Composer

Kronos Quartet: "Marejada" by Angélica Negrón

Yo-Yo Ma “is a musician of immense conscience, a wholeheartedly earnest presence who tends to bring out the best in whatever company he is in” (The New York Times). Sharing the stage with Gustavo Dudamel, Ma brings his sensitive playing to the world-premiere performances of an underwater field recordings-inspired concerto by Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón. The collaboration between Negrón and Ma sparked from an experiential creative workshop she facilitated with Ma and the Billion Oyster Project in New York City.

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Gustavo Dudamel & Yo-Yo Ma

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Since becoming Music Director of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra in 2023, Chad Goodman has been praised for taking the orchestra to new artistic heights and dramatically expanding its impact in the community. In his first two seasons he led the ESO premieres of more than a dozen works, increased community engagement through run-out concerts and engaging presentations in Elgin and neighboring cities, and spearheaded the orchestra’s first ever Día de los Muertos concert, uniting the symphony with folkloric dance and vocals in a city-wide cultural celebration.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Hemmens Auditorium

Get ready for a musical road trip across the United States! As we near the USA’s 250th birthday in 2026, join us for a concert full of patriotic fun. Tap your toes to Copland’s Hoe Down, experience the vibrant colors of Angélica Negrón’s Tornasol, and savor the elegance of Florence Price’s Andante and Amy Beach’s Gaelic Symphony. Then, let John Williams’ Superman March send you out on a heroic flourish.

Symphonic Sounds of Home: Music of the United States

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

The marvelous young conductor Liubov Nosova weaves a glittering tapestry through the ranks of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Russian powerhouse Sergei Babayan, known as the "pianist's pianist," rolls out the supercharged Fourth Piano Concerto by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The concert opens with an atmospheric work by Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón and ends with a scrumptious tone poem based on The Little Mermaid by Alexander Zemlinsky.

Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 4

The Woodruff Arts Center

One of The Washington Post’s 2022 “Composers and Performers to Watch,” Raquel Acevedo Klein makes her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut with the LA Phil New Music Group, conducting a brand-new arrangement of Darian Donovan Thomas’ “textural, synth-drenched, and ambient reimagining” of Volver, Volver—the Mexican ranchera song by Fernando Maldonado.

Angélica Negrón & Lido Pimienta

Angélica Negrón For everything you keep losing

Since its founding 50 years ago, the peerless Kronos Quartet has revolutionized what a string quartet can be. Through collaborations with musicians and composers across the globe, robust commissioning initiatives, pace-setting educational programs, and just plain stellar musicianship, Kronos has made concert music relevant and responsive to the people and issues of our time.

Kronos Quartet

Cal Performances

Shifting Ground weaves together pieces for solo violin and violin/electronics by J.S. Bach and composers of other eras to form a program with dramatic arc, flow, and scope. Violinist Alexi Kenney's creative forces are combined with new media artist Xuan in an immersive multidisciplinary program that joins solo violin works from the 18th to 21st centuries with boundary-pushing projection art. Music by J.S. Bach and Nicola Matteis flows seamlessly into works by new voices such as Rafiq Bhatia and Angélica Negrón, as Xuan conjures immersive, imaginative landscapes in response.

Shifting Ground

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center

The musically adventurous string quartet Brooklyn Rider makes its Tippet Rise debut during the ensemble’s 20th season in a performance featuring three world premiere works co-commissioned by the art center – all of which honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and explore questions of citizenship and democracy in the 21st century. The first new work comes from trailblazing composer Angélica Negrón, whose new work Our Children Speak English and Spanish examines the complexities of Puerto Rican American citizenship, shaped by colonization, imperialism, and radicalization. The second co-commission is by Don Byron, a New York City born and multi-instrumentalist composer who performs and writes in an array of musical styles; and the third is by Los Angeles-based composer, singer, bandleader, and recording artist Ted Hearne. The program concludes with Brooklyn Rider’s Colin Jacobsen, who puts his unique spin on the Bob Dylan civil rights era classic The Times They Are A-Changin’.

Brooklyn Rider

Tippet Rise Art Center

The 2025 concert season kicks off with a program of music for strings intersperses Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, one of the most iconic musical descriptions of nature from 18th century Italy, interspersed with recorded sounds of nature and music by Angélica Negrón and Kenji Bunch, two of the most creative composers working today.

