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Dirk Meyer (photo: Hillary Odom)
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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1/7 ASO
Grieg: Piano Concerto, First Mov. (Zhengyu Lu, piano)
Mahler: Symphony No.10, Adagio
Sibelius: Symphony No.2
1/21 ASO
Havana Nights: Symphony Gala
2/2 ASO
Queens of Soul
2/11 DSSO
Rachmaninoff: The Rock
Coleridge Taylor: Othello Suite
Sibelius: Symphony No.5
2/18 ASO
Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
Koshinski: soniChroma (Gene Koshinski and Tim Broscius, percussion)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
2/25 DSSO
Tribute to John Williams
3/2 ASO
Dance to the Movies
3/18 DSSO
Gershwin: Catfish Row
Still: Afro Amerian Symphony
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 (Terrance Willson, piano)
3/25 ASO
Ibert: Homage a Mozart
Price: Violin Concerto No.1 (Anastasia Petrunina, violin)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Mozart: Symphony No.38 (Prague)
4/15 DSSO
Rott: Julius Caesar Overture
Elgar: Cello Concerto (Garbiel Martins, cello)
Bruckner: Symphony No.3
4/20 ASO
The Texas Tenors
4/29 ASO
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 (Alexander Korsantia, piano)
Bruckner: Symphony No.4
5/6 DSSO
Montgomery: Banner
Copland: Old American Songs
Beethoven: Symphony No.9
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