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Hailed by The New York Times as “ravishing and engulfing,” Iranian-American composer Gity Razaz curates an evening of music honoring the mystical beauty of Persian culture and the power of women to shape history both past and present. Poetry and music weave together to guide us through this ancient celebration of reflection and renewal at the spring equinox.

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The Wonders we Carry Inside

Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center

Thirty orchestras will take part in the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program. The unprecedented national consortium ensures that new works by women composers, each commissioned by the League, will be infused in orchestra seasons to come, with multiple performances throughout the country. The consortium’s initial six lead orchestra-composer pairings were previously announced, with more than eighty orchestras applying for the additional twenty-four spots

Virginia B. Toulmin Commission by Gity Razaz with National Arts Centre Orchestra

Southam Hall

The New Series: Vox Celli

The Juilliard School

Violin superstar Sarah Chang is “a musician of virtuosity and artistic insight,” says the San Francisco Chronicle. See her perform Vivaldi’s timeless and visceral “The Four Seasons,” music that blooms in perennial splendor. Plus, a newly commissioned piece by American-Iranian composer Gity Razaz. Her new work is conducted by Andreas Delfs along with Mendelssohn’s sunny “Italian” Symphony.

The Four Seasons

Eastman Theatre

A San Diego favorite hailed by the New York Times as “one of the most admired pianists of his generation,” Inon Barnatan brings us Brahms’ brilliant blockbuster, the Piano Concerto No. 2.

Gity Razaz

Composer

Events

Mar 20, 2024

The Wonders we Carry Inside · San Diego Symphony

7 - 8 Feb, 2024

Virginia B. Toulmin Commission by Gity Razaz with National Arts Centre Orchestra · American Composers Orchestra

Oct 3, 2023

The New Series: Vox Celli · The Juilliard School

28 - 30 Sep, 2023

The Four Seasons · Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

20 - 21 May, 2022

Barnatan plays Brahms · San Diego Symphony

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