Benjamin Beilman, violin; Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin; Melissa White, violin; Emma Wernig, viola; Bryan Cheng, cello; Lizzie Burns, bass; Pedja Mužijević, harpsichord

Japan tour

Kawaguchiko Park

Experience the profound intensity and emotional depth of classical music with the Omaha Symphony's presentation of "Negrón, Grieg & Shostakovich 5." This captivating concert series will take place at the prestigious Holland Center, with performances scheduled for Friday, May 30, and Saturday, May 31, both at 7:30 PM.

Under the baton of Music Director Ankush Kumar Bahl, the concert opens with the mesmerizing "Moriviví" by Angélica Negrón. Premiered in 2022 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, this orchestral feature traces the evolution of a shy succulent native to Puerto Rico, showcasing Negrón's innovative and evocative composition style.

The concert continues with the renowned pianist Joyce Yang taking the stage to perform Edvard Grieg's glorious Piano Concerto. Yang's vivid and beautiful playing, praised by the New York Times, promises to breathe new life into this beloved masterpiece.

The evening will culminate with Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, a work of intense emotion, drive, and instinct. Recognized as one of the greatest symphonies ever written, Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony offers a powerful and moving close to the 2024/25 season.

In addition to the performances, attendees will have the opportunity to delve deeper into the music with program information on each piece and the chance to meet composer Angélica Negrón. This event not only celebrates the rich legacy of classical music but also highlights contemporary compositions that are shaping the future of orchestral music.

Tickets for "Negrón, Grieg & Shostakovich 5" are available for purchase, with individual tickets going on sale in August. However, patrons can secure their seats today and enjoy savings, free exchanges, and more great benefits by subscribing to the Masterworks series, with 7-Concert packages starting at $150.

Don't miss this unforgettable musical journey with the Omaha Symphony at the Holland Center. Secure your tickets now and be part of a night filled with the beauty, drama, and passion of classical music.

Negrón, Grieg & Shostakovich 5

Omaha Performing Arts

Enjoy an afternoon of Latin American music, highlighted by the Guitar Concerto of Mexican composer Ponce featuring local favorite Kenneth Meyer. Music by Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón, Chilean composer Enrique Soro, and Argentinian composer Piazolla rounds out the concert. The dance and folk-inspired themes of these pieces will move and inspire you. This performance is a companion to the New World Symphony and More concert on February 15.

Latin American Voices

St. Paul's Syracuse, the Downtown Episcopal Church

Hub New Music gives a glimpse into the exciting world of contemporary composition in a program of short works. The program is a musical tasting menu of sorts, in which audiences can sample a variety of styles and influences that make up today's musical palette.

Hub Mixtape (Brainerd)

Lutheran Church of the Cross

Hub New Music gives a glimpse into the exciting world of contemporary composition in a program of short works. The program is a musicatasting menu of sorts, in which audiences can sample a variety of styles and influences that make up today's musical palette.



Hub Mixtape (Minneapolis)

The Woman's Club Of Minneapolis

The program features eight new works commissioned for Hub’s 10th birthday by composers whose work gives a snapshot of music being written today:  Angélica Negrón, Jessica Meyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Nico Muhly, Donnacha Dennehy, Marcos Balter, Sage Shurman and Andrew Norman.

Hub Mix Tape

Kaufman Music Center

Program #1: Electronics & New Music

First Church of Christ Scientist

Noe Valley Ministry

St Paul's Episcopal Church

Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot opens our season with a sparkling Latin party. Inspired by Brazil, Mexico and of course, Spain, the evening will be full of sunlight and rhythm. Georgian-French pianist Khatia Buniatishvili also joins us to play George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue — marking the 100th anniversary of this legendary orchestral jazz work.

Opening Night Concert: Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Benaroya Hall

Savor Tchaikovsky's haunting Symphony Pathétique, named for the French word for dramatic or moving. With soaring melodies and orchestral might, the Tchaikovsky Sixth always brings down the house. Also, the internationally acclaimed violin virtuoso Anne Akiko Meyers joins the Grant Park Orchestra for the Latin dance-inspired Fandango by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. And guest conductor Ludovic Morlot presents Color Shape Transmission by Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón.

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6

Millennium Park

With repertoire spanning the canon to contemporary works, this beloved series is unparalleled in ambition and depth. Under the inspired curation of new Director of Chamber Music Paul Wiancko, globally renowned chamber musicians present 11 ingenious programs rich in revelry and fellowship. Paul’s inaugural season welcomes composer-in-residence Reena Esmail, along with an array of talented first-timers and Festival favorites ready to rock the Dock.

