including the Wedding Cantata, Ich habe genug, and music by Viet Cuong and Haruhito Miyagi.
The Grammy-winning composer and violinist joins NOVA artists to perform her own music, as well as works by Bartók, Okpebholo, and Bansal.
Madeline Adkins plays Lou Harrison’s Violin Concerto. Kimi Kawashima performs Christopher Cerrone’s Don’t Look Down for prepared piano.
Also featuring music by Fauré and Debussy.
music by Clara & Robert Schumann and Wang Lu & Anthony Cheung
music by Bacewicz, Ptaszyńska, Chopin
Walter Haman plays Beethoven's variations on music from Mozart's The Magic Flute.
Also featuring music by Bonis, Rorem, Shirazi, and Tucker.
NOVA presents the world premiere of Desert Portal, a new multimedia work for dancers and musicians by Laura Kaminsky.
Also featuring Brahms' Seven Fantasies and music by Boulanger, Okpebholo, and Rudman.
The Fry Street Quartet performs Beethoven's String Quartet in F major, op. 135.
Also featuring music by Fujikura, Holland, Iachimciuc, and Sheng.
The Fry Street Quartet premieres A Psalm of Disquiet, a new string quartet by Gabriela Lena Frank.
Also featuring Brahms' F major String Quintet and Turina's Escena andaluza.
Husband-and-wife piano duo (and NOVA audience favorites) Jason Hardink & Kimi Kawashima team up to present the delicate longing of Debussy's Petite Suite.
Also featuring Walton's String Quartet No. 2 and music by Wiancko and Yun.
The NOVA season kicks off with a bang when Robert Waters and Jason Hardink take on the musical acrobatics of Bartók's First Violin Sonata.
Also featuring Haydn's “Hungarian" Trio and music by Kurtág and Ligeti.
Our season comes to a transcendent close with Gustav Mahler’s song-symphony The Song of the Earth, conducted in a farewell performance by Utah Symphony Music Director Thierry Fischer.
This concert is made possible through the generous support of O.C. Tanner.
music by Larsen • Benavides • Chacon • Harris
Explore music inspired by the culture and natural beauty of the American West — some of it composed right here in Utah.
music by CPE Bach • Bartók • Chuaqui • Beethoven
Experience haunting music that explores the intersection between community and spirituality.
music by Ratkje • Reid • Boquiren • Beethoven
Music can be a tremendous comfort in moments of mourning. It has the ability to give voice to grief while offering visions of hope.
music by Dohnányi • Xenakis • Crumb • Brahms
Melodic lyricism flows through this concert filled with serenades and songs.
music by Pärt • Snider • Joachim • Medtner
Like the melodic fragments infinitely reflected in Arvo Pärt’s Mirror in the Mirror, an elegant web of influences exists between these composers and their inspiration.
Our world is constantly in motion. We conclude our season by celebrating the life and vitality that emerge from this ever-changing dance of ideas, biomes, and cultures.
NOVA artists engage with song traditions ranging from 19th-century New England to 21st-century Brazil.
The lively quintets of Prokofiev and Coleridge-Taylor join two new pieces on this concert filled with spirited music.
From Wang Lu’s Rates of Extinction to Clara Schumann’s quiet defiance of a male-dominated society, we explore perspectives on persistence and extinction.
Musicians cut loose in this program packed with rowdy energy and just a hint of mystery.
NOVA welcomes you back to the concert hall with music that celebrates life with joy and thanksgiving.
Explore what it means for nature and society to adapt and survive when confronted with humanity’s influence.
Piano, organ, and brass are featured in works which span the spectrum from ominous to exuberant before giving way to the joyous strains of Schubert’s String Quintet.
Courage and integrity overcome prejudice and discrimination in the story of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress. Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Heather Johnson stars in this dramatic song cycle.
Opposites attract in music drawing on the drama of contradiction, whether in the combination of folk, jazz, and classical styles in Bartók’s Contrasts or in the surprising mood shifts of Schumann’s Kreisleriana.
The fascinating intricacies of Ligeti’s Métamorphoses nocturnes and solo viola sonata are juxtaposed against the sunny breezes of Brahms’ String Quintet No. 2.
Discover the world of dreams in music uncovering the mysteries of the night, including Chopin’s Nocturnes and Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.
The heart and mind meet in music by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Unsuk Chin, and György Ligeti. Utah Symphony Music Director Thierry Fischer conducts!
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Guest pianist Luis Magalhães joins us as we explore the intersection of jazz and classical music with pieces by Prokofiev, Copland, Nikolai Kapustin, and William Grant Still.
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Grawemeyer Award-winning composer Andrew Norman presents three works depicting glass and mirrors, followed by Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano and Dvořák’s String Quintet.
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Connect with nature through music by Beethoven and Elgar, Joan Tower's Night Fields, and a choreographed performance of Iranian-American composer Gity Razaz's Chance Has Spoken.
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