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DM Symphony - DISCOVER GROUNDBREAKING INNOVATION

DM Symphony - DISCOVER GROUNDBREAKING INNOVATION

February 3 - 4, 2024 Des Moines Civic Center

Please note: only children age 5 and over with tickets will be allowed into the theater for this production.

Keith Lockhart, conducting

The Lauridsen Guest Conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violin

WANG Lu                                Surge (2023) Midwest Premiere
The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Commission
BARBER                                  Violin Concerto
BARTOK                                 Concerto for Orchestra

Renowned conductor Keith Lockhart, known for his tenure with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops, leads the Orchestra in Bartok’s groundbreaking Concerto for Orchestra and Barber’s gorgeous Violin Concerto, performed by prodigy Amaryn Olmeda. The Orchestra performs the Midwest Premiere of Wang Lu’s innovative Surge in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic’s World Premiere.