Bank of America Chamber Music

Dock Street Theatre

WMP’s electrifying season finale ‘Music of the Americas’ features a splendid array of music from North, Central and South America. Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón’s (currently based in Brooklyn, New York) work has been described as “wistfully idiosyncratic and contemplative". Her piece Tornasol (Spanish for sunflower) is a work that focuses on the vibrancy of color and how it changes through scientific experimentation, all portrayed in various sections of the orchestra. In contrast, guest artist Colin Davin will perform Concierto del Sur, a masterpiece for guitar and orchestra by Mexican composer Manuel Ponce. The second half of the program includes music that is lively, rhythmic, and exciting. El Salón México by Aaron Copland depicts scenes and imagery from his experience at a popular dance hall in Mexico City. Four Dance Episodes from Alberto Ginastera’s ballet La Estancia incorporates Argentinian folk music that represent dance, character, and settings of life on the ranch. We conclude the program with Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez – a seductive, yet melancholy and irresistible ballroom dance inspired by the Cuban Habanera performed by full orchestra.

Music of the Americas

The George Washington Masonic National Memorial

“Intersection” features music by composers who explore the terrain between traditional genre boundaries. The program features Anna Meredith’s astonishing 1980s electronica meets ’90s clubland composition Tuggemo, the first movement of Edgar Meyer’s virtuosic Concert Duo for Violin and Bass, Courtney Bryan’s gospel and jazz-flavored fusion of the sacred and secular, Soli Deo Gloria for two guitars, and the world premiere of Dmitri Tymoczko’s Nerds, for chamber ensemble. The evening concludes with Angélica Negrón’s dóabin, inspired by the invented language of a pair of twins; acclaimed composer Tyshawn Sorey’s shimmering, lyrical work, For Fred Lerdahl; and avant-garde icon György Ligeti’s minimalist composition, Six Bagatelles, for woodwind quintet.

Intersection

Curtis Institute of Music Lenfest Hall

The Sphinx Virtuosi—the flagship ensemble of the Sphinx Organization, dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts—shares the stage with the Minnesota Orchestra in a program featuring Carlos Simon’s meditative Breathe and Angélica Negrón’s immersive Marejada.

The Sphinx Virtuosi

Orchestra Hall Minneapolis

For the ninth year of PIVOT, guest curator Gabriel Kahane and friends dig deep into music that asks enduring and enlightening questions about our ever-changing world and seeks the uplift of answers rooted in shared experience. Gabriel Kahane is a musician and storyteller whose work exists at the intersection of art and social practice, and “his music is suffused with idiosyncratic, enriched tonal harmony…he is one of the finest, most searching songwriters of the day” (The New Yorker). Grammy-winning vocal band Roomful of Teeth can seemingly make anything cool, “From death metal to throat singing to alpine yodeling, the experimental group is changing what it means to harmonize” (The New Yorker).

Gabriel Kahane | Roomful of Teeth

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Context is crucial in New Century’s first collaboration with the students of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, featuring music that harnesses the sights and sounds of nature. American violinist Alexi Kenney leads the combined forces of New Century and SFCM in this unique multimedia program that immerses the audience on a journey from the Puerto Rican beaches of Angélica Negrón’s Marejada to the stark beauty of Joshua Tree National Park in Gabriella Smith’s Desert Ecology. A lush garden of sound blooms during the second half as our combined string ensemble performs Georges Enescu’s romantic masterwork, the Octet for Strings.

Sonic Ecosystems

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist Angélica Negrón writes “wistfully idiosyncratic and contemplative” (WQXR) music for accordions, robotic instruments, toys and electronics as well as for chamber ensembles, orchestras, choir and film. In this new collaboration with visual and botanical artist Sophie Parker, she’ll premiere new songs accompanied by playable sculptures created for this one-night-only performance. Angélica Negrón’s Artist Residency is generously underwritten by The Roz Lasker Artist Mentorship Fund.

Angélica Negrón & Sophie Parker

A group of today’s most rhythmically dazzling composers show that anything is possible in the hands of Sō Percussion—an ensemble that has “set the New York standard for percussion innovation” (The New Yorker). Hear New York premieres by MacArthur Genius and renowned jazz pianist Vijay Iyer; award-winning choreographer and percussionist Olivier Tarpaga, who will perform alongside the group; and the boldly imaginative multi-instrumentalist Angélica Negrón. The program also includes an original and evolving work by founding member Jason Treuting.

Sō Percussion

Carnegie Hall

GRAMMY® Award-nominated composer and bandoneon player JP Jofre stars in this imaginative juxtaposition of contemporary and classic influences. Performing his own concerto for cello and bandoneon with acclaimed soloist Michael Katz, Jofre’s mesmerizing artistry brings new sound worlds to the historic expanses of the Michigan Theater. Guest conductor Joshua Gersen directs music by the “wistfully idiosyncratic and contemplative” composer and multi-instrumentalist Angélica Negrón, before Brahm’s masterful Symphony No. 4 closes the program in a poignant summary of the composer’s worldview and lifetime of achievement.

