassoon
Norman Mackenzie director of choruses
The Frannie & Bill Graves Chair
Finan Jones
assistant conductor
HORN
Ryan Little principal
The Betty Sands Fuller Chair
Andrew Burhans
associate principal
Kimberly Gilman second horn
Reese Farnell
third horn
Scott Sanders fourth horn
TRUMPET
Michael Tiscione
acting / associate principal
The Madeline & Howell Adams Chair
Mark Maliniak
acting associate principal
William Cooper second trumpet
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 second trombone
TUBA
Michael Moore
principal
The Delta Air Lines Chair
Players in rotating sections are listed alphabetically.
TIMPANI
Jake Darnell
principal
The Walter H. Bunzl Chair
Michael Stubbart
assistant principal timpani / section percussion
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
Emma Luty
principal
The Marianna & Solon
Patterson Chair
Sara Baguyos
associate principal
James Nelson
GUEST CONDUCTOR
Neil and Sue Williams Chair
ASO | LEADERSHIP | 2025/26 Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Angela Evans chair
Patrick Viguerie immediate past chair
Joia Johnson treasurer
Galen Oelkers secretary
DIRECTORS
Phyllis Abramson
Cathy Callaway Adams
Keith Adams
Juliet M. Allan
Susan Antinori
Rona Gomel Ashe
Carol Attridge
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
Tad Hutcheson, Jr.
Roya Irvani
Joia M. Johnson
Raymond Kotwicki, M.D., M.P.H.
Carrie Kurlander
Scott Lampert
James H. Landon
Janine Brown vice chair
Lynn Eden vice chair
Daniel Laufer*
Donna Lee
Grace Lee, M.D.
Sukai Liu
Kevin Lyman
Deborah Marlowe
Arthur Mills IV
Molly Minnear
Hala Moddelmog*
Caroline Moïse
Anne Morgan
Terence L. Neal
Galen Lee Oelkers
Dr. John Paddock
Margie Painter
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
Shelley McGehee
Penelope McPhee
LIFE DIRECTORS
Howell E. Adams, Jr.
John B. White, Jr.
* Ex-Officio Board Member
^ On Sabbatical
Howard D. Palefsky
Patricia H. Reid
Joyce Schwob
John A Sibley, III
H. Hamilton Smith
G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.
Valerie Thadhani, M.D.
Connie Calhoun Azira G. Hill
William Schultz
June Scott
V Scott
Charles Sharbaugh
Gayle Sheppard
Fahim Siddiqui
W. Ross Singletary, II
John Sparrow
Elliott Tapp
Yannik Thomas
Maria Todorova
Ben Touchette
Benny Varzi
S. Patrick Viguerie
Kathy Waller
Chris Webber
Richard S. White, Jr.
Mack Wilbourn
Kevin E. Woods, M.D., M.P.H.
Michael W. Trapp
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.
2025/26 CHAIRS
Jane Morrison
advisory council chair
Justin Im internal connections task force co-chair
Robert Lewis, Jr.
internal connections task force co-chair
Kristi Stathopolous internal connections task force co-chair
Jane Blount
patron experience task force co-chair
Frances A. Root patron experience 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
Phyllis Abramson
Krystal Ahn
Kristi & Aadu Allpere
Logan Anderson & Ian Morey
Evelyn Babey
Asad & Sakina Bashey
Meredith W. Bell
John Blatz
Jane Blount
Carol Brantley & David Webster
Johanna Brookner
Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D
Tracey Chu
Kate Cook
DePorres & Barbara Cormier
Daniel P. Debonis
Donald & Barbara Defoe
Paul & Susan Dimmick
Bernadette Drankoski
John & Catherine Fare Dyer
Jerry H. Evans
Mary Ann Flinn
Bruce & Avery Flower
Karen Foster
Annie Frazer
John D. Fuller
Alex Garcias
Dr. Paul Gilreath
Nadeen Green
Greg Heathcock & Cesar Moreno
Elizabeth Hendrick
Mia Frieder Hilley
Caroline Hofland
Desmond L. Hollingsworth
Justin Im
Dr. Lillian Ivansco
Frank & Janice Johnston
Lana Jordan
Jennifer B. Kahnweiler
Rosthema Kastin
Andrea Kauffman
Alfred D. Kennedy & Bill Kenny
Brian & Ann Kimsey
Jason & Michelle Kroh
Jeff & Pam Kuester
Van & Elizabeth Lear
Dr. Fulton Lewis III & Mr. Neal Rhoney
Robert Lewis, Jr.
Jonathan Lively
Eunice Luke
Catherine & Bill Lundstrom
Thomas Mabry
Erin Marshall
Alfredo Martin
Belinda Massafra
Catherine Massey
Doug & Kathrin Mattox
Ed & Linda McGinn
Suneel Mendiratta
Keyeriah Miles
Berthe & Shapour Mobasser
Bert Mobley
Jamal Mohammad &
Marcus Dean
Sue Morgan
Bill Morrison &
Beth Clark-Morrison
Jane Morrison
Gary Noble
Regina Olchowski
Bethani Oppenheimer
Joseph Owen, Jr.
Ralph & Suzanne Paulk
Ann & Fay Pearce
Jonathan & Lori Peterson
Stephen Polley
Dr. John B. Pugh
Eliza Quigley
Joseph Rapanotti
Leonard Reed
Dr. Jay & Kimberley Rhee
Vicki Riedel
Felicia Rives
Susan J. Robinson & Mary C. Roemer
David Rock
Frances A. Root
Maurice & Tricia Rosenbaum
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
Deann Stevens
Beth & Edward Sugarman
Stephen & Sonia Swartz
Sadie Talmadge
George & Amy Taylor
Bob & Dede Thompson
Otis Threatt Jr.
Cathy Toren
Roxanne Varzi
Robert & Amy Vassey
Juliana Vincenzino
Emily C. Ward
James Washburn
Dr. Nanette K. Wenger
Kiki Wilson
Dr. Jiong Yan & Baxter Jones
Camille Yow
For more information about becoming an Advisory Council member, please contact Beth Freeman at beth.freeman@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.4532.
DONOR
PROFILE
Neil and Sue Williams
Making sure that the ASO keeps playing…
By James L. Paulk
Neil and Sue Williams arrived in Atlanta in 1961 for Neil to begin his career as an attorney, and they soon found their way to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Over the decades to follow, their passion for music and energetic leadership figured prominently in the Orchestra’s dramatic growth and success.
Neil and Sue both grew up in Charlotte, NC, and came to know each other through music. In high school they sang together in chorus, and Neil taught Sue to play the double bass. Neil was an accomplished musician, playing with the Charlotte Symphony while still in high school. He had considered a career in music before deciding to study law.
Neil and Sue quickly became loyal Atlanta Symphony Orchestra patrons, but their involvement grew rapidly after the arrival of Robert Shaw as Music Director in 1967. Both sang in the Atlanta Choral Guild, which sang with the ASO under Shaw in his first years here. And when the ASO Chorus was created in 1970, both were charter members. “We were thrilled when Shaw arrived,” Sue recalled. “We were already fans: our high school chorus director was a Shaw devotee, introducing us to his recordings and using his arrangements.”
Sue recalls singing with Shaw as a means of spiritual growth: “He hoped for transcendence through sound.” She and Neil were valued members of the Chorus for decades, participating in the legendary concert in East Berlin, performing at Carnegie Hall, and singing in the Inaugural Concert for President Jimmy Carter. ASO Director of Choruses Norman Mackenzie cited Neil as “a mainstay of the bass section” in the chorus and in the Trinity Presbyterian Church choir, where both also sang.
Meanwhile, Neil rose rapidly in his legal career, specializing in corporate mergers and finance. He spent 38 years at Alston and Bird, becoming Managing Partner, and under his leadership the firm grew into a global law firm. Upon his retirement in 1996, he became General Counsel for Invesco and served as a corporate director for a number of major firms.
Neil was a similarly transformative leader in Atlanta’s arts community. He joined the ASO Board of Directors in 1976, and served as Board Chair 1987 to 1990. He then chaired the Woodruff Arts Center board from 20022008. He chaired the American Symphony Orchestra League, and the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce’s Arts and Business Council. He chaired the Vasser Wooley Foundation as well as the Halle Foundation, both of which are vital to Atlanta arts. He had been a student at the Brevard Music Center, and he served on its board. At his retirement from Alston and Bird in 1996, the firm led in endowing the Neil and Sue Williams Chair at the ASO, used to fund guest conductors. In 2006, he was presented with the Woodruff Arts Center’s Lifetime Achievement award. A loyal Duke University alumnus, Neil chaired the alumni associations of the law school and that of the university, later joining Duke’s Board of Trustees, which he chaired from 1983-1988. Neil died in August of 2012.
For Sue, “music is a way of enjoying and understanding life itself.” She taught voice at Kennesaw State University and at Mercer Senior University, wrote poetry and prose, and was selected to give pre-concert lectures at ASO performances. A highlight of her singing career, after getting her master’s degree at GSU under Florence Kopleff, was singing the soprano solos in the Messiah in a performance at Duke Chapel.
She has served on the board of Columbia Theological Seminary. She has held many leadership positions at Trinity Presbyterian Church, and was on the founding board of ARTSATL. A former President of the Atlanta Symphony Associates, she served on the Orchestra Board from 1976 to 1982, and has served on the ASO Board of Counselors since 2014. Sue and Neil were married for 54 years. As ASO former Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles wrote at the time of Neil’s death: “Neil and Sue were devoted to one another and, in turn, devoted to ‘their’ orchestra… The hallowed name of ‘Mr. Shaw’ was invariably invoked as Neil bore witness to the long and wonderful journey that this storied orchestra has traveled.”
