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-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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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
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