Symphony No. 4

Michigan Theater

Puerto Rican-born composer Angélica Negrón’s genre-defying music transports the listener to another world. American Composer Aaron Copland wrote Lincoln Portrait during the early years of World War II, combining music and spoken word in a groundbreaking way to raise the spirit of our country.

Breaking Boundaries

Baylor University

Collaboration with ISU Concert Choir and Camerata Singers performing Brahms’ Schicksalslied.

Caribbean Sea

Stephens Performing Arts Center

Luisi leads the DSO in the first Bravo! Vail Symphonic Commissioning Project premiere—Angélica Negrón’s Arquitecta featuring Columbian-Canadian vocalist Lido Pimienta—in addition to the Bravo! Vail debut of cellist Jan Vogler in Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major and Franck’s Symphony in D minor.   

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra delivers uplifting, entertaining, and enriching musical experiences worldwide. This summer, the Orchestra returns to Bravo! Vail with a rich lineup that includes classical favorites and exciting pops programs.

Haydn Cello Concerto

Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater

This weekend, Fabio Luisi and the DSO bring out one of the first works in which Beethoven takes on the heroic ideal, shaking his fist at the world, with his Piano Concerto No. 3 performed by pianist Francecso Piemontesi. We journey from the youthful optimism of Brahms’s First Piano Concerto (performed earlier in the season) to his Fourth Symphony, filled with grandeur as he presents his final essay in symphonic form. Yet, like all great tragedies, the Fourth is cathartic which might explain the popularity of his dark, troubling last symphonic work. To open, DSO’s Composer-in-Residence Angélica Negrón offers the world premiere of her work for voice and orchestra, with Canadian Colombian singer, curator and interdisciplinary artist Lido Pimienta, describing the maternal spirit and the weight of caring for family and home.

Beethoven and Brahms

Meyerson Symphony Center

Former BPO music director Maximiano Valdés returns to conduct a thrilling and eclectic program with Sterling Elliott, winner of the 2019 Sphinx Competition, performing Saint-Saëns’ intriguing Cello Concerto. Composer Angélica Negrón, known for her use of atypical instrumentation like robotics and toys, introduces an inventive mechanical percussion ensemble in “Me he perdido.” Finally, Bruckner’s rhythmically exciting Sixth Symphony makes use of the full breadth of orchestral colors.

Max Valdés Returns

Kleinhans Music Hall

Graduation recitals display the skill and passion of Curtis Institute of Music students on the cusp of professional musicianship. Members of the current class will share the breadth of their talent through a culminating graduation recital. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.

Marguerite Cox, bass

Curtis Institute of Music

The adventurous percussion group Sō Percussion is joined by groundbreaking beatboxer Dominic “Shodekeh” Talifero. The contemporary music program will include a diverse range of repertoire from contemporary “classics” to new works in an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New Yorker). 

Sō Percussion and Shodekeh

Somerville Theatre

This concert marks the world premiere of First Symphony Composer-in-Residence Angélica Negrón’s Sinfonía Isleña, complemented by Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Violin Concerto has it all — sweeping melodies, virtuosic fireworks, and a heart-warming canzonetta that will fill your soul. We open with Johannes Brahms’s contemplative overture and then experience the world premiere of Puerto Rican-born composer Angélica Negrón’s first-ever symphony, Sinfonía Isleña.

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

Hult Center for the Performing Arts

The world premiere of Angélica Negrón’s Pedazos intermitentes de un lugar ya fragmentado is sponsored by Boyer Rickel.

Hub New Music

Tucson Convention Center

A continued celebration of the Earth with our community partner, El Puente — Leaders for Peace and Justice. Whether in the concert hall or in the community, see how we can use art and music to stand up for environmental justice. Featuring a newly commissioned work by composer Angélica Negrón.

Young People’s Concert: Our Community, Our Earth

Lincoln Center

Experience Beethoven’s Ode to Joy in the new David Geffen Hall as the NY Phil performs the composer’s monumental Ninth Symphony. Amplifying the work’s iconic themes of unity and hope, fanfares awaken and illuminate every corner of the new hall, and a World Premiere by Angélica Negrón celebrates the powerful ritual of gathering around music and art. Together we will connect the past with the present in an evening that looks to the future.

The Joy: David Geffen Hall Opening Gala

Genre-spanning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth curates an evening of Nightcap, our cabaret-style series of music and conversation in the new Kenneth C. Griffin Sidewalk Studio.

