Miguel del Aguila Recording Now Available

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.

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Dirk Meyer

Dirk Meyer

Conductor

German-American 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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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

1/25/25

Augusta Symphony Gala: A Night at the Opera

Indra Thomas, Sarah Lawrence, Timothi Williams, Gennard Lombardozzi, Jeremiah Sanders


2/1/25                   

DSSO with Julie Albers, cello

Korngold: Theme and Variations

Golijov: Mariel

Korngold: Cello Concerto

Brahms: Symphony No.3


2/20/25                

Augusta Symphony Pops: The Music of Tina Turner


2/8/25                   

Augusta Symphony with Anastasia Petrunina, violin

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story 

Ravel: Bolero


3/1/25                   

DSSO with Natasha Paremski, piano

Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1

Leshnoff: Symphony No.4 (MN premiere)

Debussy: La Mer


3/8/25                   

Augusta Symphony with Santiago Canon-Valencia, cello

Abels: More Seasons

Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1

Mendelssohn: Symphony No.1


3/29/25               

Augusta Symphony with Adam Golka, piano              

Mozart: Abduction from the Seraglio Overture

Saint Saens: Afrika

Say: Silk Road

Rimsky Korsakov: Sheherazade


4/5/25                   

DSSO with Erin Aldridge, violin

Ravel: La Valse

Chausson: Poeme

Ravel: Tzigane                 

Frank, G.L.: Two Latin Amerian Dances

Brahms: Nänië

Aguila: Time and Again Barelas (MN premiere)


4/24/25              

 Augusta Symphony Pops: Star Wars, A New Hope


5/3/25                   

Augusta Symphony with Westwater Arts

Khatchaturian: Spartacus Suite

Still: Symphony No.1 (Afro-American), Westwater Arts new commission    

Bernstein: Candide Ov

Respighi: Pines of Rome


5/10/25               

 DSSO: Star Wars, A New Hope           


6/13/25 and 6/15/25

Lyric Opera of the North

Strauss: Die Fledermaus

 

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Meyer Catalog

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

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