The Williamses have been incredibly generous supporters of the ASO and members of the Sopkin Circle for planned giving donors. “The Orchestra is so important to the community; it’s a life-giving force,” explained Sue. “We must make sure that it goes on.”
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By Jon Ross
Learn how to subscribe to the ASO's 2026/27 season at aso.org.
Ajazz pianist stepping out with the orchestra, two commissions and a season-spanning Brahms cycle: it’s all there in the 2026-2027 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra season.
Across Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann’s 10-concert series in Atlanta, she’ll lead the orchestra in all four Brahms symphonies; four concertos; his “Academic Festival Overture;” and the choral masterwork “Ein deutsches Requiem.”
The strategy mirrors her Beethoven Project symphony cycle, but spreads out the Brahms works throughout the season instead of concentrating them on a handful of concerts. This also allows for creative programming with other composers—like-minded contemporaries, works by musicians creating vibrant 21st-century music and even, perhaps, a musical adversary. That last coupling might be the most compelling. Wagner and Brahms, who didn’t exactly care for each other, will be forced together in musical dialogue when Stutzmann performs music from Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde with Brahms’s third symphony. The duo returns January 14, when Stutzmann conducts Brahms fourth symphony alongside music from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and Die Walkure.
“On the Brahms programs, some pairings are fairly orthodox,” said Gaetan Le Divelec, the ASO’s vice president of artistic planning, adding that putting Brahms with Wagner at first felt counterintuitive. “We know that Wagner felt very, very little of Brahms’s music, but somehow it felt like it was the right thing to do. There’s a beautiful flow going through those programs.”
Other programs juxtapose Brahms with Missy Mazzoli’s Orpheus Undone (April 1) and Thomas Ades (April 15), while others look to Bach and Schumann. Stutzmann saves the only all-Brahms showcase for the penultimate concerts of the season (May 27), when she welcomes pianist Benjamin Grosvenor for the composer’s first piano concerto alongside the second symphony.
The ASO’s new season begins September 16 with guest conductor Michael Stern leading violinist Joshua Bell in Edouard Lalo’s “Symphonie espagnole.”
For Stutzmann’s first concert of the new season (Oct 1), she brings along another violinist, Johan Dalen, to perform the Brahms violin concerto. The season wraps during the first week of June, with pianist Anna Geniushene performing Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.”
Next season, audiences will get a lot more acquainted with Geniushene. The pianist, runner-up in the 2022 Van Cliburn piano competition, is Stutzmann’s first Artist In Residence. In addition to the Rachmaninoff, she’ll perform Brahms’ second piano concerto (November 5) and Schumann’s piano concerto (November 19).
Geniushene first joined Stutzmann with the ASO in April 2025 for Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto. That performance necessitated an encore (or two or three).
“They had great chemistry,” Le Divelec said, noting the importance of having the orchestra’s first artist in residence “a discovery rather than a household name.”
One of the most surprising programming choices might be the inclusion of pianist Sullivan Fortner. Fortner has performed in Atlanta for years—from his time on the headlining stage supporting trumpeter Roy Hargrove at the 2014 Atlanta Jazz Festival to his recent appearances with singer Cecile McLorin Salvant. He’s a jazz musician on the rise. He recently won the very first Gilmore jazz award, a $300,000 prize; this spring, he nabbed a Best Jazz Instrumental Grammy® for his album “Southern Nights.” October will find him sitting in with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, performing Gershwin with guest conductor Kristiina Poska.
Another highlight comes in the spring, when the ASO commemorates Coretta Scott King’s 100th anniversary with a concert featuring commissions by Jasmine Barnes and Carlos Simon. Guest conductor Kedrick Armstrong has also programmed Florence Price’s first symphony and William Grant Still’s “Festive Overture” on what is sure to be one of the can’t-miss programs in 2027.
Another gem? Conductor Peter Oundjian leading saxophonist Steven Banks in a fresh work by Joan Tower, “Love Returns” at the end of May.
“Stephen Banks is someone I’ve wanted to invite here even before moving to Atlanta. “He’s not just a great saxophonist; he’s an extraordinary musician,” Le Divelec said, adding that Oundjian is “one of the best conductors for American repertoire.”
With her programs, Stutzmann is creating a throughline across the seasons, highlighting composers that the ASO will come back to again and again. Bruckner (November 19) and Shostakovich (April 1), along with Mahler, have nearly become must-have composers when programming each season. Featuring their voices is a continuation of the conductor’s own journey with repertoire, but they’re also a focus because the music simply fits the orchestra well.
“These are composers that she feels close to the orchestra with. There is a feeling of mutual understanding that is organic and immediate,” he said. “They’re likely to be a feature of most of her seasons, if not every season.”
We are deeply grateful to the following leadership donors whose generous support has made the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's season possible.
The 4,199th and 4,200th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, April 9, 2026, 8pm
Friday, April 10, 2026, 8pm
Atlanta Symphony Hall
JERRY HOU, conductor
JENNIFER KOH, violin
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.
NICKY SOHN (b. 1992)
A Tale of the Bunny and the Turtle (World Premiere) (2025) 14 MINS
I. The Dragon King of the sea fell gravely ill, and none of his doctors could find a cure.
II. At last, it was revealed that only the liver of a rabbit could restore his health.
III. The loyal but slightly bumbling turtle volunteered to fetch the rabbit from the land above.
IV. With steady strokes, he swam up through the waves toward the unfamiliar human world.
V. On the shore, he met a lively rabbit, quick of wit and full of curiosity.
VI. The turtle flattered and persuaded the rabbit, promising wonders beneath the sea.
VII. Tempted by tales of riches and beauty, the rabbit climbed onto the turtle’s back.
VIII. They descended into the glittering Dragon Palace, full of splendor and majesty.
IX. There, the rabbit discovered the terrible truth—that his liver was wanted as medicine.
Commissions of new works are made possible by THE ROBERT SPANO FUND FOR NEW MUSIC, established with a lead gift from The Antinori Foundation.
X. Thinking fast, he claimed he had left his liver at home, stored safely on land.
XI. The turtle believed him and carried him back, but the rabbit leapt away the moment they reached the shore.
XII. Left behind, the turtle returned to the palace in shame, while the rabbit laughed in freedom on the hillside.
PHILIP GLASS (b. 1937)
Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra (1987) 25 MINS
I. ♩ = ca. 104
II. ♩ = ca. 108
III. ♩ = ca. 150
Jennifer Koh, violin
INTERMISSION
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op.13 (1895)
I. Grave – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Allegro animato
III. Larghetto
IV. Allegro con fuoco
Notes to Know
by Noel Morris Program Annotator
20 MINS
42 MINS
• Houston CityBook Magazine included composer Nicky Sohn in its “Cool 100” list, alongside Simone Biles and Megan Thee Stallion.
• Early in his career, Philip Glass worked as a plumber and a New York City cab driver to support his music-making.
• After its 1897 premiere, Rachmaninoff never again heard his First Symphony. The manuscript disappeared when he fled Russia in 1917. Conductors today use a score reconstructed from the original orchestral parts.
SOHN A Tale of the Bunny and the Turtle
A note from the composer:
TThis is the world premiere of this piece.
he stories we are told as children shape our sense of morality, values, and the logic we use to move through the world. I grew up in Korea and came to the United States as a teenager, so the stories that influenced me most in childhood were Korean folktales. These are stories that everyone in Korea knows, but are unfamiliar to many outside of it. Through music, I want to share those stories and invite listeners into that world.
A Tale of the Bunny and the Turtle is based on the Korean folktale In the story, the Dragon King of the sea falls gravely ill, and the only cure is said to be the liver of a rabbit. A loyal turtle is sent to the land above to bring a rabbit back to the underwater palace. With flattery and promises of wonder, the turtle persuades the rabbit to travel with him to the sea, where the truth of the situation is revealed. Faced with death, the rabbit survives through quick wit, claiming
that his liver has been left behind on land. When the turtle carries him back to retrieve it, the rabbit escapes, leaving the others to face the consequences.
Revisiting this story as an adult has been surprising. As a child, I understood it in very black-and-white terms, with a clever hero and a triumphant ending. Now, I find myself thinking more deeply about what follows that victory. The shame and guilt the turtle must feel after failing his mission and the fate of the Dragon King, who is not only a ruler but also a son, a father, and the center of an entire kingdom. The layers of consequences make the story feel less like a simple moral lesson and more like a reflection of real life, where one person’s survival often comes at the expense of another.
The music closely follows the story’s narrative, unfolding like a tone poem across twelve sections. Each section traces a moment in the tale, from illness and persuasion to deception and escape. I am happy to share this Korean folktale through sound, and whatever meaning or moral listeners take from it is entirely their own.
NICKY SOHN, composer
From ballet to opera to Korean traditional, the wide-ranging talent of composer Nicky Sohn is sought after across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Characterized by her jazz-inspired, rhythmically driven themes, Sohn’s work has received praise from international press for being “dynamic and full of vitality” (The Korea Defense Daily), having “colorful orchestration” (NewsBrite), and for its “elegant wonder” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), among many others. As a result, Sohn has enjoyed commissions and performances from the world’s preeminent performing arts institutions, including Stuttgart Ballet, National Orchestra of Korea, St. Louis Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, Aspen Philharmonic, and New York City Ballet.
Nicky Sohn is currently pursuing a fully-funded doctoral degree at The Shepherd School of Music of Rice University and holds a Master of Music Diploma from The Juilliard School.
Nicky Sohn is the winner of the 2024 Rapido!® Take Seven
national composition contest founded by the Atlanta Chamber Players & The Antinori Foundation in 2009 to promote new chamber music compositions.