Nightcap: Roomful of Teeth

Opening Night at Eugene Symphony is always electric…you’ll be introduced to the fresh sounds of First Symphony Project composer Angélica Negrón. Then you’ll hear George Gershwin’s jazz-infused and thoroughly American piano concerto, played by dynamic virtuoso Orion Weiss. Finally, Manuel de Falla’s evocative ballet score The Three-Cornered Hat, full of Spanish songs and flamenco-inspired dances, brings your evening to a dazzling close. Join us!

This concert will be broadcast on KWAX 91.1 on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 1:00 PM. Broadcasts underwritten in part by Eugene Safe Storage.

Opening Night

Teddy Abrams conducts Philharmonia Fantastique, a vivid and imaginative concerto for orchestra and animated film created by composer Mason Bates, Oscar-winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom (Jurassic Park, Titanic), and animator Jim Capobianco (Finding Nemo). Leonard Bernstein’s crowd-pleasing Symphonic Dances from West Side Story closes the program with Broadway panache.

Bates & Bernstein

Davies Symphony Hall

In this special Power to the People! concert, Dudamel conducts the most recognized symphony—proudly based on the blues—by the Dean of African American Composers, William Grant Still, one of the leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance. The program also boasts a world premiere from the multi-talented Puerto Rico-born composer Angélica Negrón, who has already composed for a vast range of ensembles and projects, including scores for film, documentary, ballet, and theater, as well as many orchestral works and chamber music.

Still and Negrón with Dudamel

The Seattle Symphony spotlights famed Finnish composer Jean Sibelius with his popular Second Symphony. Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot joins the orchestra to bring this magnificent work to life, full of sweeping melodies and rich orchestration. A bold, world premiere work by Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist Angélica Negrón responds to Sibelius and captivating violinist Isabelle Faust performs a sensational violin concerto by Igor Stravinsky.

Sibelius Symphony No. 2

Violinist Johnny Gandelsman’s solo performance pairs the unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 by J.S. Bach with newly commissioned works as part of his This Is America project. Celebrating the country’s rich cultural tapestry and myriad perspectives, the program also features composers Clarice Assad, Rhiannon Giddens, Tyshawn Sorey and Conrad Tao. The Boston Globe describes Gandelsman as “a delightfully unconventional fiddler…with a balletic lightness of touch and a sense of whimsy and imagination that are rare.”

Johnny Gandelsman - Violin

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

A distinctly female creative voice narrates this beguiling program highlighting the generative power of telling stories. Grammy-nominated Haitian American vocalist, flutist, and composer Nathalie Joachim teams with American composer, performer, and media artist Pamela Z, culminating in world premieres of music they have written for each other to perform.

Nathalie Joachim + Pamela Z

Brooklyn Rider presents a thoughtfully curated program that places Beethoven’s String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 within a broader musical tradition of innovation and expression. One of the three quartets commissioned by Count Razumovsky, this work marks a significant moment in Beethoven’s development, expanding the expressive range and structural ambition of the string quartet. Framed by music from Haydn to contemporary composers, the program highlights how Beethoven’s ideas grew from—and continue to influence—the chamber music tradition. Known for their precision, curiosity, and commitment to new music, Brooklyn Rider approaches this repertoire with clarity and balance, offering performances that respect the past while engaging directly with the present. This concert reflects the season’s central theme: Beethoven as both heir to tradition and catalyst for artistic evolution.

Brooklyn Rider String Quartet

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Puerto Rican-born composer Angélica Negrón and her Brooklyn-based indie electronic band Balún team up with GRAMMY®-winning vocal innovators Roomful of Teeth to create a tropical song cycle exploring what it means for a territory without full political representation to be repeatedly treated as a laboratory. Created in collaboration with four Puerto Rican poets (Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, Nicole Delgado, Mara Pastor, and Ashley Pérez Garacia) each sonic vignette traces a specific incident in the island’s history as a site of experimentation—from mass sterilization campaigns and imposing English in public schools, to the U.S. Navy occupation of Vieques and UFO sightings in Lajas.

Composer

Angélica Negrón

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 11, 2026

Brooklyn Rider String Quartet · Segerstrom Center for the Arts

16 - 21 Jan, 2027

The Puerto Rico Experiment · Perelman Performing Arts Center

Past events

28 - 30 May, 2026

Gustavo Dudamel & Yo-Yo Ma · Los Angeles Philharmonic

2 - 3 May, 2026

Pictures at an Exhibition · Elgin Symphony Orchestra

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