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Dirk Meyer (photo: Hillary Odom)
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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Lyric Opera of the North
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Marshall Auditorium, UMD
June 9 and 11 2022
9/24 DSSO
Hailstork: An American Port of Call
Korngold: Violin Concerto (Erin Aldridge, violin)
Brahms: Symphony No.1
9/30 ASO
Hailstork: An American Port of Call
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Joyce Yang, piano)
Franck: Symphony in d
10/15&16 DSSO
Ibert: Homage a Mozart
Price: Violin Concerto No.1 (Bella Hristova, violin)
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus
Mozart: Symphony No.36 (Linz)
11/5 DSSO
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
10/20 ASO
Broadway Tonight
11/11 ASO
Coleridge Taylor: Othello Suite
Elgar: Cello Concerto (Gabriel Martins, cello)
Brahms: Symphony No.4
11/17 ASO
The Music of Elton John with Michael Cavanaugh
12/3 DSSO
Holiday Spectacular
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.
“A must! This wonderful tool comes as a very helpful companion for programming and researching repertoire for chamber orchestra”.
Ludovic Morlot, Conductor