GLASS Violin Concerto No. 1
It’s impossible to measure the impact of Philip Glass— not by trophies received or honors bestowed. His music and his sound cross genres, and his imitators are everywhere—pop music, film, TV, dance, video games, and more. At 89, Glass has been cool since the late 1960s. His range of collaborators is breathtaking, from the Metropolitan Opera to Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, David Byrne, Linda Ronstadt, Ravi Shankar, and Stephen Colbert. Ever the outsider, he began his career performing in art galleries and founded an ensemble to function as his personal musical instrument.
This is the first ASO performance.
With his relentlessly repetitive structures, one might not suspect that he cherishes Schubert. Yet, decades passed before the composer wrote for a conventional classical ensemble. His Violin Concerto No. 1 was a first.
“I wrote the piece in 1987, thinking, let me write a piece that my father would have liked…A very smart, nice man who had no education in music whatsoever, but the kind of person who fills up concert halls.… It’s popular, it’s supposed to be — it’s for my Dad.” Appropriately, the soloist enters the music on a repeated figure spanning D-A-D.
Violinist Jennifer Koh first worked with Philip Glass in 2012, when she starred as the title character in his landmark opera Einstein on the Beach.
“There’s something really beautiful about going back to that old training,” she told Strings Magazine. “You really have to think about how to shape every single note, and how to create a whole world in one phrase.”
Of the concerto, she said, “There’s a kind of ecstasy that’s in it. It’s really a moving piece.”
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff and his five siblings spent their early childhood on a country estate where he recalled laughter, galloping horses, church bells,
First and most recent ASO performance: February 2, 2008
Robert Spano, conductor
and evenings around the family piano. His mother was a general’s daughter who entered into marriage with five estates. Sadly, she did not marry well; Vasily Rachmaninoff squandered her wealth and abandoned his family. The one constant in the life of nine-year-old “Seryosza” was his beloved Babushka, Grandmother Butakova. He adored her and went with her into many a church, convent, or monastery to soak up the solitude of Orthodox chant.
Rachmaninoff was famous by the time he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. The Bolshoi Theatre programmed one of his homework assignments, an opera called Aleko. And the 18-year-old made a great splash with his First Piano Concerto. In light of such early success, one can almost forgive people for crucifying him over a symphony — but not really.
Rachmaninoff composed his Symphony No. 1 at 22. The first performance was ruinous, and the first critics were worse. Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony entered the annals of great art that initially bombed. (The same is true of The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane.)
Rachmaninoff based the symphony on Russian Orthodox chant and the Roman Catholic plainchant Dies irae. Notice the stepwise, minor-key motion of the opening melodies. He dedicated the symphony to “A.L.,” a married Roma woman named Anna Alexandrovna Lodyszhensky.
“The temptation to hear in the slow third movement a ‘portrait’ of the dedicatee is irresistible, for the melodic line is tender with a feminine grace, and its opening theme uses characteristics of the so-called ‘gypsy scale,’ with intervals of augmented seconds framed in semitones,” wrote biographer Sergei Bertensson.
Even as Rachmaninoff pined for a married woman, he added the epigraph “Vengeance is mine; I will recompense,” from Anna Karenina — Tolstoy’s indictment of infidelity.
Rachmaninoff left the theater during the first performance and didn’t compose another note for three years. When he fled the Soviet Union in 1917, he had to leave the score behind,
and it disappeared into the private art market. Decades later, he slipped some of the symphony’s music into his swan song, Symphonic Dances (1940)
JERRY HOU, conductor
Taiwanese-American conductor Jerry Hou is building community and revitalizing the music field via collaboration with some of today’s most important musical voices.
Born in Taiwan and raised in a small town in Arkansas, Hou had a late start in music. Beginning on trombone in middle school, he went on to work professionally in American and European orchestras before his playing career was ended by injury. Turning to conducting studies with Jorma Panula in Finland, he is now recognized for his dynamic presence, insightful interpretations, musical versatility, and commanding technique on the podium.
Hou is currently enjoying his first season as Music Director of the Wyoming Symphony. He recently made successful debuts with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and Civic Orchestra of Chicago and had return engagements with the New York Philharmonic. In 2021, he began a close association with the New York Philharmonic and former music director Jaap van Zweden. Hou first conducted the orchestra in the tuning of the newly renovated David Geffen Hall and made his successful debut in spring 2023. He returned in 2024 to conduct seven concerts in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts.
Hou concluded his celebrated tenure as the first Resident Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra in 2023. He conducted the ASO in classical, family, and educational concerts, and made his subscription debut in music by Joan Tower, Jessie Montgomery, and Bela Bartok. Hou created the Second Atlanta School of Composers, featuring Atlanta natives Joel Thompson, Carlos Simon, Viet Cuong, Sarah Gibson, TJ Cole, and Elise Arancio. He also served as Resident Conductor of the Grand Teton Music Festival for seven summers, and is on the faculty of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.
JENNIFER KOH, violin
Grammy® Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh is celebrated for her commanding performances and dedication to both traditional and contemporary repertoire. Koh has premiered more than 100 works and developed groundbreaking commissioning projects that have redefined the contemporary violin repertoire. Her initiatives—including Alone Together, Bach and Beyond, Bridge to Beethoven, and The American Concerto—explore the instrument’s evolving voice through dialogue between past and present, and through multidisciplinary collaboration and social engagement.
Now in her third year as Artistic Director of the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts at the Kennedy Center, Koh has commissioned over 40 new compositions. This season, as part of the series, she performs recitals from her Bridge to Beethoven series with longtime collaborator pianist Thomas Sauer. Additional engagements this season include a San Francisco Performances recital with Sauer featuring the west coast premiere of Tania León’s Para, and performances of Phillip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Vermont and Atlanta Symphonies, and Brahms’ Violin Concerto with the Shreveport Symphony. She returns to her alma mater Oberlin College for an extended residency including performances of works from her The American Concerto series with the Contemporary Music Ensemble.
Named Musical America’s 2016 Instrumentalist of the Year, Koh has won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Concert Artists Guild Competition, and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and holds an honorary doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has a BA in English literature from Oberlin College and studied at the Curtis Institute, where she worked with Jaime Laredo and Felix Galimir. She is an active lecturer, teacher, and recording artist for Cedille Records and her discography includes the Grammy-winning Alone Together and her acclaimed Bach & Beyond series. She is the Founder of ARCO Collaborative, a nonprofit focused on amplifying underrepresented voices in classical music.
The 4,201st and 4,202nd concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 8pm
Saturday, April 18 2026, 8pm
Atlanta Symphony Hall
PHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor
BERTRAND CHAMAYOU, piano
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HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Le carnaval romain, Op. 9 (Roman Carnival Overture) (1844) 9 MINS
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Concerto No. 5 in F major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 103 (“Egyptian”) (1896) 29 MINS
I. Allegro animato
II. Andante —
III. Molto allegro
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
INTERMISSION 20 MINS
HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (1830) 52 MINS
I. Rêveries. Passions
II. Un bal (A Ball)
III. Scène aux champs (Scene in the Country)
IV. Marche au Supplice (March to the Scaffold) —
V. Songe d’une nuit du sabbat (Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath)
Presented with the generous support of and in partnership with the GOETHE-ZENTRUM ATLANTA.
by Noel Morris Program Annotator
Notes to Know
• Symphonie fantastique is an inner drama of unrequited love. The composer’s yearnings manifested in an “idée fixe,” a melody that first appears in the flute and violins after a weeping introduction. Pairs of eighth notes in the lower strings suggest his agitation. In this way, the theme cycles through an extreme range of colors and emotions.
• Camille Saint-Saëns was a world-traveling celebrity who liked to go incognito under the name “Charles Sannois.” Once, in the Canary Islands, the locals noted his secretive maneuverings. They concluded he was a spy and reported him to the police.
• Traditionally, people wear masks during Carnival to erase social status and move about as equals.
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
As a child, Hector Berlioz seemed unlikely to become a famous composer. He played flute and guitar and dabbled in composition, but was most passionate about classic literature. At 17, he arrived in Paris to study medicine but promptly landed in the library of the Paris Conservatoire. It became his hangout, where he pored over books and scores and, one can imagine, stole envious glances at the music students. In 1826, he formally enrolled at the Conservatoire. In 1830, he leapt into public life with his tour de force, Symphonie fantastique.
After the carnage of his unsuccessful opera Benvenuto Cellini (1837), Berlioz wrote his Roman Carnival Overture as an Act II opener. The overture depicts the debaucherous revelry preceding Lent. It includes material from the opera, as well as a salterello, a leaping Italian dance in triple meter signaling the end of Carnival.
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5
CFirst ASO performance: November 25, 1952
Henry Sopkin, conductor
Most recent ASO performance: May 14-16, 2015
Roberto Abbado, conductor
amille Saint-Saëns seemed to have twice as many hours in a day as the rest of us. He was a prodigy, prompting Hector Berlioz to quip, “He knows everything, but lacks inexperience.” Saint-Saëns made notable contributions in
First ASO performance: April 10-13, 1969
Robert Shaw, conductor
Lorin Hollander, piano
Most recent ASO performance: November 7-9, 2013
Carlo Montanaro, conducto
Pascal Rogé, piano
mathematics, astronomy, poetry, theater, and acoustics. Born two years before Brahms, he lived long enough to write one of the first film scores.
With celebrity came money, and Saint-Saëns became a snowbird, traveling as far as Uruguay, Saigon, North Africa, and Spain. In January 1896, the composer attended a production of his opera Henry VIII in Milan before heading to Egypt, where he took a boat ride on the Nile. Boarding a small sailing vessel called a falluca, he savored the winding ribbon of greenery flanked by towering dunes. And he listened to the boatmen’s song.
Once he settled into Cairo, he wrote the Piano Concerto No. 5. Although it earned the nickname “Egyptian,” its flavor is more global. For example, notice the Spanish guitar-like strumming of the middle movement.
