Dirk’s recording with the Augusta Symphony of the Orchestral Works by composer Miguel del Aguila is now available on the Albani Label. It can be streamed on all platforms and purchased through the regular channels.
German conductor DIRK MEYER is Music Director of the Augusta Symphony (GA), as well as the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of the North in Minnesota.
First Prize Winner of The American Prize in orchestral conducting Meyer has guest conducted many orchestras, including the Toronto and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras in Canada, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Orlando Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestras of Springfield and Missouri, as well as the Naples Philharmonic and the Florida Orchestra. He has also collaborated with some of today's leading artists, including Jan Lisiecki, Lynn Harrell, Peter Serkin and Christine Brewer.
As a champion for orchestral music he has created many new concert experiences that include multimedia formats, as well as collaborations of all kinds. Among his latest endeavors is the recording of five orchestral works by Uruguayan-American composer Miguel del Aguila, in collaboration with Peermusic Classical. In October 2017 his efforts in the field of innovating the orchestral experience were recognized by the Depot Foundation with their Arts & Culture Initiative Award.
Meyer is also the author of Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire. A Catalog of Modern Music and has led many world and U.S. premiers, including works by Arvo Pärt, Jonathan Leshnoff, Miguel del Aguila and Joby Talbot.
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January 6, 2024
Augusta Symphony
Mozart: Symphony No.40
James Lee III: Concerto for English Horn, world premier (Darcy Gamerl, english horn)
Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit
January 20, 2024
DSSO
Mahler: Symphony No.3
DSSO Chorus, Blythe Gaissert, alto
January 27, 2024
Augusta Symphony
Gala feat. Byron Stripling
February 10, 2024
DSSO
An Evening at the Pops (Pops)
February 15, 2024
Augusta Symphony
Decades: Back to the 80s (Pops)
February 24, 2024
DSSO
Grieg: Two Melodies
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings
Shaw: Entr’acte
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore
DSSO Chorus, soli
February 27 and 28 2024
DSSO
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat
feat. Wise Fool Theatre
March 9.2024
Augusta Symphony
Dvorak: American Suite
Boyer: Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue (GA premier)
Weill: Symphony No.2
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Jeffrey Biegel, piano)
March 10, 2024
Augusta Symphony
Animals at the Symphony (Family Concert)
March 16, 2024
DSSO
Wallen: Mighty River
Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello (Geneva Lewis, violin / Gabriel Martins, cello)
Walton: Symphony No.1
March 21, 2024
Augusta Symphony
America’s Wonders (Pops)
April 13, 2024
DSSO
Smetana: Vysehrad
C.Schumann: Piano Concerto (Anna Shelest, piano)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture
Smetana: The Moldau
April 20, 2024
Augusta Symphony
Higdon: Peachtree Street
Korngold: Violin Concerto (Paul Huang, violin)
Beethoven: Symphony No.5
May 4, 2024
DSSO
Tower: Fanfare to the Uncommon Woman
Weill: Symphony No.2
Orff: Carmina Burana
DSSO Chorus, soli
May 11, 2024
Augusta Symphony
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
Ellington: The River Suite
Wars: City Sketches (U.S. premier)
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
June 14&16, 2024
Lyric Opera of the North
Puccini: La Boheme
Chamber Orchestra & Ensemble Repertoire
Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire provides conductors, music administrators and librarians with the complete performance information of almost 4000 pieces by more than 1100 composers.
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