Although modernism had begun to overtake the musical world, the concerto’s opening has Brahmsian zest and staggering pianism. The middle movement looks eastward, with the Hijaz scale underpinning dramatic piano flourishes. Saint-Saëns quotes the Nile River boatman’s song — a Nubian love song — before moving into the pentatonic scale colored by the exotic sound of the tam-tam (gong). In the finale, the composer shifts gears again to depict what he likened to the “joy of a sea crossing, a joy that not everyone shares.” Listen for the thrum of the ship’s engines in its opening bars, followed by the play of light on the water.
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
First ASO performance: February 12-13, 1958
Henry Sopkin, conductor
Most recent ASO performance: April 15, 2023
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Obsessive love. It’s an appealing topic for twisted TV shows, but an unsettling one when it happens in real life. In 1827, Hector Berlioz saw a production of Hamlet and fell head over heels for the actress who played Ophelia. He pursued her. (Or, let’s call it what it was; he stalked her.) And out of that ordeal came a most unlikely series of events.
Over the coming months, he sent her flowers and wrote her letters, and even rented an apartment near hers to orchestrate chance encounters. Actress
Harriet Smithson ignored him and left him in a heap. “I am indeed wretched – inexpressibly!,” he wrote to a friend. Starting in 1829, Berlioz channeled his despair into a fanciful, almost cinematic symphony of his sorrows.
In the composer’s words:
Part one: Daydreams, passions
“The author imagines that a young musician…sees for the first time a woman…and falls desperately in love with her. By a strange anomaly, the beloved image never presents itself to the artist’s mind without being associated with a musical idea, in which he recognizes a certain quality of passion, but endowed with the nobility and shyness which he credits to the object of his love.
“This melodic image and its model keep haunting him ceaselessly…This explains the constant recurrence of the melody’s movements throughout the symphony…The transitions from this state of dreamy melancholy, interrupted by occasional upsurges of aimless joy, to delirious passion, with its outbursts of fury and jealousy, its returns of tenderness, its tears, its religious consolations —all this forms the subject of the first movement.”
Part two: A ball
“The beloved image keeps haunting him and throws his spirit into confusion.”
Part three: Scene in the countryside
“One evening in the countryside, he hears two shepherds in the distance dialoguing with their ‘ranz des vaches’; this pastoral duet, the setting, the gentle rustling of the trees in the wind…all conspire to restore to his heart.”
Part four: March to the scaffold
“Convinced that his love is spurned, the artist poisons himself with opium. The dose of narcotic, while too weak to cause his death, plunges him into a heavy sleep….He dreams that he has killed his beloved and been condemned to death.”
Note: Berlioz wrote the “Symphonie” just 35 years after
Robespierre’s infamous Reign of Terror (1793-1794). Notice how the music tracks the celebratory mood of the bloodthirsty crowd, as opposed to the sorrows of the condemned. Berlioz musically conjures the crash of the guillotine, the head plopping into the basket, and a hearty cheer.
Part five: Dream of a witches’ sabbath
“He sees himself at a witches’ sabbath, in the midst of a hideous gathering of shades, sorcerers, and monsters of every kind who have come together for his funeral. The beloved melody appears once more, but has now lost its noble and shy character; it is now no more than a vulgar dance tune, trivial and grotesque: it is she who is coming to the sabbath… Roar of delight at her arrival…She joins the diabolical orgy… The funeral knell tolls, burlesque parody of the Dies irae (Dies irae, “Day of Wrath,” is a plainchant from the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead).”
PHILIPPE JORDAN, conductor
Philippe Jordan is today considered one of the most distinguished and established conductors of his generation. His international career has taken him to the leading opera houses, festivals, and concert halls around the world. Beginning with the 2027/28 season, he will assume the position of Music Director of the Orchestre National de France.
Jordan served as Music Director of the Vienna State Opera from September 2020 until June 2025, during which time he led numerous outstanding new productions, including Madama Butterfly, Parsifal, Macbeth, Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tristan und Isolde, Salome, and Il Trittico. In his final season, 2024/25, he conducted new productions of Don Carlo and Tannhäuser, as well as revivals of the Mozart cycle and Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen
In the season 2025/26, he will appear with the Vienna State Opera on tour in Japan. Additional concert engagements in the upcoming season will take him to the Orchestre National de France, the Opéra de Paris, La Scala in Milan, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, the TonhalleOrchester Zürich, the Bamberger Symphoniker, the Vienna
Symphony Orchestra, the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, and to the United States, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. In Asia, he will guest conduct the Seoul Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
As a concert conductor, Philippe Jordan has collaborated with the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, among others, as well as virtually all major North American orchestras – including Boston, Seattle, St. Louis, Dallas, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Washington, Minnesota, Montreal, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.
BERTRAND CHAMAYOU, piano
Bertrand Chamayou is one of today’s most strikingly brilliant pianists, recognized for his revelatory performances that are at once powerfully virtuosic, imaginative and breathtakingly beautiful
Chamayou opened the 2025/26 by appearing at the Lucerne Festival with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. The season continues with a series of major engagements: Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Turangalîla which he will reprise later in the season with the Danish National Symphony; as well as Gothenburg Symphony. He also appears with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London and on tour in China, the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, among others. Chamayou continues his acclaimed partnership with Barbara Hannigan, appearing in major European venues before touring with Leif Ove Andsnes to mark the release of their new album on Warner/Erato.
Bertrand Chamayou performs with the many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Wiener Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic, the orchestras of Cleveland, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Atlanta, Montreal, Vienna and London; Orchestre de Paris, TonhalleOrchester Zurich, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Die
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and the radio orchestras in Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne and Copenhagen, as well as the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
Bertrand Chamayou published a number of highly acclaimed recordings. For his recording of Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5, he was awarded the Gramophone Recording of the Year 2019. The only artist to win France’s prestigious Victoires de la Musique on five occasions, he has an exclusive recording contract with Warner/Erato and was awarded the 2016 ECHO Klassik for his recording of Ravel’s complete works for solo piano.
Bertrand Chamayou is the artistic director of the Ravel Festival, a major international festival celebrating Maurice Ravel in the Basque Country, around Saint-Jean-de-Luz (France).
Sunday, April 19, 2026, 3pm
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra presents in recital
ALEXANDRE
KANTOROW, piano
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FRANZ LISZT (1811-1889)
Variations on Bach’s “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”, S. 180 (1862) 9 MINS
NIKOLAY MEDTNER (1880-1951)
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 5 (1895-1903) 24 MINS
I. Allegro
II. Intermezzo. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Finale. Allegro risoluto
INTERMISSION 20 MINS
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Prelude in C-Sharp minor, OP. 45 (1841) 5 MINS
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN (1813-1888)
25 Préludes, Op. 31 (1844) 8 MINS
VIII. La Chanson de la folle au bord de mer
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)
Vers la flamme (Towards the Flame), Op. 72 (191 4) 6 MINS
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (1821-1822) 26 MINS
I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile
ALEXANDRE KANTOROW, piano
In 2019, aged 22, Alexandre Kantorow became the first French pianist to win the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, along with the rarely awarded Grand Prix, granted only three times in the competition’s history. In 2024, he was recognized once again when he received the esteemed Gilmore Artist Award, solidifying his place as one the world’s leading pianists.
Kantorow performs in recital regularly across the globe, in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vienna Konzerthaus, London’s Wigmore Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Tokyo Suntory Hall, and at festivals such as Edinburgh, Salzburg, La Roque d’Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins, Verbier, Rheingau and Klavierfest Ruhr. Chamber music is one of his great pleasures and he performs regularly with artists such as Janine Jansen, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon and Matthias Goerne.
Kantorow has performed with many of the world’s finest orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic and Budapest Festival orchestras and with conductors including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Manfred Honeck, Ivan Fischer, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Sir Antonio Pappano.
Alexandre Kantorow records exclusively for BIS. His recordings have received the highest critical acclaim worldwide, and most recently he was awarded the Gramophone Award in the Piano category for his Brahms and Schubert recording. In 2024, he was awarded the title of Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by the French President of the Republic, having previously been made a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture. In July 2024, Kantorow performed Ravel’s Jeux d’eau at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games.
The 4,203rd and 4,204th concerts of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 8pm
Saturday, April 25, 2026, 8pm
Atlanta Symphony Hall
GIANCARLO
GUERRERO, conductor
PACHO FLORES, trumpet
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ROBERTO SIERRA
Fandangos (2000) 12 MINS
PACHO FLORES
Morocota (2018) 5 MINS
Pacho Flores, trumpet
ARTURO MÁRQUEZ
Concierto de Otoño for Trumpet and Orchestra (Autumn Concerto) (2018) 20 MINS
I. Son de luz (They Are Light)
II. Balada de floripondios (Ballade of the Floripondios)
III. Conga de flores (Conga of the Flowers)
Pacho Flores, trumpet
INTERMISSION 20 MINS
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS (1899-1940)
Sensemayá (1937-1938) 7 MINS
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Sinfonía Buenos Aires (1951) 27 MIN
I. Moderato - Allegretto
II. Lento, con anima
III. Presto marcato
by Noel Morris Program Annotator
Notes to Know
• Pacho Flores is an alumnus of El Sistema, the groundbreaking Venezuelan orchestral program designed to uplift kids, including those from the barrio.
• This concert includes many traditional folk instruments, including the bandoneón (accordion), güiro (a ridged tubelike percussion instrument), maracas, congas, claves, gourd, and Indian drum.
• Astor Piazzolla was a famous bandoneón player and pioneer of Nuevo Tango.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus waded ashore on an island he called San Salvador. It was arguably one of the most fateful events in human history. He kicked off events that extinguished some identities and forged others, spinning them into the constellation in which we move and function today. The music in this concert is but a small sampling of their legacy.
SIERRA Fandangos
The Latin Grammy®-winning composer Roberto Sierra studied in his native Puerto Rico before going to Europe to study with the avant-garde legend György Ligeti. He met Ligeti at a time when the master was exploring the polyrhythms of African drumming. Sierra caught the bug and found its expression through AfroCaribbean, Central, and South American traditions, which became part of his sound.
Sierra wrote, “There are two prevailing theories about the origins of the fandango: one places it in the Iberian Peninsula, and another points to the New World (the West Indies and Nueva España—the Caribbean and modern Mexico). A Fandango for harpsichord attributed to Antonio Soler (1729–1783) was the point of departure for my Fandangos (commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra, 2000). The impromptulike structure and almost open nature of Soler ’s Fandango enabled the incorporation of elements from Luigi Boccherini’s (1743–1805) and Domenico Scarlatti’s (1685–1757) respective fandangos, as well as my Baroque musings.”
First and most recent ASO performance: July 22, 2011
Jacomo Bairos, conductor
ROBERTO SIERRA, composer
For more than four decades, the works of Grammy®nominated and Latin Grammy®-winning Roberto Sierra have been part of the repertoire of many leading orchestras, ensembles, and festivals in the USA and Europe. At the inaugural concert of the 2002 world-renowned Proms in London, his Fandangos was performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a concert broadcast by both BBC Radio and Television throughout the UK and Europe.
In 2021, Roberto Sierra was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2017, he was awarded the Tomás Luis de Victoria Prize, the highest honor given in Spain to a composer of Spanish or Latin American origin. The works of Roberto Sierra are published principally by Subito Music Publishing (ASCAP).
This is the first ASO performance
FLORES Morocota
Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso and composer Francisco “Pacho” Flores is on a mission to export the bounty of Latin American music through live performances and his recordings with Deutsche Grammophon. Morocota comes from his own pen and takes its name from a coin of nebulous origin.
In 1845, when the world recognized Venezuela as a sovereign nation, its people lacked a currency. Quickly, they turned to precious metals, including a $20 American-minted gold coin nicknamed the “morocota.” In the absence of a stable banking system, some people buried morocotas in their backyards or stashed them in walls. Fast-forward a hundred years — folks occasionally made headlines by inadvertently discovering a cache of morocotas.
“In short, [the morocota] is a treasure that has become a fantasy” in Venezuelan popular culture, said Flores. He describes his piece as “a simple and pleasant ‘delicate waltz’ in which sentimental inspiration gradually emerges.” He dedicated the music to his mother, Mireyita, with an affectionate nod to his recital partner, guitarist Antonio Lauro, for his ability to bring the beauty of Venezuelan music to life.
MÁRQUEZ Concierto de Otoño
Trumpeter Pacho Flores owns dozens of instruments and often consults with instrument makers. “I think it’s hugely important to find exactly the right sound for each piece of music and to research the relationship between that sound and the way in which each individual instrument is built,” he said.
When Mexican composer Arturo Márquez composed a concerto for Flores, he saw an opportunity to explore the instrument’s different colors. According to Flores, the piece “requires the use of four trumpets: trumpet in C in the first [movement]; flugelhorn and cornet in F in the second; and trumpet in D in the third.”
This is the first ASO performance.
Márquez wrote the Concierto de Otoño (Autumn Concerto) in 2018 and followed the standard three-movement structure. He titled the first movement “Son de Luz” (They Are Light), the second, “Balada de floripondios” (Ballade of the Floripondios, a shrub with a white, fragrant, trumpet-like flower). He titled the finale “Conga de Flores” (Conga of the Flowers, with a nod to the soloist).
“The trumpet is the queen in Mexico’s soul,” said the composer. “We will practically find her in all the popular musical expressions. It is Mexico’s voice of happiness and sadness. It also is fundamental in Latin American concert music. My Autumn Concerto is a recompilation of all those feelings, smells, and comforts.”
ARTURO MÁRQUEZ, composer
Born in 1950 in the desert town of Álamos, Sonora, in northwestern Mexico, Arturo Márquez grew up surrounded by music. His father, a violinist, played in local mariachi bands, and Márquez himself began on the violin before turning to composition. Studies in Paris and later at the California Institute of the Arts exposed him to experimental approaches, but over time his curiosity drew him back to Mexico’s diverse musical traditions. By blending classical techniques with the rhythms and melodies of everyday life, Márquez forged a distinctive voice that brought him international fame.
First ASO performance: April 15-17, 1971
Robert Shaw, conductor
Most recent ASO performance: June 4-6, 2009
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
In 1934, the Cuban journalist and political activist Nicolás Guillén published a book of poems called West Indies, Ltd. At that point, dissidents had only recently overthrown the dictator Gerardo Machado. Guillén wrote his poems to express his vision for a new Cuba.
In 1937, Guillén did a reading of one of the poems, “Sensemayá,” and caught the attention of composer Silvestre Revueltas. The two became fast friends, and Revueltas translated what he heard that day into music.
The work’s title, Sensemayá, is a contraction of “sensa” (Providence) and “Yemayá,” a deity and Queen of the Sea and Mother of All Life. If the music’s incessant, irregular rhythms remind you of Rite of Spring, you’re on the right track; both works depict a ritual sacrifice. Sensemayá evokes a rite from the Afro-Caribbean (creole) religion of Palo Monte Mayombe, which originated with the Central African Bakongo. The religion emphasizes communion with spirits in nature and with one’s ancestors.
Sensemayá depicts the sacrifice of a snake with “eyes of glass.” The poem’s refrain “Mayombe—bombe—mayombé!” becomes a rhythm in Revueltas’s piece. And Revueltas derived melodic material from the tonal language of Yoruba.
Thematically, humans represent the spirit of “good,” while the snake, depicted by woodwinds and low brass, represents evil. A tremendous percussion crash conjures the ritual slaughter.
PIAZZOLLA Sinfonía Buenos Aires
Nuevo tango legend Astor Piazzolla spent much of his childhood in New York City, where he heard jazz and classical music. “In my head I had Bach and Schumann and Mozart and very little tango,” he said. But, much to the boy’s annoyance, his father kept playing tango in the home and even gave Astor his first bandoneón (a button accordion).
Back in Argentina, Piazzolla made money playing tango but aspired to be a classical composer. For five years,
from 1941 onward, he studied harmony, counterpoint, and composition with the renowned composer Alberto Ginastera.
This is the first ASO performance.
With Sinfonía Buenos Aires, we gain a window into Piazzolla’s early work and the excellent training he got from Ginastera. He wrote the piece, subtitled “Tres Movimientos Sinfonicos,” for a competition. Notice his use of two bandoneóns. Taking the top prize, Piazzolla won a scholarship to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Going into that fateful journey, he thought he would be putting the tango behind him for good. Instead, she urged him to love and embrace his native music.
GIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor
Giancarlo Guerrero is a six-time GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor whose imaginative programming and “curatorial and interpretive creativity” (Chicago Tribune) draw out of his orchestras “exceptionally powerful and enchanting performances” (BBC Music Magazine). 2025 marks Guerrero’s first season as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago. Guerrero also takes on the role of Music Director of Sarasota Orchestra in the 2025-26 season.
Guerrero is currently Music Director Laureate with the Nashville Symphony, following sixteen years as Music Director. During his tenure in Nashville, he championed the works of prominent American composers through commissions, recordings, and world premieres. Under Guerrero’s direction, the Nashville Symphony released twenty-one commercial recordings, which have garnered thirteen GRAMMY® nominations and six GRAMMY® Awards.
In recent seasons, Guerrero has led prominent North American orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra and the San Francisco, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas and Detroit Symphonies. Internationally, he has worked with orchestras in Bilbao, Frankfurt, London, Paris, São Paulo and Sydney.
Guerrero previously held posts as Music Director of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor of both the
Cleveland Orchestra, Miami Residency and the Gulbenkian Symphony in Lisbon, Music Director of the Eugene Symphony, and Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra.
Born in Nicaragua, Guerrero immigrated during his childhood to Costa Rica, where he joined the local youth symphony. He studied percussion and conducting at Baylor University and earned his master’s degree in conducting at Northwestern. Guerrero is particularly engaged with conducting training orchestras and has worked with the Curtis School of Music, Colburn School in Los Angeles, The Juilliard School, National Youth Orchestra (NYO2) and Yale Philharmonia. More at www.giancarlo-guerrero.com
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PACHO FLORES, trumpet and composer
Multi-award-winning Venezuelan trumpeter Pacho Flores is a first prize winner of the Maurice André International Trumpet Competition, Philip Jones International Competition and the Cittá di Porcia International contest in addition to being awarded a Gold Medal by the Global Music Awards for his album ENTROPÍA. His most recent recording for Deutsche Grammophon, ESTIRPE (2022), was nominated in three categories at the Latin Grammy® Awards 2023 and Paquito D’Rivera’s “Concerto Venezolano” which was awarded “Best Classical Composition”.
In summer 2025, Pacho made his debut at the BBC Proms with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan. Following his seasonlong residency with the orchestra in the 2022/23 season, Flores and Hindoyan were branded ‘The Dream Team’. Further highlights in the 2025-26 season include performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl (Gemma New), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Giancarlo Guerrero), Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Jader Bignamini), Philharmonia (Rafael Payare) and tours with the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France (Dina Gilbert) and Sinfónica de Minería (Carlos Miguel Prieto).
Trained in ground-breaking El Sistema music-education program in Venezuela, Pacho is equally at home across many musical genres and is an advocate for new commissions. Recent premieres include of works by composers Christian Lindberg, Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo Márquez, Roberto Sierra, Gabriela Ortiz and Daniel Freiberg. Pacho is also a founding member of the Simón Bolívar Brass Quintet and former Principal Trumpet of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.
Pacho Flores is a Stomvi artist, performing exclusively on instruments that have been developed and built for his performances. Pacho records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon and his discography includes Cantar with Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin and Christian Vásquez; Entropía, Gold Medal of the Global Music Awards; Fractales with Arctic Philharmonic and Christian Lindberg; and the double CD-DVD Cantos y Revueltas with Real Filharmonía de Galicia and Manuel Hernández-Silva.
Campaign for the
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has begun an ambitious campaign to generate new endowment and stability 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.
CAMPAIGN CABINET:
Bert Mills
Anne Morgan
Jim Rubright
For more information about the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Campaign for the Next Era, please contact Grace Sipusic, Vice President of Development at grace.sipusic@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.5061.
Ross Singletary
Ray Uttenhove
Patrick Viguerie
$1,000,000+
A Friend of the Symphony (4)
Mr. Eric Bressner
The Family of Ann Grovenstein Campbell
The Zeist Foundation, Inc.
$500,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
The Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation
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.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney
Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp
Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies
Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow
Marcia & John Donnell
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 Harris
James H. Landon
Ms. Molly Minnear
Bert & Carmen Mills
John R. Paddock, Ph.D. &
Karen M. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Patty & Doug Reid
Ross & Sally Singletary
Slumgullion Charitable Fund
John & Ray Uttenhove
Up to $50,000
A Friend of the Symphony (2)
Phyllis Abramson, Ph.D.
Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward
Juliet & John Allan
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey
Wright* & Alison Caughman
Ms. Lisa V. Chang
Lisa DiFrancesco, MD & Darlene Nicosia
The Gable Foundation
Craig Frankel & Jana Eplan
Florencia & Rodrigo Garcia Escudero
Sally & Walter George
Georgia Power Company
Pam & Robert Glustrom
Elizabeth & Sheffield Hale
Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Harrison
Tad & Janin Hutcheson
Brian & Carrie Kurlander
Donna Lee & Howard Ehni
Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman
Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence
Massey Charitable Trust
Carla & Arthur Mills IV
Galen Oelkers
Victoria & Howard Palefsky
Dr. Kenneth Sass & Mr. Daniel Lazarus
Bill & Rachel Schultz
Joyce & Henry Schwob
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, 2024. 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
Connie & Merrell** Calhoun
Paulette Eastman & Becky Pryor Anderson**
Ms. Lynn Eden
Ms. Angela L. Evans ∞
John D. Fuller
The Gable Foundation
Ms. Margaret Painter ∞
Mr. Robert L. Setzer
SFH Giving Fund
Gayle Sheppard
Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr. ° ∞
$35,000+
Ms. Krystal Ahn
Farideh & Al Azadi Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney
Sally & Walter George
John R. Paddock, Ph.D. & Karen M. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Sally & Pete Parsonson ∞
Patty & Doug Reid
Mary & Jim Rubright
June & John Scott ∞
Slumgullion Charitable Fund
Patrick & Susie Viguerie
Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins
Mr. Mack Wilbourn
$25,000+
John & Juliet Allan
Mr. Neil Ashe &
Mrs. Rona Gomel Ashe
Carol C. Attridge, in memory of Phil Attridge
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey
Mr. Keith Barnett
Janine Brown &
Alex J. Simmons, Jr.
John W. Cooledge
Sally** & Larry Davis
Cari K. Dawson &
John M. Sparrow
Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes ∞
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Duffey, Jr.
Pam & Robert Glustrom
Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD ∞
Bonnie Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Harrison
Ms. Joia M. Johnson
Sarah & Jim Kennedy
Donna Lee & Howard Ehni
Massey Charitable Trust
John & Linda Matthews ∞
Martha M. Pentecost
Tyler Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Saligram
Bill & Rachel Schultz °
Mr. Fahim Siddiqui & Ms. Shazia Fahim
Mrs. Edus H. Warren
$17,500+
Jennifer Barlament & Kenneth Potsic ∞
Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp
Russell Currey & Amy Durrell
Florencia & Rodrigo Garcia Escudero
Dick & Anne Game
Mr. & Mrs. David Goosman
Dr. & Mrs. Scott I. Lampert
Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman
Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence
Ms. Molly Minnear
Caroline & Phil Moïse
Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley
Terence L. & Jeanne Perrine Neal °
Galen Oelkers
Ralph Paulk & Suzanne Redmon Paulk
Ms. Cathleen Quigley
Dr. Kenneth Sass & Mr. Daniel Lazarus
Ross & Sally Singletary
Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor & Ms. Triska Drake
Dr. Ravi & Dr. Valerie Thadhani
John & Ray Uttenhove
Roxanne & Benny Varzi
Mrs. Sue S. Williams
Dr. Jiong Yan & Baxter Jones
$15,000+
A Friend of the Symphony (2)
Phyllis Abramson, Ph.D.
Madeline** & Howell E. Adams, Jr.
Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward °
Aadu & Kristi Allpere °
Mr. David Boatwright
Wright** & Alison Caughman
Ms. Lisa V. Chang
Mr. & Mrs. Erroll B. Davis, Jr.
Lisa DiFrancesco, MD & Darlene Nicosia
Dr. John Dyer & Mrs. Catherine Faré Dyer
Eleanor & Charles Edmondson
Ms. Yelena Epova & Mr. Neil Chambers
Craig Frankel & Jana Eplan
Roya & Bahman Irvani
Stephen & Carolyn Knight
Dr. Raymond Kotwicki
Brian & Carrie Kurlander ∞
James H. Landon
Drs. Joon & Grace Lee
Mr. Sukai Liu & Dr. Ginger J. Chen
John F.** & Marilyn M. McMullan
Mr. & Mrs. Suneel Mendiratta ∞°
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills IV
Bert & Carmen Mills
Victoria & Howard Palefsky
Mr. Edward Potter & Ms. Regina Olchowski °
Mr. Joseph Rapanotti
Vicki & Joe Riedel
Katherine Scott
V Scott
Mr. John A. Sibley, III
Tom & Ani Steele
Elliott & Elaine Tapp °
Judith & Mark K. Taylor
Mr. Yannik Thomas
Carolyn C. Thorsen
Ms. Maria Todorova
Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund
Mr. Ben Touchette
Ruthie Watts
Adair & Dick White
Hank Wilkinson
Drs. Kevin & Kalinda Woods
$10,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin R. Allen
Jack & Helga Beam ∞
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Benjamin
Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Brown
Karen & Rod Bunn
Lisa & Russ Butner ∞
John Champion & Penelope Malone
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Chubb III
Janet & John Costello
Mr. & Mrs. Warren L. Culpepper
Mr. Christopher J. Decoufle & Ms. Karen Freer
Donald & Barbara Defoe °
Peter & Vivian de Kok
Marcia & John Donnell
Ms. Diane Durgin
Cheryl Etheridge in memory of David Etheridge
Dr. & Mrs. Leroy Fass
Mr. Nigel Ferguson
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Flinn
Dr. V. Alexander Garcias
Dr. Paul Gilreath
Mr. James N. Grace
The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.
Richard & Linda Hubert
Clay & Jane Jackson ∞
Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III °
Cecile M. Jones
James Kieffer
Ann & Brian Kimsey ∞
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kuester
Meghan & Clarke Magruder
Ms. Erin M. Marshall ∞
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Mattox
Mr. Cesar Moreno & Mr. Greg Heathcock
Jane Morrison ∞
Margaret H. Petersen
Mr. Allen Phinney
Mr. Ron Raitz
Leonard Reed
David F. & Maxine A.** Rock
Ms. Frances A. Root
Thomas & Lynne Saylor
Ms. Barbara S. Schlefman
Michelle & Steve Shlansky
Beverly & Milton Shlapak
John & Yee-Wan Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Stroetz, Jr.
George & Amy Taylor ∞
Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter
Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr.
Kiki Wilson
Camille W. Yow
$7,500+
Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes
Carol Brantley & David Webster
Judith D. Bullock**
Patricia & William Buss ∞
Mark Coan & Family
Ned Cone & Nadeen Green
Sally W. Hawkins
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
Ed & Linda McGinn
Berthe & Shapour Mobasser
Sue Morgan ∞
Ms. Eliza Quigley ∞
Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves
Tiffany & Rich Rosetti
Stephen & Sonia Swartz
Ms. Juliana T. Vincenzino
Alan & Marcia Watt
Mr. David J. Worley & Ms. Bernadette Drankoski
$5,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Louis J. Alrutz
Mr. Logan Anderson
Dr. Evelyn R. Babey
Lisa & Joe** Bankoff
Anthony Barbagallo & Kristen Fowks
Asad & Sakina Bashey
Meredith Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
Mr. John Blatz
Rita & Herschel Bloom
Jane & Greg Blount
Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal
Mrs. Robert C. Boozer
Margo Brinton & Eldon Park
Ms. Jane F. Boynton
Ms. Johanna Brookner
Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown, Jr.
CBH International, Inc
Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D
Helena & Phillip Choi
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Chorba
Ms. Tracey Chu
Malcolm & Ann Cole
William & Patricia Cook
Matt & Kate Cook
Mary Carole Cooney & Henry R. Bauer, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. DePorres Cormier
Carol Comstock & Jim Davis
Kelly Goldston DeBonis & Daniel P. DeBonis
Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Dimmick ∞
Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett
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
Dr. Karen A. Foster
Annie Frazer & Jen Horvath
Gaby Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Goodsell
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hauser
John** & Martha Head
The Reverend Elizabeth H. Hendrick
Hilley & Frieder
Mrs. Nicole L. House
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Huesken
Tad & Janin Hutcheson
Mr. Justin Im & Dr. Nakyoung Nam
Lillian Kim Ivansco & Joey Ivansco
Mr. W. F. & Dr. Janice Johnston
Lana M. Jordan ∞
Dr. Jennifer Kahnweiler & Dr. William M. Kahnweiler
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Paul** & Rosthema Kastin
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman
Mona & Gilbert Kelly °
Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. William R. Kenny
Mr. Charles R. Kowal
Pat & Nolan Leake
Mr. & Mrs. Van R. Lear
Jonathan Lively
Mr. William A. Lundstrom & Mrs. Catherine L. Lundstrom
Ms. Eunice Luke
Thomas & Marianne Mabry
In Memoriam: Betty (B.J.) Malone
Beau & Alfredo Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Martin
Belinda & Gino Massafra
Catherine Massey
Ms. Darla B. McBurney
Molly McDonald & Jonathan Gelber
Fred & Sue McGehee Family Charitable Fund
Mr. Dale Metz & Ms. Lisa Williams
Key Miles
Mr. Bert Mobley ∞
Mr. Jamal Mohammad & Mr. Marcus Dean
Mr. William Morrison & Mrs. Elizabeth Clark-Morrison
Ms. Bethani Oppenheimer
Donald S. Orr & Marcia K. Knight
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Owen, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund F. Pearce, Jr. °
Jonathan & Lori Peterson
In Memory of Dr. Frank S. Pittman III
Stephen Polley
Dr. & Mrs. John P. Pooler
Dr. John B. Pugh
John H. Rains
Mrs. Susan H. Reinach
Dr. Jay Rhee & Mrs. Kimberley Rhee ∞
Ms. Felicia Rives ∞
Susan J. Robinson & Mary C. Roemer
Ms. Noelle Ross & Mr. Tim Dorr
John T. Ruff
Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral
Dr. Robert D. Schreiner & Dr. Patricia M. Simone
Suzanne Shull ∞
Gerald & Nancy Silverboard
Baker & Debby Smith
Ms. Cynthia Smith
Janice B. Smith
Ms. Victoria Smith
Ms. Lara Smith-Sitton
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stathopoulos
In memory of Elizabeth B.
Stephens by Powell, Preston &
Sally ∞
Ms. Deann Stevens
Beth & Edward Sugarman
Sadie Talmadge
Dede & Bob Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Toren
Trapp Family
Dr. Brenda G. Turner
Chilton & Morgan** Varner
Amy & Robert Vassey
Emily C. Ward
Emily & James Washburn
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Webber
Dr. Nanette K. Wenger
David & Martha West
John F. Wieland, Jr.
Suzanne B. Wilner
Mr. & Mrs. M. Beattie Wood
Kaya Yamashita in memory of her parents, Hiroko & Tomohiro Yamashita
$3,500+
A Friend of the Symphony (2)
Sam & Linda Boyte
Liz & Charlie Cohn °
Jean & Jerry Cooper
Mr. David S. Dimling
Gregory & Debra Durden
Sandra & John Glover
Mr. Jeff Harms & Mr. Peter MacLean
Ms. Susan V. Heerin
Barbara M. Hund
Cameron H. Jackson
Ms. Rebecca Jarvis
Sally C. Jobe
Mrs. Gail Johnson**
Wolfgang** & Mariana Laufer
Ms. Ellen B. Macht
Martha & Reynolds McClatchey
Ms. Kathy Powell
S.A. Robinson
Ms. Donna Schwartz
Ms. Martha Solano
Kay R. Summers
Mrs. Dale L. Thompson
Russell F. Winch & Mark B. Elberfeld
Judy Zaban-Miller & Lester Miller**
$2,000+
A Friend of the Symphony (6)
Paul & Melody Aldo
Mr. James L. Anderson
Atlanta Symphony Associates
Herschel Beazley
Dr. Bruce & Linda** Beeber
Dr. & Mrs. Joel E. Berenson
Susan & Jack Bertram
Mr. & Mrs. Xavier Bignon
Leon & Joy Borchers
Martha S. Brewer
Harriet Evans Brock
Benjamin Q. Brunt
Laurel & Gordon Buchmiller
Dr. Aubrey Bush & Dr. Carol Bush
Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe
Betty Fuller Case
Mr. Jeffery B. Chancellor & Mr. Cameron England
Mr. Michael J. Clifford & Ms. Sandra L. Murray
Mr. James Cobb
Coenen-Johnson Foundation
Susan S. Cofer
Nicky Cohen & Simon Dibley
Ralph** & Rita Connell
Dr. & Mrs. John E. Cooke
Mrs. Nancy Cooke
Mr. William R. Cranshaw
R. Carter & Marjorie A. Crittenden Foundation
Claire & Alex Crumbley
Dr. & Mrs.** F. Thomas Daly, Jr.
Vicente del Rio
Ms. Suzanne Denton
Jerome J. Dobson
Mr. & Mrs. Graham Dorian
Mr. Christopher Drew
Mr. Trey Duskin & Ms. Noelle Albano °
Mrs. Eve F. Eckardt
Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Edgar
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge
Dieter Elsner & Othene Munson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Farnham
Dr. Donald & Janet Filip
Tom & Cecilia Fraschillo
Dr. Elizabeth C. French
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Gaid
Mr. & Mrs. Sebastien Galtier ∞
Dr. & Mrs. John C. Garrett
Dr. Robert W. Gilbert
Marty & John Gillin °
Mrs. Janet D. Goldstein
Dr. & Mrs. Martin I. Goldstein
Mr. Robert Golomb
Mrs. Beverly Green
Richard & Debbie Griffiths
Mr. & Mrs. George Gundersen
Mr. & Mrs. Juanmarco Gutierrez
Deedee Hamburger
Ms. Ayonna Hammond
Phil & Lisa Hartley
Mr. & Mrs. John Hellriegel ∞
Bill & Babette Henagan
Ann J. Herrera & Mary M. Goodwin
Kenneth & Colleen Hey
Dr. Thomas High
Azira G. Hill
Sarah & Harvey Hill, Jr. °
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Hill
Mrs. Leslie H. Hill & Mr. Jacob C. Hill
Mr. Larry B. Hooks & Mrs. Carole W. Hooks
Laurie House Hopkins & John D. Hopkins
James & Bridget Horgan °
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Huband
Dona & Bill Humphreys
Mr. Christopher Hurst
Ms. Olga Inozemtseva
Aaron & Joyce Johnson
Dr. & Mrs. Eike Jordan
Teresa M. Joyce, Ph.D
Ms. Alice Kwan
Dr. & Mrs. William C. Land, Jr.
Lillian Balentine Law
Mr. Andrew Liakopoulos & Mr. Mark Hawkins
Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey
Deborah & William Liss
Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie
Dr. Marcus Marr
Marx & Marx LLC
Ben Mathis & Mary Anne Mathis
In Memory of Pam McAllister
Gray McCalley
Cody & Missy McClatchey
Mr. & Mrs. James McClatchey
Mr. & Mrs. John G. McColskey
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McDuffie
Birgit & David McQueen
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany
Anna & Hays Mershon
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms, Jr.
Pat Mitchell & Scott Seydel
Ms. Helen Motamen & Mr. Deepak Shenoy
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Muniz
Melanie & Allan Nelkin
Agnes V. Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Denis Ng
Gary R. Noble, MD & Joanne Heckman
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Ogburn
Mr. & Mrs. James Pack
Mr. Albert Palombo & Mrs. Linda E. Berggren
Erica L. Parsons & J. Mark Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Al Pearson
Mr. Doug F. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Riffey, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Roberts
Betsy & Lee Robinson
Dr. Judith C. Rohrer
Stuart Romm
Ms. Lili Santiago-Silva & Mr. Jim Gray
Dr. Marianne Scharbo-DeHaan
Drs. Lawrence & Rachel Schonberger
Dick Schweitzer
Mallie Sharafat
Angela Allen Sherzer
Mr. David C. Shih
Alan & Marion Shoenig
Helga Hazelrig Siegel
Diana Silverman
Caryl & Kendrick Smith
Hamilton & Mason Smith
Anne-Marie Sparrow
Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel
James & Shari Steinberg
Dr. Steven & Lynne Steindel °
Ms. Lizanne E. Stephenson & Mr. Alan Kendall
Ms. Sandra Stine & Mr. Greg Burel
Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans
Lauren, RJ, & Mia Stuart
Ms. Linda F. Terry
Johnny Thigpen & Clay Martin
Mr. & Ms. Nathaniel Thomas
Herb Timmerman
Duane P. Truex III
Mr. Jerry Stacy Tucker
Bill & Judy Vogel
Mrs. Joyce Vroon
Dr. James L. Waits
Mr. Charles D. Wattles & Ms. Rosemary C. Willey
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Welch
Mrs. Lynne M. Winship
Sandra L. Wong
Mr. Will Young
Zaban Foundation, Inc.
Herbert** & Grace Zwerner
** = deceased
° = We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers.
∞ = Leadership Council
We salute these extraordinary donors who have signed pledge commitments to continue their support for three years or more.
Patron Leadership (PAL) Committee
We give special thanks to this dedicated group of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra donor-volunteers 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
CORPORATE PARTNERS
$1,000,000+
Delta Air Lines
$100,000+
AAA Parking
Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Coca-Cola Company
Georgia Power Company
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.∞
The Home Depot Foundation
Piedmont Realty Trust
$75,000+
Alston & Bird LLP
The Norfolk Southern Corporation
$50,000+
Accenture LLP
Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta
Google
PwC
The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University
$25,000+
AFFAIRS to REMEMBER
Bank of America
Charitable Foundation
BlueLinx Corporation
Cadence Bank
$25,000+ CONTINUED
Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Dan Cathy∞
Dennis Dean Catering
Deloitte
Eversheds Sutherland
Grady Health System
King & Spalding LLP
KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees
Porsche Cars North America Inc.
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.
The QUIKRETE® Companies
Regions Bank
Truist Bank
$15,000+
Atlanta Parent
BlackRock
Cisco
EY
FleishmanHillard
Georgia-Pacific
Tony Brewer and Company
Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits
SouthState Bank
WABE 90.1 FM
Warner Bros. Media
$10,000+
Buckhead Village
Costco Wholesale
Davis Broadcasting’s WJZA Smooth Jazz 101/100
FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
$250,000+
Lettie Pate Evans Foundation
Goizueta Foundation
$100,000+
Amy W. Norman
Charitable Foundation
Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
The Halle Foundation
The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The Zeist Foundation, Inc.
$50,000+
Georgia Department of Public Health
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Robert & Polly Dunn Foundation, Inc.
$35,000+
City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
Georgia Council for the Arts
The Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Roy & Janet Dorsey Foundation
$25,000+
The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation
Fulton County Arts & Culture
The Marcus Foundation, Inc.∞ Massey Charitable Trust
$15,000+
The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation
$10,000+ CONTINUED
Greenberg Traurig
Jazz 91.9 WCLK
La Fête du Rosé
Merrill
Music Matters
WVEE-FM | V-103.3 FM
$5,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Chef Craig Richards
FayTak Designs | Farideh Takaloo
Marietta Neonatology
Parker Poe
Perkins&Will
The St. Regis Atlanta
Ticketmaster
Yellow Bird Project Management
$2,000+
Allen Organ Studios
The Backline Company
Big Dome Promotions, LLC
EventWorks
Morehouse School of Medicine
Phoenix Senior Living
The Piedmont National
Family Foundation
Premier Events / Chastain Concessions
Prime Pharmaceuticals & Compounding Pharmacy
$10,000+
The Graves Foundation
The Scott Hudgens
Family Foundation
In Memory of Betty Sands Fuller
$5,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
The Breman Foundation, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
$2,000+
2492 Fund
Paul and Marian Anderson Fund
Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University
Georgia Humanities
The Parham Fund
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*
Hugh W. Burke*
Mr. & Mrs. William Buss
Wilber W. Caldwell*
Mr.* & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun
Cynthia & Donald Carson
Mrs. Jane Celler*
Mr. Jeffery B. Chancellor & Mr. Cameron England
Lenore Cicchese*
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
Vivian & Peter de Kok
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
Max Gilstrap*
Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover
Mrs. David Goldwasser*
Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund
Billie & Sig Guthman*
Betty G.* & Joseph* F. Haas
Dr. Charles H. Hamilton*
Sally & Paul* Hawkins
John* & Martha Head
Ms. Jeannie Hearn*
Barbara & John Henigbaum*
Ms. Elizabeth Hendrick
Jill* & Jennings* Hertz
Mr.* & Mrs. Charles K. Holmes, Jr.
encoreatlanta.com
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
Dr. Jiong Yan & Baxter Jones
Deforest F. Jurkiewicz*
Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley
Bob Kinsey
James W.* & Mary Ellen*
Kitchell
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.*
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
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills, IV
Ms. Vera Milner
Mrs. Gene Morse*
Hal Matthew Mueller* & Constance Lombardo
Ms. Janice Murphy*
Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin
Mrs. Amy W. Norman*
Galen Oelkers
Roger B. Orloff
Barbara D. Orloff
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Joseph Owen Jr.
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*
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
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
RaSheed Lemon 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
Kamyron Williams talent development program manager
Jadonna Brewton
interim talent development program manager OPERATIONS
Emily Liao Master vice president & general manager
Hannah Pearson
assistant general manager
Justin Richardson senior manager of operations
Marcia Chandler
chorus administrator
Emma Luty
principal librarian
Sara Baguyos
associate principal librarian
James Nelson
assistant librarian
David Lesser director of orchestra personnel
Meagan Rwambaisire
assistant orchestra personnel manager
Paul Barrett director of production
Dasha Allen
stage manager
Jeremy Tusz
audio recording engineer & producer
Harold Abbott head flyman/carpenter
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
SALES & REVENUE MANAGEMENT
Russell Wheeler vice president, sales & revenue management
Nancy James front of house manager
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
Brandon Eggert audience development 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 senior ticketing manager, atlanta symphony hall live
Liza Palmer senior event manager
Nicole Jurovics booking & contract manager
Meredith Chapple associate marketing manager, live
Maria Austin
marketing coordinator, live
Steven Thompson event coordinator, live
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Susan Ambo
executive vice president & cfo
Kimberly Hielsberg vice president of finance
April Satterfield controller
Brandi Reed staff accountant
Melissa Nabb
orchestra hr & finance partner
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 individual giving
Jenny Ricke manager, grants and development communications
Matthew Enfinger manager, corporate relations
AJ McCurry
development associate
Gregory Freeman development associate
THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE
Thank you to the Woodruff Arts Center’s dedicated Annual Fund donors whose gifts support the arts and education work at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art.
$1,000,000+
A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra • A Friend of the High Museum of Art
Lauren Amos • Mr. Joseph H. Boland, Jr.* • Mr. & Mrs.* Shouky A. Shaheen
$500,000 - $999,999
Anonymous
Art Bridges Foundation
$250,000 - $499,999
Accenture
Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation
Bank of America
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda and Dan Cathy
The Sara Giles Moore Foundation
Google
Reverend Ruth T. Healy*
$100,000 - $249,999
AAA Parking
Alston & Bird
Atlantic Station
Sandra and Dan Baldwin
Helen Gurley Brown Foundation
Cadence Bank
The Chestnut Family Foundation
City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Sheila Lee Davies and Jon Davies
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Barney M. Franklin and Hugh W.
Burke Charitable Fund
Mr. James E. Gay*
Georgia Council for the Arts
Georgia Power Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation
Zeist Foundation
Sarah and Jim Kennedy
E. Mcburney Trust
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Novelis, Inc.
The Rich’s Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Smurfit Westrock
Alfred A Thornton Venable Trust
Truist Trusteed Foundations:
Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust,
The Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund and the Woolford Charitable Trust
UPS
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Georgia-Pacific
Estate of Burton M. Gold
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Hazel Hale Trust
The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.
M. Douglas and V. Kay Ivester Foundation
King & Spalding, Partners & Employees
KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees
The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.
The Marcus Foundation, Inc.
Amy W. Norman Charitable Foundation
Northside Hospital
Piedmont Realty Trust
PNC
Garnet and Dan Reardon
Patty and Doug Reid
Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.
Southern Company Gas
Carol and Ramon
Tomé Family Fund
Warner Bros. Discovery
Mrs. Harriet Warren
Rod and Kelly Westmoreland
The Woodruff Arts Center’s Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff campaign succeeded in modernizing the campus and expanding arts education. We extend our deepest gratitude to the generous donors whose commitment brought this milestone to life.
$1,000,000+
Anonymous
The Coca-Cola Foundation
James M. Cox Foundation
The Delta Air Lines Foundation
The Goizueta Foundation
Douglas J. Hertz Family Foundation*
The Home Depot Foundation
$500,000 - $999,999
Acuity Inc.
Anonymous
$250,000 - $499,999
Bank of America
Chick-fil-A, Inc. |
Rhonda and Dan T. Cathy
The Fraser-Parker Foundation
$100,000 - $249,999
A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center
Liz and Frank Blake*
Stephanie Blank*
Aimee and Tom Chubb
Ann and Jeff Cramer*
$10,000 - $99,999
Ann A. Adams
Anonymous
Yum and Ross Arnold
Ed Bastian
Ken Bernhardt and Cynthia Currence*
Tony Conway, Legendary Events
Johnson and Margaret Cook
Cousins Properties
Lee and Warren Culpepper
Mike and Nancy Doss
Mike and Mindy Egan
Vicki Escarra
Georgia Council for the Arts
Patrick Gunning and Elizabeth Pelypenko
Rand and Seth Hagen*
Joan Stanescu and Terrence Hahn
Philip Harrison and Susan Stainback
S. Jack and Michal Hart Hillman
The Imlay Foundation*
Sarah and Jim Kennedy*
The Marcus Foundation
Norfolk Southern
PNC Bank
Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation*
Cisco Systems
Georgia Power Foundation
The Fay S. and W. Barrett Howell
Family Foundation
Phil and Jenny Jacobs
Margaret and Bob Reiser*
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Harland Charitable Foundation
The Hearst Foundations
Joia M. Johnson
Sartain Lanier Family Foundation
Julia Houston
Robin and Hilton Howell
The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation
Jim and Lori Kilberg*
KPMG LLP
The Dennis Lockhart and Mary Rose
Taylor Memorial Fund
Beau and Alfredo Martin
Jean Ann and Barry C. McCarthy*
John F. McMullan**
Richard and Wimberly McPhail
Kavita and Ashish Mistry
Pat Mitchell Seydel and Scott O. Seydel
Hala and Steve Moddelmog*
Kent and Talena Moegerle
Ken and Val Neighbors
Galen Oelkers
Chuck and Kathie Palmer
The Pighini Family
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 Sara Giles Moore Foundation
The Carol and Ramon
Tomé Family Fund
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
Zeist Foundation
Kelin Foundation
Truist Trusteed Foundations: Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust, The Florence C. and Harry L. English
Memorial Fund and the Woolford Charitable Trust
The Selig, Lewis, Shoulberg Families*
Truist Charitable Fund
Kathy Waller and Kenneth Goggins*
The Rockdale Foundation
Lauren and Andrew Schlossberg
Lauren and Tim Schrager
June and John Scott
Southface Institute
Candace Steele Flippin
Dave Stockert and Cammie Ives
The Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation, Inc.
Tull Charitable Foundation
The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc.
Susie and Patrick Viguerie
Sally and Mel Westmoreland
John Wieland
D. Richard Williams and Janet Lavine
David, Helen, and Marian
Woodward Fund
John and Ellen Yates
*Denotes additional support for the Alliance Theatre’s Imagine Campaign ** In memoriam
